Longhorns fourth at loaded Southern Valley Invite

    The Chase County wrestling team moved a week closer to settling into lineup with a strong showing at the Southern Valley Invite Friday.
    The Longhorns finished fourth as a team despite having several wrestlers continue to compete up a weight bracket.
    CCS Head Coach Matt Vlasin said that may hold true for one more tournament, Saturday at the Sidney/Bridgeport Invite, but he expects everyone to be at the goal weight by the first of the year.
    Vlasin was pleased his team wrestled better than it did at last week’s Broken Bow Invite.
    Luis Co had one of the longer days for CCS, but came out of it with a first place medal. Co advanced to the championship match with three decisions before winning first with a pin.
    Jaret Peterson claimed first place at 220 lbs. After two quick wins, Peterson went the distance in his final two matches to win by decision.
    Zach Tarin wrestled up and filled an opening at 285 lbs. Tarin opened the day with a pin, then had to go to extra time to beat Class D 2022 state qualifier Taylor Hubl of Hitchcock County. Tarin won his semifinal with a pin before losing to another state qualifier, Perkins County’s Juan Perez, in the finals.
    Thomas Reeves overcame a second round loss to Class C #8 Jake Hodson to finish third. Reeves third place match was a 4-0 win over Class D #8 Caden Zutavern of Sandhills/Thedford.
    Westyn Mendenall went 2-2 at 152 lbs and Dawson Mollendor was 2-2 at 182 lbs,
    Vlasin said it will be interesting to see what type of competition shows up to Saturday’s invite, but he’s sure CCS will have some good matches.
Southern Valley Invite
Dec. 9, 2022
Team Results—1. York, 122.0; 2. Sutherland, 114.0; 3. Hitchcock County, 103.0; 4. Chase County, 98.0; 5. Red Cloud/Blue Hill, 94.0; 6. Loomis/Bertrand, 85.5; 7. Atwood-Rawlins County, 83.0; 8. Southern Valley, 69.0; 9. Arapahoe, 63.0; 9. Sedgwick County/Fleming, 63.0; 11. Alma, 60.0; 12. Sandhills/Thedford, 58.0; 13. Franklin, 53.0; 14. Wilcox-Hildreth, 49.0; 15. Axtell, 47.5; 16. South Central Nebraska Unified District #5, 41.0; 17. Perkins County, 40.0; 18. Centura, 14.0; 19. Medicine Valley, 10.0; 20. Wauneta-Palisade, 7.0; 21. Norton Community, 6.0.
Individual Results
138—Destry Russell (3-2) lost by fall to Grayson Koller (Arapahoe), 1:21;  lost by fall to Zayden Wilsey (Franklin), 0:36.
138—Scott Hoover (2-2) lost by decision to Prestin Horwart (Southern Valley), dec 6-5; lost by decision to Zayden Londene (York), dec 11-4.
145—Luis Co (6-2) won by major decision over Mario Ortiz (Sedgwick County/Fleming), MD 13-3; won by decision over Caden Trew (Red Cloud/Blue Hill), dec 5-4; won by decision over Nathan Kollmorgen (Hitchcock County), dec 12-5; 1st Place Match - won by fall over Jack Bornhoft (Sedgwick County/Fleming), 2:34.
145 B—Jonathan Sosa (2-3) won by fall over Billy Taylor (Perkins County), 1:01; won by fall over Jaret Neben (Hitchcock County), 5:06; 1st Place Match - lost by fall to Lorance Davis (Franklin), 3:00.
152—Westyn Mendenhall (5-4) won by fall over Trevor Laber (Perkins County), 0:58; won by fall over Kason Bruns (Sutherland), 5:13; lost by decision to Cole Broeker (Southern Valley), dec 14-8; lost by fall to Kenneth Micek (Atwood-Rawlins County), 2:37.
160—Tyler O’Neil (3-5) lost by fall to Rafe Hill (Arapahoe), 1:56; lost by fall to Cauy Meyer (Loomis/Bertrand), 1:42.
182—Dawson Mollendor (3-4) won by fall over Dristen Warburton (Arapahoe), 0:59; won by major decision over Conner Bryner (Sutherland), MD 10-0; lost by fall to Seth Erickson (York), 2:33; lost by decision to Rhett McFadden (Sandhills/Thedford), dec 4-3.
195—Thomas Reeves (8-2) won by fall over Josh Gage (Medicine Valley), 3:10; lost by fall to Jake Hodson (Red Cloud/Blue Hill), 2:46; won by fall over Mason Johnson (Wilcox-Hildreth), 2:18; 3rd Place Match - won by decision over Caden Zutavern (Sandhills/Thedford), dec 4-0.
220—Jaret Peterson (8-1) won by fall over Draven Miner (WP), 0:44; won by fall over Colby Noel (Southern Valley), 2:00; won by decision over Clay Meyer (Loomis/Bertrand), dec 6-1; 1st Place Match - won by decision over Jeremy Felix (Alma), dec 9-2.
220—Jesus Medina (3-2) won by fall over Joseph Aurelius III (Axtell), 0:45;  lost by fall to Clay Meyer (Loomis/Bertrand), 0:59; lost by fall to Issiah Dunn (PCS), 2:59
285—Zach Tarin (3-1) won by fall over Blake Sonnenfeld (Axtell), 2:45; won in tie breaker - 1 over Taylor Hubl (Hitchcock County), TB-1 2-1; won by fall over Kolten Simon (Centura), 2:32; 1st Place Match - lost by decision to Juan Perez (PCS), dec 5-0.