Wolves wrestlers power through Regionals

The Wolves wrestled in the 2A East Regional Tournament this past Saturday in Wright. There, they competed against ten other teams from the east region for the championship title and qualified 16 of their 17 wrestlers to compete at the state tournament in Casper this coming weekend.

They had five in the finals and finished with four champions and many in the top four places. Individual results were:

Champions – 106 Sean Buckmiller pinned his way through the tournament, winning his finals match against Kaden Brothwell of Southeast with a pin in 4:53 to take the championship; 138 Parker Seeley sped his way into the finals with some quick pins to take on Andrew Everett of Saratoga, where he won by pin in 0:25 to take the championship; 182 Rowdy Pfeil took on Ian Arnold of Glenrock, winning by pin in 1:42 to take the championship. This was the second time these two have met up with the first time being a close, down to the last second, one point match. Rowdy will be going for his second state championship this weekend. 195 Parker Schlater made it into the finals, where he wrestled Pacen Gifford of Lusk, winning by pin in 1:12 to take the championship.

Second Place – 132 Caleb Cook pinned his way into the finals, where he met up with Brysen Collier of Glenrock and fought through the entire match, coming up short and losing by decision, 9-5 to place second.

Third Place – 113 Mica Herrera lost a tough match in the semifinals by decision, 5-3, but came back to win his consolation semifinals match by pin in 0:26 and his placing match by decision, 5-2; 145 Darrian Black won his placing match by pin in 2:10; 152 Hunter Garoutte came back to win his placings match by decision, 3-0 over Charlee Thomson of Wright; 160 Dekken Mayer lost a tough semifinals match by decision, 10-8 to come back and win his next to matches by pin and placing third; 170 Wyatt Peters lost in the semifinals, but came back, pinning his consolation semifinals match in 0:52 and winning his placing match by pin in 2:25 to place third.

Fourth Place – 120 Charmayne DeLong.

Fifth Place – 120 Randy Peters, 145 Sterling Norris.

Sixth Place – Jacob Anderson.

Seventh Place – Lloyd O'Neill.

As a team, the Wolves finished first with 202.5 team points over second place Wright with 162 and Glenrock with 136 team points. High scorers for the team were Sean Buckmiller and Parker Seeley, both with 26.0; followed by Rowdy Pfeil and Parker Schlater, both with 22.0 team points.

Next up for the Wolves is the state tournament starting this Friday at 9 a.m. and Saturday at 8:30 a.m. at the Event Center in Casper. They will be going for their seventh straight team state title.