TMS wrestlers perform well at home and on the road

Coach Toby Emery reports that the Thermopolis Middle School Wrestling Team is off to a great start this season.

“In the first four tournaments we participated in, we have crowned sixteen champs, had thirteen runner-ups, taken six thirds, and placed fourth seven times. As a team, we placed 5th out of 9 teams at Powell; 3rd out of 5 teams at Lovell; 8th out of 13 teams at Riverton; and placed 3rd out of 10 teams at Glenrock,” said Emery of their previous competitions.

The team had two competitions last week. They hosted a quad on Thursday at the middle school where they dualed Riverton and Lander. The TMS Bobcats posted 14 wins and 11 loses against Riverton and 18 wins, 8 loses against Lander.

Coach Emery said, “The team was excited to finally wrestle in Thermopolis in front of their home crowd! The team came out aggressive and on the attack; that was the game plan. They really wrestled well and had a lot of fun doing it. Eleven of our wrestlers went undefeated on the night.”

Undefeated wrestlers include Fischer Lewis (2-0), Ryker Sayler (2-0), Tanner Myers (3-0), Trenton Enis (2-0), Samuel Johnson (2-0), Clint Kimes (2-0), Kacey Mackay (2-0), Tanner Delay (2-0), Hailey Robinson (2-0), Kylie Geis (2-0) and Brayli Price (2-0).

“Silas Dickey and Jack Morningstar each pulled off a come-from-behind win which the home crowd loved! This team feeds off the energy of each other; it’s fun to be a part of that camaraderie,” said coach Emery.

On Saturday, the team traveled to Worland to compete in the Brawl in the Basin Tournament and placed eight wrestlers. TMS Bobcats had four wrestlers make the finals, each earning second place at their respective weights, including Ryker Sayler (84A), Trevin Shaffer (110A), Tanner Delay (120A) and Tyler Morris (145B). Placing third was Trenton Enis (98A).Wrestlers taking fourth include: Tristan Galovich (84B), Kylie Geis (Girls 111-121) and Naomi McCormick (Girls 132-140).

Coach Emery stated, “We placed seventh out of twelve teams with only sixteen wrestlers. I’m very pleased with the team’s progress; each week they continue to grow and that’s fun to see.”

He added, “I’m really impressed with this group of athletes. We have twenty-six wrestlers on the team (17 boys and 9 girls). About 50% of our team is brand new to the sport and the other half is fairly seasoned with experience. The kids are working hard and hungry to learn from each other and the coaches in the practice room. Within our young team, we have some leaders really starting to emerge, which has led to a more effective and cohesive group of wrestlers. It’s fun to watch them grow, not only as individuals, but as a unit as well!”

Their next competition is this Friday, Nov. 17, in Shoshoni at the high school gym with action starting at 2 p.m.

Individual results:

Thermopolis vs. Lander dual results: Fischer Lewis won by fall, 1:04; Garrett White lost by decision, 12-17; Ryker Sayler won by fall, 0:32; Tristan Galovich won by fall, 2:51; Tanner Myers won by fall, 0:30; Jarrett Cornella lost by fall, 0:38; Trenton Enis won by fall, 3:50; Logan Johnson lost by fall, 0:40; Samuel Johnson won by fall, 0:19; Clint Kimes won decision, 5-1; Trevin Shaffer lost by decision 2-6; Silas Dickey won by fall 3:29; Kacey Mackay won by decision, 6-5; Tanner Delay won by fall, 0:24; Jack Morningstar won by fall, 3:17; Tyler Morris lost by fall 0:15; Tyler Morris lost by fall, 0:20; Hailey Robinson won by fall, 2:08; Tristan Galovich won by fall, 0:46; Tanner Myers won by fall, 0:31; Taylin Birdsley lost by fall, 0:17; Elena Ketner lost by fall, 0:31; Izzie Hetzel won by fall, 3:36; Kylie Geis won by decision, 9-2; Brayli Price won by fall 2:17; Naomi McCormick lost by fall, 0:13

Thermopolis vs Riverton dual results: Jarrett Cornella won by major decision, 14-3; Logan Johnson lost by fall 1:57; Samuel Johnson won by decision, 8-7; Clint Kimes won by decision, 4-1; Trevin Shaffer won by major decision, 14-6; Kacey Mackay won by fall, 2:54; Silas Dickey lost by fall, 1:01; Tanner Delay won by fall, 0:53; Jack Morningstar lost by fall, 0:25; Tyler Morris lost by fall, 1:07; Tyler Morris lost by fall, 2:28; Hailey Robinson won by fall, 0:53; Elena Ketner lost by fall, 0:38; Izzie Hetzel lost by decision, 1-3; Izzie Hetzel lost by fall, 0:22; Taylin Birdsley lost by fall 1:01; Kylie Geis won by major decision, 12-0; Brayli Price won by fall 0:31; Naomi McCormick lost by fall 0:51; Fischer Lewis won by fall, 1:13; Garrett White won by fall, 1:19; Ryker Sayler won by decision, 4-0; Tristan Galovich lost by fall 2:00; Trenton Enis won by fall, 0:44; Tanner Myers won by fall, 0:31

Worland Battle of the Basin results

Girls 94-103 - Izzie Hetzel. Quarterfinal - Stevie French (Cody) won by fall, 2:09, over Hetzel; Cons. Semi - Joriana Hine (Powell) won by fall, 0:38, over Hetzel; Girls 111-121 - Kylie Geis, 4th, 9 points. Quarterfinal - Geis won by decision, 4-2, over Mila Knell (Lander); Semifinal - Sawyer Arnhold (Riverton) won by fall, 0:40, over Geis; Cons.

