Wood takes gold, Knoles bronze at Sutherland

Beau Wood took home the gold and Brandon Knoles the bronze in their weight classes at the Sutherland wrestling invitational on Dec. 15.

In the 195-pound division, Wood went undefeated at 4-0 for his first meet of the season. He won his first and third matches by technical fall in the second period, 19-3 and 17-1 respectively. He pinned his second opponent at the end of the first period.

The championship match against 8-1 Karsen Hunter of Bayard went into overtime, with Wood winning 9-6. 

Knoles lost the quarterfinal match in the 220-pound division to come back and pin 12-2 Delton Haines of Dundy County in the consolation round to earn his way back to the third-place match, which he won by decision, 7-1. 

Other contributors to Perkins County’s 48 points and 12th place finish were Caden Waitley, Trye Hickey, Jace Wid and Deitrik Brueggeman.

Head Coach Tanner Collins said they saw good things but they still have a lot of work to do.  

“Our inexperience shows in some spots and a few guys are stuck in some bad habits, but they are all working hard in practice to get these things fixed. I’m very happy with their work ethic and hoping to see it carry over to the mat very soon.”

Next action

The team will make up the Broken Bow Invite this Friday, Dec. 21 at 8:30 a.m.

Results

Team scores—1. Amherst, 159; 2. Mullen, 157; 3. Maxwell, 146; 4. Sutherland, 92; 5. Bayard, 71; 6. Morrill, 69; 6. NPSP, 69; 8. Garden County, 60; 9. Hyannis, 55.5; 10. Southwest, 52; 11. Brady, 48.5; 12. Perkins County, 48; 13. South Loup, 45.5; 14. Medicine Valley, 41; 15. Dundy County-Stratton, 40; 15. Hitchcock County, 40; 17. Rawlins County, 36; 18. Sandhills-Thedford, 32; 19. Anselmo-Merna, 27; 20. Stapleton, 24; 21. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller, 4; 22. Leyton, 3.

Individual results:126-—Caden Waitley (3-3) lost by fall to Quentyn Frank (Amherst) 12-1 (Fall 3:28), won by major decision over Beau Lake (Bayard) 1-4 (MD 16-4), won by decision over Carson Mason (South Loup) 6-7 (Dec 5-3), won by decision over Jacob Gholson (Maxwell) 11-7 (Dec 9-5), lost by fall to Garrett Latimer (Southwest) 13-3 scoring four team points.

132—Trye Hickey (2-4) lost by fall to Seth Hare (Hitchcock County) 7-6 (Fall 5:29), won by fall over Breanna Zogg (Sutherland) 0-10 (Fall 0:28), lost by fall to Hunter Deeds (NPSP) 8-5 (Fall 1:30) scoring three team points.

160—Jace Wid (3-5) lost by decision to Sam Hollander (Amherst) 6-7, (Dec 7-2, received a bye, won by decision over Wesley Throckmorton (Dundy County-Stratton) 7-4 (Dec 8-5), lost by fall to Bryan Zutavern (Sandhills-Thedford) 9-4 (Fall 2:49) scoring two team points.

170—Kyler Bullock (0-4) lost by fall to Talan McGill (NPSP) 11-3 (Fall 1:02), lost by fall to Conner Finley (Rawlins County) 2-4, (Fall 4:30)

182—Deitrik Brueggeman (3-4), received a bye, lost by fall to Kendal Neal (Mullen) 3-1 (Fall 4:49), won by fall over Ashton Bearley (Rawlins County) 1-3 (Fall 0:37), lost by fall to Justin Schroll (NPSP) 7-7, scoring three team points.

195—Beau Wood (4-0) won by tech fall over Gavin Anderson (Hyannis) 1-10 (TF-1.5 2:50 (19-3)), won by fall over Cyrus Green (Rawlins County) 7-4 (Fall 1:47), won by tech fall over Drew Bogard (Amherst) 9-2 (TF-1.5 3:57 (17-1)), won in sudden victory - 1 over Karsen Hunter (Bayard) 8-2 (SV-1 9-6) placing first and scoring 25 team points.

220—Brandon Knoles (5-3) received a bye, lost by fall to Kaden Dady (Brady) 3-4 (Fall 1:59), received a bye, received a bye, won by fall over Delton Haines (Dundy County-Stratton) 12-3 (Fall 1:40), won by decision over Landon Nichols (NPSP) 6-7 (Dec 7-1) placing third and scoring 12 team points.

285—Austin Meyer (3-4) lost by fall to Therran Bernard (Dundy County-Stratton) (Fall 3:52), lost in sudden victory - 1 to Andy Gomez (Morrill) 1-2 (SV-1 7-5).