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Wolves wrestle at Hettinger Classic

The Wolves wrestling team traveled to Hettinger, ND this past weekend to compete in the Hettinger Classic Tournament. The tournament consisted of 14 teams from North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota.

The team finished in fifth place, had one wrestler in the finals and many other placers. This year the tournament also had the first all-girls varsity tournament with 21 girls competing in five weight divisions. The Wolves had two girls competing and one champion.

Individual results were:

106 Dayne Humes went 6-1, dominating his way to the semifinals where he won by major decision, 11-2 to advance into the finals where he lost a tough match by decision to place second; 106 Kade Haynes went 1-4; 106 Weston Haskell, 1-4.

113 Wyatt Cook went 3-4 making it to the consolation semifinals where he lost and moved into the placings. There he won by pin to place seventh. 113 Cade Williams did not place.

120 Braydnn Terry went 4-3, wrestling his way to the semifinals where he lost by decision, 0-4 to put him in the placing matches where he lost by decision, 3-6 to place third. 120 Shane Hannah went 1-4.

126 Trenten Gray went 1-4.

132 Trenton Sheehan went 5-2, making his way into the consolation semifinals where he won by pin to move on to the placing rounds where he won in sudden victory overtime by decision, 5-3 to place fifth; 132 Tucker Cook went 2-5 and placed eighth.

138 Randy Peters went 4-3, making it to the consolation semifinals where he won by major decision, 12-4 to advance into the placing rounds. There he lost by fall to place sixth.

145 Jacob Anderson, 3-4, made it into the semifinals where he lost by fall to move him into the placing rounds. There he lost and placed fourth.

152 Christopher Boardman, 4-3, made his way into the consolation semifinals where he lost to move him into the placing rounds. There he won by fall to place seventh; 152 Spencer Cuthrell, 3-5, lost in the consolation semifinals and in the placing round to place eighth; 152 Wyatt Allred, 1-4, did not place.

160 James Long, 3-4, lost in the consolation semifinals to come back and win his placing match by decision, 6-2 and placed seventh.

170 Kevin Stone, 3-4, made it to the consolation semifinals where he won by major decision, 12-0, to advance into the placings. There he lost by fall to place sixth.

182 Gavin Reynolds, 4-3, made the consolation semifinals where he won by pin to move onto the placing rounds. There he lost by fall to place sixth.

220 Oliver Gorsuch, 5-2, made it into the placing matches after wining his consolation semifinals match by forfeit where he won by decision, 3-1 to place fifth.

Varsity Girls:

100 Rebekah Anderson went 3-0 to place first, winning with two pins and a decision, 9-4.

155 Lynsey Gray placed fourth.

In individual stats for the whole tournament, Dayne Humes tied for third with the fastest pin time in 0:15 and Christopher Boardman tied for sixth with a pin in 0:18. Spencer Cuthrell and Christopher Boardman both tied for fourth for having the most single match points with 17. As a team, the Wolves placed fourth for having the most pins in the least amount of time with 25 pins in 56:28.

As a team, the Wolves placed fifth out of 14 with 136 team points. High scorers were Dayne Humes with 32 points followed by Braydnn Terry with 21 and Trenton Sheehan with 20.

Up next for the Wolves is the Cowboy Invitational in Miles City, MT this Friday and Saturday, January 14-15.