Dec. 10, 2011
Onaga, KS--Most Saturday mornings people are sleeping in, but during wrestling season, the leopard grapplers are doing just the opposite. This past Saturday the wrestling squad weighed in at 4:45 am so they could get on the bus bound for Onaga, KS. Onaga, in case you are wondering is approximately 3 hours away an located in Northeast Kansas.
The early morning and long ride did nothing to slow the wrestlers as they took 5th place out of 15 schools with 77 points, and had an individual champion in Sean Ussrey (152), as well as four additional placers on the varsity squad and three placers from the junior varsity squad.
Varsity Placers
106 Rocky Krueger 3rd
145 Austin Biggs 3rd
152 Sean Ussrey 1st
182 Joe Myers 4th
220 Colton Panzer 3rd
Junior Varsity Placers
160A Nick Feldkamp 3rd
160B Randall Martin 3rd
285 Fritz Berger 2nd
The wrestlers will wrap up the first half of their season this week as they go to Beloit to dual the Trojans as well as the Russell Broncos. They will then host the Lincoln/Ellsworth Round Robin on Saturday Dec. 17. Team attending this year are, Ellsworth, Chapman, Stafford, Salina Central, and JC Harmon. Wrestling begins at 10:00 am and once again the action will be livestreamed at http://lincolnwrestling.blogspot.com.
The early morning and long ride did nothing to slow the wrestlers as they took 5th place out of 15 schools with 77 points, and had an individual champion in Sean Ussrey (152), as well as four additional placers on the varsity squad and three placers from the junior varsity squad.
Varsity Placers
106 Rocky Krueger 3rd
145 Austin Biggs 3rd
152 Sean Ussrey 1st
182 Joe Myers 4th
220 Colton Panzer 3rd
Junior Varsity Placers
160A Nick Feldkamp 3rd
160B Randall Martin 3rd
285 Fritz Berger 2nd
The wrestlers will wrap up the first half of their season this week as they go to Beloit to dual the Trojans as well as the Russell Broncos. They will then host the Lincoln/Ellsworth Round Robin on Saturday Dec. 17. Team attending this year are, Ellsworth, Chapman, Stafford, Salina Central, and JC Harmon. Wrestling begins at 10:00 am and once again the action will be livestreamed at http://lincolnwrestling.blogspot.com.