By: Kevin Fries

Week Three of the season is already upon us. Historically this has been the last big weekend before the Christmas break. However, many tournaments that were cancelled the first week have been rescheduled for next weekend. With that said, Week Three will be another great weekend of wrestling.

Two major tournaments dot the Class B schedule– the Flatwater Fracas and the Wahoo Invite. Both tournaments feature a strong Class B representation and many of the potential team and individual match-ups will give wrestling fans a lot to talk about in the coming weeks.

Where Can You Find Them?

NEwrestle Team Rankings

Friday

Flatwater Fracas
Teams:
Beatrice (#B10), Bennington, Blair (#B4), Centura, Cheyenne East (#4A-4), Columbus (#A4), Fairbury, Grand Island JV, Grand Island (#A7), Great Bend (#5A-6), Gretna, Hastings (#B7), Kearney (#A5), Lincoln East (#A2), Lincoln Northeast, Lincoln Southeast, Lincoln Southwest, Manhattan(#6A-4), Millard South
(#A3), Norfolk (#A8), North Platte, Northwest (#B2), Omaha Burke (#A1), Papillion-LaVista (#A6), Papillion-LaVista South, Smith Center (#3A-8), Waverly (#B6)

Ranked Wrestlers:
106
#2A – Brandon Baustert Jr (Lincoln East)
#2B – Luke Bailey (Blair)
#3A – Caleb Coyle (Millard South)
#4A – Nate Rubino (Omaha Burke)
#4B – Grady Arends (Northwest)
#5A – Archer Heelan (Kearney)
#6A – Juan Pedro Jr. (Grand Island)
#6B – Trae Greve (Waverly)
#7-4A – Landon Trujillo (Cheyenne East)

113
#2B – Tanner York (Beatrice)
#2-3A – Colton Shoemaker (Smith Center)
#3-6A – Easton Taylor (Manhattan)
#4A – Clay Cerny (Columbus)
#4B – Jaylan Ruffin (North Platte)
#5A – Blake Cushing (Grand Island)
#5B – Landon Templar (Blair)
#6A – Hunter Nagatani (Kearney)
#6-4A – David Stice (Cheyenne East)
#6-5A – Avery Wolf (Great Bend)

120
#1A – Jakason Burks (Omaha Burke)
#1B – Jackson Nielsen (Blair)
#1-4A – Lucas Robinett (Cheyenne East)
#1-5A – Drew Liles (Great Bend)
#2A – Nathan Rizek (Lincoln East)
#2B – Drew Arnold (Beatrice)
#3A – Rylie Steele (Kearney)
#4A – Tanner Kobza (Columbus)
#4-6A – Tate Sauder (Manhattan)
#5A – Stone Sindelar (PLVS)
#6A – Ian Rudner (PLV)

126
#1B – Darian Diaz (North Platte)
#1-4A – Amos Solano (Cheyenne East)
#2A – Cody Niemiec (PLV)
#3A – Conor Knopick (Millard South)
#4B – Collin Quandt (Northwest)
#5B – Bryce Brown (Hastings)
#6A – Gage Ferguson (Kearney)
#6-5A – Carson Schooler

132
#1A – Phillip Moomey (Kearney)
#3A – Antrell Taylor (Millard South)
#3B – Izaak Hunsley (Hastings)
#4A – Nolan Niemiec (PLV)
#4-4A – Shawn Smith (Cheyenne East)
#6A – Carter Kucera (Columbus)

138
#1A – Maxx Mayfield (Lincoln East)
#2A – Tyler Antoniak (Millard South)
#3A – Gauge McBride (Kearney)
#4-5A – George Weber (Great Bend)
#4-6A – Jacob Mitchell (Manhattan)
#6A – Preston Mort (Lincoln Northeast)
#6-4A – Noah Gallegos (Cheyenne East)

145
#1A – Nick James (Kearney)
#2A – Creighton Baughman (PLV)
#2-3A – Jaden Atwood (Smith Center)
#4B – Mason Brumbaugh (Hastings)
#5-6A – Darius Island-Jones (Manhattan)
#6A – Caleb Connor (PLVS)
#6-5A – Gage Fritz (Great Bend)

152
#1A – Chance Fry (Lincoln East)
#1B – Kaleb Canoyer (Waverly)
#1-4A – Jackson Hesford (Cheyenne East)
#2A – Deson Stapleton (Omaha Burke)
#3A – Alex Irizarry (PLVS)
#4A – Josh Licking (Norfolk)
#5A – Cole Price (PLV)
#6B – Cash Arensdorf (North Platte)
#6-5A – Alex Randolph (Great Bend)

