Blue Jays compete hard at Louisville
Ross Sueper
The Newman Grove/Lindsay Holy Family wrestling team traveled to Louisville for a regular wrestling meet. There was a total of fourteen teams and three of the schools were from Iowa and one was from Missouri.
The results of the meet are: Dylan Zoucha pinned Jordan Walkinshaw of Malcolm, pinned Steven Oppie of Targio, pinned Logan Niedzielski of HTRS/PC, was pinned by Tyler Blevins of Weeping Water, and was pinned by Christian Molina of Wilber- Clatonia. Dylan placed fourth in the 103 pound weigh class.
Scott Boettcher was pinned by Kassidy Andrews of Malcolm and was pinned by Tylor Forbes of West Harrison.
Tony Wallin pinned Joe Gillott of Johnson County Central, was pinned by Tyler Guernsey of Malcolm, and pinned Gabel Sudmann of Underwood. Tony placed fifth in the 119 pound weight class.
Sheldon Boschen pinned Max Hjermstad of Louisville JV, pinned Ryan Zurcher of Wilber- Clatonia, pinned Ted Gerstenschlager of Palmyra, pinned Andrew Sloop of Tarkio, and pinned Zach Knisley of Louisville. Sheldon placed first in the 125 pound weight class.
Dakota Ruhnke was beat by Mike Eddlemon of Tarkio 11-4 and lost to by Justin Pomajzl of Wilber-Clatonia 12-0.
Jerett Sueper pinned Jeremy Koelzer of Palmyra, beat Kenny Miller of Wilber-Clatonia 16-0, beat Robert Fauteux of AHST 14- 0 and lost to Seth Deinart of Malcolm 5-4. Jerett placed second in the 135 pound weight class.
Matt King was pinned by Colby Smith of Louisville and Taylor Premer of Red Cloud/Blue Hill.
Jake Bobst was pinned by Jake Larson of AHST, Travis Shore of Wilber-Clatonia, and Cale Olson of Red Cloud/Blue Hill.
Derek Wallin pinned Travis Kephart of Underwood, was beat by Jared Krueger of Red Cloud/ Blue Hill 14-6, lost to Dillon Bates of Wilber-Clatonia 12-4, and lost to Jared Krueger 8-2. Derek placed fourth in the 152 pound weight class.
Ross Sueper pinned Austin Schrodt of Wilber-Clatonia JV, lost to Scott Noack of Harvard/ Clay Center 3-0, and lost to Carson Homolka of Wilber-Clatonia 4-1. Ross placed sixth in the 160 pound weight class.
Mark O’Brien received a forfeit from Chase Hofferber of Red Cloud/Blue Hill, pinned Jay Dee Wilcox of Tarkio, was pinned by Nick Hartwig of Wilber-Clatonia, and beat Jay Dee Wilcox 14-8. Mark finished third in the 171 pound weight class.
Brock Donelson was pinned by Adam Burgett of HTRS and Jason Wehnes of Harvard/Clay Center, pinned Dakota Crawford of Tarkio, and beat Eli Neitzel of Weeping Water 15-0. Brock placed seventh in the 189 pound weight class.
As a team, Newman Grove/ Lindsay Holy Family placed sixth with 102 points. Jerett Sueper broke Levi Melcher’s season 3 Point Nearfall at 23 and broke Michell Kurtenbach’s career 2 Point Nearfall at 31.
The team will travel to Howells on January 28 for the Triangular against Howells and West Point CC, travel to Greeley on January 29, and travel to DC West/Valley on January 30.