Cambridge hosted the RPAC Wrestling Tournament on Saturday. This season, the field expanded by two as Sutherland and Hi-Line attended their first RPAC meet. Southern Valley clinched the RPAC Title without winning a single weight class, so the Eagles wrestled well and found a way to win. This is the first RPAC title for the Eagles since the 2015-2016 season. Career records were set, as well as school records, and all this and more are in the blog; check it out.
Team Scores
Southern Valley - 152.5
Cambridge - 149
Hitchcock County - 123.5
Alma - 103
Sutherland - 95.5
Hi-Line - 85
Arapahoe - 60.5
Wauneta-Palisade - 58
Bertrand - 44
Dundy County Stratton - 35
Southwest - 26
Maxwell - 18
Medicine Valley - 7
Paxton - 6
106 pounds
106 pounds was a round-robin format.
Junior Connor Edwards took control of 106 as he defeated Dylan Wendall of Bertrand by a major decision 10-2, Bryton Stalder of Southern Valley by fall in 0:33, and Carter Jones of Bertrand by fall in 0:38. Edwards placed 1st at 106.
Bryton Stalder of Southern Valley placed 2nd at 106 as his only loss of the day came to Connor Edwards of Hi-Line. Stalder defeated Dylan Wendall of Bertrand by fall in 5:12, Josh Russell of Alma by a 8-6 decision, and Carter Jones of Bertrand by fall in 0:52. Stalder is a freshman and will look to build on a successful career.
Dylan Wendall of Bertrand placed 3rd at 106 pounds was defeated by Connor Edwards of Hi-Line and Bryton Stalder of Southern Valley. Wendall defeated Josh Russell of Alma by an 8-6 decision and Carter Jones of Bertrand by fall in 0:52.
Josh Russell of Alma placed 4th at 106 pounds.
113 pounds
113 pounds was a round-robin format.
Grady Dempcy of Sutherland is back from injury and had a solid performance that he looks to build on as he heads into the remainder of the season. Dempcy placed 1st at 113 pounds as he defeated Cartar Kelley of Hi-Line by fall in 1:02 and Bryson Shriver of Alma by tech fall.
Bryson Shriver of Alma placed 2nd at 113 pounds as Dempcy defeated him but was able to pin Cartar Kelly of Hi-Line in 1:02.
Cartar Kelly placed 3rd at 113 pounds. ashe was defeated by Dempcy and Shriver.
120 pounds
120 pounds was a round-robin format.
Scotty Anderson of Sutherland placed 1st at 120 pounds as he dominated, taking down all his opponents by fall: Dalton Houser of Cambridge in 1:02, Dylan Brownell of Sutherland in 1:31, and Tucker Brandyberry in 3:02.
Tucker Brandyberry of Alma placed 2nd to Anderson of Sutherland but also had a great day as he defeated Dylan Brownell of Sutherland by fall in 0:53 and Dalton Houser of Cambridge by fall in 1:48.
Dylan Brownell of Sutherland placed 3rd at 120 pounds, defeating Dalton Houser of Cambridge by fall in 1:59.
Dalton Houser of Cambridge placed 4th.
126 pounds
Freshman Tagen Yrkoski placed 1st over Charlie Houser of Cambridge by a 17-14 decision. Yrkoski has been having a solid season, continue to look for him to find some success as the season goes on.
Chase Hamilton of Southern Valley placed 3rd over Kale Martinez of Sutherland by fall in 0:56.
132 pounds
Ian Dunse of Alma placed 1st over Gage Hammond of Southwest by major decision, 11-2.
Abram Norton of Cambridge placed 3rd over Konner McCrumb of Wauneta-Palisade by fall in 2:11.
138 pounds
Dierks Sayer of Cambridge placed 1st of Hayden Lans of Southern Valley by fall in 3:01.
Cole Block of Hitchcock County placed 3rd over Michael Dunse of Alma by major decision, 10-0.
