Twenty Wolves go to State

The Wolves wrestling team competed in the 2A East Regional tournament this past Friday, in Sundance. They had a very successful day with three individual champions, six runners up, many placers and placed first as a team. The Wolves placed 20 wrestlers who will wrestle in the state tournament in Casper this Friday and Saturday. Individual results were as follows.

106: Dayne Humes pinned his way into the finals, where he won by major decision, 13-3, to take the championship.

Rebekah Anderson won her first match with a pin in 0:45 to move her into the semifinals, where she lost by decision and lost in the consolation semifinals to place seventh.

113: Cade Williams went 1-2 and did not place.

Braydnn Terry won his quarterfinals match by decision, 7-6, to move him into the semifinals, where he won by major decision, 15-4, to advance into the finals. There, he had a tough match, where he lost by decision, 6-3, to place second.

120: Shane Hannah won his first round by decision, 6-5, won his quarterfinals match with a pin to move into the semifinals. There, he lost by fall to go into the consolation semifinals, where he won by decision, 8-4, putting him into the placings, where he lost by decision, 4-2, to place forth.

Wyatt Cook went 3-1, pinning his way into the finals, where he lost by fall to place second.

126: Trenten Gray went 3-1, winning his first match by decision, 6-4, winning his semifinals match with a pin in 2:29 to advance into the finals. There, he lost a tough fought match by decision, 9-4, to place second.

Tucker Cook ,1-2, lost his first match by decision, 8-7 and lost in round two by fall to not place.

132: Randy Peters won his quarterfinals match with a pin in 0:55 and his semifinals match by decision, 11-5, to move into the finals. There, he lost by fall to place second.

Trenton Sheehan, 2-2, won in the quarterfinals by decision, 2-0, lost in the semifinals by fall and lost in the consolation semifinals in overtime by the ultimate tie breaker, 3-2, to place seventh.

138: Richie Allison, 3-2, lost his quarterfinals match by fall, won in the consolation round 2 by pin in 0:12, won round 3 by decision, 5-3, to move into the consolation semifinals, where he lost by fall to place seventh.

Dakota Tobin, 4-1, won in the quarterfinals by pin, lost in the semifinals to move into the consolations. There, he won by decision, 9-5, to go into the placings, where he won by decision, 7-5, to place third.

145: Jacob Anderson, 3-0, won his first match by pin, won his semifinals match by major decision, 11-0, to advance into the finals. There, he won by pin in 3:18 to take the championship.

Spencer Cuthrell lost his first round and wrestled his way back into the placings. He won the consolation round 1 with a pin in 1:31 and his consolation semifinals match with a pin in 3:31 to move into the placings. There, he lost by fall to place fourth.

152: Wyatt Allred, 3-1, won in the quarterfinals with a pin in 0:41 and won his semifinals match to move him into the finals. There, he lost to place second.

Christopher Boardman, 4-0, pinned his way into the finals with pins in 0:53 and 2:44. There, he won to take the championship.

160: Dima Haskell, 2-2, won in the quarterfinals with a pin in 3:01 and lost in the semifinals to move him into the consolation semifinals. There, he won by decision, 10-4, to go into the placings, where he lost by decision, 8-5, to place fourth.

170: James Long, 4-1, won in the quarterfinals by pin in 1:26, lost in the semifinals by decision to move into the consolation semifinals. There, he won by pin in 2:33 to go into the placings, where he won in overtime, 5-3, to place third.

182: Sterling Norris went out in the first round of consolations to placed fifth.

Kevin Stone went out in the first round of consolations to place sixth.

195: Gavin Reynolds won in the quarterfinals by pin in 1:34 and lost in the semifinals by fall. He wrestled his way back into the placings, where he won by pin in 2:59 to place third.

220: Oliver Gorsuch won in the semifinals by pin in 1:06 to put him into the finals. There, he lost by fall to place second.

The Wolves finished with qualifying 20 wrestlers for the state tournament, three champions, Dayne Humes, Jacob Anderson and Christopher Boardman and first place as a team with 214 team points above second place Niobrara County with 175 points and third place Lingle-Ft. Laramie/Southeast with 163 points.

High scorers for the Wolves were, Christopher Boardman with 26 followed by Jacob Anderson with 23 and Wyatt Cook with 22. For the tournament as a whole in individual statistics, Richie Allison tied for third place with the fastest pin in 0:12 followed by Dayne Humes with a pin in 0:13.

Next up is the State Tournament starting this Friday and Saturday, February 25 and 26 in Casper at the Event Center. Start time on Friday is, 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. on Saturday.