Blaze bring home Lewis and Clark runner-up trophy
OSMOND — The Quad County Northeast wrestlers came away with runner-up honors in Thursday’s Lewis & Clark Conference tournament at Osmond High School.
The Blaze finished a distant second to defending Class D state champion Plainview, but edged Winnebago by one point for the runner-up trophy, thanks to a season-high 10 medalists.
The Quad County team finished with a pair of runner-up medalists.
Colby Wathor and Fischer Carson both earned silver medal finishes at 170 and 285 pounds, respectively.
Wathor’s only loss came in the final round of round-robin competition against champion Alizae Mejia of Plainview, while Fischer went 3-1 with his lone loss coming to Winnebago champion Darion Earth.
Bronze medals were won by Tie Hollandsworth (145), Nolan Ohlrich (152), Levi Jackson (182) and Kolby Casey (195).
Ajay Gubbels (160) and Israhel Vance (182) both finished fourth, and Carter Olson (113) and Gabe Wortman (126) both finished fifth.
At Saturday’s Oakland-Craig Invitational, the Blaze finished with three medals, led by Hollandsworth’s third-place finish at 145 pounds. Ohlrich and Carson both finished in sixth place.
The Blaze will once again head west on Saturday as they compete in the Plainview Invitational before hosting a home quadrangular on Thursday. Thursday’s home meet will feature Creighton and Dakota Valley, S.D.
The local team will then wrap up the regular season on Feb. 8 at the Wakefield Tournament.
Lewis & Clark Conference
Team Standings
Plainview 333, Quad County Northeast 150, Winnebago 149, Creighton 128, Ponca 124, Winside 112, WakefieldAllen 100, Osmond 62.
QCNE Medalists
113: Carter Olson 2-2, 5th. 126: Gabe Wortman 1-4, 5th. 145: Tie Hollandsworth 3-2, 3rd. 152: Nolan Ohlrich 3-2, 3rd. 160: Ajay Gubbels 1-3, 4th. 170: Colby Wathor 4-1, 2nd. 182: Levi Jackson, 3-2, 3rd; Israhel Vance 2-3, 4th.195: Kolby Casey 2-2, 3rd. 285: Fischer Carson 3-1, 2nd.
Oakland-Craig Invitational
Team Standings
Logan View 225, Conestoga 207, Cross County/Osceola 116, Howells-Dodge 116, Yutan 110.5, Winside 104.5, West Point-Beemer 95.5, Oakland-Craig 81, North Bend Central 71, Hartington CC 66, Norfolk Catholic 64, Winnebago 49, Wakefield/Allen 47, Ponca 45, Quad County NE 45, Guardian Angels CC 38.5, Pender 12, Cedar Bluffs 3.
