WINSIDE – Wakefield was edged out by Nebraska Scholastic Wrestling Coaches Association Class D No. 3 Plainview for the team trophy at Thursday’s Lewis & Clark Conference wrestling tournament at Winside High School.
The Trojans came away with a pair of first-place finishes, as NSWCA Class C third-ranked Cody Thomas (182) and fifth-ranked Moises Barboza (220) both won their round-robin competitions. Other top-four finishes for the Trojans included a runner-up effort by Julio Sanchez (195) and third-place finishes by Tay Guill (106), Jacob Dorey (120), Charlie Lopez (126), Ben Chase (132), Isaac Verzani (145), Luke Walsh (152) and Erik Glditz (170).
Winside was a close fourth in the nine-team race and had a trio of champions with sixth-ranked Koby Ellis (106), Joey Heimdale (113) and Zach Morris (152). Mathew Fredrick (120), Sean Mann (126), Michael Jensen (170), and Jon Escalante (220) finished second.
LCC finished eighth overall and had three medalists, as Jadyen Garrett (160), Zach Dietrich (195) and Ethan Williams (220) all finished third.
Wakefield wrestles in the Madison Invitational on Friday, while Winside and LCC compete in the Oakland-Craig Invitational on Saturday.
Team Standings
Plainview 190, Wakefield 181, Creighton 157, Winside 149, Winnebago 100, Randolph 76, Ponca 69, Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 53, Osmond 20.
Top Four Medalists
106: 1. Koby Ellis, Winside; 2. Cody Hanvey, Creighton; 3. Tay Guill, Wakefield.
113: 1. Joey Heimdale, Winside; 2. Jaden Sobotka, Plainview. (Heimdale wins best-of-three 2-1).
120: 1. Dominique Rickard, Plainview; 2. Mathew Fredrick, Winside; 3. Jacob Dorey, Wakefield.
126: 1. Zac Hazen, Creighton; 2. Sean Mann, Winside; 3. Charlie Lopez, Wakefield; 4. Jeremy Bear, Winnebago.
132: 1. Trenton Steinkraus, Plainview; 2. Alex Schmit, Randolph; 3. Ben Chase, Wakefield; 4. Cullen Cook, Ponca.
138: 1. Christian Miller, Plainview; 2. Derek Wortman, Creighton; 3. Brandon Bloomquist, Randolph; 4. Paul Gubbels, Osmond.
145: 1. Cole Aschoff, Plainview; 2. Bryce Zimmerer, Creighton; 3. Issac Verzani, Wakefield; 4. Noah Scott, Randolph.
152: 1. Zach Morris, Winside; 2. Brenden Waldow, Creighton; 3. Luke Walsh, Wakefield; 4. Colton Beacom, Osmond.
160: 1. Brady Wortman, Creighton; 2. Josh Miles, Winnebago; 3. Jayden Garrett, LCC: 4. Aaron Boone, Plainview.
170: 1. Levi Stacken, Creighton; 2. Michael Jensen, Winside; 3. Erik Gladitz, Wakefield.
182: 1. Cody Thomas, Wakefield; 2. Michael Hegge, Ponca; 3. Kiylista Harden, Winnebago.
195: 1. Collin Gale, Plainview; 2. Julio Sanchez, Wakefield; 3. Zach Dietrich, LCC: 4. Andrew Daly, Ponca.
220: 1. Moises Barboza, Wakefield; 2. Jon Escalante, Winside; 3. Ethan Williams, LCC: 4. Sam Brickett, Ponca.
285: 1. Derrell Zagurski, Winnebago; 2. Dalton Rath, Randolph; 3. Cameron Nelson, Plainview; 4. Michael Logue, Ponca.
