NEWTON — The Dodge City High School varsity wrestling team took part in the Newton Tournament of Champions on Saturday.
Garden City won the tournament with 190 points. Dodge City finished in 19th place with 64 points.
“A few of our kids wrestled really well,” Dodge City head coach Lars Lueders said. “We just need to have each one of our kids to put it all together at the same tournament.”
The Red Demons will be setting their sights on the Garden City tournament on Saturday.
“Our main focus now is to get our whole team healthy. Once we do that we are going to be a real strong team.”
DODGE CITY HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Newton Tournament of Champions
1. Garden City High School 190; 2. Clay Center164; 3. Emporia 146; 4. Derby 144; 5. Norton138.5; 6. Colby 123; 7. Arkansas City 109; 8. Salina South105; 9. Wichita Northwest 92; 10. Maize 90.5; 11. Wichita Heights 89.50;12. Liberal 82; 13. Gardner-Edgerton 81.50; 14. Hutchinson 76.50; 15. Wichita- Campus 76; 16. McPherson, 72.50; 17. Newton, 71; 18. Lawrence 67; 19. Dodge City 64; 20. Mill Valley 21. Bishop Carroll 48; 22. Leavenworth 41.5; 23. Manhattan 36; 24. Shawnee Mission West 16; 25. Maize South10.00
103 — Alex Garcia, Did Not Place; Lost by fall vs. Skyler Olsen (Maize), :46; Won by decision vs. Quinton Harrison (Newton); Won by major decision vs. Matt Kostroske (SM West); Lost by major decision vs. Nathan Reed (Colby)
119 — Carlos Chairez, Did Not Place; Lost by fall vs. Jonathan Peterson (Hutchinson), 2:59; Lost by fall vs. Garret McEarchen (Newton), 3:23
130 — Brandon Vasquez, 5th Place; Won by fall vs. Brandon Mangel (SM West), 1:59; Won by decision vs. Michael Tubbs (Colby), 8-3; Lost by decision vs. Brandon Charbonneau (Emporia), 7-2; Won by major decision vs.Mike Beachem (Leavenwerth), 8-0; Won by decision vs. Taylor Hilgers (Manhattan), 7-0; Lost by fall vs. Skyler McComb (Derby), 1:16; Won by decision vs. Jayde Kolterman (Clay Center), 9-7 OT
145 — Justin Blundell, 7th Place; Won by technical fall vs. Brody Deschner (Newton), 15-0; Lost by fall vs. Joey Dozier (Garden City), 3:09; Won by decision vs. Braxton Vardys (Lawrence), 5-0; Lost by decision vs. Kaenon Keiswetter (Norton), 6-4; Won by fall vs. Casey Kidwell (Gardner-Edgerton), 2:59
152 — Jacob Eggers, Did Not Place: Lost by decision vs. Sean Gaither (Wichita NW), 3-2; Lost by decision vs. Tyler Allen (SM West), 10-5
160 — Adam Ybarra, Did Not Place; Won by fall vs. Jeb Stewart (SM West), 1:46; Lost by fall vs. Colton Easterberg (Clay Center), :43; Won by fall vs. Chris Baima (Campus), 4:31; Lost by decision vs. Dillon Archer (Newton), 9-8;
171 — Eli Evinger, Did Not Place; Lost by major decision vs. Andy Davison (Maize), 11-3; Won by decision vs. Moises Andrade (Liberal), 4-3; Lost by decision vs. Stuart McConnel (Newton), 3-1
215 — Tyler Ediger, 8th Place; Won by decision vs. Devon Davis (Liberal), 5-2; Won by decision vs. Leo Beck (Mill Valley), 3-2; Lost by decision vs. Mark Kolmer (Emporia), 3-0; Won by decision vs. Carlos Hernandez (Newton), 3-1; Lost by decision vs. Parker Johnson (McPherson), 3-1; Lost by decision vs. Adam Weber (Colby), 7-5
285 — Jesse Trent, 3rd Place; Won by fall vs. Demetrick Morris (Hutchinson), 3:39; Won by technical fall vs. Akale Powdrill (Liberal), 19-3; Lost by fall Trey Page (Wichita NW), 1:11; Won by major decision vs. David Garcia (Newton), 8-0; Won by fall vs. Josh Wilson (Leavenworth), 2:51
DCHS JV takes third
STAFFORD — Dodge City’s junior varsity wrestling team took third place in the team standings at the Stafford Junior Prairie Classic.
“This is the toughest tournament of the year for our JV,” Lueders said. “They wrestled really well. We see improvement by each JV wrestler.”
DCHS JV Individual place winners
Champions: 145 — Justin Lampe; 285 — Omar Rodriguez; 152 — Reyes Sanchez
Second Place: 125 — Pablo Martinez; 215 — Francisco Serna; 285 — Tommy Andrews
Third Place: 119 — Dane Edwards; 152 — Carl Smith; 189 — Tim Spencer; 215 — Freddy Hernandez
Fourth Place: 103 — Dayton Rhoten; 160 — Jorge Lares; 285 — Trae Phillips.
