The LFL/SE boys and girls wrestling teams found plenty of success at the Moorcroft tournament.
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MOORCROFT – Two days of competition at the Dylan Humes Memorial Mixer in Moorcroft resulted in a bag full of hardware for both the combined Lingle-Fort Laramie/Southeast (LFL/SE) girls and boys wrestling teams.
The event took place on Friday and Saturday, January 24-25 and consisted of nearly 30 teams from across Wyoming and Montana.
The LFL/SE boys clinched eighth place out of 29 programs with 95 team points. The girls team finished 13th overall, tallying 59 points.
“While we didn’t finish on the podium where we wanted, I thought we battled very well and we are putting ourselves in the right wrestling positions to win those matches,” coach Brandon Gifford said. “That is half the battle – getting ourselves in those positions. It will be critical for us to improve on winning those situations moving forward as we prepare for a tough weekend (at Ron Thon) and the upcoming postseason.”
Boys division
Seniors Nathan Fish and Louden Bremer led in the boys tournament with second-place finishes.
Weighing in at 120 pounds, Fish won the quarterfinals against Ryan Wiggins of Forsyth, Montana, by technical fall (18-1).
Advancing to the semifinals, Fish pinned Thunder Basin’s Wyatt Mason 5 minutes, 22 seconds into the match.
Fish battled Kelly Walsh’s Dylan Sorensen through three neck-and-neck periods with Fish ultimately coming up short by an 11-6 decision.
In the 165-pound bracket, Bremer defeated Brady Garoutte of Moorcroft by a 15-2 major decision in the quarterfinals.
Squaring off against Ethan Hague of Kelly Walsh in the semifinals, Bremer won by a 7-5 decision.
The first-place match came down to the wire with Bremer falling to Keegan Rager of Sheridan by a 4-1 decision.
Senior Carter Blevins came in sixth place in the 175-pound division.
In the 285-pound classification, junior Colter McFarlin progressed to seventh place on the leaderboard.
Eighth-place finishes included freshman Kaiden Hill at 113 pounds and senior Emmett Coxbill in the 215-pound division.
Senior Alec DeMarce scored six team points at 190 points, while freshman Garrett Henderson tallied 3.5 points (132 pounds) and fellow freshman Urijah Fish collected two (126).
Girls division
Junior Kennedi Blevins set the pace for the LFL/SE girls with a fourth-place finish. Blevins battled back to pin Laityn Allen of Poplar, Montana, at 3:29 in the consolation semifinals.
Freshman Abbey Boyd and junior Kaiten Schilreff both garnered fifth place at 100 pounds and 135 pounds, respectively.
Junior Avery VanGundy scored seven team points in the 130-pound bracket. Additional point earners consisted of sophomore Trinity Martin (145 pounds) with four points and junior Lilley Lawrence (140) and senior Andrea Valenza (115) with three apiece.
