Heading into the season’s home stretch, Carthage Tiger Wrestling competed in the Platte County Tournament, celebrated Senior Night versus Webb City and traveled to Springfield Central High School for a double dual versus Central and Waynesville. As many schools are dealing with the grind of illness and fatigue at this point in the season, the Tigers’ varsity lineup has remained relatively healthy. Some of this longevity can be attributed to the break the team took a couple of weekends ago to rest when sickness surged after the holidays. Add in a major win over long-time rivals, the Neosho Wildcats, Senior Night and a consistent lineup and you’ve got a recipe for a team that is firing on all cylinders approaching District competition in a couple of weeks.
Head Coach Kenny Brown is pleased to see the progress his guys have made from the beginning of the season, noting that adapting and changing up practices is a necessity.
“We’re always trying to improve. And our guys on this team thrive on learning and getting better,” Brown said. “Continuity is so important. My guys take it personally when they lose and feel like they are letting their team down. They really understand the importance of their part in the team dynamic and try and make each other better.”
So what is the formula for a successful team year after year? Brown laughs as he explains that there is “no one thing” that helps a team win or lose. He does, however, attribute a few key touchstones that have helped his team year after year.
“My coaching staff is a major part of our team’s success. They are not only successful in their own rite, but they bring such a variety of skills to the table. Their personalities are all so different that it’s easy for the kids to find someone they can relate to.” Coach Brown also believes in the importance of hard work and family support. “To be honest, one of the most important ideas that a kid can take away from his time with Carthage Wrestling is that what he does off the mat holds more value than what he does on the mat. Once these guys buy into the idea of getting good grades, conducting themselves responsibly, working hard and being a good practice partner, the rest is easy.”
At this point in the season, the pressure is on to be successful and get some critical wins against district opponents. The Platte County Tournament was a good test for Carthage, as it was the last regular tournament before COC. Sophomore Dylan Huntley was the only Tiger to take home a championship, with senior Eli Sneed placing second and juniors Grey Petticrew and Davion King taking third. With only a partial lineup, Coach Brown was very pleased with the team’s ability to place third in the tournament, considering the level of competition.
Heading into this week’s duals on Tuesday and Thursday, the team was back at full strength for Senior Night versus Webb City. Seniors Byron Lopez, Walter Reyes-Mojica, Christian Brown, Eli Sneed, Cody Reeves, Braxdon Tate, Grant Lasley, Brett Rockers and Kanen Vogt were recognized, along with their parents, and the team put up a solid win against the Cardinals. “Senior Night is always bittersweet. You want nothing but success for these guys, but I’m always sad to see them go. They are a great group of kids and I hope to see them back on the mat again helping future generations the way they were helped,” Coach Brown said. “With the wins over Webb, Central and Waynesville, we got some good practice for what is to come in the COC Tournament and Districts. Every victory counts,” said Brown.
Here are the Carthage Wrestling results from the Platte County Invitational on 01/21-22/22.
