By Dru Kastler (@KastlerDA) Round 1 #1 Valentine over #8 Ord 54-15 Valentine wrestled a very solid dual against Ord and won four out of the five bouts that were within five points. Every weight except for 182 had at least one state qualifier competing in this dual. Key matches: 106: SQ Colton Rowse (Ord)…

1. Millard South 175.5 2. Kearney 152.5 3. Omaha Burke 117.5 4. Columbus 114.0 5. Millard West 110.5 6. Papillion-LaVista 79.0 7. Bellevue East 74.5 8. Lincoln Southwest 68.0 9. Omaha Central 62.5 10. Omaha North 59.5 11. Lincoln East 58.5 12. Omaha Westside 57.0 13. North Platte 56.5 14. Lincoln Southeast 48.0 15. Grand…

1. Omaha Skutt Catholic 184.0 2. Gretna 171.0 3. Scottsbluff 135.0 4. Plattsmouth 96.5 5. Hastings 77.5 6. Wahoo/Cedar Bluffs 69.5 7. Bennington 64.0 8. Blair 63.5 9. Alliance 60.5 10. Lexington 56.0 11. Sidney 55.5 12. Columbus Scotus 51.0 13. McCook 49.0 14. Gothenburg 47.0 15. Fairbury 41.5 16. Schuyler 37.0 17. Nebraska City…

1. Valentine 195.0 2. David City 107.5 3. Battle Creek 90.5 4. O`Neill 88.0 5. Syracuse 87.0 6. Raymond Central 72.5 7. Broken Bow 64.0 8. Aquinas Catholic 62.5 9. North Bend Central 56.0 10. Kearney Catholic 53.0 11. Bridgeport 50.0 12. Chase County 46.0 13. Ord 44.5 14. Wood River 43.0 15. Cross County/Osceola…

1. Burwell 149.0 2. Amherst 131.0 3. Plainview 86.5 4. High Plains Community 81.0 5. Elkhorn Valley 79.0 6. North Platte St. Patrick`s 58.5 7. Elm Creek 57.0 8. Palmer 51.0 9. East Butler 48.0 10. Franklin 47.0 11. Creighton 46.0 12. West Holt 45.5 13. Sutherland 42.0 14. Oakland-Craig 40.0 15. Ansley/Litchfield 37.0 16.…

Burwell ends day two in full control of the Class D team race. Burwell went 6-0 on Friday night to give them a 39-point lead over Amherst heading into the final day. Burwell went 5-0 in semifinal matches including #5 Ryan Dawe defeating #3 Hunter Reimers 7-5. Meanwhile, Amherst went 1-8 on the night losing 2…

by Colin Pfeiffer (@CP308) After Day 1 of the State Tournament, Amherst sits in the lead with 5 semifinalists. Burwell finished the day in 2nd place only 8 points behind Amherst. Burwell also brings 5 semifinalists to day 2 and will be heavy favorites in 4 of those 5 matches. Burwell and Amherst will meet…

  Class B Team Scores/Number of Semifinalists 1. Skutt Catholic (7) 72.0 2. Gretna (6)               71.0 3. Scottsbluff (4)       55.0 4. Plattsmouth (3)    38.5 5. Hastings (4)           37.5 Quarterfinal Winners/Friday Night Semifinal Bouts 106 Andy Rojas of Lexington vs…

by Dru Kastler (@KastlerDA) Class C Team Scores/Number of Semifinalists 1. Valentine (7)                   79 2. Battle Creek (4)             37 T3. Raymond Central (3) 35.5 T3. David City (3)               35.5 5. Syracuse (3)  …

Class A Team Scores/Number of Semifinalists 1. Millard South (9)      89.5 2. Kearney (5)                76.5 3. Millard West (6)       57.0 4. Omaha Burke (5)      50.0 5. Columbus (3)             45.0 Millard South won 10 of their first…