Rams place ninth with short roster
The Greene County wrestling team took part in the 45th annual Guthrie Center Tiger Wrestling Invitational Jan. 31, placing ninth of 20 teams. The Rams had only seven wrestlers at the tournament. The tournament was held at Guthrie Center High School, utilizing two gyms for junior varsity and varsity action.
Jordan Challen won the championship title in the 138-pound division. The senior is ranked sixth in Class 2A.
Crowning four champions, Clarion-Goldfield claimed the team title with 242.5 points. Manson-Northwest Webster had 167, Ogden 113, Riverside (Oakland) 112.5, Humboldt 111, Panorama 107, Guthrie Center 100.5, Southeast Valley (Gowrie), 98, Greene County 92, Woodward-Granger 78, Tri-Center 73.5, Moravia 64, Underwood 60, I-35 (Truro) 55.5, Griswold 49, East Untion (Afton) and Nodaway Valley (Greenfield), both with 47, West Central Valley 40.5, Coon Rapids-Bayard 39, and Nevada 32.5.
Results for Ram wrestlers follow:
- 106 – Kane Borgeson bye; lost by major decision to George Appleseth (GuC) 2-12; pinned Colton Klingson (SEV) 1:38; lost by fall to Tatem Bluml 2:59; lost to Joey Jennings 7-14, sixth place
- 132 – Abe Yoder bye; won by major decision over Jaden Kampen (H) 12-3; lost by fall to Tucker Bluml (R) 1:56; defeated Zach McCloud (O) 5-2; pinned Eric Wedemeyer (MNW) :46, third place
- 138 – Jordan Challen bye; pinned Liam McAlister (CRB) 1:52; pinned Tanner Abbas (CG) 4:40; defeated Jacob Vogel (R) 2-0, first place
- 145 – Tommy Bradshaw won by technical fall over Logan Moser (H) 15-0; pinned Caleb Hemmestad (SEV) 2:50; lost by fall to Brady Brott (CG) 1:21; won by technical fall over Tyler (P) 16-0; defeated Lane Rumelhart (GuC) 8-2, third place
- 160 – Isaiah Yoder won by major decision over Tyler DeWitt (G) 21-8; lost by fall to Collen Gibbons (WG) 1:38; won by major decision over Dalton Arnold (CRB) 11-3; lost by fall to John Askren (WCV) 3:10; lost by fall to Collen Gibbons (WG) 1:42, sixth place
- 170 – Mark Kendall pinned Brandon Johnson (H) 3:32; lost by fall to Brogan Kinyon (EU) 2:43; lost to Alex Peebles (N) 2-3; lost to Ben Powers (CG) 3-4
- 220 – Jamie Theulen bye; lost by fall to Cale Crowder (GuC) 2:54; lost by fall to Trent Ganoe (O) 2:20; bye; pinned Cole Moran (WG) 4:16, seventh place
~Courtesy of The Scranton Journal
