Lone Wolf takes championship

The Wolves wrestling team traveled to Miles City, MT this past weekend to wrestle in the 63rd Annual Cowboy Invitational tournament, competing against 23 teams. As a team, the Wolves placed 11th, bringing home one champion, Dayne Humes, and many placers.

Day two was a second chance tournament for those who went out on day one and they also held an all-girls division where Moorcroft had three girls competing. Individual results were:

103 Kade Haynes went 1-3 on the varsity side, placing eighth. He won his consolation match by decision, 9-5 to move into the placings where he lost by fall.

103 Dayne Humes went 3-0, winning his quarterfinals match by decision, 8-1, his semifinals match with a pin in 1:28 to advance him into the finals, where he won with a pin in 5:02 to take the championship.

113 Cole Cantu went 0-2 on the varsity side. In the second chance tournament he went 1-3, placing fourth, winning his first match with a pin in 3:22.

120 Shane Hannah went 2-2, winning his consolation round with a pin to move him into the placing rounds, where he won by decision, 5-1 to place seventh.

120 Wyatt Cook went 1-2, winning his round 2 with a pin in 1:12. In the second chance tournament, he went 3-0, winning all his matches by pin to place first.

120 Braydnn Terry went 2-3, losing in the semifinals by decision, 6-2 to move into the consolation semifinals, where he lost by decision, 1-2 to move into the placing rounds, where he lost by decision, 5-9 to place sixth.

120 Craig Robinson went 1-2, winning his consolation match by pin in 2:50, but lost in the consolation round 4 to go out. In the second chance, he went 1-2, winning his match by major decision, 10-2 to place third.

126 Trenten Gray went 2-3, losing in the quarterfinals, winning the consolation round 4 by decision, 4-2 and losing his next two matches to place eighth.

126 Wyatt Pennington went 0-2. In the second chance tournament, he went 2-1, winning both his matches by pin in 0:29 and 1:18 to finish second.

132 Preston Hedlund went 1-4 on the varsity side and did not place. In the second chance, he went 1-2, winning with a pin to place third.

132 Tucker Cook went 0-2. In the second chance, he went 2-1, winning both matches with a pin to place second.

138 Marcus James went 0-2 on the varsity side. In the second chance tournament, he placed fifth.

138 Randy Peters went 4-3, losing his first match and wrestling his way back to the placing rounds. He won his consolation round 2 by pin in 0:51, round 3 by decision, 2-0, round 4 by decision, 4-1 and round 5 by decision, 4-2 to move him into the consolation semifinals. There, he lost by decision to move into the placings, where he lost by tech fall to finish and place fifth.

145 Jacob Anderson went 1-2 and did not place. In the second chance, he came back and went 4-0, winning with all pins to place first.

145 Richie Allison went 0-2. In the second chance, he went 0-3, losing all by decision and injury, defaulting his last match.

145 Dakota Tobin went 1-2 and did not place. In the second chance, he placed fourth.

152 Wyatt Allred went 1-2, winning with a pin, but did not place on the varsity side. In the second chance, he went 3-1, winning with pins in 1:07, 1:47 and 1:07 to place second.

152 Christopher Boardman went 4-3; after losing his first match by fall, he wrestled his way back through the consolations, winning with three pins and a decision to go into the placing rounds, where he lost to place sixth.

152 Spencer Cuthrell went 0-2 on the varsity side. In the second chance, he went 2-1, placing third.

160 James Long went 2-3, winning round 2 by decision, 10-3, lost in the quarterfinals by fall, won his round 4 by decision, 5-0 and lost in round 5 to move him into the placings, where he lost by decision, 3-7 to place eighth.

182 Gavin Reynolds went 0-2 and did not place. In the second chance, he went 1-2, winning his match with a pin in 0:35 to place third.

205 Oliver Gorsuch went 0-2 on the varsity side and did not place. In the second chance, he went 3-1, winning with all pins to place second.

For the girl's division, three Wolves wrestlers competed. Individual results were:

113 Rebekah Anderson went 2-1, winning in the quarterfinals by pin in 0:36 and in the semifinals by pin in 3:36 to advance her into the finals, where she lost by decision, 3-5 to place second.

132 Layla Elliott did not place.

145 Lynsey Gray went 1-2, losing in the semifinals, winning in the consolation semifinals by pin in 0:44 to move her into the placings, where she lost by fall to place fourth.

High scorers for the Wolves on the varsity side were Dayne Humes with 28 team points followed by Christopher Boardman with 13. For the second chance tournament, the Wolves placed first with 149 team points led by Jacob Anderson with 22 points, Wyatt Cook with 20 points and Oliver Gorsuch and Wyatt Allred both with 16.

As a team, the Wolves finished in 11th place and had one champion, Dayne Humes.

Next up is the Wright Triangular on Thursday, January 20 in Wright, starting at 5:30 p.m. where the Wolves will dual both Wright and Cokeville. Then, on Friday and Saturday, January 21-22, they will host their home tournament, the Dylan Humes Memorial Mixer, starting at noon on Friday and 9 a.m. on Saturday at the high school and K8 gyms.