Sayer put up another great performance as he has wrestled well all season, and the other wrestlers competed hard as well.
144 pounds
Luke Harper of Sutherland placed 1st over Briggs Hill of Arapahoe by a 12-7 decision.
Parker Schutz of Hi-Line placed 3rd over Hunter Koetter of Medicine Valley by fall in 1:50.
This was a star-studded weight class... how lucky are we to see these kinds of matchups at our conference meet? We will probably see at least a couple of these guys down in Omaha.
150 pounds
Carter Hanes of Cambridge placed 1st over Sam Bantam of Southern Valley by a 13-9 decision. WHAT A MATCH. Both wrestled hard to the end.
Dylan Kollmorgen of Hitchcock County placed 3rd over Grady Schutz of Hi-Line due to a medical forfeit.
This was another tough but really fun weight class to battle out.
157 pounds
Colton Perks of Cambridge placed 1st over Rhett Brown of Bertrand by fall in 1:21.
Prestin Howart of Southern Valley placed 3rd over Jaret Neben of Hitchcock County by a 7-1 decision.
165 pounds
Samuel Hare of Hitchcock County placed 1st over Ryker Copeland of Sutherland by major decision, 17-5.
Roy Hoelscher of Cambridge placed 3rd over Cale Graham of Hitchcock County by fall in 3:25.
175 pounds
David Bryner of Wauneta-Palisade placed 1st over Dalten Hagan of Hitchcock County by fall in 5:01.
Simon Scharf of Hi-Line placed 3rd over Bennet Jorgenson of Southern Valley by fall in 2:49.
190 pounds
Jeremy Felix of Alma had himself a day! Today, he was named the RPAC Champion, all while achieving his 150th career win, setting a new school record for career take-downs with 285, which was previously held by his brother, Joseph Felix, and career pin record of 112. All of those career records will continue to grow as the season progresses! Congratulations, Jeremy!
Nate Grilli of Southern Valley placed 2nd to Felx by fall in 1:16.
Colt Gosnell of Maxwell placed 3rd over Laken Wissink of Dundy County Stratton by fall in 1:10.
215 pounds
Karson Shuler of Hitchcock County placed 1st over Colby Noel of Southern Valley by fall in 4:19. Shuler had been battling injuries as he has only wrestled 15 times through the RPAC meet. He is looking strong as he prepares for a postseason run.
Trev Burke of Cambridge placed 3rd over Trey Downey of Arapahoe by a 4-1 decision.
285 pounds
285 pounds was a round-robin format.
Jacen Smith of Arapahoe made quick work today as he defeated his opponents by fall in under three minutes to clinch 1st place: Tucker Viter of Hi-Line in 1:31, Jayden Loghry of Hitchcock County in 1:05, John Fricke of Paxton in 0:34, and Trey Broeker of Southern Valley in 2:50.
Trey Broeker of Southern Valley placed 2nd to Smith but managed to defeat the remainder of his opponents by fall: John Fricke of Paxton in 5:18, Jayden Loghry of Hitchcock County in 4:55, and Tucker Viter of Hi-Line in 0:39.
Tucker Viter of Hi-Line placed 3rd as he found wins over Jayden Loghry of Hitchcock County by fall in 4:00 and John Fricke of Paxton by fall in 1:02.
John Fricke of Paxton placed 4th as he was able to defeat Jayden Loghry of Hitchcock County by fall in 0:20.
Alma will return to the mat on Friday when they attend the Wilcox-Hildreth Invite.
Medicine Valley hosts their home invite of Friday with Bertrand, Dundy County Stratton, Paxton, Southwest, Sutherland, and Wauneta-Palisade all in attendance. Also, on Friday, Cambridge will travel to the Central Valley Invite, and Maxwell will travel to the Red Cloud Invite. Arapahoe will host their home invite on Saturday, and Hi-Line, Hitchcock County, and Southern Valley will be in attendance.
