Junior High Wrestlers Compete in Oakley
The junior high wrestling team traveled to Oakley on Thursday evening (February 11th) to compete with teams from Oakley and Goodland. The St. Francis wrestlers won two of six matches wrestled against Oakley and 13 of 28 matches wrestled against Goodland opponents.
"I wish we would have won the duals, but I really feel like we're getting better as a team," said Gaten Cooper who was undefeated on the day.
Results of the evening's matches are below:
Jacob Butler--Lost by fall (1st period) to Ritter of Oakley; Lost by 12-0 decision to David of Oakley
Riley Shay--Lost by fall (1st period) to Avelar of Goodland; Lost by fall (2nd period) to Johnson of Goodland
J.T. Woodcox--Lost by fall (3rd period) to Avelar of Goodland; Defeated Parsons of Oakley by fall (2nd period)
Lane Hoffman--Lost by fall (2nd period) to Murphy of Oakley; Won by 7-0 decision over Milke of Goodland; Won by 8-4 decision over Fugleberg of Goodland
Austin White--Won by fall (1st period) over Dinkel of Goodland; Won by 7-3 decision over Trachsel of Goodland; Won by fall (1st period) over Sneathen of Goodland
Gaten Cooper--Won by major decision (14-1) over Stewart of Oakley; Won by 8-4 decision over Garza of Goodland
Wyatt Landenberger--Lost by fall (3rd period) to Artega of Goodland; Won by 6-0 decision over Sneathen of Goodland; Won by major decision (14-0) over Trachsel of Goodland
Tanner Gilliland--Lost by fall (1st period) to Ruhs of Goodland; Lost by 7-1 decision to Flipse of Oakley
Mason Schiltz--Lost by 8-3 decision to Bahe of Goodland; Won by fall (1st period) over Flipse of Oakley
Logan Lampe--Lost by 13-6 decision to Miller of Goodland; Won by 1-0 decision over Bahe of Goodland; Won by major decision (12-2) over Ruhs of Goodland
Derek Queen--Lost by fall (2nd period) to Gray of Goodland; Lost by fall (2nd period) to Padena of Goodland; Won by fall (1st period) over Verlenden of Goodland
Tyler Lee--Lost by fall (1st period) to Whitman of Goodland; Lost by fall (2nd period) to Macias of Oakley
Ian Schmidt--Lost by fall (2nd period) to Whitman of Goodland; Won by fall (1st period) over House of Goodland; Lost by fall (1st period) to Macias of Oakley
Cade Bracelin--Lost by fall (1st period) to Taylor of Goodland; Lost by fall (3rd period) to Badman of Oakley
Jon Hoard--Lost by fall (3rd period) to Bonsal of Goodland
Shakotah Blanka--Lost by fall (1st period) to Smith of Goodland
Scott Warren--Lost by fall (3rd period) to Smith of Goodland
Next action for the junior high wrestlers will be in Goodland on Thursday, February 18th, when they will complete with Goodland and Colby.