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McCook, area wrestlers qualify for state
Bison to send
three wrestlers
to Lincoln
CHADRON -- The McCook High School wrestling team qualified three grapplers for the Nebraska State Championships Thursday through Saturday at Lincoln.
The Bison team placed 11th at the Class B-4 district tournament this weekend at Chadron.
Jon McCart won the district title at 103 pounds, Dallas Korus was second at 130 pounds and Sam Frazier was fourth at 171 pounds.
This is Korus' fourth trip to state. He joins Stuart Frazier as the only four-time state qualifiers in McCook history.
"I was very pleased with the effort that our entire team showed at the district tournament," said McCook wrestling coach Nick Umscheid.
"Many of our wrestlers who did not place gave it their all and showed lots of heart competing against some of the best competition in class B.
"For the three guys who qualified they did excellent. Jon McCart had probably one of the toughest weight classes in the tournament and to come out district champ is a great accomplishment.
"He is looking very good out on the mat right now and has a good chance of being on the medal stand next Saturday in Lincoln.
"Dallas Korus also had a good showing at districts losing a close match in the finals. Dallas also has the potential of being a force to reckon with down at state.
"Sam Frazier, a freshman, also qualified for the state tournament. He is the only freshman to qualify for state in his weight class.
"Sam really stepped up his level of wrestling this weekend beating a very good wrestler from Valentine to qualify for the state tournament.
"Sam had a losing record going into state but he didn't let that bother him, he knew that he had a chance and took advantage of the situation.
"All three of these wrestlers will represent their school, and community well down at state."
The state wrestling finals will be on Saturday televised on NETV.
"It should be really exciting and fun to watch these young men compete at 'The Show' in Lincoln," Umscheid said.
Josh Hartwell
headed for
state wrestling
BEATRICE -- Josh Hartwell of Crete, formerly of McCook, won the Class B-1 145-pound division at the Class B-1 District wrestling tournament Friday and Saturday in Beatrice.
Crete won the team title.
Hartwell defeated third ranked Zach Harnett of Gretna 3-2 for the championship.
During the tournament, Hartwell also earned his 100th career win. His record this year is 29-7.
He will now advance to the Nebraska state tournament Thursday-Saturday in Lincoln along with eight of his teamates.
Hartwell began his wrestling career in eighth grade at McCook Junior High.
Currently he is being recruited by NAIA colleges throughout Nebraska and Iowa to continue a wrestling or football career as he will graduate this spring with intentions on attending college to major in eduation.
He is the son of Kathy Hartwell and grandson of Dorothy Vontz of McCook.
Area teams
send several
wrestlers to state
The Southern Valley Eagles finished second at the Nebraska Class C-4 district wrestling tournament at Gothenburg with 136 points and qualified six for the state meet.
Southern Valley qualifiers are Brock Dawson, 103 pounds; Ryan Bohl, 145; Andy Roberts, 171; Andy Broeker, 189; Alex Lans, 215; and Daniel Stoelting, 275.
Lans is the No. 1 seed at 215 with a 28-6 record.
Chase County scored 88 points and will send three wrestlers to state -- Kevin Barnard, 125; Josh Mathews, 160; and Taylor May, 171.
In the Class D3 district meet at Elm Creek, Eustis-Farnam qualified four for state, Cambridge three and Arapahoe three.
Southwest High School qualified six wrestlers from the D-4 meet at Sutherland, Wauneta-Palisade five, Medicine Valley-Maywood three, Dundy County two and Hitchcock County one.
