Wrestlers Place Second at Sterling Invitational
On Saturday, January 14, the St. Francis High School wrestling team competed in the Sterling Invitational Wrestling Tournament in Sterling, Colorado. The wrestlers placed 2nd in the five team dual tournament. St. Francis defeated University High School (Greeley), Merino, and Akron, but lost to the tournament host Sterling.
Individual dual scores and winning wrestlers in each dual are listed below:
St. Francis vs. University
39 - 36
113 Casey Keller
138 Mikey Leibbrandt
145 Erik Nelson
152 Dylan Wolaver
182 Zach Gienger
220 Paul Nelson
285 Shakota Blanka
St. Francis vs. Merino
34-24
132 Austin White
138 Mikey Leibbrandt
145 Erik Nelson
182 Zach Gienger
220 Paul Nelson
285 Shakota Blanka
St. Francis vs. Akron
33-30
120 Matt White
138 Mikey Leibbrandt
145 Erik Nelson
152 Dylan Wolaver
182 Zach Gienger
195 Jon Hoard
St. Francis vs. Sterling
18-48
113 Casey Keller
132 Austin White
220 Paul Nelson
Coach Nathan Smith made the following comments on the day, "Good tournament for the guys. We wrestled short handed with Hoffman, Lampe, and Hoard still coming back from injuries. Thomas Douthit was attending the stock show in Denver and Derek Queen was home sick so we had a lot of open weights. Dylan Wolaver wrestled sick all day Matt Howell separated his shoulder in his second match and Matt White battled a back injury most of the day. With all that the kids that were there competed well. We beat some good teams and put ourselves in position to win the tournament. At full strength the Sterling dual would have been a good one. We dual in Atwood Thursday night in what looks like it should be a very competitive dual."
The wrestlers will compete in Atwood on Thursday evening, January 19th. Junior high wrestling begins at 4:30 PM and will be followed by the high school wrestling at 6:30 PM.
