In what Coach Kenny Brown hoped concluded a recent strain of injuries and illnesses, the Tiger Wrestling team brought home a fourth place finish at this year’s Central Ozark Conference Tournament last Saturday.
“Our dual with Neosho was the last time we had a full, healthy lineup. Following that dual we came away with at least two injuries and things kind of snowballed from there. The biggest challenge at this point in the season is keeping everyone healthy. Dalen (Moore) and Dagan (Sappington) were still out and Brandon Crow went home sick. We still had some big matches and made a decent showing with a partial lineup,” Brown said.
Carthage scored some big points with individual COC champions, juniors, Kale Schrader (220) and Brener Ocana (285). Schrader remains undefeated and is ranked 1st in Class Four, 15th in Intermat national rankings. Fellow juniors, Trulyn Kendrick (160) and Carthage newcomer Kelten Campbell (152) finished 2nd and 3rd respectively, while senior, Colton Winder (195) brought home a 4th place medal.
Team Scores
1–Neosho–317–ranked 1st in Class 3
2–Willard–271.5–ranked 7th in Class 3
3–Nixa–237
4–Carthage–210.5
5–Carl Junction–197
6–Webb City–190
7–Ozark–128
8–Republic–99.5
9–Branson–95
10–Joplin–94
Individual Results
Weight–Name–Grade–Tournament Record–Season Record–Placement–State ranking
106–Braxdon Tate–9–(2-2)–(32-15)–DNP
lost by technical fall 016 to Christian Finley–Willard–ranked 2nd in Class 3
lost by fall in 0:35 to Peyton Moore–Nixa–Honorable Mention in Class 4
won by overtime decision 1-0 over Wyatt George–Republic
won by technical fall 15-0 over Bylan Billingsley–Ozark
113–Carlos Reyes–10–(3-2)–(29-16)–DNP
won by major decision 16-6 over Dominick Famiano–Republic
won by decision 10-3 over Josiah Vaughn–Joplin
lost by decision 0-4 to Hayden Crane–Neosho
lost by technical fall 2-18 to Deagan Fugitt–Nixa–ranked 6th in Class 4
won by fall in 0:46 over Kevin Cox–Carl Junction
120–Tanner Russow–11–(3-2)–(30-14)–DNP
lost by fall in 1:43 to Cole Crahan–Nixa
won by major decision 17-4 over Oscar Martinez–Willard
lost by fall in 3:54 to Gabriel Selby–Neosho
won by fall in 0:23 over Lucas Watkins–Carl Junction
won by fall in 1:20 over Jacob Crandall–Webb City
126–Selvin Estrada–11–(3-2)–(11-4)–DNP
lost by decision 4-10 to Josh Copher–Webb City–ranked 4th in Class 3
won by decision 10-5 over Gabe Hesington–Republic
lost by fall in 1:23 to Cayden Auch–Neosho–ranked 1st in Class 3
won by fall in 3:21 over Ethan Walker–Carl Junction
won by major decision 11-0 over Dylan Webster–Nixa
132–Eli Sneed–9–(2-3)–(11-11)–DNP
lost by major decision 2-10 to Johah Peters–Willard
won by fall in 5:26 over Derrick Brozek–Joplin
lost by fall in 0:36 to Kolton Sanders–Neosho–ranked 3rd in Class 3
won by decision 11-4 over Dylan Carter–Nixa
lost by decision 4-8 to Brantley Carter–Webb City
138–Anderson Ixcol–11–(3-2)–(21-18)–DNP
lost by decision 5-8 to Bret Camerer–Neosho
lost by decision 4-11 to Caden Lorenz–Branson
won by decision 4-2 over C.J. Stanford–Willard
won by fall in 4:49 over Philipp Leithaeuser–Carl Junction
won by decision 3-2 over Jackson Taylor–Webb City
145–Victor Salazar–12–(0-4)–(17-25)–DNP
lost by fall in 0:52 to Kolyn Eli–Nixa–ranked 4th in Class 4
lost by fall in 2:46 to Ryder Heimbach–Willard
lost by major decision 1-10 to Cole Stewart–Carl Junction
lost by fall in 3:34 to Kaleb Doyle–Ozark
152–Kelten Campbell–11–(3-2)–(22-12)–3rd
won by fall in 2:35 over Brody German–Webb City
won by fall in 1:01 over Keaton Bradley–Joplin
lost by fall in 0:50 to Tallon Heimbach–Willard–ranked 5th in Class 3
lost by fall in 0:32 to Alex Rothman–Neosho–ranked 4th in Class 3
won by fall in 2:18 over Kale Conway–Ozark
160–Trulyn Kendrick–11–(4-1)–(28-18)–2nd
won by fall in 2:24 over Colby Allen–Ozark
won by decision 7-6 over Christian Berumen–Branson
won by fall in 4:57 over Logan Lewis–Nixa
won by major decision 17-8 over Keaton Sanders–Neosho
lost by fall in 5:33 to Roger Carranco–Webb City
170–Brandon Crow–11–(0-1)–(35-7)–DNP
lost by decision 10-11 to Jacobb Ott–Webb City
Withdrew from the tournament due to illness
182–Caleb Triplett–11–(1-3)–(16-18)–DNP
lost by fall in 3:59 to Max Petruccelli–Branson
lost by fall in 1:31 to Drayke Perry–Neosho–ranked 5th in Class 3
lost by overtime decision 10-12 to Gibson Sweet–Webb City
won by fall in 2:49 over Braegan Patman–Ozark
195–Colton Winder–12–(1-3)–(12-11)–4th
won by fall in 5:38 over Buddy Belcher–Webb City
lost by fall in 5:49 to Caleb Elliot–Neosho
lost by fall in 5:16 to Jesse Cassatt–Carl Junction–ranked 4th in Class 3
lost by fall in 0:50 to DeSean Downs–Nixa
220–Kale Schrader–11–(5-0)–(46-0)–1st–ranked 1st in Class 4
won by fall in 1:04 over Isaac Gyler–Republic
won by fall in 1:15 over John Gholson–Nixa
won by fall in 0:59 over Zachary Thomason–Branson
won by fall in 0:58 over Matt Miller–Webb City
won by decision 6-1 over Jaydn Withrow–Joplin
285–Brener Ocana–11–(5-0)–(39-9)–1st
won by fall in 0:53 over Ethan Piles–Republic
won by fall in 1:46 over Alex Curry–Joplin
won by decision 3-2 over Taylor Cheek–Nixa
won by fall in 2:30 over Austin Webb–Willard
won by fall in 2:20 over Tyler Huffman–Carl Junction
