Bobcat wrestlers start season with wins

The Bobcat wrestling team competed at the Powell Invite on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 13 and 14. The team finished fifth out of 22 teams.

Bobcats went 15-1 in varsity pool competition with four division champions. Remington Ferree at 285, Logan Cole at 220, Riley Shaffer at 182A, Cole Christiansen at 182B came in first during pool action and Roedy Farrell at 145 finished second.

Jarek Sorensen, Austin Barral and first year wrestler Monte Love were 14-4 in JV action. First year wrestler Jorge Agguire and Elijah Skelton also won a match each in JV action. Barral ended the JV tourney as champion, and fellow Bobcat Sorensen was runner up in his weight division

Asked for comments about the results in Powell, head coach Travis McDermott responded with, "We had a good tournament. We started in the right way when all ten of our wrestlers won their first match in pool rounds. Logan (Cole) and Riley (Shaffer) won overall tournament championships. Remington (Feree) lost a tough match to a wrestler he'd beaten Friday in overtime for 3rd place. Cole (Christianson) actually wrestled for the tournament championship with his best wrestling ever against Riley (Shaffer) while another of our wrestlers, Austin Barral (6-0) was winning the JV tourney at 182, and would have been competitive in the varsity brackets except we could enter only two in each weight class. Freshman Roedy Farrell wrestled well losing only to the 3A state champ and his runner-up for a 5-2 record."

McDermott added, "We won several matches on the basis of conditioning, and that will be an advantage during the season. Thursday we dual with Greybull/Riverside, and then over the weekend we'll be at the Battle of the Bighorns in Worland, and conditioning will be an important element there. We have a better tournament team than dual team, so we'll be working to improve that area of our program."

Results from pool action:

Varsity - 145A

2nd Place - Roedy Farrell

Round 1

Farrell won by tech fall over Brian Jackson (Thunder Basin High School) (TF 15-0)

Round 3

Farrell won by fall over Colby Bennett (Powell) (Fall 2:03)

Round 4

Ridge Briggs (Riverton) won by fall over Farrell (Fall 3:38)

Round 5

Farrell won by fall over Kadon DeWitt (Shoshoni) (Fall 0:58)

Varsity - 182A

1st Place - Cole Christiansen

Round 1

Christiansen won by decision over Ethan Zancanella (Wright) (Dec 4-0

Round 2

Christiansen won by decision over Bode Draper (Natrona County) (Dec 5-1)

Round 3

Christiansen won by major decision over Colter Collver (Wind River) (Maj 11-1)

Varsity - 182B

1st Place - Riley Shaffer

Round 1

Shaffer won by tech fall over Bryant Davis (Greybull/Riverside) (TF 16-0)

Round 2

Shaffer won by fall over Jace Grant (Cody) (Fall 2:35)

Round 3

Shaffer won by fall over Donald Maurer (Laurel) (Fall 2:08)

Varsity - 220

1st Place - Logan Cole

Round 1

Cole won by fall over Dallas Oliver (Powell) (Fall 2:13)

Round 2

Cole won by fall over Trey Wright (Worland) (Fall 0:30)

Round 4

Cole won by forfeit over Ryan Galindo (Lander Valley) (FF)

Round 5

Cole won by fall over Ricky Hoffman (Riverton) (Fall 1:06)

Varsity - 285B

1st Place - Remington Ferree

Round 1

Ferree won by fall over Jeff Williams (Cody) (Fall 3:21)

Round 2

Ferree won by fall over Ethan Dalin (Greybull/Riverside) (Fall 0:42)

Round 3

Ferree won by decision over Colter Rankin (Campbell County) (Dec 5-0)

Round 5

Ferree won by fall over Jonathan Hilder (Shoshoni) (Fall 2:12)

JV - 120D

4th Place - Jorge Agguire

Round 1

Agguire won by decision over Molly Cunningham (Park/Sweet Grass) (Dec 6-2)

Round 2

Nick Clemens (Sheridan) won by fall over Agguire (Fall 2:11)

Round 4

Brendan Pinter (Laurel) won by fall over Agguire (Fall 0:58)

Round 5

Kale Mickelson (Cody) won by fall over Agguire (Fall 1:59)

JV - 126A

4th Place - Elijah Skelton

Round 1

Skelton won by major decision over Kaleb Dysart (Natrona County) (Maj 11-3)

Round 2

Cole Dowling (Greybull/Riverside) won by fall over Skelton (Fall 1:07)

Round 3

Max Brown (Laurel) won by decision over Skelton (Dec 10-6)

Round 4

Charles Snyder (Lander Valley) won by fall over Skelton (Fall 0:54)

JV - 126D

2nd Place - Monte Love

Round 1

Love won by fall over Caleb Cruz (Powell) (Fall 1:03)

Round 3

Toni Rosalez (Sheridan) won by fall over Love (Fall 3:54)

Round 4

Love won by fall over Jordan Allen (Lovell) (Fall 0:54)

Round 5

Love won by decision over Jaiden Lloyd (Worland) (Dec 4-2)

JV - 182B

1st Place - Austin Barral

Round 1

Barral won by fall over Caden Andersen (Worland) (Fall 2:38)

Round 2

Barral won by fall over Gabriel Moore (Natrona County) (Fall 0:44)

Round 3

Barral won by fall over Rodrigo Rios (Greybull/Riverside) (Fall 1:13)

JV - 220B

6th Place - Jarek Sorensen

Round 1

Sorensen won by fall over William Scott (Natrona County) (Fall 2:20)

Round 2

Sorensen won by decision over Aiden Seocher (Sheridan) (Dec 5-1)

Round 3

Sorensen won by fall over Quinten Williams (Buffalo) (Fall 2:28)

Round 4

Sorensen won by fall over Codell McNiven (Laurel) (Fall 4:27)

Saturday final results

Varsity - 145A

5th Place - Roedy Farrell

5th Place Match - Farrell won by decision over Keagan Thompson (Laurel) (Dec 5-2)

Varsity – 182

1st Place - Riley Shaffer

2nd Place - Cole Christiansen

1st Place Match - Shaffer won by decision over Christiansen (Dec 5-4)

Varsity – 220

1st Place - Logan Cole

1st Place Match - Cole won by fall over Trey Wright (Worland) (Fall 0:48)

Varsity – 285

3rd Place - Remington Ferree

3rd Place Match - Ferree won by fall over Cruz Garcia (Lovell) (Fall 0:45)

JV – 126

8th Place - Monte Love

JV – 182

1st Place - Austin Barral

1st Place Match - Barral won by fall over Wes Briggs (Riverton) (Fall 5:24)

JV – 220

2nd Place - Jarek Sorensen of Thermopolis

1st Place Match - Tucker Jensen (Wind River) won by fall over Sorensen (Fall 2:15)