Hitchcock County/Wauneta-Palisade wrestlers capture Oberlin crown
The Hitchcock County/Wauneta-Palisade High School wrestling team captured first place at the Decatur County-Oberlin Invitational Saturday.
HCWP finished the event with 360 points.
The HCWP junior varsity team was fourth overall.
Marcos Ramirez, James Rundel, John Leahy, Cody Fanning and Adam Simpson led the HCWP team.
The five wrestlers all earned first place finishes in their weight divisions.
Dundy County-Stratton followed in third. Ben Fox won the 128 weight division for DCS.
St. Francis' JV team took fifth. Decatur Community's JV team was sixth and the Red Devils' C team was seventh.
St. Francis' C team took ninth.
Team scores -- Hitchcock County/Wauneta-Palisade 360 (HCWP), Stratton 266 (Str), Dundy County-Stratton 106 (DCS), Hitchcock County/Wauneta-Palisade (HCWPJV) 74, St. Francis JV (SFJV) 72, Oberlin JV (OBJV) 52, Oberlin C (OBC)42, Wray JV 39, St. Francis C (SFC) 24, Wray C 14, Stratton JV (StrJV) 12.
Individual results
112 -- 1.Marcos Ramirez HCWP; 2.Davie Leibbrandt SFJV; 3.Logan Whitmore SFC; 4.Courtney Evanson WrayJV
126 -- 1.Ben Fox DCS; 2.Josh Livingston Str; 3.Brandon McGuinis SFJV.
130 -- 1.James Rundel HCWP; 2.Dalton Bundy DCS; 3.Ross Nickols SFJV; 4.Anthony Breezier DCS.
136 -- 1.John Leahy HCWP; 2.Josh Frecks Str; 3.Cody Kane OBC; 4.Paul Downey DCS; 5.Gatlin Reichert OBC; 6.Jon Samson OBJV.
145 -- 1.Cody Fanning HCWP; 2.Will Anderjaska HCWP; 3.Christian Sullivant HCWPJV; 4.Ray Zodrow OBJV; 5.Kaden Macfee OBC; 6.Caleb Merrit Wray JV.
152 -- 1.Byron Davis Str; 2.Miles West HCWP; 3.Dalton Paul OBJV; 4. Caleb Balderson DCS.
160 -- 1.Andy Taylor Str; 2.Trent Cook HCWP; 3.Levi Campfield Wray JV; 4.alex Merrit Wray C; 5.Tayler Jensen DCS.
171 -- 1.Josh Cooper Str; 2.Jesse Calahan HCWPJV; 3.Colby Skelton HCWP
189 -- 1.Adam Simpson HCWP; 2.Evan Rairdon Str; 3.Jarred Henson Wray JV.
215 -- 1.Josh Rodrieguez Str; 2.Austin Oberg HCWPJV; 3.Stuart White StrJV.
285 -- 1.Christian Hornung Str; 2.Alex Pollman HCWP; 3. Nathan Lamb SFJV.