Team Results
1—Helias—264.5
2—Platte County—243.5
3—Carthage—232
4—Smithville—222.5
5—Oak Grove—220.5
6—Hannibal—210
7—Excelsior Springs—194
8—Olathe North—150
9—St. James Academy—134
10—Van Horn—104
11—William Chrisman—78.5
12—JC Harmon—70
Individual Results
Weight—Name—Grade—Tournament Record—Season Record—Placement
106—Aydan Nye—9—(0-2)—(5-4)—DNP
Lost by fall in 3:16 to Gage Lock—Helias
Lost by fall in 5:19 to Aleksander Careaga—Helias
Withdrew from tournament with an injury
113—Dylan Huntley—10—(6-0)—(11-1)—1st
Won by major decision 13-4 over Evan Dunn—Helias
Won by fall in 1:51 over Dominick Betts—Excelsior Springs
Won by fall in 2:37 over Tristan Garrett—Oak Grove
Won by fall in 1:43 over Andres Garcia—Olathe North
Won by fall in 3:05 over Trent Hallett—Smithville
Won by fall in 5:42 over Raymond Ladd—JC Harmon
120—Christian Brown—12—(3-3)—(14-8)—DNP
Won by fall in 3:46 over Chase Henderson—Oak Grove
Won by fall in 1:40 over Dashiell Gonzalez—Van Horn
Lost by major decision 2-13 to Tristen Essig—Hannibal
Won by fall in 3:03 over Dawson Ballard—Smithville
Lost by fall in 0:29 to Ryne Marcum—Excelsior Springs
Lost by fall in 1:43 to Mio Cregan—St. James Academy
126—Bradyn Tate—10—(4-3)—(21-9)—DNP
Won by fall in 1:34 over Colten Clark—Oak Grove
Won by fall in 5:21 over Micah Danner—Excelsior Springs
Lost by fall in 1:09 to Kolby McClain—Smithville
Won by fall in 2:37 over Michael Clayton—St. James Academy
Won by fall in 0:30 over Robert Atkinson—Van Horn
Lost by fall in 2:28 to Cael Alderman—Olathe North
Lost by decision 4-5 to Cody Culp—Hannibal
132—Kip Castor—11—(4-2)—(16-9)—DNP
Won by decision 7-0 over Justin Wieberg—Helias
Lost by fall in 3:11 to Jeffrey Kobel—Smithville
Lost by fall in 1:51 to Landen Davis—Excelsior Springs
Won by fall in 3:11 over Draiden Chilcoat—Platte County
Won by fall in 2:33 over Byron Lopez—Carthage
Won by decision 4-0 over Rudy Whitehead—Oak Grove
132—Byron Lopez—12—(2-4)—(7-10)—DNP
Lost by decision 1-4 to Steven Campos—Van Horn
Lost by fall in 3:25 to Angel Miranda—St. James Academy
Won by decision 8-4 over Evan MacCuish—Platte County
Lost by overtime decision 4-5 to Rudy Whitehead—Oak Grove
Lost by fall in 2:33 to Kip Castor—Carthage
Won by fall in 1:27 over Draiden Chilcoat—Platte County
138—Eli Sneed—12—(4-2)—(24-4)—2nd
Won by fall in 3:48 over Jordan Hall—Oak Grove
Won by fall in 4:38 over Kody Hellwig—St. James Academy
Lost by decision 4-5 to Ethan Muir—Smithville
Won by fall in 1:31 over Austin Timmons—Olathe North
Won by decision 4-2 over Carson Hayes—Helias
Lost by decision 5-7 to Ethan Muir–Smithville
145—Grey Petticrew—11—(4-2)—(18-6)—3rd
Won by fall in 1:27 over Koen Ramage—Hannibal
Won by fall in 2:43 over Ethan Phillips—Oak Grove
Lost by decision 9-10 to Jared Parsons—Platte County
Won by fall in 2:40 over Jonah Cowden—Excelsior Springs
Lost by decision 1-7 to Alex Hutchcraft—Smithville
Won by decision 9-2 over Jace Duemmel–Helias
152—Trey Nye—11—(4-3)—(4-3)—DNP
Won by fall in 1:51 over DeMarcus Penson—Van Horn
Lost by fall in 1:39 to Ayden Dolt—Excelsior Springs
Won by fall in 1:32 over Nate Lawhon—Smithville
Won by decision 3-0 over Alex Whitehead—Oak Grove
Won by fall in 3:04 over Bryan Jennings—Platte County
Lost by fall in 3:09 to Alec Samuelson—Olathe North
Lost by fall in 2:02 to Wyatt Forck—Helias
