Beloit, KS--The 41st Beloit Invite showed once again why it is touted as one of the toughest tournaments in the state. This weekend 22 teams fought it out on four mats for two days. At the end, Clay Center stood tall against the rest with an impressive 63 point margin between them and a distant 2nd Hoxie squad.
Wrestling tough, all seven of the Lincoln wrestlers entered in the tournament made it through a tough Day 1 on Friday. Saturday's first round was not kind to Lincoln as all but two wrestlers were eliminated in hard fought matches. After winning, Steven Timson (215) and Sean Ussrey (145) were able to fight their way through the consolation round and qualified for the 5th place match. While both were unable to finish the tournament with a win, they were able to bring home 6th place medals from a very prestigious tournament and both finished with 3-3 records.
Lincoln will next be in action on Saturday Jan. 29 at the Red Cloud/Blue Hill (NE) Invite where they will compete against teams from South Central Nebraska.
Team Results
1. Clay Center 231.00
2. Hoxie 168.00
3. Concordia 162.00
4. Abilene 117.50
5. Colby 106.50
6. Beloit 99.00
7. Marysville 96.00
8. Blue Valley Southwest 95.50
9. Smith Center 86.50
10. Salina South 64.50
11. Plainville 63.50
12. Desoto 60.00
13. Chanute 58.50
14. Minneapolis 56.50
15. Republic County 56.00
16. Oberlin-Decatur 52.50
17. Silver Lake 50.00
18. Lincoln 31.00
19. Bennington 30.00
20. Stockton 21.00
21. Hill City 13.00
22. Osborne 0.00
2. Hoxie 168.00
3. Concordia 162.00
4. Abilene 117.50
5. Colby 106.50
6. Beloit 99.00
7. Marysville 96.00
8. Blue Valley Southwest 95.50
9. Smith Center 86.50
10. Salina South 64.50
11. Plainville 63.50
12. Desoto 60.00
13. Chanute 58.50
14. Minneapolis 56.50
15. Republic County 56.00
16. Oberlin-Decatur 52.50
17. Silver Lake 50.00
18. Lincoln 31.00
19. Bennington 30.00
20. Stockton 21.00
21. Hill City 13.00
22. Osborne 0.00
Weight: 145
1st: Dalton Snyder, Hoxie
2nd: Gavin Grater, Clay Center
3rd: Heath Hoesli, Concordia
4th: Braden Larson, Republic County
5th: Damen Scheele, Marysville
6th: Sean Ussrey, Lincoln
Weight: 215
1st: Dalton Converse, Clay Center
2nd: Jacob English, Beloit
3rd: Jordan Brown, Concordia
4th: Tim McGaha, Salina South
5th: Kyle Murphy, Bennington
6th: Steven Timson, Lincoln
