On Saturday, Jan 5, the Butler Bears hosted
the annual Butler Invitational Wrestling Tournament. The Bears did have two tournament medalists,
Tayje Van Voorst at 138 lbs (4th) and Robert Anderson at 285 lbs (3rd).
Tournament teams included Butler, Diamond,
Hogan Prep, Holden, Knob Noster, Lathrop, Rogers (AR), St Mary’s, and Trenton.
Team Scores were as follows-
1.
Lathrop 239.0
2.
Rogers 196.5
3.
Holden 191.5
4.
Trenton 186.0
5.
Knob Noster 146.0
6.
Diamond 115.0
7.
Hogan Prep 69.0
8.
Butler 57.5
9.
St. Mary`s 53.0
Butler Individual Results were as follows-
113- Ben
Burgess 1-2 1 win by fall, 2 losses by fall
113- Justin
Cooper 0-3 3 losses by fall
138- Tayje
Van Voorst 2-3 1 win by fall, 1 win by tech-fall, 2 losses by fall, 1 loss by
tech-fall 4th place
145- Bram
Hubbard 0-5 4 losses by fall, 1 loss by major decision
152- AJ
Durnell 0-4 3 losses by fall, 1 loss by major decision
160- Dale
Besendorfer 0-5 5 losses by fall
220- Austin
Strathmann 0-3 3 losses by fall
285- Robert
Anderson 3-2 3 wins by fall, 2 losses by fall 3rd
place