Wrestlers get lots of matches at Chadron

Perkins County’s grapplers got just what they needed at last weekend’s Chadron meets—lots of matches. 

Some wrestlers got as many as nine matches in two days of tournaments.

“We got a lot of good match time,” Coach Tanner Collins said Monday. 

That will also help improve their conditioning, he said, as they prepare for districts Feb. 14-15 at Hershey.

The format of the two-day Chadron tournament includes a dual tournament on Friday and regular bracket tourney on Saturday. 

Originally, the Plainsmen were only scheduled to wrestle Saturday but Collins said one of the teams dropped out of the duals, opening the door for Perkins County.

The team competed in five different duals Friday. Collins said the Plainsmen have too many open weights to win a dual but getting the matches in were more important.

Jace Wid went 4 and 1 at 160 but suffered a muscle pull during one of the matches. He was only able to wrestle one match Saturday before having to pull out due to the injury. 

Brandon Knoles at 220 and Colton Pouk at 132 each went 3 and 2 in the duals.

Knoles finished fourth in Saturday’s tournament with Pouk taking sixth. 

In the jayvee tournament, Bryder Hickey finished second in the 145-lb. class.

Collins said Wid likely won’t wrestle until districts.  His record now stands at 14-3.

Knoles was among those getting nine matches in last weekend and is well on his way to having more than 40 matches by district. His record stands at 28-9.

The Plainsmen finished 16th in the 22-team field. District foe Valentine won the meet with 241 points. Bridgeport, another district team, finished fourth.

The Plainsmen saw three other teams in their district last weekend: Chase County, Mitchell and Gordon-Rushville. 

The Plainsmen will see another district team when they travel to Kearney Friday to face Kearney Catholic in a dual. Then on Saturday they will compete in the Doniphan invitational. 

Results of the Chadron Invitational and duals are as follows:

Chadron Invitational.

138 Colton Pouk (21-11) 6th place—Champ. Rd. 1: Pouk won by decision over Alex Eisenbraun (Campbell County) 7-15 (Dec 10-3); Quarterfinal: Pouk won by major decision over Dennis Vogl (Crawford) 18-8 (MD 13-4); Semifinal: Gage Krolikowski (Valentine) 26-0 won by fall over Pouk (Fall 2:50); Cons. Semi: Jace Freeseman (Gordon-Rushville) 20-13 won by decision over Pouk (Dec 4-2); 5th Place Match: Domingo Carrizales (Ogallala) 17-7 won by fall over Pouk (Fall 2:40).

160 Jace Wid (14-3)-—Champ. Rd. 1: Wid received a bye. Quarterfinal: Dawsen Hayden (Campbell County) 20-6 won by fall over Wid (Fall 1:50); Cons. Rd. 2: Wid received a bye. Cons. Rd. 3: Hunter Skalsky (Ogallala) 23-20 won by medical forfeit over Wid (M. For.).

220 Brandon Knoles 4th place—Champ. Rd. 1: Knoles won by fall over Lucas Pourier (Little Wound) 0-2 (Fall 3:57); Quarterfinal: Knoles won by fall over Tommy Tatham (Mead) 12-20 (Fall 4:56); Semifinal: Phoenix Buske (Kelly Walsh) 20-11 won by fall over Knoles (Fall 2:46); Cons. Semi: Knoles won by fall over Colton Donason (Ogallala) 18-21 (Fall 2:55); 3rd Place Match: Dante Bravo (Pine Ridge) 4-1 won by fall over Knoles (Fall 2:25).

285 Ashton Meyer (19-13)—Champ. Rd. 1: Meyer won by fall over Fabian Hernandez (Morrill) 4-12 (Fall 1:33); Quarterfinal: Colter Rankin (Campbell County) 19-8 won by fall over Meyer (Fall 0:21); Cons. Rd. 2: Meyer received a bye. Cons. Rd. 3: Steven Fullerton (Valentine) 14-7 won by decision over Meyer (Dec 12-5).

285 Austin Meyer (15-15)-—Champ. Rd. 1: Meyer received a bye. Quarterfinal: Colt Rodgers (Bridgeport) 28-5 won by decision over Meyer (Dec 9-3); Cons. Rd. 2: Meyer won by fall over Fabian Hernandez (Morrill) 4-12 (Fall 1:31); Cons. Rd. 3: Tanner Davis (Hill City) 16-12 won by fall over Meyer (Fall 1:39).

