The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
The Voice of the Community Since 1909, Serving Moorcroft and Pine Haven, Wyoming
Mica Herrera works over his opponent during the Moorcroft Mixer.
Buckle winners were Rowdy Pfeil and Parker Schlater.
By Marci Allison
The Moorcroft High School gym was packed this weekend with wrestlers, parents and fans alike for the ninth annual Moorcroft Mixer wrestling tournament held Friday and Saturday. The Wolves hosted a great tournament with 19 teams from Wyoming, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota.
It was an all-out battle for the championship to win one of the 15 buckles donated by individual donors. The Wolves had five wrestlers in the finals and walked away with three of the buckles. As a team, they placed second and had many top six placers. Individual placers were:
Champions - 182 Rowdy Pfeil pinned his way to the finals where he won by decision, 4-0.
195 Parker Schlater also pinned his way to the finals where he won with another pin in 5:15 to take the championship. In the girls division, Charmayne DeLong pinned her way to the finals where she won by a tech fall, 16-0.
Second Place - 113 Mica Herrera had some exciting matches to make it into the finals where he fell to Tugg Taylor of Circle, MT to place second. 138 Parker Seeley pinned his way to the semifinals where he won by decision, 8-7 to advance into the finals where he had a tough match and fell to Jackson Currier of Colstrip by decision, 3-9.
Third Place - 132 Caleb Cook wrestled his way into the semifinals where he lost a tough match by decision, 8-11 to put him into the consolation semifinals. There, he won by decision, 6-4 to advance into the placing rounds where he won within the last minute by decision, 5-3 to place third.
Fourth Place - 160 Dekken Mayer, after losing his second match, wrestled his way back into the consolation semifinals where he won by decision, 6-3 to advance into the placings. There, he fought a great match, keeping everyone on their toes, but came up short, losing by decision, 4-5 to place fourth.
170 Wyatt Peters also lost his second match and wrestled back, winning all his matches with pins to the consolation semifinals where he won by pin in 1:39 to advance the placings where he lost by decision, 5-16.
Fifth Place - 106 Sean Buckmiller, winning five of his seven matches, lost in the quarterfinals and wrestled back into the consolation semifinals where he lost by decision to move him into the placing matches. There, he won by decision, 8-5.
Sixth - 126 Lloyd O'Neill lost his second match and wrestled his way back into the consolation semifinals winning all his matches by pin in a minute or less. In the consolation semifinals he lost by fall to move into the placing round where he lost to place sixth.
On the JV side individual results are:
113 Jacob Anderson went 1-2, winning with a pin in 1:57 to place third.
126 Tyler Graf went 2-1, winning his matches with pins in 1:38 and 3:59 to place second.
138 Sterling Norris placed fourth.
In the second chance tournament, 106 Tyzer Isenberger placed 1st winning in sudden victory overtime by decision 5-3 and with a pin in 2:51.
As a team, the wolves placed second with 188.5 team points under first place Thunder Basin with 228.5 and over third place Colstrip with 185.0 team points. High scorers for the Wolves were, Parker Schlater with 28, followed by Rowdy Pfeil with 26 and Parker Seeley with 22. In individual stats, Wyatt Peters led the tournament with the most pins in the least amount of time with four pins in 5:31. Next up for the Wolves is the all class Ron Thon tournament in Riverton this Friday and Saturday.
