By: Colin Pfeiffer
Top Ten Teams Results
1 Burwell – 1-4 At Gothenburg Duals
2 Elkhorn Valley –1st Neligh Oakdale Invite
3 Amherst – 2-1 Ravenna Quad Duals/2ndNeligh Oakdale Invite
4 Elm Creek –5th South Loup Invite
5 Maxwell – RPAC Conference Tournament
6 Plainview – 4th South Loup Invite/2nd Lewis & Clark Conference
7 Palmer – 2nd South Loup Invite Ravenna Quad Duals 2-1
8 East Butler 8th at David City Invite
9 Morrill – 6th Chadron Invite
10 Pender- 13th Madison Invite/ 12th Oakland Craig Invite
Ravenna Quad Duals
Palmer Results
Palmer Def Arcadia Loup City 48-18
Palmer Def Amherst 34-33 on Criteria
Palmer Def Ravenna 36-35
Amherst Results
Amherst Def Ravenna 54-24
Palmer Def Amherst 34-33 on Criteria
Amherst Def Arcadia Loup City 54-24
Notable Results from Duals
120-#4 Ruger Reimers palmer Def #2 Isaiah Shields Amherst 7-4
160 #2 Trace Baasch Amherst def #5 Spencer Wichmann Palmer 4-2
Gothenburg Duals
Friday 2 Class D Team competed in the 6 team Gothenburg duals. Burwell missing quite a few kids from their lineup had a rough day going 2-3 in duals finishing in 4th place. High Plains the other Class D team competing here also went 2-3 duals and finished in 5th place although the did defeat Burwell 42-30.
Burwell Results
York defeated Burwell 60-9
High Plains defeated Burwell 42-30
Burwell defeated Gothenburg 42-36
Broken Bow defeated Burwell 51-25
Burwell defeated Hershey 42-36
High Plains results
Broken Bow defeated High Plains 72-12
High Plains defeated Burwell 42-30
High Plains defeated Hershey 36-36 on Criteria
Gothenburg defeated High Plains 47-18
York defeated High Plains 65-15
South Loup Invite
South Loup Added 4 new teams to their tournament this year to create a really nice tournament on Friday night. Mullen lead the way in the team race scoring 135.5 to bring home the championship trophy. D#7 Palmer scored 112 points to bring home 2nd place. Ansley-Litchfield, #6 Plainview and #4 Elm Creek rounded out the top 5 team race. It appears the 113 #2 Kobe Smith of Elm Creek and 152 #5 Conner Schutz of Elwood both defaulted out of the tournament with injuries.
Notable Matches from South Loup
106- #4 Eli Lanham Plainview Def Brett McAbee Ansley-Litchfield 2-1
113- #6 Teven Marshall Mullen Def Jaden Sobotka Plainview 6-2
120 – #4 Ruger Reimer Palmer Def Dustin Klingsporn Axtell 8-2
145- #4 Colby Coons Twin Loup Def #5 William White Sutherland 4-2
152- #1 Connor Donscheski Plainview Def #6 Andrew Nelson Plainview 9-0
195 #2 @182 Preston Walker Elm Creek Def #1 Seth Racicky Ansley-Litchfield 6-3
Neligh Oakdale Invite
The always tough 24 team Neligh Oakdale invite brought us many ranked matchups over the weekend and also brought #2 Elkhorn Valley and #3 Amherst Head to head for the first time this season. #2 Elkhorn Valley won the invite with 185.5 points over #3 Amherst who finished with 138 points. Class D teams Creighton, Neligh-Oakdale, and North Central rounded out the top 5 teams.
Notable Matches from Neligh
120- Zak Palmer North Central Def #6 Shaye Wood Central Valley 6-2
120- #1 Dillon Stewart Elkhorn Valley Def #2 Isaiah Shields Amherst 13-4
126- #1 Tyler Palowski Pleasanton Def #4 Josh Ibach Central Valley 6-4
138- #5 Darren Stewart Elkhorn Valley Def #6 Derek Wortman Creighton by Fall
145- #3 Josh Mcfarland Elkhorn Valley def #2 Sam Florell Amherst by Fall
145- #3 Josh Mcfarland Elkhorn Valley def Brandon Bloomquist Randolph 7-5 SV
170- #2 Jared Atkeson St. Marys Def #3 Stephen Duffy Kenesaw 8-2
170- #3 Stephen Duffy Kenesaw Def C#3 Quinten Moles Crofton/Bloomfield 9-3
182- #3 Daniel Duffy Kenesaw Def C#2 Ethan Poppe Crofto/Bloomfield by Fall
Oakland Craig Invite
The Oakland Craig invite brought in teams from Classes B,D and C to create a 20 team field. Class C #3 Lead the way winning the team title with 220 Points. Logan View was the runner up with197.5 points. North Bend Central, Oakland-Craig and Conestoga rounded out the top 5 teams. One neat feature from this tournament was this year they added an all girls division. The girls division consisted of 13 girls from 6 different and 4 brackets.
Notable Results from Oakland-Craig
113- C#1 Caydon McCracken Battle Creek Def. #2 Koby Ellis Winside 1-0
138- B#1 Ray Loftis West Point Beemer Def. #3 Jefferson McNeill Oakland Craig 4-3
160- C#1 Zach Borer North Bend Def #1 Miles Kulhanek Howells Dodge 12-1
170- C#4 Brady Hull Logan Veiw Def . Dylan Horejsi Howells Dodge 1-0
195- Michael Hegge Panca Def #2 Jaden Rahn GACC by Fall
Other Notable Results from Week 8
126- Nate Rocheleau Gering Def #3 Alex Araujo Bayard by Fall
126- Nate Rocheleau Gering Def #2 Trevor Nelson Crawford 10-8
132- C#1 Jordan Kelber Valentine def #2 Mitch McKibbin Bayard 16-7
138- A#2 Tyler Cunningham Grenta Def #2 Ryley Spatz East Butler 4-1
145- C#1 Melvin Hernandez David City Def #5 Dalton Bohac East Butler 4-2
152- #3 Austin Garcia Morrill Def Brody Benson Valentine 15-3
170- Brett Brenton Natrona County, WY Def #4 Will Howell Morrill by Fall
220- #3 Anthony Starr Southwest Def #2 Seth Andrew Cambridge by Fall
285- Logan Kircher Southwest Def #5 Tyler Schultz Cambridge by Fall
285- B#1 Noah Stafursky York Def #1 Thomas Hughes Burwell 3-1