160
#1A – James Burks (Omaha Burke)
#1-6A – Bubba Wilson (Manhattan)
#2A – Brayden Splater (Norfolk)
#3A – Aidan Williams (Grand Island)
#4A – Avery McMeekin (Columbus)
#4B – Brody Nelson (Beatrice)
#5-4A – Landin Eldridge (Cheyenne East)
#6A – Carter Ables (Kearney)
#6-5A – Scott Heilman (Great Bend)

170
#1B – Damen Pape (Hastings)
#2A – Cole Huss (Gretna)
#2B – Evan Canoyer (Waverly)
#3A – Grant Lyman (Lincoln East)
#3B – Ace York (Fairbury)
#3-6A – Quincy Saddler (Manhattan)
#6A – Gus Franzen (Kearney)

182
#1A – Carson Zwingman (Columbus)
#2A – Isaac Trumble (Millard South)
#3A – AJ Muthersbaugh (Lincoln East)
#4A – Trajen Linear (PLVS)
#4B – Seth Firmanik (Fairbury)
#5A – Oscar Richter (Grand Island)

195
#1A – Dillyn Miller (Omaha Burke)
#2A – Anthony DeAnda (Columbus)
#2B – Grady Griess (Northwest)
#3A – Josh Trumble (Millard South)
#4B – Trevor Rutcosky (Blair)
#5A – TJ Huber (Gretna)
#5-6A – Robert Huston (Manhattan)
#6A – Daylone Keovalone (Grand Island)

220
#2A – Kasten Grape (Columbus)
#2B – Cooper Kiser (Northwest)
#3A – Gavin Peitzmeier (Millard South)
#3-6A – Christian Schlepp (Manhattan)
#4A – Dylan Sales (Omaha Burke)
#5B – Garrett Menke (Bennington)
#6C – Austin Simmons (Centura)
#7-4A – Zach Higgins (Cheyenne East)

285
#1A – Conner Cowling (Norfolk)
#4A – Ethan McPhillips (Grand Island)
#4B – Trevor Brown (Waverly)
#5A – Eddie Loredo (Columbus)
#5-4A – Jacob Fernandez (Cheyenne East)
#6A – Deangelo Stapleton (Omaha Burke)
#6B – Marcos Martinez (Northwest)

What to Watch:
The Fracas is the premier tournament in Nebraska this weekend. It features 112 ranked wrestlers and 17 ranked teams. Look for a full preview of the Fracas in an upcoming post.

Saturday

Wahoo Invite
Teams:
Aquinas Catholic (#C5), Ashland-Greenwood, Bishop Neumann, Centennial, East Butler, Friend, Lexington (#B3), Lincoln Pius X, Malcolm, Oakland-Craig, Omaha Concordia, Omaha Gross, Omaha Westside, Plattsmouth, Wahoo (#B5), York (#B8)

Ranked Wrestlers:
106
#2C Wyatt Schoepf (Centennial)
#5C Trenton Arlt (Oakland-Craig)

113
#2C Zach Zitek (Aquinas)

120
#5C Noah Scott (Aquinas)

126
#3C Ryan Zoucha (Malcom)

132
#6B Brady Fago (Lexington)

138
#5C Creighton Redler (Aquinas)

145
#2B Trystan Berry (Lexington)

152
#2B Harrison Gocke (York)

160
#1B Riley Kopf (Lexington)
#6B Cooper Hancock (Wahoo)

170
#5A Nolan Miller-Johnston (Omaha Westside)

#5B Jayden Wooten (Plattsmouth
#5C Dylan Zoucha (Malcolm)

182
#1C Joseph Reimers (Aquinas)
#1D Edwen Baptista (Friend)
#4C Haydn Deinert (Malcolm)
#5B Kole Bordovsky (Wahoo)
#6B Drake Rader (Plattsmouth)

195
#1B Sam Kolterman (Wahoo)
#4C Luke Fairbanks (Bishop Neumann)
#6B Kobe Lyons (York)

220
#3B Devin Pfeifer (Plattsmouth)
#6B Brayan Rodriguez (York)

285
#1B Jack Sutton (Wahoo)
#2B Noah Stafursky (York)
#2C Justyn Hale (Oakland-Craig)
#3A Cade Haberman (Omaha Westside)
#3B Jade Wurth (Lexington)
#4C Cody Bender (Centennial)
#6C Owen Schramm (Aquinas)

What to Watch:
The Wahoo Invite could be dubbed as the “Big Boys” Invite, as the upper weights have some very talented wrestlers and the action should be top-notch. From 182 on up, a wrestling fan will not be disappointed with the battles that will take place. Seven ranked wrestlers could battle it out at 285. That is something that you typically only see at the state tournament.