Chase County wrestlers have good showing at Bridgeport/Sidney Invite

    Both the boys and girls wrestling squads made the trip to Bridgeport Saturday, Dec. 16 for an invitational wrestling tourney.
    The boys finished in second place, just eight and one half points behind the champs from Gering. The girls only had three competitors, but still managed to finish 11th out of the 14 teams.
    One highlight on the day was heavyweight Zach Tarin avenging his only loss of the year from the Broken Bow Tournament by defeating Jeremiah Coley of Mitchell in sudden victory, 3-1 in the finals, to take first place.
    Luis Co and Jaret Peterson continued with wins at 144 pounds and 215 pounds respectively. Malachi Christensen at 138 pounds and Westyn Mendenhall at 157 both had championship matches, but came up just short, finishing with second place.
    Fabian Arelin at 165 and Thomas Reeves at 190 both came back after losses in the semifinals to capture third place finishes.
    Brextin Moreno, 113, Scott Hoover, 150, and Tyler O’Neil at 175, all brought home fifth place finishes.
    In the girls division, Haley Rusher took first place in the 145 pound class, while Navaeh Martin placed third at 105 and Lizbit Mireles finished in fourth.
    This was the last action for the wrestlers in the 2023 part of the season.
Individual results
113—Brextin Moreno (9-6)won by major decision over Riggin Cathcart (2-2) (B/PB) 11-2, pinned by Frost Wallace (12-5) (Ger), 2:24, pinned Jaxon Kerker (3-5) (Ster), 1:45, pinned Brody Atencio (1-2) (CE), 0:49, won by decision over Riggin Cathcart (2-2) (B/PB), 6-0 for fifth place.
132—Jaqueb Hoover (4-7) pinned by Waylon Milnes (7-5) (Wh), 2:29, won by major decision over Nate Randolph (0-2) (Hem), 12-1, lost by decision to Silas Fancher (5-5) (All), 3-7.
138—Malachi Christensen (10-5) bye, pinned Sam Lange (10-6) (St), 1:19, won by decision over Ryan Swanson (9-5) (All), 9-2, pinned by Jorge Carrizales (20-1) (Og), 1:49 for second place.
144—Kaden Vogt (0-7) pinned by Illias Lehman (13-6) (BP), 0:57, bye, lost by decision to Grayson Hunter (3-7) (HEM), 5-6.
144—Luis Co (12-1) won by decision over PJ Briggs (4-1) (CE), 16-9, pinned Brendan Watt (7-8) (All), 2:00, pinned Samuel Hulbert (3-6) (Sid), 0:47, pinned Illias Lehman (13-6) (BP), 1:17 for first place.
150—Destry Russell (4-6) lost by decision to Wyatt Fitzwater (1-2) (Wh), 5-9, pinned Rock Rezac (6-9) (Og) 3:23, lost by decision to Scott Hoover (6-5) (CCS), 3-9.
150—Scott Hoover (6-5) pinned Jashwan Davenport (3-2) (Sid), 5:13, lost by decision to Raul Ayala (10-5) (Ger), 5-11, won by decision over Destry Russell (4-6) (CCS), 9-3, won by decision over Evan Herring (2-13) (Ger), 8-1, won by decision over Jashawn Davenport (3-2) (Sid), 3-2 for fifth place.
157—Westyn Mendenhall (5-1) won by major decision over William Thomas (3-5) (Mit), 17-6,pinned Ryder Rezac (6-11) (Og), 0:43, pinned Cooper Walker (12-6) (Mul), 5:23, pinned by Race Knight (11-4) (Ger), 1:49 for second place.
165—Fabian Arelin (10-4) pinned Aiden Patterson (0-2) (Wh) 0:41, pinned Mason Marks (0-2) (Bri), 0:19, pinned by Che Molina (5-6) (Ger), 5:49, pinned Josh Miller (4-4) (Hem) 1:51 for third place.
175—Tyler O’Neil (9-5) pinned Corbyn Fleming (0-2) (Bri), 1:22, lost by decision to James Kessler (9-6) (Mul), 0-5, pinned Cole Leithead (1-4) (Bri), 0:28, won by major decision over Haden Rahmig (5-6) (Bri), 13-0, pinned Ethan Hanes (4-4) (Sid), 2:07 for fifth place.
190—Thomas Reeves (11-3) pinned Corey Greene (0-2) (St), 1:26, pinned Levi Wilson (1-2) (CE), 4:20, lost by decision to Patrick McCartney (16-3) (Sid), 5-9, pinned Lucas Weber (4-4) (all), 1:29.
215—Ray Morillo (3-6) pinned by Mathew Cabbage (7-3) (Sid), 2:49, pinned Tyrell Weber (0-2) (Wh), 2:14, lost in sudden victory-1 to Matthias Benzel (9-7) (All), 5-3.
215—Jaret Peterson (13-0) pinned Juan Rocha (1-2) (CE), 1:25, pinned Matthias Benzel (9-7) (All), 2:40, pinned Theron Miller (14-4) (Hem), 0:52, won by decision over Cael Peters (15-2) (Mit), 4-0 for first place.
285—Jesus Medina (3-4) won by decision over Ray Roberts (4-4) (Bri), 4-0, lost by decision to Kooper Rahmig (6-6) (Bri), 7-10, won in tie breaker-1 over Kevin Bernadec m(2-6) (SB JV), 7-6, pinned by Michael Stoneking (3-2) (B/PB), 3:55.
285—Zach Tarrin (11-1), pinned Kevin Bernadec (2-6) (SB JV), 1:31, pinned Lukas Kadolph (3-8) (Ger), 3:22, pinned Landon Hanes (12-5) Sid), 2:59, won in sudden victory-1 over Jeremiah Coley (14-2) (Mit), 3-1 for first place.
G-105—Naveah Martin (2-4) pinned by Kallee Klein (9-3) (Mit), 3:02, pinned by Savannah Fegler (6-1) (Ger), 0:59, pinned Mehkinzie Clark (1-3) (Ster), 3:08 for third place.
G-125—Lizbet Mireles (6-5) pinned Alexis Gerih (0-2) (Og), 1:21, pinned by Kyra Robbins (9-3) (Bri), 1:22, pinned Faith Lee (2-8) (Ley), 2:34, lost by decision to Kyra Skiles (8-2) (Og), 11-13 for fourth place.
G-145—Haley Rusher (10-4) pinned Gracyn Vondy (1-4) (St), 2:09, pinned Izabelle Owens (10-4) (Sid), 3:57 for first place.
Team scores:
Boys—1. Gering 216.5, 2. Chase County 208, 3. Alliance 165, 4. Mitchell 164, 5. Sidney 124, 6. Bridgeport 97.5, 7. Sterling 96, 8. Mullen 83, 9. Hemingford 64, 10. Cheyenne East 63.5, 11. Wheatland 58.5, 12. Ogallala 47, 13. Scottsbluff JV 40, 14. Burns/Pine Bluffs 39, 15. Hay Springs 31.
Girls—1. Ogallala 102, 2. Bridgeport 101, 3. Mitchell 86, 4. Scottsbluff 82, 5. Sidney 81,5, 6. Gering 71, 7. Alliance 68, 8. Hemingford 56.5, 9. Sterling 47, 10. Burns/Pine Bluffs 43, 11. Chase County 37, 12. Wheatland 29, 13. Leyton 13, 14. Hay Springs 0.
Next action
    The girls will travel to Sidney Jan. 5 for a girls varsity meet starting at 2 p.m. MT.
    The boys will resume wrestling on Jan. 6 at the Ogallala Invite, starting at 9 a.m. MT.