Area state wrestling qualifiers
(seed, name, school record, class)
CLASS B
103
1. Jon McCart, McCook (26-6-12)
130
5. Dallas Korus, McCook (25-7-12)
171
15. Sam Frazier, McCook (13-13-9)
CLASS C
103
7. Brock Dawson, Southern Valley (20-19-9)
125
11. Kevin Barnard, Chase County (26-10-9)
145
8. Ryan Bohl, Southern Valley (22-12-10)
160
13. Josh Mathews, Chase County (27-10-12)
171
3. Andy Roberts, Southern Valley (26-8-12)
9. Taylor May, Chase County (36-0-12)
189
13. Andrew Broeker, Southern Valley (26-12-12)
215
1. Alex Lans, Southern Valley (28-6-12)
275
8. Daniel Stoelting, Southern Valley (25-9-10)
Class D
103
13. Mitchell Sheets, Southwest (28-3-10)
112
3. Kyle Teel, Southwest (13-14-9)
5. Anthony Chancellor, Medicine Valley/Maywood (26-4-9)
119
7. Brett Longnecker, Southwest (8-16-10)
125
6. Will Craig, Eustis-Farnam (14-12-11)
8. Jesse West, Wauneta-Palisade (26-4-11)
130
5. Mark Haag, Southwest (25-2-12)
135
2. Casey Warning, Dundy County (21-6-12)
8. Shaun Merrigan, Medicine Valley/Maywood (29-2-12)
15. Tyler Pieper, Eustis-Farnam (21-13-10)
140
3. Jake Smith, Wauneta-Palisade (25-2-10)
145
11. Peter Barger, Wauneta-Palisade (26-5-11)
160
4. Fritz Cross, Eustis-Farnam (23-8-12)
6. Jered Jenkins, Arapahoe (30-4-10)
10. Tyler Tenbensel, Cambridge (14-10-12)
11. Hondo Fanning, Wauneta-Palisade (15-4-12)
171
3. Jake Rundback, Wauneta-Palisade (26-8-12)
15. Travis Priest, Southwest (17-9-11)
189
2. Derrik Bundy, Dundy County (28-8-10)
6. Brennon Malcom, Eustis-Farnam (26-7-10)
11. Ricky Wilder, Medicine Valley/Maywood (22-9-12)
215
11. Samuel Montoya, Hitchcock County (19-14-11)
13. Chris Quigley, Southwest (13-15-12)
16. Bronson Soucie, Cambridge (26-2-11)
275
9. Anthony Hopkins, Cambridge (23-1-11)
15. John Baxter, Arapahoe (9-17-12)
Area district
wrestling results
B-4 at CHADRON
Team Scoring-Qualifiers: Cozad 191.5-9, Valentine 149-7, Lexington 128-6, Gering 121-5, Alliance 115-6, Gordon/Rushville 95-5, Chadron 90.5-4, Broken Bow 80.5-3, Holdrege 79.5-3, Sidney 58-3, McCook 56-3, Ogallala 19-2.
Individuals
103 -- 1. Jon McCart, McCook, def. Kyle Kelly, Gering, 5-2; 3. Josh McCance, Chadron, won by forfeit over Riley Essay, Alliance.
130 -- 1. Zach Small, Alliance, def. Dallas Korus, McCook, 8-6; 3. Ty Werdel, Chadron, def. Nate House, Gordon/Rushville, 15-5.
171 -- 1. Justin Teeters, Lexington, pinned Jared Janssen, Gordon/Rushville, 4:37; 3. Joe Libal, Cozad, pinned Sam Frazier, McCook, 1:39.
C-4 at GOTHENBURG
Team Scoring-Qualifiers: Ord 187.5-10. Southern Valley 136-6. Ainsworth 128-5. Hershey 115-4. Hemingford 93.5-4. Gibbon 93-5. West Holt 91.5-4. Chase County 88-3. Loup City 81.5-4. Minden 78-3. Bayard 72.5-2. Kimball 65-3. Kearney Catholic 52-2. Mitchell 33-1.
Individuals
103 -- 1. Brandon Kautz, Gibbon, pinned Matthew Crable, Bayard, 3:08; 3. Sean Trampe, Ord, pinned Brock Dawson, Southern Valley, 2:15.
125 -- 1. Devon Kastler, Ord, def. Nathan Musfelt, Mitchell, 4-2; 3. Kevin Barnard, Chase County, def. Andrew Younghans, Hershey, 8-3.
145 -- 1. Ryan Bohl, Southern Valley, def. Kip L'Heureux, Minden, 3-2 OT; 3. Tyler Ritz, Loup City, pinned Patrick Yrkoski, Ord, 3:48.
160 -- 1. Dane Coble, Ord, pinned Josh Mathews, Chase County, 2:36; 3. Trevor Ritz, Loup City, def. Jordan Haas, Hemingford, 16-1.
171 -- 1. Taylor May, Chase County, won by forfeit over Kyle Campbell, Hemingford; 3. Andy Roberts, Southern Valley, def. Dane Schipporeit, Ord, 7-5.
189 -- 1. Greg Steffes, Hershey, pinned Andrew Broeker, Southern Valley, 3:58; 3. Joshua Anders, Ord, def. Brandon Poessnecker, West Holt, 2-1.
215 -- 1. Alex Lans, Southern Valley, pinned Justin Ransdell, Hershey, 1:25; 3. Andrew Dennis, Ord, def. Nick Spotanski, Loup City, 7-4.
275 -- 1. Daniel Stoelting, Southern Valley, pinned Tanner Sherlock, Hemingford, 5:57; 3. Gavin Murray, West Holt, def. Cale Streeter, Ord, 15-0.
D-3 at ELM CREEK
Team Scoring-Qualifiers: Amherst 197-9, Elm Creek 139.5-7, Sargent 120-5, Eustis-Farnam 79-4, Callaway 77-3, Anselmo-Merna 76-2, Axtell 71-3, Elwood 70.5-3, Cambridge 69.5-3, Alma 52.5-2, Bertrand 52-3, Arapahoe 48-3, Sandhills 48-2, Loomis 40-2, Wilcox-Hildreth 28-1, Overton 25.5-1,
Pleasanton 25-1, Ansley/Arcadia 18-1, Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 15-1.
