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WRESTLING ROUNDUP: Area squads compete at tourneys, Neosho takes first at Branson

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SoMo Sports staff reports

NEOSHO WINS BRANSON TOURNEY

BRANSON, Mo. — With six individual champions and four runners-up, the Neosho Wildcats cruised to a first place finish at the Branson Invitational wrestling tournament on Saturday.
Neosho finished with 258.5 points. Ozark was second with 160, Rolla was third with 132 and Carl Junction finished fourth with 124. There were 12 teams competing.
Claiming individual titles for the Wildcats were Raymond Hembree (106 pounds), Landon Kivett (120), Eli Zar (145), Cayden Auch (160), Eric Holt (170) and Jeremiah Larson (195).
Finishing second in their brackets were Jack Lankford (113), Hayden Crane (132), Nate Copeland (138) and Trent Neece (152).
Neosho’s Eric Renner finished third at 220, while Jonny Chrisco was fourth at 126 and Cade Daniel finished fourth at 182. Nikolas Olivares was sixth at 285.
Carl Junction’s Jesse Cassatt was the champion at 182 pounds and Brennan Carey was the runner-up at 220.
Max Matthews (113), Dexter Merrell (138), Cole Stewart (145), Cayden Bollinger (195) all placed third in their respective brackets for the Bulldogs.
Carl Junction’s Kameron Bennett placed fourth at 285 and Chance Benford took fifth at 160, while Dylan Frazier placed sixth at 126, Arlen Wakefield was sixth at 152 and Keaton Colburn was eighth at 120.

JOPLIN FOURTH AT REPUBLIC

REPUBLIC, Mo. — The Joplin High School wrestling team finished fourth in the final team standings at the Republic Invitational on Saturday.
Camdenton (255), Ozark (177.5) and Logan-Rogersville (174) were the top three teams, with Joplin fourth (156). There were 11 teams in attendance.
Joplin’s Sam Melton was the champion at 106 pounds. A freshman, Melton went 5-0 with three wins by fall.
Brendon Mynatt was the runner-up at 160. Mynatt won four matches by fall before falling to Camdenton’s Nathaniel Beeson in the title bout.
Finishing third in their respective brackets for the Eagles were Josiah Vaughn (132 pounds), Brayden Thomas (182), Scott Lowe (195) and Gunner Price (heavyweight).
Four Joplin wrestlers placed fourth in their brackets–Alex Short (113), Rocky Walker (126), Draven VanGilder (170) and Luke Gunn (220).
Also for the Eagles, Jack Stanley finished sixth at 153, Reese Macios was seventh at 138 and Johnathon Burke finished ninth at 145.

WEBB CITY SIXTH AT WILLARD

WILLARD, Mo. — Webb City’s wrestling squad finished sixth in the team standings at Willard’s Tiger Pride Battle.
The top five teams were Helias Catholic (189.5), Bolivar (172), Farmington (166), Willard (152) and Centralia (144), with Webb City sixth (90). There were 11 teams in attendance.
Webb City’s Jacob Ott was the champion at 195 pounds, while Roger Carranco was the runner-up at 182 pounds and Brayden Hollingsworth placed third at 160 pounds.
Kole Carr was fourth at 285, Colt Taylor placed fifth at 113, Aiden Moore was sixth at 120 and Jackson Ward was sixth at 170.
Finishing ninth in their brackets were Rafe Mackey (138), Jordan Howard (145) and Brantley Carter (152).

SENECA TAKES THIRD AT NEWTON

NEWTON, Kan. — The Seneca Indians finished third in the team standings at the 58th Newton Tournament of Champions.
Goddard (200.5) and Maize (197) were the top two teams, with Seneca (166.5) third. There were 21 teams in attendance.
Seneca’s Brady Roark (106) and Zane Cotten (195) captured individual titles, while Gabriel Commons was the runner-up at 170.
Brayden Thiel finished fourth at 120, Dane Napier was fourth at 182, Clayton Swadley took fifth at 138, Kendon Pollard was sixth at 132 and Jakob Tate placed seventh at 220.

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