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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19, 2020
THE NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH
Howitt, Larson return for Maxwell, Brady Telegraph file photo Brady wrestler Jeremy Larson comes out of the tunnel during introductions before the 132-pounds state final in February 2020 against Ruger Reimers of Palmer. Now a senior, Larson is one of the top returning wrestlers in the area.
Telegraph staff reports Second-place finishers Luke Howitt of Maxwell and Jeremy Larson of Brady are the top two returning wrestlers for ru- ral Lincoln County schools. Larson fell just one points short of a state title, going 50-2 on the season and losing on a 1-0 decision to Ruger Reimers of Palmer in the final at 132 pounds. Larson has started the season at 138 pounds for the Eagles. Seniors lead area wrestlers vying for state berths
Telegraph area. As a junior, Holthus won at 145 pounds, topping Chase Pawloski of Pleasanton, to complete a 44-3 campaign. The now senior has started off wrestling at 152 pounds. Mullen lost much of its top wrestlers from a team that fin- ished second in Class D a year ago. State qualifiers Tristian Grooms (fourth-place finish at 106), Eli Paxton (runner-up at 113), Kyle Durfee (126) and Spencer Denaeyer (145) re- turn. The Broncos lose state cham- pions Teven Marshall (120) and Clayton Hassett (220), and state qualifiers Kendal Neal (160), Riley Kessler (182), and Ty Kvanvig (fourth-place fin- ish at 195).
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wrestlers. He finished his sophomore campaign 43-1 with his lone loss coming in the Class D 126-pounds state semifinals. Foster went on to beat Adam Miller of Elkhorn Valley 4-2 in the third-place match. Jon Peterka and GavinWhite both return for Sutherland af- ter state qualifying seasons as sophomores. Foster has start- ed the season at 145, Peterka at 138 and White at 195. St. Pat’s returns a pair of state qualifiers, but loses its only medalist in Talan McGill, who placed third at 170 pounds. Hunter Deeds and Justin Schroll return. Deeds quali- fied at 132 and has started the season at 145 pounds for the Irish. Schroll returns at 172
Howitt posted a 35-5 record as a junior, falling to Mullen’s Clayton Hassett in the state fi- nal at 220 pounds. He helped the Wildcats to a 15th place finish as a team and is one of three state qualifiers returning for Maxwell. Howitt will be back at 220 pounds. Junior Kayden Stubbs has moved up to heavyweight af- ter qualifying for the state tournament at 195 pounds as a sophomore, where he finished with a sixth-place medal. Wyatt Heessel starts the season at 113 pounds after qualifying at 106 pounds as a sophomore. Third-place finisher Samuel Foster of Sutherland high- lights the Sailors returning
Sophomore Bruns returns for Hershey. He qual- ified for the state tournament at 120 pounds as a sophomore. He started the season for the Panthers at 126 pounds. Matt Returning state champi- ons Casey Faulkenberry and Lathan Duda anchor a talented Broken Bow team that finished ninth last season. Faulkenberry finished 31-1 and won an 8-2 decision over Chris Williams of Valentine in the state final at 126 pounds. Duda finished 54-0 at 182 pounds, topping Trevor Peterson of Chase County 5-3 in the state final. Colton Holthus of Garden County is the only returning state champ in Class D in the
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Anselmo-Merna at Ansley-Litchfield Axtell at Southwest Brady at Medicine Valley Broken Bow at Cozad Cody-Kilgore at Sandhills/Thedford Creek Valley at South Platte Elba at Sandhills Valley Garden County at Hay Springs Maywood-Hayes Center at Wauneta-Palisade Mitchell at Ogallala South Loup at Hi-Line Chase County at Cambridge Minatare at Hyannis
North Platte at Hastings Paxton at Sandhills Valley South Loup at Mullen St. Pat’s at Chase County Sutherland at Wauneta-Palisade Valentine at Gothenburg Feb. 6 FKC Tourney (Hi-Line) South Loup at Southern Valley Aurora at Lexington Cambridge at St. Pat’s Creek Valley at Peetz, CO Gothenburg at Minden Hershey at Dundy County-Stratton Hitchcock County at Arapahoe Ogallala at Broken Bow Perkins County at South Platte Feb. 9 Anselmo-Merna at South Loup Creek Valley at Perkins County Dundy County-Stratton at St. Pat’s Hershey at Paxton Hi-Line at Elm Creek Ogallala at Gothenburg Ord at Broken Bow South Platte at Maywood-Hayes Center
Maywood-Hayes Center, Paxton, Southwest, Wauneta-Palisade)
FKC Tourney (Hi-Line) Alliance at North Platte Chase County at Hershey St. Pat’s at Kimball Feb. 2 FKC Tourney (Hi-Line)
Broken Bow at Lexington Hay Springs at Hyannis Maxwell at Perkins County Medicine Valley at Maywood-Hayes Center Mullen at Hershey Spalding Academy at Anselmo-Merna
St. Pat’s at Paxton Wallace at Brady
Feb. 4
FKC Tourney (Hi-Line) GICC at Cozad Sandhills Valley at Brady
Sandhills/Thedford at Mullen Twin Loup at Anselmo-Merna Wauneta-Palisade at Medicine Valley Feb. 5 FKC Tourney (Hi-Line) Arapahoe at Brady Arthur County at South Platte Cozad at Minden Dundy County-Stratton at Southwest Leyton at Creek Valley Maxwell at Wallace Maywood-Hayes Center at Hitchcock County McCook at Ogallala
Sutherland at Maxwell Wallace at Southwest Wauneta-Palisade at Atwood-Rawlins County, KS Feb. 11 Hershey at St. Pat’s
Medicine Valley at Maxwell Mullen at Sandhills Valley Paxton at Sutherland Feb. 12 Ainsworth at Gothenburg
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