Big thanks to Robert Joseph for providing the exciting live coverage of the Valentine Wrestling Invite. Valentine walked away with 5 individual champions and 2 runners up. It was a great effort by all teams involved.
Team Scores:
1. Winner 243.5
2. Valentine 231.5
3. Broken Bow 206.0
4. David City 186.5
5. Alliance 138.0
6. Cozad 131.0
7. McCook 126.0
8. Chadron 125.0
9. Ord 110.0
10. O`Neill 95.5
11. Gothenburg 82.0
12. Gering 44.0
13. Gordon-Rushville 30.0
14. South Central 29.0
15. Ainsworth 26.0
Valentine individual results for medal rounds:
106
Jarrett Battershaw (7-2) placed 2nd.
- 1st Place Match – Ty Rainforth (O`Neill) 15-0 won by tech fall over Jarrett Battershaw (Valentine) 7-2 (TF-1.5 5:47 (15-0))
106
Cody Miller (6-3) placed 4th.
- 3rd Place Match – Kaleb Osborn (Winner) 9-4 won by fall over Cody Miller (Valentine) 6-3 (Fall 0:56)
113
Chris Williams (10-0) placed 1st.
- 1st Place Match – Chris Williams (Valentine) 10-0 won by decision over Quinton Chavez (Gering) 6-2 (Dec 6-2)
132
Gage Krolikowski (10-0) placed 1st.
- 1st Place Match – Gage Krolikowski (Valentine) 10-0 won by decision over Wyatt Turnquist (Winner) 9-1 (Dec 6-0)
138
Morgan McGinley (8-0) placed 1st.
- 1st Place Match – Morgan McGinley (Valentine) 8-0 won in sudden victory – 1 over Asa Johnson (Alliance) 7-4 (SV-1 8-6)
145
Chase Olson (9-1) placed 2nd.
- 1st Place Match – Justin White (David City) 18-1 won in the ultimate tie breaker over Chase Olson (Valentine) 9-1 (UTB 3-3)
152
Gunnar Battershaw (8-5) placed 6th.
- 5th Place Match – Cole Ulmer (Broken Bow) 11-2 won by decision over Gunnar Battershaw (Valentine) 8-5 (Dec 5-1)
160
Caleb Long (9-0) placed 1st.
- 1st Place Match – Caleb Long (Valentine) 9-0 won in sudden victory – 1 over Sam Kruger (Winner) 9-1 (SV-1 6-4)
170
Lane McGinley (7-0) placed 1st.
- 1st Place Match – Lane McGinley (Valentine) 7-0 won in sudden victory – 1 over Lathan Duda (Broken Bow) 11-1 (SV-1 7-5)