Roughriders lead area pack at RPAC wrestling

Southwest heavyweight Bryson Shoemaker attacks Hitchcock County’s Clayton Baxter during the Republican Plains Activities Conference showdown at Wauneta-Palisade on Friday. Shoemaker scored three pins to place second overall.

R.B. Headley/McCook Gazette

WAUNETA, Neb. — The Southwest Roughriders took second among 14 teams with three wrestlers winning championships at Friday’s RPAC championship meet.

Matthew Van Pelt (145 pounds), Garrett Latimer (132) and Brett Tryon (152) went undefeated for the Roughriders.

Hitchcock County’s Seth Hare also earned a championship along with Kaden Cole from Medicine Valley and Arapahoe heavyweight Levi Kerner.

Wauneta-Palisade’s Hunter Miner (above) takes a good look at one of his RPAC tournament foes while earning a league medal Friday.

R.B. Headley/McCook Gazette

Final team scores: 1. Maxwell 248.5 points, 2. Southwest 185, 3. Loomis-Bertrand 146, 4. Alma 139, 5. Arapahoe 138.5, 6. Hitchcock County 131.5, 7. Southern Valley 100, 8. Cambridge 68, 9. Medicine Valley 56, 10. Wauneta-Palisade 32, 11. Dundy County-Stratton 28, 12. Paxton 19.

120 pounds

2nd Place - Tristan White of Arapahoe

Good help wasn’t tough to find as Wauneta-Palisade High School happily hosted the RPAC wrestling tournament on Friday. A young mat worker is ready to let the referee know another period was almost completed.

R.B. Headley/McCook Gazette

4th Place - Chet Fisher of Southern Valley

6th Place - Adam Corbett of Cambridge

7th Place - Tyler Ellis of Southwest

8th Place - Kamreyn bonini of Medicine Valley

145

Champion - Matt VanPelt of Southwest

2nd Place - Jaden Henderson of Medicine Valley

5th Place - Chase Wiese of Dundy County-Stratton

6th Place - Carson Grossnicklaus of Southern Valley

7th Place - Zackary Barrett of Wauneta-Palisade

8th Place - Eli Whipple of Arapahoe

106

5th Place - Angel Rodriguez of Cambridge

113

2nd Place - Kaleb Christofferson of Hitchcock County

3rd Place - Bryan Conn of Arapahoe

5th Place - Jacob Corbett of Cambridge

126

2nd Place - Jack McArthur of Hitchcock County

3rd Place - Kolyn Gaston of Hitchcock County

4th Place - Cole Broeker of Southern Valley

6th Place - Cauy Preitauer of Southern Valley

132

1st Place - Garrett Latimer of Southwest

3rd Place - Trevor Brown of Southern Valley

4th Place - Hunter Miner of Wauneta-Palisade

5th Place - Tanner O`Brien of Hitchcock County

6th Place - Ashton Downey of Arapahoe

138

1st Place - Seth Hare of Hitchcock County

2nd Place - Jacob Kerns of Southwest

3rd Place - Mason Noel of Southern Valley

4th Place - Shane Sieja of Arapahoe

6th Place - Tennille Warembourg of Wauneta-Palisade

152

1st Place - Brett Tryon of Southwest

4th Place - Skyler Grossnicklaus of Southern Valley

6th Place - Gabe Huntley of Cambridge

7th Place - Rex Fell of Dundy County-Stratton

160

2nd Place - Josh Paisley of Cambridge

3rd Place - Keegan Shuler of Hitchcock County

5th Place - Klarissa Rinne of Dundy County-Stratton

6th Place - Lunna Hottovy of Medicine Valley

170

1st Place - Kaden Cole of Medicine Valley

2nd Place - Jordan Smith of Arapahoe

3rd Place - Nicholas Runquist of Paxton

4th Place - Ayden Steffens of Maxwell

5th Place - Koltar Rahn of Wauneta-Palisade

182

2nd Place - Bobby Evans of Cambridge

4th Place - Bryson Warner of Southern Valley

5th Place - Drake Mues of Hitchcock County

6th Place - Ashton Smith of Maxwell

7th Place - Cody Holmes of Wauneta-Palisade

8th Place - Aspen Henderson of Medicine Valley

220

2nd Place - Remington Hodges of Hitchcock County

3rd Place - Clayton Hardy of Southwest

4th Place - Delton Haines of Dundy County-Stratton

5th Place - Cameron Meyers of Arapahoe

6th Place - Cole Hamilton of Wauneta-Palisade

8th Place - Jerimiah Lammie of Southwest

285

1st Place - Levi Kerner of Arapahoe

2nd Place - Bryson Shoemaker of Southwest

5th Place - Clayton Baxter of Hitchcock County