160—Davion King—11—(5-1)—(25-3)—3rd
Won by fall in 0:52 over Austin Closser—Hannibal
Won by fall in 1:59 over Ben McDaniel—Platte County
Won by major decision 11-2 over Logan Montoya—Helias
Won by fall in 1:32 over Wesley Trinkler—Van Horn
Lost by fall in 2:14 to Riley Brown—Smithville
Won by major decision 13-2 over Carson Smith—Oak Grove
160—Gabe Lambeth—11—(3-3)—(10-12)—DNP
Won by fall in 1:34 over Vance Provost—Olathe North
Won by fall in 4:42 over Kade Hicks—St. James
Lost by decision 2-6 to Carson Smith—Oak Grove
Lost by decision 5-11 to Riley Brown—Smithville
Won by fall in 3:15 over Austin Closser—Hannibal
Lost by decision 1-3 to Ben McDaniel—Platte County
170—Brett Rockers—12—(4-2)—(9-4)—DNP
Lost by fall in 5:00 to Drake Perkins—Helias
Lost by decision 5-8 to Blaine Keuhn—Platte County
Won by fall in 2:48 over Andrew Murphy—Van Horn
Won by fall in 5:36 over Holland Graves—Oak Grove
Won by fall in 2:05 over Ruben Hernandez—Olathe North
Won by fall in 5:55 over Holland Graves—Oak Grove
182—OPEN
195—Landyn Collins—9—(2-4)—(2-7)—DNP
Lost by fall in 2:49 to Tanner Nappier—Helias
Lost by fall in 0:22 to Jaydon Walls—Platte County
Lost by fall in 1:29 to Gabriel Puchalla—St. James Academy
Won by fall in 1:17 over Matthew Sydnor—Hannibal
Lost by decision 2-6 to JB Prestia—Excelsior Springs
Won by fall in 0:22 over Carlos Gallardo—JC Harmon
220—OPEN
285–OPEN
Carthage beat Webb City at home 68-12 to move to 6-2 on the season.
Individual Results
Varsity
Weight—Name—Grade—Season Record
106—Tanner Putt—9—(1-0)
Won by forfeit
113—Dylan Huntley—10—(12-1)
Won by technical fall 16-1 over Trenton Ogle
120—Christian Brown—12—(15-8)
Won by forfeit
126—Bradyn Tate—10—(22-9)
Won by fall in 2:52 over Colt Taylor
132—Kip Castor—11—(17-9)
Won by fall in 5:26 over Aidan Moore
138—Eli Sneed—12—(25-4)
Won by fall in 3:03 over Brenden Berry
145—Grey Petticrew—11—(19-6)
Won by fall in 1:44 over Carson Farmer
152—Braxdon Tate—12—(19-4)
Won by decision 5-2 over Brantley Carter
160—Davion King—11—(26-3)
Won by fall in 1:49 over Cooper Heilbrun
170—Gabe Lambeth—11—(11-12)
Won by fall in 3:21 over Aidan Rose
182—Brett Rockers—12—(10-4)
Won by fall in 3:o9 over Liam Taylor
195—Landyn Collins—9—(2-8)
Lost by fall in 2:33 to Javon White
220—OPEN
Forfeit to Buddy Belcher
285—David Recinos—9—(5-2)
Won by fall in 1:51 over Matt Cook
Junior Varsity Results
126—Walter Reyes-Mojica—12—(7-6)
Won by fall in 3:47 over Tyler Allen
132—Byron Lopez—12—(7-0)
Won by fall in 1:58 over Tyler Allen
152—Trey Nye—11—(13-2)
Won by fall in 1:27 over Zander Perriman
152—Corey Breese—10—(8-3)
Won by fall in 1:25 over Zander Perriman
160—Santos Guzman Gomez—11—(2-2)
Won by fall in 1:47 over Alex Stanley
160/170—Grant Lasley—12—(10-1)
won by fall in 3:02 over Nathan Jacks(160)
won by decision 11-4 over Bronson Collard(170)
160/170—Esvin Gonzalez—11—(12-3)
Lost by fall in 1:03 to Steven Brown(160)
Won by fall in 3:55 over Cremzin Turley(170)
285—Alexander Salas-Marquez—10—(9-1)
Won by fall in 0:55 over Garrett Mathis
285—Jesua Coquij—10—(6-0)
Won by fall in 2:42 over Garrett Mathis
Here are the results from our double dual on 01/27/22 at Springfield Central. Carthage moves to 8-2 on the season and next wrestles in the COC Tournament on Saturday 01/29/22 in Neosho starting at 9:30AM.
