4 Medalists, 2 Champions at Butler Tournament

Sophomore Trey Heckadon

Senior Austin Fix

On Saturday, Jan 7 the Butler Bears hosted the annual Butler Invitational Wrestling Tournament. The Bears did have two individual tournament champions, Trey Heckadon at 113 lbs and Daniel Shubert at 132 lbs. Tournament teams included Butler, Adrian, Diamond, Hogan Prep, Holden, Knob Noster, Lathrop, Marshfield, Principia, Rogers (AR), St Mary’s, and Trenton.

Individual Results were as follows-

106- Matt McGrew 0-4 1 loss by major decision, 3 losses by fall

113- Trey Heckadon 5-0 1 win by fall, 2 wins by tech-fall, 2 wins by major decision 1^st place

126- Tayje Van Voorst 3-1 2 wins by fall, 1 win by decision, 1 loss by major decision

132- Daniel Shubert 4-0 4 wins by fall 1^st place

Senior Cale Diehl

138- Austin Fix 4-1 1 win by major decision, 3 wins by decision, 1 loss by tech-fall 2^nd place

152- Jared Best 3-1 1 win by fall, 1 win by tech-fall, 1 win by decision, 1 loss by fall

160- Mauricio Perez-Marmolejos 0-4 4 losses by fall

195- Cale Diehl 3-2 2 wins by fall, 1 win by injury-default, 1 loss by decision, 1 loss by fall 3^rd place

220- Michael Coy 1-3 1 win by fall, 2 losses by decision, 1 loss by fall

285- Austin Strathmann 1-4 1 win by fall, 1 loss by decision, 3 losses by fall

Coach Wackerman’s Comments-

“The chance to wrestle at home is always a great opportunity. We’ve been competing since Nov 29, but this is our first time for the home fans to see the varsity team in Butler. We appreciated the support all day. Our tournament is as diverse as it has ever been at this point, bringing in teams from the northern part of Missouri, from St Louis, from the state of Arkansas. We take pride in running a strong tournament. This year was no exception. Our wrestlers competed well. I was pleased to have two individual tournament champions. Lathrop and Trenton brought very strong teams and were probably the two strongest teams at the tournament. We have now seen half of our district at the mid-point of the season. We will see the other half at the Warsaw tournament next weekend. These are the decisive weeks of the season prior to the district tournament in February. Our wrestlers had some very positive moments Saturday. We have to have an even better day next Saturday at Warsaw to set up a meaningful district and state run for our wrestlers.


-photos courtesy of Dave Todd