On Saturday Dec 3rd, the Butler Bears varsity wrestling team travelled to the Knob Noster Invitational Wrestling Tournament, which will now be known as the Ray Stockdale Invitational Tournament. The Bears took 11 wrestlers to the tournament, bringing home 5 medalists and a 4th place team finish. Overall team placements were as follows:
1. Versailles 2. Blair Oaks
3. Knob Noster
4. Butler
5. Raytown
6. Fatima
7. Lone Jack
8. Platte County JV
9. Tipton
10. Warsaw
11. Springfield Catholic
12. New Bloomfield
Individual Results were as follows-
106- Matt McGrew 0-2 1 loss by fall, 1 loss by decision
120- Trey Heckadon 2-1 2 wins by fall, 1 loss by decision 3rd place
126- Tayje VanVoorst 2-1 1 win by fall, 1 win by decision, 1 loss by tech-fall
132- Daniel Shubert 2-2 1 win by fall, 1 win by decision, 2 losses by fall 4th place
138- Jesse Donovan 0-2 2 losses by fall
145- Austin Fix 2-1 1 win by fall, 1 win by decision, 1 loss by decision 2nd place
152- Dalton Harris 1-2 1 win by decision, 1 loss by decision, 1 loss by fall
160- Mauricio Perez-Marmolejos 1-2 1 win by fall, 1 loss by fall, 1 loss by major decision
195- Cale Diehl 3-0 2 wins by fall, 1 win by decision 1st place
220- Michael Coy 2-1 2 wins by fall, 1 loss by decision 2nd place
285- Austin Strathmann 0-2 2 losses by fall
The Bears will next travel to Carrollton for a Friday night tournament on Dec 9th.
Coach Wackerman’s Comments-
“Overall, we had a positive start for tournament competition. We placed 4th in this tournament last season, and the tournament was definitely stronger this year than last year. Our freshmen beat themselves a few times in very winnable matches, but inexperience will sometimes lead to that happening. Cale Diehl stood out among the veterans, winning a tournament for the first time in his career and wrestling with a smart strategy. Having seen 8 schools from our district this weekend, our wrestlers now have an understanding of where they stack up compared to other established wrestlers in our district. We will have 2 months of training and tough competition before returning to Knob Noster for the district tournament in February. We must clean up the fundamentals, focus on time management in matches, and wrestle much more tactically to increase our success as this month continues.”
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120 lb class So. Trey Heckadon in his semi-final match vs. Blair Oak's Cole Kenna. Heckadon went on to a 3rd place finish at the Knob Tournament. |
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132 lb class Sr. Daniel Shubert pinning Platte County's Taylor Schneider. Shubert finished 4th at the Knob Tournament. |
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195 lb class Sr. Cale Diehl in his championship match with Daniel Vannier of Knob Knoster. Diehl was the winner of the match and the 195 lb Tournament Champion. |
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195 lb class Sr. Micheal Coy vs Anthony Ash, Raytown A great start for this first year wrestler finishing 2nd at the Knob Noster Tournament. |