Chadron JV Invitational

145 JV A Bryder Hickey (9-7) 2nd place—Rd. 1: Hickey won by fall over Hayden McDonald (Hemingford) 7-8 (Fall 1:54); Rd. 3: Hickey won by forfeit over Seth Gaswick (Chadron) 1-3 (For.); Rd. 4: Blake Wyatt (Ogallala) 15-9 won by fall over Hickey (Fall 4:47); Rd. 5: Hickey won by fall over Cameron Jordan (Valentine) 5-12 (Fall 3:53).

Chadron Duals.

Kelly Walsh defeated Perkins County 57-10.

106—Jack Wilson (Kelly Walsh) won by forfeit.

120—Lane Jackson (Kelly Walsh) won by forfeit.

126—Issac Price (Kelly Walsh) won by forfeit.

132—Jace Palmer (Kelly Walsh) won by forfeit.

138—Noah Hone (Kelly Walsh) over Pouk TF 18-2.

145—Analu Benabise (Kelly Walsh) over Bryder Hickey Fall 1:45.

152—Sam Henderson (Kelly Walsh) won by forfeit.

160—Wid over Aragon Garro (Kelly Walsh) Maj 11-2.

170—Luke Nathan (Kelly Walsh) won by forfeit.

182—Kole Kraus (Kelly Walsh) won by forfeit.

220—Phoenix Buske (Kelly Walsh) over Brandon Knoles, Maj 10-2.

285—Meyer won by forfeit.

Mead defeated Perkins County 57-18.

106—Preston King (Mead) won by forfeit.

113—Roman Salaz (Mead) won by forfeit.

120—Nathan Rowden (Mead) won by forfeit.

126—Randy Guerra (Mead) won by forfeit.

138—Mateo Gonzaga (Mead) over Pouk SV-1 12-10.

145—Caleb Domenico (Mead) over Bryder Hickey Fall 4:34.

152—Kyle Johnson (Mead) won by forfeit.

160—Wid over Keegan Caldwell (Mead) Fall 3:14.

170—Emilio Chavez (Mead) won by forfeit.

182—Hector Contreras (Mead) won by forfeit.

195—Shawn Anderson (Mead) won by forfeit.

220—Brandon Knoles over Tommy Tatham (Mead) Fall 2:19.

285—Meyer won by forfeit.

Hemingford defeated Perkins County 36-27.

120—Dalton Jones (Hemingford) won by forfeit.

126—Richard Moeller (Hemingford) won by forfeit.

138—Pouk over Luke Honstein (Hemingford) Fall 2:51.

145—Bryder Hickey over Keagan Hitchcock (Hemingford) Fall 1:52.

152—Hayden McDonald (Hemingford) won by forfeit.

160—Wid over Tyler Coleman (Hemingford) SV-1 7-6.

170—Alex Neefe (Hemingford) won by forfeit.

182—Emma Gomez (Hemingford) won by forfeit.

195—Jake Sellman (Hemingford) won by forfeit.

220—Brandon Knoles over Jett Eggers (Hemingford) Fall 0:37.

285—Meyer over Brayden McGowan (Hemingford) Fall 0:26.

Chadron defeated Perkins County 52-12.

106—Paige Denke (Chadron) won by forfeit.

113—Braden Underwood (Chadron) won by forfeit.

120—Eric Vahrenkamp (Chadron) won by forfeit.

132—Kolby Denke (Chadron) won by forfeit.

138—Pouk over Chayton Bynes (Chadron) Fall 4:19.

145—Daniel Wellnitz (Chadron) over Bryder Hickey Fall 3:05.

152—Rhett Cullers (Chadron) won by forfeit.

160—Kade Waggener (Chadron) over Wid Maj 9-0.

195—Aiden Vaughn (Chadron) won by forfeit.

220—Isaiah Beye (Chadron) over Brandon Knoles Fall 1:32.

285—Meyer won by forfeit.

Mitchell defeated Perkins County 36-24.

138—Pouk won by forfeit.

145—Jake Chasek (Mitchell) over Bryder Hickey (Perkins County) Fall 1:21.

160—Wid won by forfeit.

195—Nicholas Coley (Mitchell) won by forfeit.

220—Brandon Knoles over Nathan Coley (Mitchell) Fall 5:41.

285—Meyer won by forfeit.

106—Bella Castellaw (Mitchell) won by forfeit.

113—Kaden Golden (Mitchell) won by forfeit.

120—Double Forfeit.

126—Hadley Markowski (Mitchell) won by forfeit.

132—Max Palomo (Mitchell) won by forfeit.