OHS Tiger Tales
On Sunday, Jan. 18, there was wrestling action for youth wrestlers in Ponca, Battle Creek and Syracuse, where the WWO wrestlers competed while receiving first-place, second- place, third-place and two fourthplace medals. Coach Patrick Vinson was very proud of how the WWO wrestlers performed: “Whether or not we won or lost, we wrestled well and we learned some things to work on for the next coming weeks.”
Battle Creek Brave Elite Classic
5th-6th grade boys, 108-117 lbs. — Rhett Kraft placed second and scored 9.0 team points. Quarterfinal — Rhett won by 8-0 major decision
over Silas Ortiz (Crofton-Bloomfield Youth Wrest); Semifinal - Rhett won
by fall over Cole Nunez (Norfolk Jr wrestling club); first-place match - Mason Winters (Ainsworth Wrestling Club) won by fall over Rhett 5th-6th grade girls, 65-78 lbs. — Soma Newton placed fourth and scored 5.0 team points. Round 1 — Ainslee Kerr (HWA) won by fall over Soma; Round 2 — Lana Sueper (Madison Junior Wrestling) won by 14-1 major decision over Soma; Round 3 — Charlotte Coleman (Valentine wrestling club) won by fall over Soma 7th-8th grade boys, 103-113 lbs. B — Michael Vinson placed third and scored 7.0 team points. Quarterfinal — Michael won by fall over Brantlee Petersen (Norfolk Jr wrestling club); Semifinal - Jaret Corkle (O`Neill Leprechaun Wrestling) won by fall over Michael; Consolation Semi — Michael won by fall over Bryson Smutny (Battle Creek Brave Elite); third-lace match — Michael won by 17-0 tech fall over Liam Fletcher (Norfolk Jr wrestling club)
2025 Ponca Spears Wrestling Tournament
3rd-4th grade girls, 78-87 lb. — Makenzie Dick placed first and scored 18.0 team points. Round 1 — Makenzie won by fall over Lillian Wiltman (Wakefield); Round 2 - Makenzie won by fall over Presley Walsh (Ponca Spears)
Syracuse - Max Hughes Memorial
1st-2nd grade boys, 55-56 lbs. — Beau Bahr placed fourth and scored 16.0 team points. Round 1 — Gage Eden (Big Dog Grappling Academy) won by fall over Beau; Round 2 — Greyson Krcilek (Louisville Wrestling Club) won by fall over Beau; Round 3 — Quinn Harpham (Nebraska City Wrestling Club) won by fall over Beau
