Chase County wrestlers fourth at tough Broken Bow Invite

    Chase County wrestlers traveled to Broken Bow Saturday Dec. 2 and brought back a fourth place team finish.
    Jaret Peterson came home with the only first place finish at 215 pounds. Luis Co, Tyler O’Neil, Thomas Reeves and Zach Tarin all came home with second place finishes.
    Connor Einspahr and Malachi Christensen rounded out the medals, both placing fourth in their respective weight classes.
    In the finals of the 215 weight class, Jaret Peterson had a rematch of the state finals match from last year where he lost a 2-3 decision to Cal Wells of Broken Bow.
    Last year Peterson lost to Wells in Broken Bow but turned around and beat him in the district finals. Peterson evened up the rivalry at two wins apiece when he beat Wells 3-2 in the ultimate tie-breaker round.
    Luis Co, who finished with a fifth place medal last year at the state tournament, advanced to the finals to face undefeated William Moninger of Broken Bow. Co lost a 2-7 decision to finish second in the 150 pound weight class.
    In the 175 pound class, Tyler O’Neil made the finals to face undefeated Andrew Smith of Kearney Catholic. Smith won by major decision 5-15 to give O’Neil the second place finish.
    Thomas Reeves pinned his way to the finals at 190 pounds.  Undefeated Max Denson of Broken Bow, who had one less match on the day due to a bye his first round, handed Reeves his first loss of the year, taking a 3-10 decision to give Reeves a second place finish.
    Zach Tarin would face district foe and undefeated Jeremiah Coley of Mitchell in the finals at heavyweight. Tarin lost a close 0-3 decision to place second.
    Freshman Connor Einspahr placed fourth. Einspahr lost to eventual champion Chaz Erickson of Kearney Catholic in the quarter-finals, but fought back through the consolation bracket with two wins before falling to Christian Lemburg of St. Paul by pin to claim fourth place.
    Malachi Christensen placed fourth in the 144 pound weight class. Christensen fell in the quarter finals to Jayden Thomsen of St. Paul by pin, then won his next two before losing to Kearney Catholic’s Clay Rasmussen in a 2-6 decision.

Team scores—1. Broken Bow 204, 2. St. Paul 152.5, 3. Mitchell 135.5, 4. Chase County 123, 5. Gordon-Rushville 103, 6. Kearney Catholic 98.5, 7. Wilcox-Hildreth 48, 8. Southern Valley 35 9. Broken Bow JV 33, 10. Twin River 28, 11. Grand Island Central Catholic 0.

Individual results
120—Brextin Moreno won by decision over Landen Cauthen TWRI, 3-1, lost by fall to Braxton Hammond SOVA, 0:40, pinned by Adam Schroder TWRI, 4:31.
126—Connor Einspahr bye, pinned by Chaz Erickson KECA, 1:22, bye, pinned Kyler Masters WIHI 4:46, won by decision over Cucul Tzin BBJV, 6-3, pinned by Christian Lemborg STP 0:42 for fourth place.
132—Jaqueb Hoover bye, pinned by Vaziah Voss MITC 5:00, pinned by Kian Weiskircher STPA 1:00.
138—Spencer Kelley pinned by Garrett Didler STPA 3:22, pinned by Brody Patterson WIHI 0:12.
144—Malachi Christensen pinned Kirkland Garcia MIT 0:29, pinned by Jayden Thomsen STPA 3:41, bye, forfeit by Collin Ramirez MIT,  won by major decision over Mason Majerus STPA 18-6, lost by decision to Clay Rasmussen KECA 2-6 for fourth place.
150—Luis Co pinned Destry Russell CCS 3:08, won by major decision over Dawson Becker STPA 15-5, lost by decision to William Moninger BRBO 2-7 for second place.
150—Destry Russell pinned by Luis Co CCS 3:08, pinned by Sam Bantam SOVA 3:39.
157—Scott Hoover lost by major decision to Alex Meinecke STPA 2-16, pinned by Aiden Markham BRBO 1:48.
165—Fabian Arelin bye, lost by decision to Bryson Thomsen STPA 9-11, pinned Kayne Fisher GORU 1:36, pinned by Santiago Castillo MIT 0:59 for fourth place.
175—Tyler O’Neil bye, pinned Brycen Woodward BBJV 5:31, lost by major decision to Andrew Smith KECA 5-15 for second place.
190—Thomas Reeves pinned Treyton Renz GICC 1:17, pinned Colton Archibald GORU 4:42, pinned Gabe Grove SOVA 4:00, lost by decision to Max Denson BRBO 3-10.
215—Jaret Peterson pinned Toby Berndt GORU 3:45, won by decision over Cael Peters MIT 7-2, won in ultimate tye breaker over Cal Wells BRBO 3-2 for first place.
285—Zach Tarin bye, pinned Trey Broker SOVA 4:39, lost by decision to Jeremiah Coley MIT 0-3 for second place.
Next action:
    The wrestlers will travel to the Southern Valley Invite on Saturday Dec. 8 with action beginning at 8:30 a.m. M.T.
    The Lady Longhorns will travel to the Sandhills Valley Invite on Sunday Dec. 9 in Stapelton starting at 9 a.m. M.T.