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Wolves win six buckles at the First Annual Dylan Humes Memorial

Moorcroft wrestling hosted the first annual Dylan Humes Memorial wrestling tournament this past Friday and Saturday. With 19 teams attending from around Wyoming, South Dakota and Montana and ranging from class 2A – 4A, they ran a varsity and Junior Varsity tournament on Friday and a second chance tournament on Saturday for any wrestler who went out on day one from the varsity side.

There were many exciting matches that led up to the finals, where Moorcroft had six wrestlers and all six won their matches to win the championship buckle. As a team, the Wolves placed first and had many placers. Individual results were:

Champions

Charmayne DeLong won the buckle for the Girl B division, where she pinned her opponent in the semifinals to advance into the finals, where she faced Taylor Fierbach of Spearfish and won by decision, 7-4 to take the championship.

145 Parker Seeley went 5-0 pinning his way into the finals. There he met Colson Coon of Sheridan in the finals where he won by decision 12-5 to take the championship.

170 Wyatt Peters pinned his way into the semifinals, where he won by major decision, 12-2 to advance into the finals. There, he met up with Brendyn Nelson from Natrona County to win with a pin in 3:41 and take the buckle.

182 Rowdy Pfeil pinned his way into the semifinals, where he battled it out with Vincent Genatone from Natrona County, winning by decision, 12-10 to advance into the finals. There, he faced Emery Bemis from Lusk and winning by major decision, 9-1 to take the championship.

195 Dekken Mayer fought his way into the finals, where he met up with Tate Clutter from Greybull/Riverside. There, he battled and won with a pin in 2:47 to take the championship.

220 Parker Schlater pinned his way into the finals, where he met up with Brock Sather from Thunder Basin. It was a tough match that ended with him getting the pin in 4:28 to be the champion.

Third Place

113 Sean Buckmiller went 5-1 pinning all of his opponents and working his way into the placings. Sean had the most exciting match for Moorcroft when he got a defensive pin in 1:54 to place third. Sean also had the most pins in the least amount of time with five pins in 11:54 for the tournament.

Fourth Place

120 Mica Herrera pinned his way into the semifinals, where he lost a tough sudden victory match by decision, 6-4. He came back to win his consolation semifinals match by decision, 6-3 to advance him into his placing match, where he lost by decision, 5-4 to place fourth.

152 Darrian Black worked his way into the semifinals where he lost by decision to put him into the consolation semifinals. There, he won by decision, 7-5 to go into the placing rounds, where he lost by decision, 8-4.

Fifth Place

106 Kaden Haynes went 4-2, winning all of his matches by pin in 0:35, 1:47, 0:26 and 2:34. Kaden placed second in the tournament for the most pins in the least amount of time with four pins in 5:22. He also placed fifth for having the fastest fall in 0:26. 160 Hunter Garoutte went 4-2.

Team Scores

As a team, the Wolves placed first with 236 points over second place Natrona County with 225 and third place Thunder Basin with 198.5 points. They also had the most pins in the least amount of time with 30 pins in 67:33 for the tournament.

High scorers for the Wolves were Parker Seeley with 30 followed by Wyatt Peters with 29 and Parker Schlater with 28.

Second Chance

For the second chance tournament, individual results were:

First Place – Tyzer Isenberger.

Second Place – Jacob Anderson.

Third Place – Tucker Cook, Randy Peters.

Fourth Place – Richie Allison, Dakota Tobin.

Fifth Place – Gavin Reynolds.

Next up for the Wolves wrestling team is the Ron Thon tournament in Riverton this Friday and Saturday. This tournament is an all class tournament with teams throughout the state of Wyoming.