Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
Reliable, Trustworthy Reporting, Capturing The Heartbeat Of Our Community
Medalists • Bobcat wrestlers receivng medals, Friday, at the Southern Valley Invitational include Ethan Kester, Austin Mendoza, Jesse Thiele, AJ Hobbs and Matthew Umphress.
Pushover • Logan Kester attempts to turn an opponent during a match, Friday, at the Southern Valley Invite. Kester was eliminated in the heartbreak round.
Summerland wrestlers scored 101 points at Friday's Southern Valley Invitational, finishing sixth overall.
Sutherland won the invite, with 169 points, followed by Chase County, 166.5; Sedgwick County/Fleming, Colorado, 139; Loomis, 127; and Arapahoe, 116.5.
Five Bobcat wrestlers earned medals at the meet.
Ethan Kester ended third in 138. He defeated CC's Alonso Martinez, by fall in :54 and Franklin's Lorance Davis, by fall, in 1:33. In the quarterfinals, Brody Patterson, Wilcox-Hildreth, defeated Kester, 13-4. In the consolation semifinal, Kester pinned Eli Holle, Atwood-Rawlins County, Kansas, in 1:52 and won an 11-0 major decision over Red Cloud/Blue Hill's Carter Auten.
Jesse Thiele ended third at 144. He opened competition with a win by fall, in 1:11, over Hitchcock County's Jaret Neben. Thiele earned a 5-1 decision over Titus Goshert, Araphoe, in the quarterfinal before falling, in 4:25, to Cauy Kohl, Sutherland. In the consolation semifinal, Thiele pinned Malachi Christensen, of CC, in 2:45, setting up a third-place match against Mario Ortiz, SC. Thiele won by fall, in 3:34.
Austin Mendoza finished fourth at 132. He opened with a win by fall, in :46, over Coleman Firme, Sedgwick County and pinned Arapahoe's Corbin Carpter in 3:06. In the quarterfinals, he won an 8-6 sudden victory over Tanner McLain, of HC. Phillip Titkemeier, Loomis, pinned Mendoza, in 3:36, in the semifinal. In the third-place match, Briggs Hill, Araphoe, defeated Mendoza by technical fall, 17-1.
Matt Umphress placed fourth at 157. After losing by fall, in 2:46, to Rafe Hill, Araphoe, Umphress defeated Jarret Pfannenstiel, Norton Community, Kansas, 9-5, and earned a 10-4 decision over Scott Hoover, CC. In the consolation semifinal, Umphress pinned Games Rasser, RC/BH before falling to Clay Bohr, Loomis, in 1:28.
AJ Hobbs ended in fourth in the 165 class. In the first round, he pinned Levi Reichman, SC, in :55 before falling to Grant Statz, SC, in :23. In the consolation quarterfinal, Hobbs pinned Arapahoe's Carrick McCorkle, in 1:37. In the consolation semifinal, Hobbs pinned Ryker Copeland, Sutherland, in 4:28. The win set up a third-place match against Fabian Arelin, CC, who pinned Hobbs in :29.
Ayden Bazelman picked up a win by fall, in :37, over Cooper Woollen, WH, in the first round of the 113-pound division. In the second round, Arapahoe's Carter Blickenstaff pinned the Bobcat freshman in 1:02. In the consolation quarterfinal, Bazelman pinned Koeyn Louthan, Loomis, in :36 and lost by fall, in 4:42, to Josh Russell, Alma.
Connor Thomson opened 138-pound competition with a 6-5 decision over Hayden Lans, SV. Thomson lost, by fall, in 2:51, to Brody Patterson, WiHi. In the consolation round, Thomson lost, by fall, in 4:54, to Alex Diaz, Arapahoe.
Logan Kester competed in the 150 class and opened with a win, by fall, in 1:18, over Wyatt Soncksen, Arapahoe. He also won by fall, in 3:07, over Rhett Brown, Bertrand. In the semifinal, Kester dropped an 18-4 decision to Luis Co, CC. He lost in the consolation heartbreak round, 7-3, to Arapahoe's Grayson Koller.
Shayne Jenkins competed in the 165 class and opened with a loss, by fall, in :33, to Arelin, CC. In a consolation match, Samuel Hare, HC, earned an 11-3 major decision over Jenkins.
In the 190-pound class, Jason Shaver lost an opening-round match to Brayden Evans, Bertrand, by fall in 1:43. Shaver met Karson Hubl, HC, in the first consolation round and lost a 6-5 decision.
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