
The season is winding down. This is the final weekend of tournaments with state duals next weekend then districts and state. Teams across the state are putting their final touches on the lineups and preparing for a big February. Week eight saw Kearney win the UNK Duals, Millard South win the Plattsmouth Invite, and Omaha Burke win their home invite. Elkhorn South narrowly defeated Millard North 39-38 to win the Lincoln Northeast Duals.
Class A Wrestler of the Week.
Jaylan Ruffin from North Platte had a big weekend going 3-0 and winning a very tough 126 pound bracket at the John Higgins Invite in Lexington. He won the final over Class B #3 Landon Weidner 4-1. Ruffin is a Junior who is currently ranked #3 in Class A.
Class A Team of the Week.
Elkhorn South
The Storm went 5-0 at the Lincoln Northeast Duals on Saturday. They defeated Creighton Prep, South Sioux City, Lincoln East, Fremont and in the finals won a very tight match against Millard North 39-38. The Storm got a fall from 120 pounder, Daniel Walters in the final match to give them the title. Elkhorn South had 37 pins on the day and they wrestled with out 220 and 285 pound wrestlers on Saturday.
Class A Freshman of the Week.
Omaha North Freshman, Tyler Stewart has been hot in January. He finished runner up at the Metro Conference a couple weeks ago and continued his dominance last week. He went 3-1 at the Burke Invite with three falls and lost in the finals to Cade Haberman from Westside.
Class A Top Ten-Where can you find them?
#1 Millard South 2/01 Maryville Invite (Maryville, MO)
#2 Lincoln East 2/04 Triangular (Lincoln North Star, Lincoln Southwest)
#3 Omaha Central 2/01 Skyhawk Invite
#4 Columbus 2/01 Norfolk Invite
#5 Grand Island 2/01 Norfolk Invite
#6 Kearney 1/31-2/01 Garden City Invite (Garden City, KS)
#7 Papillion LaVista South Papio Duals
#8 Omaha Burke Raymond Central Invite
#9 North Platte 1/31 McCook Dual Invite
#10 Norfolk 2/01 Norfolk Invite
Saturday
Monarch Duals
Teams
#7A Papillion LaVista South, #2B Hastings, #8B Wahoo, Papillion LaVista, Bellevue West, Gretna, Lincoln Southeast, Omaha Bryan, Omaha Gross
106
#4A Mohamud Abdi-Omaha Bryan
#5A Dominic Martinez-Papillion LaVista
#6A Tyler Durden-Papillion LaVista South
#8B Markus Miller-Hastings
113
#6A Noor Salat-Omaha Bryan
120
#8A Jordan Bobier-Papillion LaVista
#7B Malachi Bordovsky-Wahoo
126
#6A Abdi Mohamud-Omaha Bryan
#7A Ian Rudner-Papillion LaVista
#3B Landon Weidner-Hastings
132
#3B Bryce Brown-Hastings
138
#4A Stone Sindelar-Papillion LaVista South
145
#3A Alex Irizarry-Papillion LaVista South
#7A Coletin Haggin-Papillion LaVista
152
#1A Cole Price-Papillion LaVista
#3B Mason Brumbaugh-Hastings
#6B Peyton Walling-Wahoo
160
#2A Caleb Connor-Papillion LaVista South
#2B Izaak Hunsley-Hastings
#4B Trey Shanahan-Wahoo
170
#5A Jack McDonnell-Bellevue West
#6A Jack Larchick-Gretna
#7A Alex Morris-Papillion LaVista
#8A Chase Pockett-Omaha Bryan
#2B Cooper Hancock-Wahoo
182
#5A Cade Schendt-Papillion LaVista South
#1B Damen Pape-Hastings
195
#4A Zach Balmudez-Lincoln Southeast
#6A Alek Abels-Papillion LaVista
#7A Jackson Arend–Gretna
#2B Kole Bordovsky-Wahoo
#5B Evan Morara-Hastings
220
#2A Jaylon Walker-Omaha Bryan
#3A Tyler Robinson-Papillion LaVista South
#4B Blake Davis-Hastings
Norfolk Invite
Teams
#4A Columbus, #5A Grand Island, #10A Norfolk, Fremont, Lincoln Northeast, Millard North, South Sioux City
106
#2 Adrian Bice-Columbus
#3 Ein Obermiller-Grand Island
113
#1 Juan Pedro-Grand Island
#5 Solomon Allerheiligan-Millard North
120
#6 Clay Cerny-Columbus
#7 Rogelio Ruiz-Grand Island
126
#2 Blake Cushing-Grand Island
#8 Weston Godfrey-Norfolk
132
#5 Tanner Kobza-Columbus
#7 Aaron Dittmer-Norfolk
138
#3 Peyton Meink-Millard North
#5 Brody Arrants-Grand Island
145
#5 Peyton Martinez-South Sioux City
#8 Jacob Licking-Norfolk
#8 (152) Rylee Iburg-Columbus
152
#5 Josh Licking-Norfolk
160
#4 Brayden Splater-Norfolk
#6 Guillermo Espinoza-Millard North
#7 Tommy Wentz-Fremont
#8 Kolby Lukasiewicz-Grand Island
170
#2 Blayze Standley-Columbus
#4 Austin Miller-Norfolk
182
#2 Daylon Keolavone-Grand Island
#3 Anthony DeAnda-Columbus
195
#2 Kasten Grape-Columbus
#3 Jon Keller-Millard North
220
#4 Brayden Heffner-Norfolk
285
#3 Jayden Schrader-Lincoln Northeast
#6 Jacob Ngeleka-South Sioux City
#7 Zephaniah Sivels-Millard North
Skyhawk Invite
Teams
#3A Omaha Central, #1B Omaha Skutt, Boys Town, Council Bluffs Thomas Jefferson, Elkhorn South, Lincoln North Star, Lincoln Southwest, Omaha North
103
#2B Zach Ourada-Omaha Skutt
113
#7A Landon McLaughlin-Lincoln Southwest
120
#2A Emilio Haynes-Omaha Central
126
#5A Ryan Turner-Omaha Central
132
#6A Gabe Grice-Omaha Central
#8A Jaxon Marrow-Lincoln Southwest
#4B Adam Kruse-Omaha Skutt
138
#6A Grant Kingston-Elkhorn South
145
#6A Ray Hubbard-Omaha Central
#1B Joey Orsi-Omaha Skutt
152
#2A Deon Davis-Omaha Central
#1A Nick Stoltenberg-Omaha Skutt
160
#3B Connor Drahota-Omaha Skutt
170
#3A Justin Davis-Omaha Central
182
#6A Tyler Stewart-Omaha North
#8A Sheldon Isom-Lincoln North Star
195
#1B Eli Jansen-Omaha Skutt
220
#5B Ben Uhl-Elkhorn South
285
#2A Jacob Frezell-McClinton-Omaha Central
Where can you find the rest of Class A?
Roncalli Invite-Bellevue East, Creighton Prep, Lincoln Pius, Omaha Benson, Omaha Northwest, Omaha South,
Bergan Duals-Elkhorn
Hoover Wrestling Invite (Liberty, MO)-Lincoln High
Boone Central Invite-Omaha Westside
Raymond Central Invite-Millard West
Congratulations to the Class A Team of the Week- Elkhorn South! Lincoln East was not at the Lincoln Northeast Invite, but Lincoln Northeast, Lincoln Southeast and Lincoln NorthStar were there! The Storm defeated Lincoln Southeast at this tournament.