The Panther wrestlers lost a pair of tough matches against two strong teams last Friday. TMB/ WWG fell to Martin County West 35-31 and to Section 3 rival Jackson County Central 34-31.
Non-forfeit wins against MCW came from Ethan Johnson (107 pounds), Logan Petersen (127), Weston Marten (133) and Nevin Marten (189).
Squires, Petersen, Weston Maten (133), Oakley Bornitz (139), Lawton Verlinde (189), Nevin Marten (172) and Jack Willhite (285) notched victories against JCC.
Petersen earned his 100th win. The Panthers (20-10) are seeded No. 5 in the Section 3A Team Tournament, and will face Fulda/Murray County Central (15-11) at 7 p.m. today (Feb. 12) in Slayton. The winner will advance to Saturday’s “Final 4” in Wabasso. TMB/WWG has lost to F/MCC twice this year — 5130 on Jan. 10 and 39-22 on Jan. 30.
MCW 35, TMB 31
107 Ethan Johnson, TMBW over Hamilton Fitzgerald, MCW (Dec 8-3) 114 Brock Jagodzinske, MCW over Owen Beier, TMBW (F 1:47) 121 Taylor Squires, TMBW won by forfeit 127 Logan Petersen, TMBW over Jace Wiemers, MCW (F 0:28)
133 Weston Marten, TMBW over Adam Denson, MCW (F 1:40)
139 Oakley Bornitz, won by forfeit
145 Pierce Rohman, MCW over David Schuh, TMBW (TF 17-1 (4:33)
152 Torrey Paplow, MCW over Nolan Verlinde, TMBW (TF 17-2 (5:00)
160 Chase Birr, MCW over Tyler Arnold, TMBW (MD 18-4)
172 Kaedin Lange, MCW over Mavrick Snyder, TMBW (TF 17-2 (5:07)
189 Nevin Marten, TMBW over Luis Martin, MAC (MD 13-1)
215 Aaron Becker, MCW over Lawton Verlinde, TMBW (MD 12-2)
285 DJ Miller, MCW over Jack Willhite, TMBW (F 1:32)
JCC 34, TMB 31
107 Payten Sorbel, JCC over Ethan Johnson, TMBW (F 0:11)
114 Reid Carter, JCC over Owen Beier, TMBW (F 2:52)
121 Taylor Squires, TMBW over Jacob Peterson, JCC (F 0:41)
127 Logan Petersen, TMBW over Mathias Liepold, JCC (Dec 7-6)
133 Weston Marten, TMBW over Dezmynd Tupper, JCC (F 5:24)
139 Oakley Bornitz, TMBW over Braxsten Hall, JCC (MD 18-8)
145 Kyler Thier, JCC over David Schuh, TMBW (TF 17-1 (5:48)
152 Dallas Gossen, JCC over Nolan Verlinde, TMBW (TF 19-3)
160 Evan Bartholomaus, JCC over Tyler Arnold, TMBW (F 0:27)
172 Nevin Marten, TMBW over Hayden Schultz, JCC (F 2:27)
189 Lawton Verlinde, TMBW over Carson Kolander, JCC (Dec 5-1)
215 Cael Entriken, JCC over Adam Hippe, TMBW (F 2:28)
285 Jack Willhite, TMBW over Karsin Janssen, JCC (Dec 5-1)
