The Minneapolis wrestlers improved to 7 – 0 for the season and improved their conference dual record to 3 – 0 last Friday night by defeating the Ellsworth Bearcats 42 – 25. Minneapolis jumped out to a 6 – 0 lead at 103lbs and never looked back. Ellsworth pulled to with in one winning the 112 Lb match by technical fall, but that was the last time the Bearcats would score a team point for the next eight matches.

John Corman 119 Lb Sophomore earned a major decision winning 14 – 1. At 125 Lbs Junior Dusty Greer also earned 4 team points for the Lions by defeating his opponent 15 – 1 .

Senior Tyler Hamilton pinned his opponent in the first period at 130 Lbs giving the team 6 more pts.

At 135 Lbs Freshman Zac Eaton won a hard fought match in the last 10 sec by a score of 5 – 3 adding 3 pts to the team score.

Adam Klein a 140 Lbs Sophomore won by pin in second period and Senior Cody Eaton added 6 more team pts at 145 with a first period pin.

152 Lbs Senior Alberto Contreras dominated his opponent winning 14 – 1 putting Minneapolis out of reach in the team race, but the Lions still weren’t done scoring. Sophomore Nicolas Torres won 5 -4 at 160 Lbs putting Minneapolis on top 42 – 5. In the 171 Lb match.

Junior Jacob Klein competed well, but came up short by a score of 8 -3at 171 Lbs.

In the 189 Lb match Andy Griffith fought hard but was not able to stop the Bearcat wrestler.

In the final two matches of the evening 215 Lbs and 285 Lbs the Bearcats won by forfeit due to Minneapolis sending some of their younger wrestlers to a Junior Varsity Tournament in Abilene making the final score 42 - 25 Minneapolis.

These wrestlers fight hard every time out, they are always worth the time to come see. The last home dual of the season is this Thursday Jan 17th against Marion and Lincoln at 5:00 pm.

Abilene J.V. Tournament Jan 11th

The Junior Varsity wrestlers competed in the Abilene J.V. Invitational on Jan 11th placing 14 wrestlers in the tournament.

Zac Rathbun 125 Lb Freshman 1st

Steven Brannum 130 Lb Freshman 1st

Kyler Moody 152 Lb Sophomore 1st

Drew Smith 171 Lb Sophomore 1st

Dillon Hackett 125 Lb Sophomore 2nd

Matt Longbine 130 Lb Freshman 2nd

Cody Hamm 140 Lb Freshman 2nd

Ty Hamm 152 Lb Freshman 2nd

Austin Crosson 160 Lb Sophomore 2nd

Andrew Calabresi 189 Lb Freshman 2nd

Dylan Swanson 135 Lb Freshman 3rd

Darren Nay 140 Lb Freshman 3rd

Josh Zamenik 160 Lb Sophomore 4th

Jake Snider 285 Lb Freshman 4th