Falcons, Longhorns lead area pack at Southern Valley Invite

Top 10 wrestling teams among 21 at Southern Valley: 1. York 122, 2. Sutherland 114, 3. Hitchcock County 103, 4. Chase County 98, 5. Red Cloud-Blue Hill 94, 6. Loomis-Bertrand 85.5, 7. Rawlins County (Kan.) 83, 8. Southern Valley 69, 9. Arapahoe 63, 9. Sedgwick County (Colo.) 63; 19. Medicine Valley 10, 20. Wauneta-Palisade 7.

Top four area placers:

120 pounds: Braxton Hammond, SV (9-2 season record) won the championship. He pinned Clayton North, ARAP, in 2:38; pinned Blake Devitt, HC, in 2:55; and won 6-0 final over G. Hausserman, Franklin.

145: Luis Co, CC (6-2) won the championship. He won 13-3 over M. Oritz, SED; won 5-4 over C. Trew, R-BH; won 5-4 over Nathan Kollmorgen, HC; and pinned J. Borhoft, SED, in 2:34 for the title.

152 — Cole Broeker, SV (4-0), won the championship. He pinned his first foe in 1:02; pinned Samuel Hare, HC, in 1:00; won 14-8 over Wyatt Mendenhall, CC; pinned C. Bohr, L-B, in 4:22.

171: Drew Withington, RC (9-0), won the champonship. He pinned Harley Gray, MV, in :28; pinned D. Bower, York, in 3:52; pinned C. Higgins, SUTH, in :55; pinned T. Lavicky, Axtell, in 5:50 for the title.

195: Keegan Shuler, HC (5-1), won the championship. He pinned J. Hodgdon, Centura, in 1:03; pinned C. Zutavern, Sandhills-Thedford, in 5:45; pinned J. Hodgson, R-BH, in 1:03 for the title. Thomas Reeves, CC (8-2) placed third with 4-0 win over Zutavern.

220: Jaret Peterson, CC (8-1), won the championship. He pinned Draven Miner, W-P, in :44; pinned Colby Noel, SV, in 2:00; won 6-1 over C. Meyer, L-B; won 9-2 final over J. Felix, Alma.

132: Ryan Sramek, RC (7-2) placed second as he lost a 4-3 title match to R. Jarosik, South Central Nebraska Unified.

182: Kolyn Gaston, HC (6-1), placed second as he lost a 6-5 final to S. Erickson, York.

285: Zach Tarin, CC (3-1) placed second as he lost 5-0 final to J. Perez, Perkins County. Jacen Smith, ARAP (8-4) placed third with a no contest over Taylor Hubl, HC (6-2), who placed fourth.

160: Tanner O’Brien, HC (5-1),placed third with a no contest over Rafe Hill, ARAP (7-4), who placed fourth.

113: Cian McCorkle, ARAP (3-6), placed fourth.

152: Kenneth Micek, RC (4-1) placed fourth.

145B: Jonathan Sosa, CC (2-3) placed second and lost a 3:00 final to L. Davis, Franklin.

170B: Brenden Hedrick, HC (1-4) placed third and Jakob Wagner, HC (0-7), placed fourth.