Longhorns second at MV

    Behind first place finishes from Thomas Reeves and Jaret Peterson and a string of third place wins, the Chase County wrestling squad placed second at Friday’s Medicine Valley Invite.
    Reeves improved to 25-13 on the season with his performance at 182 lbs. After a quarterfinal win, Reeves won by major decision in the semifinals. Reeves took first place with a second period pin of Sutherland’s Cole Kerner (22-19) in the championship match.
    Peterson (36-3) picked up two pins, including one against Southwest’s Clayton Hardy (32-9) to advance to the first place match. There, he faced Sutherland’s Gavin White (36-3). The two battled to a 2-2 tie that Peterson broke with a last second take down for the win.
    After a first round loss, Trevin Moreno pinned his next two opponents and was third at 113 lbs.
    Westyn Mendenhall won his first two matches at 132 lbs. by fall before losing in the semifinals to Matt Bruns (40-1) of Sutherland. Mendenhall bounced back to win his final two matches and take third place.
    At 138 lbs., Luis Co also won his first two matches before a semifinal loss to Southern Valley’s Cole Broeker (29-8). Co pinned his next two opponents to claim third place.
    Zach Tarin won his first match at 195 lbs. by pin, but in his second match was pinned late in the second period by Hitchcock County’s Keegan Shuler (33-2). Tarin won his third match by pin and took a 3-2 decision over Eric Halsted of Sutherland in the consolation match.
    Malachi Christensen placed fourth with a 2-2 day at 126 lbs., Zach Herbert went 2-2 and placed fourth at 152 lbs.,
    Brice Vitosh won three matches and lost two at 160 lbs.
    Cayden White went 1-2 at 120 lbs., George Colton was 1-2 at 132 lbs. and Cody Duffy was 1-2 at 152 lbs.
    Cooper Dillan split his first matches at 170 then forfeited his third match.
Up next
    CCS will be in Bridgeport Thursday for the SPVA Conference meet. Sutherland, which won the team title at MV and is the Class D second seed in this weekend’s NSAA Dual State Championships, continues to bulldoze its way through the season and boasts the most complete team in the conference.
    The state championship meet will begin Feb. 17. Class C will be in the morning sessions the first two days. All classes of semifinals and third round consolation matches will be the evening of Feb. 18. All classes and girls will wrestle throughout the day on Feb. 19 with championship matches to begin at 2 p.m. Medicine Valley Invite, Jan. 28, 2022
Team Scores—1. Sutherland, 241.5; 2. Chase County, 152.0; 3. Sedgwick Co. Fleming, 120.0; 4. Southern Valley, 110.0; 5. Hitchcock County, 105.0; 6. Southwest, 67.0; 7. Garden County, 65.0; 8. Brady, 62.0; 9. North Platte JV, 51.0; 10. Wauneta-Palisade, 36.0; 11. Sandhills Valley, 31.0; 12. Elm Creek, 28.0; 13. Dundy County Stratton, 7.0; 14. Medicine Valley, 4.0; 14. Paxton, 4.0
113—Trevin Moreno (12-18) lost by fall to Luke Harper (Sutherland), fall 1:53; won by fall over Gage Overton (SW), fall 0:51; 3rd Place Match - won by fall over Chase Hamilton (SV), fall 1:36.
120—Cayden White (23-11) won by fall over Emily Willis (Dundy County Stratton), fall 1:24; lost by fall to Oliver Nutter (Sutherland), fall 4:44; lost by sudden victory -1 to Blake Devitt (Hitchcock County), SV-1 6-4.
126—Malachi Christensen (15-19) lost by fall to Drake Miles (NPJV), fall 4:47; won by decision over Corbin Miller (Sandhills Valley), dec 7-3; won by decision over Aiden Mitchum (Brady), dec 11-5; 3rd Place Match - lost by fall to Drake Miles (NPJV), fall 2:25.
132—George Colton (8-14) lost by fall to Jacob Kerns (SW), fall 1:26; won by decision over Colin Rooney (Sandhills Valley), dec 11-6; lost by fall to Kyle Rote (GC), fall 1:00.
132—Westyn Mendenhall (27-17) won by fall over Beckham Lewis (Elm Creek), fall 1:33; won by fall over Rance Hofstetter (NPJV), fall 1:33; lost by fall to Matt Bruns (Sutherland), fall 1:12; won by fall over Kyle Rote (GC), fall 3:27; 3rd Place Match - won by fall over Tanner McLain (Hitchcock County), fall 0:50.
138—Luis Co (22-14) won by fall over Sam Bantam (SV), fall 2:39; won by fall over Mario Oritz (SCF), fall 3:16; lost by fall to Cole Broeker (SV), fall 5:18; won by fall over Alijah Stevens (Brady), fall 2:33; 3rd Place Match - won by fall over Mario Oritz (SCF), fall 0:36.
145—Tyler O’Neil (5-13) lost by fall to Mason Noel (SV), fall 1:19; won by medical forfeit over Keegan Colglaizer (SCF); lost by fall to Adam Hill (GC), fall 1:38.
152—Zach Herbert (5-4) won by decision over Cody Duffy (CCS), dec 8-4; lost by fall to Hunter Cook (Sutherland), fall 1:38; won by fall over Jeffrey Nelsen (Medicine Valley), fall 4:58; 3rd Place Match - lost by fall to Trey Kirch (GC), fall 4:36.
152—Cody Duffy (20-21) lost by decision to Zach Herbert (CCS), dec 8-4; won by fall over Dalten Hagan (Hitchcock County), fall 2:50; lost by fall to Trey Kirch (GC), fall 3:38.
160—Brice Vitosh (24-19) won by fall over Josiah Ball (NPJV), fall 1:06; lost by major decision to Gunner Roberson (GC), MD 10-0; won by fall over Kole Walz (Sutherland), fall 2:52; won by fall over Chase Wiese (Dundy County Stratton), fall 0:51; lost by fall to Aydan Kaps (Sutherland), fall 3:40.
170—Cooper Dillan (3-4) won by fall over Kayden Fisher (NPJV), fall 1:08; lost by fall to Dallas Miller (GC), fall 1:54; lost by medical forfeit to Trisdyn Ekross (Paxton).
182—Thomas Reeves (25-13) won by fall over Charlie Diaz (NPJV) 0-4, fall 1:12; won by major decision over Gabe Grove (SV), MD 10-2; 1st Place Match - won by fall over Cole Kerner (Sutherland), fall 3:20.
195—Zach Tarin (25-17) won by fall over Cody Lindsey (NPJV), fall 1:45; lost by fall to Keegan Shuler (Hitchcock County), fall 3:58; won by fall over Jaxon Halverson (NPJV), fall 2:57; 3rd Place Match - won by decision over Eric Halsted (Sutherland), dec 3-2.
220—Jaret Peterson (36-3) won by fall over Cole Hamilton (WP), fall 2:37; won by fall over Clayton Hardy (SW), fall 3:56; 1st Place Match - won by decision over Gavin White (Sutherland), dec 4-2.