(By Coach Nathan Vinson)
BATTLE CREEK — This past weekend, the Tigers competed at Battle Creek, where these men earned their medals through hard work and grit, with Kaleb Gardner and Caleb Vinson leading the way.
Gardner receiving a third-place medal after a hard-fought loss in semifinals but fought back to receive a third place for the day, while Caleb Vinson battled through injury to re- ceive a fifth place medal.
Even though the other boys did not receive a medal, they battled through injury and won some and lost some. Overall the sportsmanship was fantastic and I was very impressed with them and can’t wait to see what the boys achieve this week with conference duals on Thursday and the Neligh-Oakdale invite Saturday!
Individual Results 138 lbs. — Mason True (13-12) placed eighth and scored 3.0 team points. Mason won by fall over Porter Farmer (Battle Creek) 7-11 (Fall 3:26), won by 9-6 decision over Samuel Elizondo Martinez (Gretna) 2-7, lost by fall to Ashton Kuchar (Battle Creek) 29-4 (Fall 2:38), lost by tech fall to Lane Fischer (Wakefield) 16-9 (TF-1.5 3:46 (16-0)), lost by fall to Kody Bartling (Cedar Catholic) 15-10 (Fall 4:45) 144 lbs. - Caleb Vinson (17-5) placed fifth and scored 14.0 team points. Caleb received a bye, won by fall over Charlie Tasich (Yutan) 13-19 (Fall 0:59), lost by tech fall
to Drake Hegy (Logan View) 23-13 (TF-1.5 5:37 (22-6)), won by fall over Ashton Raabe (Wisner-Pilger) 12-15 (Fall 0:43), won by fall over Casey Chadwick (Ponca) 19-19 (Fall 1:57) 157 lbs. - Lane Murray (4-18) placed eighth. Lane received a bye, won by fall over Jessie Schrad (Wis- ner-Pilger) 2-9 (Fall 0:53), lost by fall to Mason McKie (Stanton) 25-5 (Fall 0:46), lost by fall to Cael Gansebom (Battle Creek) 17-14 (Fall 1:30), lost by fall to Riley Frigge (Ponca) 10-21 (Fall 2:17) 157 lbs. - Kaleb Gardner (16-2) placed third and scored 14.0 team points. Kaleb won by fall over Nolan Willnerd (Logan View) 2-3 (Fall 1:35), received a bye, won by 7-1 de cision over Parker Petrigash (Gretna) 9-17, lost by 2-8 decision to Ty Opfer (Hartington-Newcastle) 19-7, won by 16-6 major decision over Jacob Lincoln (Winnebago) 20-11 285 lbs. - Tate Stolpe (11-6) placed 12th and scored 3.0 team points. Tate won by 12-3 major decision over Ma- clin Wilcox (Gretna) 3-5, received a bye, lost by medical forfeit to Aiden Stech (Osmond-Wausa) 11-11 285 lbs. - Aiden Stech (11-11) placed eighth. Aiden received a bye, lost by fall to Maclin Wilcox (Gretna) 3-5 (Fall 5:47), won by medical forfeit over Tate Stolpe (Osmond-Wausa) 11-6, lost by fall to Wyatt Carlson (Logan View) 7-6 (Fall 4:16), lost by 2-14 major decision to Mason Boyce (Gretna) 12-14
