Wolves host Quadrant Qualifier

The Wolves wrestling team hosted the 2A Northeast Quadrant Qualifier this past Saturday to qualify wrestlers for the State tournament.

Teams who competed in the qualifier were Moorcroft, Wright, Sundance, Hulett and Tongue River. Those wrestlers who placed in the top four will advance onto the 2A state tournament this Thursday, February 25, in Casper at the event center beginning at 8:30 a.m.

The Wolves, as a team, finished in second place, qualifying 16 wrestlers with two champions, four runners up, six third place and four fourth places. Individual results were:

106 – Cole Cantu: lost in the semifinals, but won his placing match by pin in 0:50 to place third.

106 – Wyatt Cook: won his semifinals match with a pin in 0:57 to advance into the finals where he lost an exciting, hard-fought match by fall in 5:56 to place second.

113 – Sean Buckmiller: won his semifinals match by pin in 0:24 to move on to the finals where he won by pin in 0:34 to place first.

113 – Rebekah Anderson: lost her semifinals match by fall but came back and won her placing match by pin in 2:05 to place third.

120 – Tucker Cook: lost his first match by no contest, had a bye his second round and lost his exciting consolation semifinals match by decision 5-8.

120 – Shane Hannah: went 2-2 for the tournament winning his consolation semifinals match by pin in 2:24 and losing his placing match by fall in 2:31 to place fourth.

126 – Trenton Sheehan: won his semifinals match by no contest to advance him into the finals where he lost a great, hard-fought match by decision 6-7 to place second.

126 – Richie Allison: lost his first match to move him into the placings where he lost by fall to place fourth.

132 – Braizyn Humpal: went 1-2 losing in the quarterfinals by no contest, had a bye his second round and lost in the consolation semifinals by fall.

132 – Jacob Anderson: went 3-1 winning his placing match with a pin in 4:13 to place third.

138 – Randy Peters: won his semifinals match by no contest to move into the finals where he injury-defaulted out, placing second in the tournament.

138 – Wyatt Allred: lost his semifinals match by no contest to move into the placings where he lost by fall to place fourth.

145 – Spencer Cuthrell: went 3-2 losing in the semifinals but came back to the placing rounds and won by decision 12-8 to place third.

152 – James Long: lost in the semifinals but came back to the placings and won by pin in 3:54 to place third.

160 – Sterling Norris: lost his semifinals match but came back strong for his placing match where he won by pin in 1:43 to place third.

170 – Hunter Garoutte: won his semifinals match by pin in 0:58 to advance into the finals where he lost by fall to place second.

182 – Dekken Mayer: won his semifinals match with a pin in 5:02 to move into the finals where he won by decision 2-1 to take the championship.

285 – Isaiah Erickson: went 0-2 having to injury-default his matches but was still able to place fourth.

High scorers for the Wolves were Sean Buckmiller with 20 team points followed by Dekken Mayer with 18. The team placed second with 149.0 points below first place Wright and above third place Tongue River.

High individual stats for the whole tournament were Sean Buckmiller, having the most pins in the least amount of time with 0:58; he also placed 2nd with the fastest fall in 0:24 and fourth in 0:34. Cole Cantu also placed in the top 10 with a fast fall of 0:50. Spencer Cuthrell tied for fifth in having the most single match points with 12 as well as placing fourth with the most total match points with 14.

Next up for the Wolves is the 2A state tournament this Thursday, February 25 in Casper.