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SENECA, Mo. — Seneca won nine matches by fall en route to a 66-16 win over Joplin in prep wrestling action on Thursday.
At 106 pounds, Joplin’s Sam Melton earned a major decision over Alex Mejia-Jerez, 16-3.
After Seneca’s Dalton Duley won by forfeit at 113, the Indians won the next five matches by fall, with Brady Roark (120), Kendon Pollard (126), Andrew Manley (132), Cole Whitehead (138) and Clayton Swadley (145) all recording pins.
At 152, Seneca’s Lincoln Renfro earned a 7-2 decision over Jack Stanley, while Joplin’s Brenden Mynatt won by fall at 160.
Seneca’s Gabriel Commons won by fall at 170 and Joplin’s Brayden Thomas recorded a win by pin at 182.
Seneca’s Zane Cotten (195), Jakob Tate (220) and Garret Babbitt (285) all won by fall.
WEBB CITY SPLITS DUALS
WEBB CITY, Mo. — Webb City’s wrestling squad split a pair of duals on Thursday, beating McDonald County 48-36 and falling to Neosho 72-0.
Against the Mustangs, Webb City’s Colt Taylor (120), Aiden Moore (126), Dominic Boles (132) and Roger Carranco (182) all won their matches by fall.
Recording wins by fall for the Mustangs were Blaine Ortiz (113), Levi Smith (138), Colter Vick (160), Samuel Murphy (220) and Jayce Hitt (285).
In the dual with the Cardinals, Neosho’s Raymond Hembree (113), Jack Lankford (120), Landon Kivett (126), Hayden Crane (138), Eli Zar (145), Collyn Kivett (152), Cayden Auch (170) and Nikolas Olivares (285) all won by fall.
Neosho’s Jonny Chrisco defeated Boles 7-6 at 132, while Eric Holt edged Carranco 10-8 at 182. Also for the Wildcats, Jeremiah Larson earned a 9-6 decision over Jacob Ott at 195, while Eric Renner defeated Liam Taylor 5-3 at 220.
Neosho also defeated McDonald County 60-18.
Neosho’s Wyatt Black (106), Hembree, Landon Kivett, Crane and Auch all pinned their opponents.
McDonald County’s Cross Spencer pinned Chrisco at 132, while Blaine Ortiz earned a 10-4 win over Lankford at 120. Mac County’s Murphy edged Olivares 2-1 in the heavyweight bout.
CARTHAGE 39, BOLIVAR 30
BOLIVAR, Mo. — Winning matches by fall for Carthage were Carlos Reyes (120), Eli Sneed (138), Davion King (145), Braxdon Tate (152) and Luke Gall (182),
Earning victories by decision for the Tigers were Bradyn Tate (113), Brett Rockers (170) and Alexis Vasquez (285).
Tate defeated Canyon Cunningham 3-2. Cunningham is a two-time state placer.
Carthage’s Kip Castor lost by injury default at 126 and Kanen Vogt suffered a loss via injury default at 220. Carthage coach Kenny Brown said Vogt was winning 4-1 with a minute left in the third period when we got injured against Drayton Huchteman, a two-time state runner-up.
