Chase County Longhorns are runner-up in SPVA Wrestling

By Alan Carman
The Imperial Republican
    The boys wrestling team traveled to Bridgeport Thursday Feb. 6 for the WTC/SPVA/MAC/PAC Tournament.
    The Longhorns finished in fourth place, two spots behind SPVA foe North Platte St. Pats. Out of the 10 wrestlers for Chase County, nine returned home with a medal.
    Scott Hoover took championship honors at 165 pounds. Dylan Miscles, (106), Luis Co, (144) and Zach Tarin, (285), all finished in second place. Jaqueb Hoover, (132) and Westyn Mendenhall, (157), finished in third, Destry Russell, (150) and Parker Terryberry, (175), finished fourth, while Damon Spady finished sixth at 126 pounds. Luke Kuenning wrestled at 113 pounds.
Team scoring
    1. Mitchell 174, 2. North Platte St. Pats 163, 3. Bridgeport 160, 4. Chase County 155, 5. Crawford 126.5, 6. Gordon-Rushville 120, 7. Garden Co. 64.5, 8. Bayard 63, 9. Morrill 60.5, 10. Hemingford 44, 11. Kimball 43.5, 12. Hershey 38, 13. South Platte 28, 14. Minitare 23, 15. Perkins Co. 10, 16. Banner Co. 9, 17. Hyannis 4, 18. Sioux Co. 3.5, 19. Leyton 0.
Individual results
    106 Dylan Miscles (28-16): bye, pinned Wilbur Reichenberg (BC) 3:16, won in the ultimate tie breaker over Ryan Ragsdale (Hem) 2-1, was pinned by Yovanni Jimenez (Mit) 1:45 for second place.
    113 Luke Kuenning (8-27): lost by tech-fall to Coy Bernhardt (Mor) 0-15, was pinned by Landry Weinmaster (Mit) 0:29.
    126 Damon Spady (13-17): was pinned by Drey Gardner (Mor) 2:56, bye, was pinned by Jarrett Vanarsdall (Her) 2:58, lost by medical forfeit to Asa Funk (G-R) for sixth place.
    132 Jaqueb Hoover (32-19): bye, won by decision over Taylor Eichthaler (BP) 12-6, was pinned by Hudson Deads (NPSP) 5:18, pinned Luke Wetherington (Bay) 1:00, won by decision over Bryant Zimmerman (Mor) 6-5 for third place.
    144 Luis Co (38-2): pinned Charles Hirsch (Bay) 0:49, pinned Fayt Anderson (Craw) 1:24, pinned James Jeffords (BP) 1:56, lost by decision to Kyler Vincent (G-R) 5-6 for second place.
    150 Destry Russell (22-15): bye, lost by decision to Jose Arreola (BP) 4-9, pinned Tucker Kemp (NPSP) 2:29, pinned Taylor Kreman (SC) 0:40, won by decision over Cody Brinkman (Kim) 11-4, was pinned by Jose Arreola (BP) 2:28 for fourth place.
    157 Westyn Mendenhall (36-7): pinned Rio Williams (Mit) 1:07, lost by decision to Colton Mader (Craw) 1-6, pinned Daxton Malcolm (BP) 1:46, pinned Jared Perkins (Bay) 4:58 for third place.
    165 Scott Hoover (39-7): pinned Matthew Schwoderar (Ley) 1:23, pinned Dylan Bruce (PC) 2:43, pinned Josh Miller (Hem) 2:32, Won in sudden victory-1, over Francis Pieper (NPSP) 7-4 for first place.
    175 Parker Terryberry (16-22): pinned Emilio Dimas (NPSP) 0:51, lost by tech-fall to Cody Holmgren (Craw) 3-19, pinned Laramie Duffield (Hy) 4:22, was pinned by Emilio  Dimas (NPSP) 2:58 for fourth place.
    285 Zach Tarin (41-1): bye, pinned Wyatt Blomekamp (Mit) 3:32, lost by decision to Lain Tausan (G-R) 1-2 for second place. This was Zach’s first loss of the year.
    Next year the SPVA conference will have a different look. Sutherland will be leaving the conference due to declining numbers in the school. They will be joining the Republican Activities Conference.
    Mitchell will leave the Western Trail Conference and join the SPVA Conference. Valentine will leave the Southwest Conference and also join the SPVA. This will all happen in the fall of 2025.
    The South Platte Valley Association will then consist of Chase County, Hershey, Mitchell, North Platte St. Pats, Perkins County and Valentine.
Next action
    The Chase County Boys Wrestling Team will travel to Kearney on Feb. 15 for the Class C, District 4 Tournament, to be held at Kearney Catholic High School, to vie for a chance at going to the State Tournament in Omaha, Feb. 20-22.