It was great to see our teams come out on top with a dual victory. We knew that it would be tough giving up the number of open weights and our kids responded well and came away with a solid win in front of our home crowd.”

Coach Brandon Gifford

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The LFL/SE wrestling teams travel to Moorcrooft on Friday and Saturday.

 LINGLE – The combined Lingle-Fort Laramie/Southeast (LFL/SE) wrestling team routed Burns-Pine Bluffs, 51-24, in a dual on Thursday, January 16. The victory cemented LFL/SE’s undefeated record for home duals.

On Friday, LFL/SE traveled to Newcastle for the Dogie Invitational where LFL/SE advanced to fifth place overall with 169 team points. The other teams in the top five consisted of large 4A schools from Wyoming and a team from South Dakota.

Seniors Nathan Fish and Louden Bremer both snagged the championship in their respective weight classes in Newcastle.

“It was great to see our teams come out on top with a dual victory,” coach Brandon Gifford said. “I thought both our boys and girls wrestled well and we won the matches we had to win. We knew that it would be tough giving up the number of open weights and our kids responded well and came away with a solid win in front of our home crowd. Louden and Nathan were solid this weekend (at Newcastle) picking up championships.”

Burns-Pine Bluffs dual

Senior Alec DeMarce opened the dual by pinning Oliver Hare only 30 seconds into the 215-pound match.

At 285 pounds, junior Colter McFarlin defeated Gage Gromman by fall 56 seconds into the second period.

Freshman Kaiden Hill battled his opponent, Rutley Hansen, into the third period of the 113-pound match before Hill pinned Hansen at 5 minutes, 18 seconds.

Up next, Nathan Fish made quick work of his opponent, pinning Kal Smith with 22 seconds remaining in the first period.

Freshman Urijah Fish pinned L.J. Hansen 48 seconds into the third period at 126 pounds.

In the 132-pound match, freshman Garrett Henderson grappled his opponent, Kohl Krakow, into the third period. Henderson ultimately won by a 9-4 decision.

Bremer pinned Joey Morhen at 1:43 in the 165-pound match.

Senior Carter Blevins and freshman Rico Ramirez won by open forfeit at 190 and 106 pounds, respectively.

Dogie Invite

Fish advanced to the quarterfinals in the 120-pound bracket where he quickly pinned Braydon Munier of Sturgis, South Dakota, at 1:02. 

In the semifinals, Fish felled teammate and junior Gideon Boyd with one second remaining in the first period.

Progressing the first-place match, Fish triumphed over Thunder Basin’s Barrett Green by technical fall (16-1).

Bremer pinned Newcastle’s Aidan Butler 44 seconds into the quarterfinals at 165 pounds.

The semifinals pitted Bremer against Eddie Rodrick of Natrona County with Bremer winning by fall with two seconds to spare in the first period.

Bremer went on to pin Torrington’s Hunter Massie at 1:47 in the championship round.

Blevins snapped up silver in the 190-pound bracket. Blevins pinned Natrona County’s Jacob Kennedy at 1:09 in the quarterfinals before winning the semifinals by fall against Malachi Hilton, also of Natrona County.

McFarlin took third place at 285 pounds, pinning Sheridan’s Brady Ritz 31 seconds into the second period of the third-place match.

Freshman DeAngelo Gann advanced to fourth place in the 215-pound weight division.

Fifth-place finishes included Hill at 113 pounds and Boyd in the 120-pound bracket.

Ramirez clinched sixth place at 106 pounds while Henderson placed fifth in the 132-pound classification.