Longhorn wrestlers take second place at Southern Valley

    Chase County brought home six medals from the Southern Valley Invite and just missed taking the team title by two and a half points. The Longhorns took 20 wrestlers who competed.
    Three of those medals were first place finishes, while two were third and one fourth.
    Luis Co finished the day in first place in the 150 pound class. Co, who holds a record of 8-1, faced Kason Bruns of Sutherland, (4-0) in the finals. Bruns suffered his first loss to Co by way of major decision, 16-6.
    Jaret Peterson kept his record perfect and finished in first place at 215 pounds with a major decision win over Jeremy Felix of Alma in the finals.
    Zach Tarin also finished in first place when he defeated Zeb Wilde of Sandhills/Thedford by major decision 13-2.
    Fabian Arelin finished third. Arelin lost to Grant Statz of Sedgewick County/Fleming in the semi-finals but fought back through the consolation bracket to beat AJ Hobbs of Summerland by pin in the third place match.
    Thomas Reeves wrestled at 190. Reeves fell in the semifinals to Jake Hodson of Red Cloud/Blue Hill before pinning his way back through the consolation bracket to take third place.
    Tyler O’Neil made it to the semifinal match at 175 before falling to Aydan Kaps of Sutherland. O’Neil won the consolation semifinal but lost to Rhett McFadden of Sandhills Thedford in the third place match by decision 3-8 for fourth place.

Team scores—1. Sutherland 169, 2. Chase County 166.5, 3. Sedgewick County/Fleming 139, 4. Loomis 127, 5. Arapahoe 116.5, 6. Summerland 101, 7. Southern Valley 99, 8. Franklin 90.5, 9. Red Cloud/Blue Hill 88, 10. Alma 67, 11. Atwood-Rawlins County 62, 12. Sandhills/Thedford 60, 13. Wilcox-Hildreth 59, 14. Norton Community 51, 15. Hitchcock County 42, 16. Bertrand 24, 17. Medicine Valley 12, 18. Wauneta-Palisade 7.
Individual results
    120—Brextin Moreno won by fall over Coleman Chism (WP) 4:59, lost by decision to Carter Horner (Lo) 4-8, won by decision over Tucker Brandberry (Al) 9-2, pinned Jackson Cyboron (CC) 1:34, pinned by Gavin Patterson (W-H) 2:46.
    120—Jackson Cyboron pinned by Braxton Hammond (SV) 3:04, bye, won in sudden victory over Trevin Smith (RC/BH) 11-9, pinned by Brextin Moreno 1:34.
    126—Connor Einspahr pinned Westyn Manley (CC) 1:49, Lost decision to Dylan Kollmorgen (HC) 4-6, bye, lost by decision to Kyler Masters (W-H) 5-12.
    126—Westyn Manley pinned by Connor Einspahr 1:49, bye, pinned Breckon Johnson (Al) 2:57, pinned by Ian Dunse (Al) 2:32.
    132—Jaqueb Hoover won by decision over Elkin Reyes (Lo) 5-0, lost by major decision to Raleigh Hanson (A-R) 4-12, pinned Coleman Firme (SC/F) 2:30, pinned Logan Shriver (Al) 3:50, lost by major decision to Oliver Nutter (Sut) 2-13.
    138—Spencer Kelley bye, pinned by Luke Harper (Sut) 1:23, bye, lost by major decision to Alex Diaz (Ar) 3-12.
    138—Alonso Martinez bye, pinned by Ethan Kester (Sum) 0:54, bye, pinned by Eli Holle (A-RC) 2:47.
    144—Kaden Vogt bye, pinned by Braydon Johnson (Al) 2:21, bye, pinned by Jordan Holstein (Ar) 4:22.
    144—Malachi Christensen bye, pinned August Nelson 0:09, pinned by Keller Twohig (Fr) 2:33, pinned Dorian Culwell (A-RC) 3:13, pinned Braydon Johnson (Al) 3:41, pinned by Jesse Thiele (Sum) 2:45
    150—Luis Co bye, won by decision over Jack Carter (NC) 7-2, won by tech-fall over Sam Bantam (SV) 24-9, won by major decision over Logan Kester (Sum) 18-4, won by major decision over Kason Bruns (Sut) 16-6 for first place.
    150—Destry Russell won by decision over Grayson Johnson (W-H) 9-3, pinned by Kason Bruns (Sut) 1:58, bye, pinned Jake Shipman (RC/BH) 2:43, pinned Rhett Brown (Ber) 4:59, lost by decision to Matt Umphress (Sum) 4-10.
    157—lost by decision to Gage Rasser (RC/BH) 4-8, won by major decision over Noah Williams (Ar) 13-0, pinned Trent Wernsman (SC-F) 4:05, lost by decision to Matt Umphress (Sum) 4-10.
165—Fabian Arelin pinned Shayne Jenkins (Sum) 0:33, pinned Carrick McCorkle (Ar) 1:29, lost by major decision to Grant Statz (SC/F) 0-12, pinned Samuel Hare (HC) 0:37, pinned  AJ Hobbs (Sum) 0:29 for third place.
    175—Cameron Johnson pinned by Rhett McFadden (S/T) 1:28, pinned by Kole Walz (Sut) 2:29.
    175—Tyler O’Neil pinned Kole Walz (Sut) 2:25, won by decision over Rhett McFadden (S/T) 9-3, lost by decision to Aydan Kaps (Sut) 6-9, won by decision over Karson Shuler (HC) 12-5, lost by decision to Rhett McFadden (S/T) 3-8 for fourth place.
    190—Thomas Reeves bye, pinned Daylan Fairchild (A-RC) 2:22, pinned by Jake Hodson (RC/BH) 1:58, pinned Kash Schoff (Lo) 3:26, pinned Gabe Grove (SV) 1:42 for third place.
    215—Ray Morillo Jr. pinned by Nate Grilli (SV) 5:13, bye, pinned Kiva Clark (SC/F) 0:22, pinned by Walter Kenney (Lo) 3:45.
    215—Jaret Peterson pinned Craig Burger (W-H) 1:47, pinned Kiva Clark (SC/F) 2:15, pinned Colby Noel (SV) 1:51, won by major decision over Jeremy Felix (Al) 12-1 for first place.
    285—Zach Tarin pinned Ryker Schroeder (Ber) 1:36, Pinned Trey Broeker (SV) 1:44, won by decision over Riggin Ludeke (Lo) 9-2, won by major decision over Zeb Wilde (S/T) 13-2 for first place.
    285—Jesus Medina pinned by Caden Swanson (Lo) 2:50, pinned Draven Miner (W-P) 1:55, pinned by Jayden Loghry (HC) 2:44.