Josh Batenhorst (assistant coach at West Point-Beemer this season) has recently been named the Wakefield-Allen High School Head Wrestling Coach. He wrestled at West Point-Beemer under coaches Ray Maxwell and Jason Redmond. His coaching career began right after high school, as he attended UNL and drove home every weekend to help coach because he wanted…
Eric Dolezal (assistant coach at Blair High School this season) has recently been named the Waverly High School Head Wrestling Coach. Before we get into the interview with him, we have a statement from current Blair High School Head Wrestling Coach Erich Warner: “Eric Dolezal wrestled for the Bryan Wrestling Club, then Platteview High School,…
Less than 2 weeks removed from coaching Joe Berg to a NAIA National Title for Midland University, Dana Vote has been named the new head coach at Doane University in Crete, NE. This past season, Vote led the Warriors to a 3rd place finish at the GPAC, and sent 5 wrestlers to the NAIA national…
106 Champion- Gabe Grice, Bellevue East (So) 27-1 Grice followed up a runner-up finish at 106 last season, with a state title this season. He collected 14 falls and scored bonus point wins in all but 5 of his wins this season while battling an injury. After losing 4-4 in the ultimate tie breaker to…
106 Champion – Quinton Chavez, Gering (So) 34-3 Chavez came into the season looking to make another run at the championship, after finishing 3rd last season. Chavez started the season at 113 before making the descent to 106. Of his three losses, two of them were to out-of-state opponents, and the third was to the…
D106 Semifinal – Logan Russell (High Plains Community) 41-0 won by decision over Hunter Bennett (Elkhorn Valley) 35-7 (Dec 6-1) Semifinal – Eli Lanham (Plainview) 41-3 won by decision over Jesse Sauceda (Shelton) 36-5 (Dec 7-4) Cons. Round 3 – Dalton Hansen (Harvard) 29-10 won in sudden victory – 1 over Samuel Foster (Sutherland) 49-2…
A106 Semifinal – Caleb Coyle (Millard South) 51-5 won by decision over Juan Pedro Jr. (Grand Island) 38-13 (Dec 4-0) Semifinal – Gabe Grice (Bellevue East) 26-1 won in tie breaker – 1 over Brandon Baustert (Lincoln East) 38-7 (TB-1 2-1) Cons. Round 3 – Michael Colling (Omaha Westside) 42-10 won by decision over Ben…
