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| Trey Heckadon standing on the podium with his 3rd place metal |
On Thursday through Saturday,
February 20-22, the Butler Bears varsity wrestling team travelled to the 2014
MSHSAA State Wrestling Tournament at the Mizzou Arena in Columbia, MO. The Bears took 4 wrestlers to the state
tournament, bringing home 2 more medals to add to the collection. Bear wrestlers who had qualified for state
the previous weekend at districts were:
Trey Heckadon (132), Tayje Van Voorst (138), Bram Hubbard (145), and
Robert Anderson (285).
Butler
Wrestlers’ Individual Match Results At State Tournament
132 Trey
Heckadon (Sr)- 5 wins, 1 loss 3rd place/ 132lbs
138 Tayje
Van Voorst (Jr)- 1 win, 2 losses
145 Bram
Hubbard (So)- 2 losses
285 Robert
Anderson (So)- 4 wins, 2 losses 5th place/ 285 lbs
STATE
MEDALISTS
Trey
Heckadon (Sr)- 3rd place, 132 lbs
Heckadon
lost a tough quarterfinal match Friday morning to eventual state runner-up,
Cody Niemeier of Brookfield. Heckadon
battled back in the wrestlebacks, though, knocking off a returning state
finalist Friday night (Justin Rhodes, of West Platte), then winning out through
the 3rd place match on Saturday.
Heckadon becomes the only Butler high school wrestler to medal all four
years at the state tournament.
Robert
Anderson (So)- 5th place, 285 lbs
Anderson
entered the tournament as an underdog 4th seeded wrestler, drawing a district
champion in his first match (and eventual state runner-up, Brenden Weybrew of
Maryville.) Anderson lost a rough match
by fall. He didn't stop there, though,
winning his next 3 matches in the wrestleback rounds, including avenging 2
previous district losses against senior opponents (John Karsten- Blair Oaks,
and Austin Bair- Warsaw). Anderson
becomes the 29th state medalist in Butler wrestling history.
RECORD
SETTING SEASON FOR HECKADON
Heckadon
becomes the only Butler wrestler in school history to medal 4 times at the
state tournament (2011- 5th/112, 2012- 2nd/113, 2013- 4th/126, 2014-
3rd/132). He finishes his high school career
with a 160-23 overall varsity record, and he also set the following school
records in the process:
Career Wins (160)
Career Takedowns (306)
Career Pins (93)
Single Season Wins (48- 2012)
Single Season Pins (31- 2014)
Coach’s
Comments
“The
Bears wrestlers represented Butler well at the state tournament once
again. Robert Anderson definitely hurt
some feelings this weekend, defeating wrestlers in the wrestleback rounds who
had beaten him previously in the season, on his way to a 5th place
finish. A young heavyweight medalist,
only a sophomore, is a novelty to have in the program. Trey Heckadon finished his final high school
wrestling season in Mizzou Arena in the 3rd place match, earning a 4th
straight state medal, adding to all of the school records he has set
recently. He will be a tough act to
follow for our younger wrestlers in the coming years…and his career numbers
will be hard to catch. Three of our
wrestlers will now return with a first-hand understanding of the state
experience, which will be helpful in the off-season and next winter. I would like to thank all of our families,
program supporters, and fans now that we are concluding the 2013-2014
season. Our wrestlers wouldn’t be able
to have the same experience in our great sport without your help.”
