by Dru Kastler (@KastlerDA)
Class C Team Scores/Number of Semifinalists
1. Valentine (7) 79
2. Battle Creek (4) 37
T3. Raymond Central (3) 35.5
T3. David City (3) 35.5
5. Syracuse (3) 35
Valentine is firmly in control of the team race. They have 7 out of their 12 wrestlers into the semifinals. Battle Creek is currently sitting in the runner up position with a slim lead over Raymond Central, David City and Syracuse. The race for runner up should be a heated one as big points will be scored in the semifinal round.
Semifinal Bouts:
There are eight unranked wrestlers who punched their ticket to the state semifinals and guaranteed themselves a state medal. So far, two top ranked wrestlers have been knocked off. It was an exciting first day of action. If you are unable to attend you can tune into the the webcast of the state semifinals tomorrow evening which I will be providing the commentary for. Good luck to all wrestlers in the semifinals and those trying to work their ways back to a medal!
Quarterfinal Winners/Friday Night Semifinal Bouts:
106
#2 Chase Olson (Valentine) vs #1 Caydon McCracken (Battle Creek)
#3 Koby Brandenburg (Central City) vs #4 Ryan Zoucha (Malcolm)
113
#1 Gage Krolikowski (Valentine) vs #6 Sam Saldivar (Johnson County Central)
#2 Seth Styskal (David City) vs #4 Lee Carlson (Sutton)
120
#5 Owen Lade (Battle Creek) vs #2 Evan Waddington (Wood River)
#1 Clayton Glendy (Broken Bow) vs UR Anton Carlson (Sutton)
126
#4 Damien Kersten (Battle Creek) vs #2 Wyatt Allan (Wood River)
#1 Jordan Kelber (Valentine) vs UR Easton Albrecht (Raymond Central)
132
#3 Monte Mumm vs UR Jonah Heng (Norfolk Catholic)
#2 Jeff Heinz (Fort Calhoun) vs #1 Max Hughes (Syracuse)
138:
#2 Eric Pacheco Kearney Catholic) vs UR Anthony Eickmeier (Aquinas)
#1 Melvin Hernandez (David City) vs #4 Noah Eklund (Valentine)
145
#2 Grant Albrecht (Raymond Central) vs #3 Hudson Pearman (Valentine)
#4 Keegan Pope (Syracuse) vs #1 Caden Moore (O’Neill)
152
UR Gavyn Buschkoetter (SCNU #5) vs #3 Jack Keating (Kearney Catholic)
#2 Caleb Long (Valentine) vs #5 Cooper Bates (Wilber-Clatonia)
160
UR Jaden Janssen (Crofton-Bloomfield) vs #5 Bryson Fisher (Chase County)
#1 Zach Borer (North Bend) vs #3 Kyle Petree (Aquinas)
170
#3 Donald Stephen (Valentine) vs UR Ben Metzler (Tekamah-Herman)
#4 Gavin Trompke (Ord) vs #2 Abe Hernandez (Mitchell)
182
#3 Cody Thomas (Wakefield) vs #1 Jerrod Fedorchik (Bridgeport)
#5 Brad Baasch (Doniphan-Trumbull) vs #2 Joseph Reimers (Aquinas)
195
#2 Bailey Thompson (O’Neill) vs #1 Ryan Worm (David City)
#3 Ethan Gabriel (Ord) vs UR Noah Carlson (Central City)
220
#1 Jason Hahlbeck (O’Neill) vs #2 Garrett Davidson (Cross County)
#5 Aaron Hinojosa (Chase County) vs #4 Jan-louw de Jager (Battle Creek)
285
#4 Sam Cantu (Norfolk Catholic) vs #2 Riley Homolka (Wilber-Clatonia)
#3 Hunter Miller (Cross County) vs #1 Caleb Lefferdink (Syracuse)