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Several wrestlers claim spots at state championships
Several southeast Nebraska wrestlers will compete for state gold this week in Omaha.
Monday, February 13th 2023, 1:46 AM CST
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The Fillmore Central Panthers pose after placing fourth at the state dual wrestling championships Feb. 11. The Panthers also claimed the C-1 District title on Feb. 11.
Photo Courtesy: Fillmore Central Wrestling on Twitter (@fcpantherwr)
Several southeast Nebraska wrestlers will compete for state gold this week in Omaha.
A total of 67 wrestlers from 13 area schools qualified for the state wrestling championships between the boys district tournament this past weekend and the girls district tournaments on Feb. 3-4.
Beatrice led the way with 13 total qualifiers, Crete had the next most with 12 followed by Fillmore Central with eight and Fairbury with seven.
Eighteen wrestlers claimed individual titles. They are denoted with asterisks in the list below.
Fillmore Central won the C-1 district championship. It's the first team district title in program history for the Panthers.
BEATRICE (13 total, 11 boys, 2 girls)
- 106 Talon Belding
- 113 Cole Karlin
- 120 Gavin Vanover*
- 126 Tristan Reinke
- 132 Collin Mangnall
- 152 Caden Eggleston*
- 160 Kruse Williamson
- 170 Merrick Johnson
- 182 Hayden Richards
- 195 Deegan Nelson*
- 285 Takeo Glynn
- 100 Autumn Bartlett
- 115 Morgan Maschmann
FAIRBURY (7 total, 6 boys, 1 girl)
- 113 Gavin Gerths
- 126 Spencer Weers
- 132 Dalton VanLanningham
- 145 Conner Gerths
- 160 Riley Arner
- 285 Drake Richtarik
- 190 Makena Schramm*
CRETE (12 total, 6 boys, 6 girls)
- 113 Wyatt Clark
- 120 Jamie Ramos
- 126 Lesnier Gomez
- 138 Jeffrey Kuncl
- 145 Conner Lomax
- 160 Cesar Linares
- 125 Trinity Williamson*
- 140 Le Nelson
- 145 Alicia Lopez Alvis
- 170 Aileen Rueda
- 190 Stephanie DonJuan Mendoza
- 235 Alexa Ramirez
- 126 Travis Meyer
- 132 Dylan Gewecke
- 138 Alexander Schademann*
- 145 Aiden Hinrichs*
- 160 Treven Stassines
- 182 Jackson Turner*
- 285 Markey Hinrichs
- 115 Sarah Turner*
JOHNSON COUNTY CENTRAL (4 total, 1 boy, 3 girls)
- 138 Levi Boardman
- 100 Jocelyn Prado
- 105 Alejandra Reyes
- 145 Rita Ceballos
The schools below only had boys qualify for state.
NORRIS (4 qualifiers)
- 160 Cooper Bice
- 170 Joao Croteau*
- 182 Benjamin Schoenbeck
- 195 Eric Hall
WILBER-CLATONIA (4 qualifiers)
- 106 Zaiyahn Ornelas*
- 113 Grant Eschiti*
- 132 Iverson Mejia*
- 285 Keith Kvasnicka
- 120 Cole Spahr
- 170 Cooper Stokebrand*
- 182 Jurgen Baker
- 195 Cael Washburn
- 220 James Kerns
- 106 Colter Sinn
- 120 Triston Wells*
- 170 Gunner Mumford*
- 182 Cameron Schulte*
- 195 Cole Vorderstrasse
MERIDIAN (2 qualifiers)
- 145 Jackson Huls
- 160 JD Adam
SOUTHERN (1 qualifier)
- 138 Austen Forney
HTRS (1 qualifier)
- Andy Maloley* - NOTE: Maloley attends Pawnee City.
SUTTON
- 106 Korey Pope