Carthage—64
Waynesville—15
Carthage—59
Springfield Central—14
Individual Results—Waynesville listed first
Weight—Name—Grade—Season Record
106—Tanner Putt—9—(3-0)
Won by forfeit
Won by fall in 1:11 over Leeland Teeslink
113—Dylan Huntley—10—(13-2)
Won by forfeit
Lost by decision 4-10 to Rylan Lashley
120—Christian Brown—12—(15-10)
Lost by decision 4-8 to Will Austin
Lost by technical fall 2-18 to Lucas Gideon
126—Bradyn Tate—10—(24-9)
Won by fall in 4:29 over Dustin Green
Won by fall in 1:33 over Jalen Ndongi
132—Byron Lopez—12—(9-10)
Won by major decision 10-2 over Aiden Smith
Won by fall in 3:54 over Cohen Bane
138—Eli Sneed—12—(27-4)
Won by fall in 1:04 over Carl Gervacio
Won by fall in 4:35 over Griffen Ray
145—Grey Petticrew—11—(21-6)
Won by fall in 1:39 over Issiah Smith
Won by fall in 0:45 over Weston Jones
152—Braxdon Tate—12—(21-4)
Won by forfeit
Won by fall in 1:25 over Braden Taylor
160—Davion King—11—(28-3)
Won by fall in 1:18 over Gunner LeGrande
Won by technical fall 21-6 over Gaven Bremenkamp
170—Brett Rockers—12—(12-4)
Won by fall in 2:54 over Aiden Stearns
Won by forfeit
182—OPEN
Lost by forfeit to Kaiden Cruz
Double forfeit
195—Landyn Collins—9—(4-8)
Won by forfeit
Won by forfeit
220—OPEN
Lost by forfeit to Ian Sheppard
Lost by forfeit to Joshua Nelson
285—David Recinos—9—(7-2)
Won by fall in 2:35 over Justin Sheppard
Won by forfeit
Junior Varsity Results
113—Alberto Sales—10—(2-1)
Won by fall in 1:38 over Isac Quiroz—Waynesville
Won by fall in 1:34 over Christian Caldwell-Almaraz—Springfield Central
113—Indiana Gray—10—(5-5)
Won by fall in 5:52 over Christian Caldwell-Almaraz—Springfield Central
Won by decision 6-4 over Isac Quiroz—Waynesville
120—Antoni Sales—10—(2-0)
Won by fall in 1:27 over Jairon Pirtle—Waynesville
Won by fall in 1:22 over Aaron Littleton—Waynesville
120—Emerson Ixcol—9—(11-1)
Won by fall in 1:34 over Aaron Littleton—Waynesville
Won by decision 6-4 over Jairon Pirtle—Waynesville
126—Walter Reyes-Mojica—12—(9-6)
Won by decision 10-5 over Luke Cassidy—Waynesville
Won by fall in 3:05 over Cody Grieser—Waynesville
138—Cody Reeves—12—(10-2)
Won by fall in 3:04 over Arian Diaz—Waynesville
Won by major decision 15-4 over Ryan Clark—Waynesville
145—Matthew Bysor—9—(5-0)
Won by fall in 1:20 over John Spencer—Waynesville
Won by fall in 2:57 over Sean Sullivan—Waynesville
152—Corey Breese—(9-4)
Won by fall in 2:21 over Breydin Dylina-Syyan—Waynesville
Lost by major decision 6-19 to Blaise Moynihan—Waynesville
152/160—Trey Nye—11—(17-2)
Won by fall in 1:29 over Blaise Moynihan(152)—Waynesville
Won by fall in 1:25 over Breyden Dylina-Syyan(152)—Waynesville
Won by fall in 1:11 over Tyler Thompson(160)—Springfield Central
160—Gabe Lambeth—11—(4-0)
Won by fall in 1:21 over Noah Phelps—Springfield Central
Won by technical fall 19-4 over Mason McDonald—Waynesville
160—Santos Guzman Gomez—11—(3-3)
Won by fall in 1:23 over Mason McDonald—Waynesville
Lost by fall in 5:31 to Noah Phelps—Springfield Central
285—Alexander Salas-Marquez—10—(10-1)
Won by fall in 2:28 over D.J. Horry—Waynesville
285—Jesua Coquij—10—(7-0)
Won by fall in 5:04 over D.J. Horry—Waynesville
