REPUBLIC, Mo. — Led by five individual champions and three runners-up, Neosho took first place at the Central Ozark Conference wrestling tournament on Saturday at Republic High School.
Neosho finished on top of the team standings with 331 points. Ozark was second with 252 and Nixa was third with 247.5.
Carthage (201.5), Willard (199), Carl Junction (159) and Webb City (137) finished fourth through seventh, respectively.
Branson (135), Joplin (120) and Republic (38) rounded out the standings.
NEOSHO RESULTS
Winning individual titles for the Wildcats were Raymond Hembree (106 pounds), Hayden Crane (132), Eli Zar (145), Cayden Auch (160) and Jeremiah Larson (195).
Neosho’s Landon Kivett (120), Eric Holt (170) and Jacob Fry (220) all took second in their respective brackets.
Finishing fourth in their brackets were Wyatt Black (113), Nate Copeland (138) and Trent Neece (152).
Jonny Chrisco (126), Cade Daniel (182) and Nikolas Olivares (285) all finished fifth.
CARTHAGE RESULTS
Eli Sneed was the champion at 138 pounds, pinning Willard’s Oscar Martinez in the title bout.
Bradyn Tate (113), Davion King (145) and Luke Gall (182) all finished second in their brackets.
Carlos Reyes placed third at 120 and Braxdon Tate was third at 152, while Dylan Huntley (106) and Brett Rockers (170) both finished fifth.
Anthony Salas was seventh at 220, Kip Castor was eighth at 126 and Alexis Vasquez took eighth at 285.
CARL JUNCTION RESULTS
Carl Junction’s Jesse Cassatt was the champion at 182, edging Carthage’s Gall 5-3 in the title bout.
Lukas Walker was the runner-up at 106, while Brennan Carey placed third at 220.
Finishing fourth were Dexter Merrell (132), Cole Stewart (145), Cayden Bollinger (195) and Kameron Bennett (285).
Max Matthews was fifth at 113 and Chance Benford placed sixth at 160.
WEBB CITY RESULTS
Jacob Ott was the runner-up at 195 pounds.
Colt Taylor placed third at 113, Roger Carranco took third at 182 and Brayden Hollingsworth finished fourth at 160.
Placing sixth were Dominic Boles (132) and Hunter England (145), while Aiden Moore (126), Rafe Mackey (138), Jackson Ward (170) and Kole Carr (285) all placed seventh. Robby Hollis finished eighth at 220.
JOPLIN RESULTS
Josiah Vaughn placed third at 132, while Sam Melton was fourth at 106.
Joplin’s Brendon Mynatt took fifth at 160, while Rocky Walker (126), Draven VanGilder (170), Brayden Thomas (182), Luke Gunn (220) and Gunner Price (285) all finished sixth in their brackets.
Alex Short (113) and Freddy Cerrato-Martinez (120) both placed seventh.
Reese Macios took eighth at 138 and Johnathon Burke was eighth at 145.
