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Wolves place second at State

The Wolves wrestled their last season tournament this past weekend at the Wyoming High School Athletic Association State Championships in Casper. Competing in the 2A state class, they placed second out of 21 teams. They qualified 20 wrestlers and came home with one state champion, one runner up and many placers throughout. Individual results were:

106 Dayne Humes – had an impressive season and state tournament as a freshman. He pinned his way into the finals with pins in 1:53, 1:06 and 3:31. In the finals, he wrestled tough and won with a pin in 3:22, winning the championship and ending his season with a 37-4 record.

106 Rebekah Anderson – won her first match by decision, 6-0, lost in the quarterfinals by fall and lost in the consolation round two by decision to not place and ended her season, 23-12.

113 Braydnn Terry – won his first round with a tech fall, 16-1 and won in the quarterfinals with a pin in 1:24 to make it into the semifinals where he won by decision, 15-8, to advance into the finals. There, he fought a tough match and came up short, losing by decision, 3-4, to place second. He ended his freshman season with a 36-15 record.

120 Wyatt Cook – won his first round with a pin in 0:55, won in the quarterfinals by major decision, 12-1, lost his semifinals match to move him into the consolations. There, he lost in the consolation semifinals to go into the placings where he won with a pin in 3:29 to place fifth and end his season, 32-18.

120 Shane Hannah – won his first match by decision, 9-3, lost in the quarterfinals by fall and lost in the consolation round two in an ultimate tie breaker, 2-3, to not place in the tournament.

126 Trenten Gray – won his first round with a pin in 1:01 and won in the quarterfinals by a tech fall, 15-0, to move into the semifinals. There, he lost a good match by decision to put him in the consolation semifinals. There, he won by decision, 11-7, to move into the placings where he lost to place fourth and end his season, 27-16.

132 Randy Peters – won his first round by decision, 4-0 and won in the quarterfinals by decision, 3-0, to move into the semifinals. There, he lost by fall to go into the consolations semifinals where he lost by decision to move into the placings. There, he won by decision, 8-1, to place fifth and end his season, 27-15.

132 Trenton Sheehan – lost his first match by decision, 5-3, won in the consolation round one with a pin in 1:59, won round two by major decision 11-1 and lost in round three by decision, 7-4, to not place. He ended his season, 23-13.

138 Dakota Tobin – won his first round with a pin in 3:52, lost in the quarterfinals, to move into the consolations. There, he won with a pin in 0:28 and lost in round three by decision, 10-7, to not place. He ended his season, 21-7.

138 Richie Allison – lost his first round by fall and lost in the consolation round one, to not place.

145 Spencer Cuthrell – lost in the first round by fall and lost in the consolation round one to not place.

145 Jacob Anderson – won his first match with a pin in 1:22, won in the quarterfinals with a pin in 4:55 to make it to the semifinals. There he lost to move into the consolation semifinals where he won with a pin in 2:32 to go into the placings where he lost by fall to place fourth and end his season with a 31-17 record.

152 Christopher Boardman – won his first match with a pin in 1:33, lost in the quarterfinals in sudden victory overtime 2-4 to move onto the consolation side. There he won in round two with a pin in 2:58, won round three by major decision 10-0 to get into the consolation semifinals where he won with a pin in 2:45 to move into the placings. There he won by decision 4-3, to place third, ending his season, 31-13.

152 Wyatt Allred – won his first round with a pin in 0:54, won in the quarterfinals by decision, 10-9, to make it into the semifinals. There, he lost and moved into the consolation semifinals where he lost by fall and went into the placings. He won his placing match by pin in 4:47 to place fifth and end his season, 26-16.

160 Dima Haskell – won his first round with a pin in 4:53, lost his second match by fall and lost in the consolation round two by fall to not place.

170 James Long – won his first match with a pin in 1:48 and lost his second match by fall to move into the consolation rounds. There, he won in round two with a pin in 0:58, won in round three by decision, 3-0, to make it into the consolation semifinal. There, he lost by fall to go into the placings where he won by decision, 5-0, to place fifth.

182 Sterling Norris – lost in round one by fall and lost in the consolation round one to not place.

195 Gavin Reynolds – had a bye his first round, lost in the quarterfinals and lost in the consolation round two to not place.

220 Oliver Gorsuch – won his first round with a pin in 1:32, lost in the quarterfinals, won in the consolation round two with a pin in 1:43 and won in round three with a pin in 2:27 to move into the consolation semifinals. There, he lost by fall to go into the placings where he won with a pin in 2:41 to place fifth and end his season, 26-17.

The Wolves ended their season placing second with 170 team points under first place Kemmerer with 209.5 and above third place Cokeville with 151 team points. As a whole, between 2A, 3A and 4A, they placed eighth out of 50 teams.

They had one champion, Dayne Humes; one runner up, Braydnn Terry; and many placers. High scorers for the team were Dayne Humes with 30, followed by Braydnn Terry with 21.5 and Christopher Boardman with 21.

Post-season wrestling will now begin for the team starting with USA Jr. State this Saturday in Lander, wrestling Greco and Freestyle. This will be a qualifier for the Cadet and Junior National Team in Fargo as well as the Cultural Exchange Program and a chance at the triple crown.

 
 
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