Semi - Geis won by fall, 0:32, over Sophia Wilkinson (Greybull); 3rd Place Match - Vada Schmidt (Lovell) won by fall, 2:41, over Geis; Girls 118-128 - Taylin Birdsley. Quarterfinal - Laini Greenwell (Lander) won by fall, 1:07, over Birdsley; Cons. Semi - VaydenAustin (Sheridan) won by fall, 0:59, over Birdsley; Girls 132-140 - Naomi McCormick, 4th, 4 points. Round 1 - Haylo Chavez (Riverton) won by fall, 0:46, over McCormick; Round 2 - Hailey Gines (Powell) won by fall , 1:26, over McCormick; Round 3 - Emma Williams (Greybull) won by fall, 0:20, over McCormick

Boys A84 - Ryker Sayler 2nd, 18 points. Quarterfinal - Sayler won by fall, 1:18, over Mason Cheatham (Powell); Semifinal - Sayler won by decision, 8-4, over Braden Ghormley (Lander); 1st Place Match - Bobby Hernandez (Cody) won by major decision, 13-8, over Sayler; A84 - Tanner Myers, 6 points. Quarterfinal - Bobby Hernandez (Cody) won by fall, 1:56, over Myers; Cons. Round 2 - Myers won by fall, 1:00, over Kyland Kienlen (Worland); Cons. Round 3 - Myers won by fall, 0:14, over Chris Carabay (Lovell); Cons. Semi - Braden Ghormley (Lander) won by decision, 10-3, over Myers; A98 - Trenton Enis, 3rd, 17 points. Champ. Round 1 - Logan Rager (Sheridan) won by fall, 1:59, over Enis; Cons. Round 2 - Enis won by fall, 2:50, over Jesse Ganoung (Rocky Mountain); Cons. Round 3 - Enis won by fall, 2:20, over Garrett Davis (Powell); Cons. Semi - Enis won by decision, 4-3, over Pryce Wiginton (Riverton); 3rd Place Match - Enis won by fall, 1:58, over Griffin Mortensen (Cody); A110 - Trevin Shaffer, 2nd, 14 points. Semifinal - Shaffer won by decision, 13-6 over Sean Lowe (Powell); 1st Place Match - Bensen Jolley (Rocky Mountain) won by fall, 1:26, over Shaffer; A120 - Tanner Delay, 2nd, 21 points. Champ. Round

1 - Delay won by major decision, 10-1 over Elijah Balkenbush (Sheridan); Quarterfinal

- Delay won by fall, 0:17, over Landon Larkey (Riverton); Semi- final - Delay won by fall, 2:30, over Dylan DeBoer (Powell); 1st Place Match - Myles Baugh (Worland) won by fall, 1:30, over

Delay; B84 - Tristan Galovich, 4th, 14.5 points. Champ. Round

1 - Galovich won by fall, 1:59, over Christian Jensen (Lander); Quarterfinal - Sam Franks (Shoshoni)) won by major decision, 9-0, over Galovich; Cons. Round

2 - Galovich won by tech fall, 15-0, over Jenson Arnold (Sheridan); Cons. Round 3 - Galovich won by fall, 2:17, over Paesyn Bublitz (Sheridan); Cons. Semi - Galovich won by decision, 10-7, over Scott Jensen (Lander); 3rd Place Match - Hunter Moulton (Powell) won by fall, 2:06, over Galovich; B91 - Jarrett Cornella. Quarterfinal - Jonathan Haney (Powell) won by fall, 0:23, over Cornella; Cons. Round 2 - Wyatt Anderson (Lander) won by

fall, 1:41, over Cornella; B105 - Samuel Johnson, 8.5 points. Champ. Round 1 - Brysn Traub (Sheridan) won by fall, 2:50, over Johnson; Cons. Round 1 - John- son won by fall, 2:02, over Silas Mickelson (Cody); Cons. Round 2 - Johnson won by tech fall, 16- 0, over Levi Rogers (Powell); Cons. Round 3 - Johnson won by fall, 3:17, over Felix Matthiesen (Worland); Cons. Semi - Brysn Traub (Sheridan) won by fall, 0:42, over Johnson; B115 - Silas Dickey, 3 points. Quarterfinal - Joe Toye (Lander) won by fall, 0:30, over Dickey; Cons. Round 2 - Dickey won by medical forfeit over Kacey Mackay (Thermopolis); Cons. Round 3 - Evan Van Tuyl (Sheridan) won by fall, 0:21, over Dickey; B126 - Jack Morningstar, 6 points. Quarter- final - Morningstar won by fall, 3:41, over Hunter Craft (Greybull); Semifinal - Mason Tigner (Worland) won by fall, 2:29, over Morningstar; Cons. Semi - Oliver Frank (Lander) won by fall, 0:34,

over Morningstar; B145 - Tyler Morris, 2nd, 12 points. Round 1 - Morris won by fall, 0:19, over Darius Pace (Lander); Round 2 - Morris won by fall, 0:27, over RobertAagard (Worland); Round

3 - Morris won by fall, 1:01, over Christian Garcia (Lovell); Round

4 -Aiden Timothy (Sheridan) won by fall, 1:13, over Morris