Members of the Eureka Tornado boys wrestling team traveled to Minneapolis over the weekend for the Jeff Giles Invite.
106: Mason Hughes (2-3) placed 6th. He lost by fall to Xzephren Donner (Russell) 7-2 (Fall 1:17); won by fall over Charlie Klein (Minneapolis) 4-3 (Fall 2:58); lost by fall to Caden Magdefrau (Blue Valley Southwest) 2-3 (Fall 2:26); won by injury default over Kyle Keller (Ellsworth) 1-7; and lost by fall to Leonardo Rodriguez (Abilene) 5-5 (Fall 4:31).
113: Cruz Escareno (1-3) placed 6th. He lost by fall to Kaleb Ives Thull (Russell) 3-5 (Fall 1:31); lost by fall to Dante Robinson (Abilene) 4-3 (Fall 0:32); received a bye; won by fall over Casson Klover (Southeast of Saline) 0-4 (Fall 1:00); and lost by fall to Kaleb Stone (Salina South) 2-2 (Fall 1:22).
157: Dalton Pool (1-4) placed 8th. He lost by fall to Killian Vaughan (Southeast of Saline) 5-0 (Fall 0:49); lost a 3-8 decision to Tre Hamiel (Concordia) 6-4; won by fall over Zalyn Carson (McPherson) 0-8 (Fall 1:17); lost by fall to Maddox Girard (Salina South) 5-5 (Fall 1:36); and lost by fall to Ethan Koetkemeyer (Russell) 2-5 (Fall 1:41).
175: Gauge Lopez (2-2) placed 4th. He won by fall over Eli Stein (Thomas More) 2-3 (Fall 1:46); won by fall over Micah Galvan (Ellsworth) 3-2 (Fall 1:13); lost by fall to Brayden Suchy (Russell) 5-1 (Fall 1:27); and lost to Kending of Osborne.
JV 144B: Kadin Deshane (1-1) placed 2nd. He won by fall over Mark Buus (Chapman) 1-6 (Fall 4:29); lost a 7-8 decision to Carter Boesker (McPherson) 4-2; and received a bye.
Up Next
Eureka will compete at the Hoisington Tournament on Friday, December 15, beginning at 3 p.m. This will be their final outing before the winter break. They will return to action on Saturday, January 6, at 9 a.m., in Burlington.
