Pierce vs O’Neill
By Brynn Schwartz
The JV boy wrestlers went to a tournament in O’Neill on December 16, and faced 11 other teams.
“The wrestling meet went hard. They gave a good effort, and we used a lot of good things that we used at practice and put it into the meet. One thing we could work on is having good pressure on top, using both hands and feet to hold everyone down and finishing our shots from our feet,” assistant coach Grant King said.
Starting off, Uther Nogueira (120) placed third. In round one Nogueira went against Enrique Sotelo Amezcua from Madison and lost by fall. In round three, Nogueira lost by fall against Owen Laska of Boone Central.
At 132, Brody Kesting placed in third for the Bluejays. In the quarterfinal Kesting lost by a 25-15 major decision to Keigan Couch from O’Neill St. Marys. During consolation round 1 Kesting received a bye advancing to the next round where he pinned Kamden Schowalter of Battle Creek. In the third place match, Kesting won once again, pinning Trecyn Ocampo from Wayne.
Placing fourth was Charlie Ottis at 175. In round one, Ottis went against Calvin Thomsen of Ord and lost by fall. In round two Ottis lost in a 7-0 decision against Evan Thompson of O’Neill. In his third and final round, Ottis lost by fall to Bernardo Camacho from Plainview.
Wrestling at 190, Kyle Kuehler placed second. In the quarterfinal, Kuehler won his match by pinning Cooper Hoffman of O’Neill. Kuehler then pinned Rilee Sellin of Battle Creek in the semifinal, and finally, in the first place match Kuehler fell to Beau Shafer from Ord in the middle of the second period.
Logan Gubbels (215) placed second overall in his weight class. In the first round, Gubbels pinned Xavier Miller from Pierce. Gubbels won round two by pinning Carson Koch of Ainsworth. Skipping to round four, Gubbels fell to Griffin Cunningham of Boone Central. In the last round, Gubbels pinned Misael Ciriaco from Madison.
Also at 215, Xavier Miller placed third. In his first round, Miller went head-to-head with Logan Gubbels, who pinned Miller. During the third round, Miller fell to Griffin Cunningham of Boone Central. Miller won his fourth round, pinning Misael Ciriaco who attends Madison. The final round for Miller saw him pinning Carson Koch of Ainsworth.
“I think I did pretty well. There are some things that I could work on, but overall we tried our hardest,” Miller said.
The next JV boys meet will take place at Oakland-Craig on Monday, January 13.