Individuals
125 -- 1. Drew Smith, Sargent, def. Carson Hemmann, Amherst, 7-2; 3. Will Craig, Eustis-Farnam, pinned Lucas White, Bertrand, 1:13.
130 -- 1. Russell Benson, Elm Creek, def. Sebastian Edwards, Arapahoe, 7-0; 3. Chanc McIntosh, Sargent, pinned Seth Barnes, Sandhills, 1:52.
135 -- 1. Brandon Taute, Bertrand, def. Chase Klingelhoefer, Amherst, 10-5;
3. Grant Schutz, Elwood, pinned Tyler Pieper, Eustis-Farnam, :25.
160 -- 1. Cort Scheer, Sandhills, def. Fritz Cross, Eustis-Farnam, 5-1; 3. Jered Jenkins, Arapahoe, def. Tyler Tenbensel, Cambridge, 14-2.
189 -- 1. Eric Klingelhoefer, Amherst, pinned Ben Robison, Alma, 3:00; 3. Brennon Malcom, Eustis-Farnam, pinned Bret Spanel, Anselmo-Merna, 2:32.
215 -- 1. Bronson Soucie, Cambridge, def. Faron Klingelhoefer, Amherst, 10-5; 3. Justin Daake, Elm Creek, def. Isaac Kuck, Bertrand, 7-3.
275 -- 1. Anthony Hopkins, Cambridge, def. Justin Hood, Pleasanton, 6-1; 3. Jarrod Daake, Elm Creek, pinned John Baxter, Arapahoe, 2:10.
D-4 at SUTHERLAND
Team Scoring-Qualifiers: Morrill 207.5-9, North Platte St. Patrick's 186-9, Southwest 122.5-6, Wauneta-Palisade 101-5, Banner County 96.5-4, Sutherland 95-3, Crawford 91-4, Bridgeport 86-4, Medicine Valley/Maywood 78-3, Mullen 65.5-3, Arnold 44.5-2, Dundy County 40-2, Maxwell 34-1, Hitchcock County 16-1.
Individuals
103 -- 1. Cameron O'Mara, Mullen, def. Mitchell Sheets, Southwest, 3-2 OT; 3. Terry Hill, Morrill, pinned Zach Richards, North Platte St. Patrick's, 4:08.
112 -- 1. Nick Honstein, Morrill, pinned Anthony Chancellor, Medicine Valley/Maywood, 2:48; 3. Kyle Teel, Southwest, def. Matt Hoxworth, Bridgeport, 5-1.
119 -- 1. Cory Quevedo, Morrill, def. Christopher Plummer, Bridgeport,
16-9; 3. Nick Westling, North Platte St. Patrick's, pinned Brett Longnecker,
Southwest, 1:31.
125 -- 1. Jesse West, Wauneta-Palisade, def. Shawn Lehmkuhler, Arnold, 7-4; 3. Brian Drinkwalter, Crawford, def. Bryant Haremza, North Platte St. Patrick's, 4-1.
130 -- 1. Brandon Gifford, Banner County, def. Mark Haag, Southwest, 3-2; 3. Jared Beam, Sutherland, def. Michael Budke, North Platte St. Patrick's, 11-4.
135 -- 1. Shaun Merrigan, Medicine Valley/Maywood, def. Ty Dodson, North
Platte St. Patrick's, 3-0; 3. Matt Huffman, Banner County, def. Casey Warning, Dundy County, 5-0.
140 -- 1. Matt Plunk, North Platte St. Patrick's, pinned Jacob Gonzales, Morrill, 5:05; 3. Jake Smith, Wauneta-Palisade, pinned Cody Gibbons, Crawford, 4:20.
145 -- 1. Tyson Erdman, Maxwell, def. Jordan Gonzales, Morrill, 17-15; 3. Peter Barger, Wauneta-Palisade, pinned Eric Strasburg, Arnold, 1:23.
160 -- 1. Ty Brown, Crawford, def. Blake Brown, North Platte St. Patrick's, 6-4 OT; 3. Hondo Fanning, Wauneta-Palisade, def. Tyler Nichols, Bridgeport, 11-3.
171 -- 1. Steven Dent, Mullen, pinned Jerry Vance, Morrill, 5:51; 3. Jake Rundback, Wauneta-Palisade, def. Travis Priest, Southwest, 11-9.
189 -- 1. Alex Arthur, North Platte St. Patrick's, def. Shane Yetter, Sutherland, 15-1; 3. Ricky Wilder, Medicine Valley/Maywood, def. Derrik Bundy, Dundy County, 6-5.
215 -- 1. Greg Gompert, Morrill, def. Chris Quigley, Southwest, 15-4; 3. Samuel Montoya, Hitchcock County, pinned Nick Myers, Bridgeport, 2:16.