Longhorn boys fifth, girls sixth at Chadron Wrestling Invite

    It was a good day at a very tough Chadron Tourney on Saturday, Jan. 20. In the girls brackets, Chase County had who all three girls participated bring home medals.
    The boys had seven out of the twelve wrestlers place in the top six.
    Chadron hosted 24 boys teams and 20 girls teams. The CCS boys finished in fifth, while the girls placed in sixth with only three wrestlers.
    Hayley Rusher improved her record to 23-4, winning the 140 pound weight class.
    Brooke Schilke improved her record to 18-7 by taking first place in the girls 155 pound division.
    Naveah Martin (4-10) brought home a fourth place finish at 105 pounds.
    The boys had two first place finishers with Jaret Peterson winning at 215 and improving his record to 35-0. Zach Tarin won in the heavyweight division and improved to 32-2.
    Tarin avenged his second loss of the year when he won in sudden victory over Josef Sanchez of Natrona, after having lost in sudden victory to him the day before.
    CCS had two third place finishers in Luis Co (33-4) at 150 pounds and Thomas Reeves (32-6) at 175.
    Westyn Mendenhall (21-9) finished in fourth at 157 pounds. In the 165 pound class, Tyler O’Neil (26-12) finished in fifth, while Scott Hoover (18-13) finished sixth at 144 pounds.
Boys team scores
    1. Mead 224.5, 2. Scottsbluff 180.5, 3. Natrona 154, 4. Valley 139, 5. Chase County 134, 6. Mitchell 125, 7. Valentine 108, 8. Alliance 96, 9. Chadron 74, 10. Belle Fourche 70.5, 11. Gordon-Rushville 59, 12. Bridgeport 50.5, 13. Garden County 45, 14. Bayard 41, 14. Ogallala 41, 16. Morrill 27, 17. Crawford 23.5, 18. Newell 23, 19. Lakota Tech 20, 20. Banner County 14, 21. Hay Springs 3.5, 22. Hill City 3, 22. Little Wound 3, 22. Pine Ridge 3.
Girls team scores
    1. Lakota Tech 150, 2. Chadron 92, 3. Mitchell 83, 4. Gordon-Rushville 60, 5. Belle Fourche 59, 6. Chase County 58.5, 7. Bridgeport 49, 8. Gering 47, 9. Alliance 37, 10. Pine Ridge 34, 11. Valentine 31, 12. Ogallala 30, 13. Bayard 29, 14. Hemingford 28.5, 15. Hay Springs 24, 16. Morrill 14, 17. Garden County 13, 18. Scottsbluff 10, 19. Little Wound 4, 19. Paxton 4.
Individual results
G105—Navaeh Martin was pinned by Jaynie Perkins (LT), 1:02, was pinned by Rylee Luce (GER), 3:31, lost by major decision to Hailey Webber (OG), 4-10, pinned Lia Mundt (BF), 5:26 for fourth place.
126—Connor Einspahr (15-17) lost by tech-fall to Jackson Bailey (ALL), 0-15, pinned Brady Korigan (VA), 2:31, lost by major decision to Luke Russell (NC) 1-9.
132—Jaqueb Hoover (13-18) was pinned by Chris Barrett (NC), 2:44, was pinned by Alexander Norlin (BF), 2:53.
G140—Hayley Rusher (23-4) bye, pinned Tristan Hochstine (OG), 3:07, won by tech-fall over Joselyn Shockey (BF), 0-15, pinned Kirsten Heck (GR), 2:45 for first place.
144—Scott Hoover (18-13) pinned Paul Fast Wolf (LW), 1:43, lost by decision to Jameson Siemens (NC), 3-7, won by decision over Colton Dudley (VA), 8-6, pinned Paden Morava (CRA), 1:15, lost by major decision to Carter Woods (MD), 1-9, lost by medical forfeit to Tate Thompson (ALL), for sixth place.
150—Luis Co (33-4) pinned Owyn Schreder (BF), 1:21, pinned Bryce Melichar (MD) 1:28, lost by decision to Garrett McGirl (VA), 2-4, won by major decision over Parker Chavez (VAL), 14-4, pinned Harrison Barnette (BP), 3:36 for third place.
150—Destry Russell (9-10) was pinned by Parker Chavez (VAL), 1:56, won by decision over Garrison Bertagnole (NC), 6-5, lost by major decision to Bryce Melichar (MD), 1-11.
G155—Brooke Schilke (18-7) bye, pinned Jaelyn Yetter (MIT), 0:35, pinned Sandra Moves Camp (LT), 2:57, pinned Olivia Nehl (BF), 3:57 for first place.
157—Westyn Mendenhall (21-9) pinned Ryder Rezac (OG), 1:24, won by decision over Wyatt Feddersen (GR), 7-6, was pinned by Quinn Bailey (CHA), 2:29, won by decision over Oscar Gonzalez (SB), 7-4, lost by major decision to Austin Blajszczak (NC), 2-12 for fourth place.
165—Tyler O’Neil (26-12) bye, lost by decision to Santiago Castillo (MIT), 2-4, pinned Aaron Cooper (BP), 0:30, pinned Fabian Arelin (CCS), 4:27, lost by decision to Isaiah Manriquez (VA), 6-11, pinned Trace Buechle (VAL), 4:58 for fifth place.
165—Fabian Arelin (21-11) was pinned by Gunner Roberson (GC), 3:03, pinned Kayne Fisher (GR), 2:01, pinned Morgan Donason (OG), 1:32, was pinned by Tyler O’Neil (CCS), 4:27.
175—Thomas Reeves (32-6) pinned Abram Maraz (VA), 1:26, pinned Matthew Mooney (ALL), 1:27, lost by decision to Frankie Trevino (SB), 11-13, pinned Tyler Palmero (NC) 1:41, pinned Kolby Houchin (BAY), 0:59 for third place.
190—Ray Murillo Jr. (5-13) was pinned by Lucas Weber (ALL), 3:23, bye, lost by decision to Trigg Olsen (BF), 4-5.
215—Jaret Peterson (35-0) pinned Thane Taylor (VAL), 1:57, pinned Leland Long Wolf (LI), 2:50, won by decision over William Eilers (MED), 0-7, won by decision over Sebastian Boyle (20-2) (SCB), 3-2 for first place.
285—Zach Tarin (32-2) bye, won by decision over Daylon Adams (SCB), 7-2, won by forfeit over Colton Niles (NEWE), won in sudden victory over Josef Sanchez (5-0) (NACO), 3-1 for first place.