Five Patriot Wrestlers claimed hardware over the weekend, placing in the top four at the Hesston Invitational.
Lady Patriot Milly Koop claimed third place honors in the 140 Girls division, while Morgan Anderson (132) placed second, Joshua Patteson (215) placed third and Welch Murphy (106) and Landon Wunderlich (175) placed fourth.
Following are the individual results for West Elk participants:
140 Girls: Milly Koop (34) placed 3rd. She won by fall over Parker Tessendorf (Anthony-Harper Chaparral) 0-8 (Fall 1:04); won by fall over Madison Painter (Maize) 4-5 (Fall 4:36); lost by fall to Magdalene Riedel (Smoky Valley) 9-1 (Fall 4:41); received a bye and lost by fall to Emma Simmons (Belleville-Republic County) 3-1 (Fall 1:37).
106 Boys: Welch Murphy (4-3) placed 4th. He won by fall over Paul Pachta (Belleville- Republic County HS) 1-9 (Fall 0:16); lost by fall to Nate Eck (Garden Plain HS) 6-4 (Fall 1:33); lost by fall to Jayce Feril (Stafford) 4-4 (Fall 1:10); won by fall over Nate Ellis (Haysville-Campus) 2-7 (Fall 0:39); and lost by fall to Marius Lee (Lyons HS) 7-1 (Fall 0:35).
132 Boys: Morgan Anderson (7-1) placed 2nd. He won by fall over Charlie Williams (Oxford HS) 1-4 (Fall 0:54); won by fall over Sigsbee Ostlee (Marion HS/Lost Springs-Centre HS) 2-3 (Fall 1:06); won by fall over Jackson Smith (Lyons HS) 4-1 (Fall 0:36); won by fall over Matthew James (Pratt HS) 3-4 (Fall 3:41); and lost by fall to Payton Haley (Anthony/ Harper-Chaparral HS) 8-1 (Fall 2:35).
175 Boys: Landon Wunderlich (5-2) placed 4th. He won a 5-1 decision over Donovan Simmons (Haysville-Campus) 3-2; won by fall over Tristan Tillman (Pratt HS) 2-3 (Fall 0:58); won a 19-5 major decision over Robert Casey (Hesston HS/Moundridge HS) 3-5; lost by fall to Lyndon Dillon (Hesston HS/ Moundridge HS) 7-1 (Fall 1:50); and lost a 0-15 tec h fall to Nick Kendall (Belleville- Republic County HS) 8-2 (TF-1.5 1:53) 190 Boys: Boedy Murphy (5-2) placed 6th. He received a bye; won by fall over Josh Duerksen (Hesston HS/Moundridge HS) 4-3 (Fall 1:52); lost a 1-4 decision to Benedict Baxa (Belleville- Republic County HS) 2-2; won by fall over Jackson Voorhees (Belleville-Republic County HS) 7-3 (Fall 1:41); and lost a 0-17 tech fall to Benjamin Looper (Cheney HS) 9-2 (TF-1.5 4:42).
215 Boys: Joshua Patteson (5-1) placed 3rd. He received a bye; won by fall over Tanner Denio (Stafford) 1-3 (Fall 1:09); won by fall over Issac Payne (Haysville-Campus) 2-2 (Fall 1:36); lost by fall to Parker Gardner (Lindsborg- Smoky Valley HS) 4-0 (Fall 2:35); and won a 14-5 major decision over Ayden Polansky (Belleville-Republic County HS) 6-3.
285 Boys: Edward Metcalf (1-6) placed 10th. He lost a 9-12 decision to Bradley Tobias (Belleville-Republic County HS) 2-8; lost by fall to Connor Herman (Halstead HS) 10-2 (Fall 4:53); won by forfeit over Jaxton Stolsworth (unknown) 0-4; lost by fall to Conner Smith-Bolin (Lindsborg-Smoky Valley HS) 7-3 (Fall 0:44); and received a bye. Up Next
West Elk was scheduled to wrestle in Fredonia on Tuesday, Dec. 17, before competing at the Hillsboro Duals on Friday, Dec. 20. West Elk will return to the mats, after the winter break, on Saturday, Jan. 11, at the Burlington Invitational.
