Final roundup of area Class D state medalists

Arapahoe’s Wyatt Jenkins started strong with a win on Wednesday and went on to earn one of the Gazette-area Class D state medals.

Diane Stamm/For The Gazette

OMAHA, Neb. — Arapahoe’s three state medalists joined Southwest as top performers from Gazette-area schools at the Class D state wrestling meet.

Junior heayvweight Levi Kerner finished fourth (37-2 record) when he scored three consecutive pins before the first periods were finished.

Wyatt Jenkins (23-7) at 160and Tristian White (32-9) at 145 both captured sixth-place medals.

Jenkins reached the semifinals before ran into 44-1 Adam Kuester of Neligh-Oakdale and then ran into 50-match winner Levi Belina from Howells-Dodge.

White earned three wins including two first-period pins, including a 1:21 finish of Southern Valley rival Mason Noel (28-17) which moved him into the medal rounds.

Hitchcock County’s Keegan Shuler topped a strong contingent of five Falcons who made state.

Shuler (36-7 record) finished fifth and took the dramatic finale from Fullerton’s Brett Bridger at 182 pounds.

Shuler scored a takedown to win 4-2 and cap a state tourney where he won four matches overall.

Plainview 110.5, Palmer, 75, Southwest 75, Sutherland 73, Elkhorn Valley 71.5, Burwell 63.5, Sandhills/Thedford 63, Neligh-Oakdale 59, North Central 58, East Butler 55, Ansley/Litchfield 54, Winside 51, Thayer Central 50.5, Mullen 49, Arapahoe 46, Howells-Dodge 39, Maxwell 39, Garden County 34, Brady 33, Doniphan-Trumbull 33, Summerland 31, Hi-Line 30, Perkins County 30, Superior 27, Weeping Water 27, Bayard 26, Freeman 22, Sandhills Valley 21.5, Kenesaw 21, Twin Loup 21, Axtell 20, Elm Creek 19, Pender 19, Guardian Angels CC 18, Alma 17, Hitchcock County 17, S-E-M 17, Elgin/PJ 16, Overton 14, Pleasanton 14, Hyannis 13, Southern Valley 13, North Platte St. Patrick`s 10, Hemingford 9, High Plains 9, Shelton 9, Central Valley 8, Creighton 8, Stanton 8, Fullerton 7, Red Cloud/Blue Hill 5, Cambridge 4, Wauneta-Palisade 1.