By Kevin Fries

The 12th annual Flatwater Fracas is one of the premier wrestling tournaments in Nebraska. This year the Fracas features 27 teams from Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, and Wyoming. Of the 27 teams involved, 17 of them are ranked in their respective states. Along with the team rankings, the Fracas showcases 112 individual ranked wrestlers, with 18 of them being ranked #1.

Teams:
Beatrice (#10B), Bennington, Blair (#4B), Centura, Cheyenne East (4A#4), Columbus (#4A), Fairbury, Grand Island JV, Grand Island (#7A), Great Bend (5A#6), Gretna, Hastings (#7B), Kearney (#5A), Lincoln East (#2A), Lincoln Northeast, Lincoln Southeast, Lincoln Southwest, Manhattan(6A#4), Millard South (#3A), Norfolk (#8A), North Platte, Northwest (#2B), Omaha Burke (#1A), Papillion-LaVista (#6A), Papillion-LaVista South, Smith Center (3A#8), Waverly (#6B)

Rated 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 (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 (Great Bend)

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)