It was a packed house at Carthage High School Tuesday night, where the battle of the undefeated took place between the Carthage Tiger and the Neosho Wildcat wrestling teams. Ranked number one in Class 3 in the state of Missouri, Neosho boasted several individually ranked wrestlers for the matchup. Carthage, currently ranked number seven in Class 4, found themselves at a disadvantage with the loss of heavyweight and state placer Brener Ocana, who was injured last month at a tournament.
Led by a strong team that had not lost a dual or tournament all year, Carthage was ultimately subdued by the depth of Neosho’s team and lost the meet 51-20. Adding insult to injury (literally) was the season-ending broken arm suffered by freshman Luke Gall (170 lbs, 21-3 on the season) during his match with Neosho’s Keaton Sanders.
“That kind of let the wind out of our sails,” said Carthage Head Coach Kenny Brown. “It’s hard to concentrate on a meet when you’re already behind and worried about your teammate. Especially when that kid is so tough, works hard and never complains. It’s obviously a huge loss for us. We’ll now rely on Luke in a different role and know that he’ll step up as a motivator and coach.”
Rivals since the Coach Holman era, Neosho and Carthage always rely on each other to put forth the best competition in preparation for conference, districts and state. With the Central Ozarks Conference Tournament next Saturday, look for many of the same matchups to replay in a change for some vindication.
Here are the results from the Black and Blue Brawl between Carthage and Neosho on 01/21/20. Carthage is now 7-1 on the season and will next wrestle in the Platte County Invitational on 01/24-25/20.
Carthage—20—ranked 7th in Class 4
Neosho—51—ranked 1st in Class 3
Individual Results
Weight—Name—Grade—Season Record—State ranking
106—Kip Castor—9—(16-5)
Lost by fall in 0:30 to Raymond Hembree—ranked 2nd
113—Carlos Reyes—11—(21-5)
Lost by fall in 3:27 to Landon Kivett
120—Tanner Russow—12—(21-3)
Won by decision 4-0 over Hayden Crane
126—Selvin Estrada—12—(18-7)
Won by fall in 3:44 over Eli Zar
132—Dagan Sappington—11—(16-7)—ranked 6th
Lost by fall in 5:51 to Kolton Sanders—ranked 3rd
138—Davion King—9—(16-9)
Lost by decision 7-12 to Eric Holt—ranked 5th
145—Anderson Ixcol—12—(11-4)
Won by major decision 14-5 over Collyn Kivett
152—Andrew Holden—11—(2-4)
Lost by fall in 1:33 to Cayden Auch—ranked 1st
160—Kelten Campbell—12—(21-3)
Won by major decision 12-4 over Cade Daniel
170—Luke Gall—9—(21-3)
Lost by injury default to Keaton Sanders
182—Obed Gonzalez—11—(5-4)
Lost by fall in 0:51 to Jeremiah Larson—ranked 3rd
195—Kanen Vogt—10—(17-7)
Lost by fallin 2:28 to Caleb Elliot
220—Kale Schrader—12—(17-0)—ranked 1st
Won by overtime decision 6-4 over Drayke Perry—ranked 1st
285—Alexis Vasquez—11—(7-7)
Lost by fall in 4:32 to Zane Persinger—ranked 4th
Junior Varsity Results
113—Christian Brown—10—(9-3)
Lost by fall in 1:45 to Nate Copeland
Won by fall in 1:22 over Hunter Morales
120—Walter Reyes-Mojica—10—(2-10)
Lost by fall in 1:09 to Nate Copeland
120—Jose Gomez—9—(6-7)
Lost by fall in 2:50 to Landon Stephens
126—Braxdon Tate—10—(2-0)
Won by fall in 2:38 over Landon Stephens
132—Brayden Benefiel—11—(8-4)
Won by technical fall 16-1 over Colton Burr
132—Cody Reeves—10—(9-6)
Won by fall in 3:59 over Colton Burr
138—Robin Hernandez—10—(2-1)
Lost by fall in 4:18 to Jeremiah Kincaid
138—Byron Lopez—10—(6-5)
Won by fall in 1:52 over Jeremiah Kincaid
145—Eli Sneed—10—(1-0)
Won by fall in 5:58 over Noah Reiboldt
145—Grey Petticrew—9—(12-1)
Lost by decision 5-7 to Noah Reiboldt
145—D.J. Witt—11—(8-3)
Lost by decision 3-7 to Noah Quillman
145—Gabe Lambeth—9—(12-1)
Won by fall in 3:49 over Noah Quillman
152—Brett Rockers—10—(5-1)
Won by decision 8-5 over Trent Neece
152—Kanon Williams—9—(9-2)
Lost by decision 4-7 to Trent Neece
152—Creed Lambeth—11—(4-1)
Won by fall in 0:37 over Gabe Mabrey
152—Fernando Lopez—11—(9-3)
Won by overtime decision 7-5 over Gabe Mabrey
160—Levi White—12—(8-3)
Lost by fall in 5:10 to Ulysses DeLeon
160—Lucas Lund—9—(9-6)
Lost by fall in 0:57 to Ulysses DeLeon
182—Cristian Orellana—11—(10-2)
Won by fall in 5:58 over RSJ Ifamilik
182—Blane Steffen—12—(4-3)
Lost by fall in 4:48 to RSJ Ifamilik
