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LOGIN ID"VANWRESTLING"
GUEST PASSWORD "LARAMIE"
Douglas, Wy. The 2000 Douglas High School Invitational Wrestling Tournament took place on 14 and 15 Jan. at the Douglas High School gymnasium. Nineteen schools participated and all three HS classifications were represented.
This tournament started out being a shootout and ended up that way. Class 3A Worland held the team point lead well into the second day of competition. Worland, Douglas, Newcastle, Laramie, and Cheyenne Central were all within a few points of leading on team points throughout the tournament. Douglas and Worland ended with 9 wrestlers placing while Newcastle, Laramie and Cheyenne all had 8 place winners.
3A power Worland held the lead with a few points over Douglas going into the Consolation quarterfinals. Douglas came away after that round with a slim lead, 6.5 points separating the two. The Douglas grapplers were able to get several pins, technical falls and major decisions in the consolation quarter and semifinals to stretch their lead to around ten points over the Warriors from Worland. After the Consolation and Championship finals Douglas had secured the tournament team championship with a 21.5 lead over second place Worland.
The 3A schools seem to have a solid power in Wyoming wrestling right now. Douglas, Worland and Newcastle (all 3A schools) finished 1-2-3 with 4th place Cheyenne Central (4A) finishing 22.5 points behind 3rd place Newcastle. The Laramie Plainsmen (4A) were fifth, trailing Cheyenne Central by a mere 4 points.
On 21 and 22 January all the 3A teams in the state will converge on Thermopolis for a huge and important tournament. Several 2A teams will also be represented there. After the Thermopolis tournament the 3A team and individual rankings should start to shake out pretty well. Star Valley and Powell (both 3A teams) will be there creating havoc of their own and vying for some upsets, I’m sure. Any of the five teams will have a shot at the team title in Thermopolis.
The Most impressive wrestler at the Douglas Invite was a little guy from Buffalo. 112 pounder, Casey Farris had a very impressive tournament. He managed to upset Reynold Candelaria of Laramie in the semis and then upset freshman powerhouse Kyle Dye of Kelly Walsh (Casper) in the finals for the championship. Mr. Farris was voted as the Most Valuable Wrestler of the tournament by the coaches.
There were over 60 Top Ranked wrestlers in this very exciting
tournament, each giving their all in many memorable matches.
One last note, I would like to recognize the officials by simply
stating that the officiating was excellent! Thanks Guys!!
Submitted by Bob Winney and Pete vanderHeiden.
Final team standings were:
1st Douglas 189.5
2nd Worland 168.0
3rd Newcastle 162.0
4th Cheyenne Central 139.5
5th Laramie 135.5
6th Kelly Walsh (Casper) 117.5
7th Natrona County (Casper) 99.5
8th Buffalo 96.0
9th Lyman 94.0
10th Torrington 71.0
11th Rawlins 69.0
12th Wright 51.0
13th Wheatland 45.5
14th Cheyenne East 40.5
15th Lander 37.0
16th Riverton 31.5
17th Upton 29.5*
18th Glenrock 28.0
19th Thermopolis 24.0
*Upton High School was represented by only one wrestler. Greg Glodt, 215 lbs, wrestled his way into the finals where he was able to pin his opponent in 45 seconds of the first period. Mr. Glodt wrestles for Upton, a 2A school in Wyoming’s Northwest corner. He wrestled four matches winning three by pin and one technical fall. His three pins were scored in a total time of 4 minutes and 25 seconds of wrestling. He is a very impressive young man.
SEMI FINALS
103 Leonhardt, NCH; TF Grant, TOR; 2:45 -- Pederson, WOR; Dec. Stone, CC; 4-1
112 Farris, BUF; Dec. Candelaria, LAR; 5-4 -- Dye, KW; Pin. Hernandez, RAW; 3:17
119 Kilgore, Raw; Pin. Edwards, WRI; 1:48 -- Kerns, NEW; Pin. Bohlander, DOU; 4:23
125 Shatto, DOU; Pin. Buchanan, CC; 3:45 -- Trabing, LAR; Dec. Tolin, KW; 5-3
130 Pederson, WOR; Dec. Brown, KW; 5-0 -- Hoffman, NEW; Dec. Schaneman, TOR; 2-0
135 Pisciotti, NEW; Dec. Cook, LAR; 7-1 -- Shatto, DOU; Dec. McMartin, THE; 5-0
140 Farella, NEW; Dec. Wilson, WHE; 14-9 -- Moulton, LAN; Dec. Ramirez, WOR; 8-7
145 Brown, RAW; Dec. Gefroh, DOU; 9-0 -- Christensen, WOR; Dec. Floy, LAR 7-2
152 Burnham, DOU; Dec. Mundt, TOR; 6-2 -- vanderHeiden, LAR; Dec. Whiteley, CC; 12-6
160 Duncan, BUF; Dec. Lehnan, DOU; 10-3 -- Tafoya, CC; Pin. Lords, LYM; 4:47
171 Harry, WOR; Dec. Kirchefer, DOU; 4-3 -- Brown, CC; MJ Dec. Peterson, WRI; 21-10
189 Dye, KW; Pin. Peterson, WOR; 3:09 -- Clifford, LYM; Pin. Marty, NEW; 2:34
215 Glodt, UPT; TF Gregory, NEW; 18-2 -- Haldeman, DOU; Pin. Roady, WOR; 3:47
275 Seeds, NEW, Dec. Walker, CC; 8-6 -- Nielsen, LAR; Dec. Haass, NCH; 5-2
Place Winners- 1st bout listed is for 5th & 6th, followed by 3rd & 4th and Finals
103 Ausdale, CE; Dec. Gibbs,
BUF; OT 11-9
103 Grant, TOR; Dec. Stone, CC; 12-7
103 Leonhardt, NCH; WB Def. over Pederson, WOR
112 Shelton, LYM; MJ Dec.
Hernandez, WOR; 9-0
112 Griggs, TOR; WB Def. over Candelaria, LAR
112 Farris, BUF, Dec. Dye, KW; 10-9
119 Benzel, CE; Dec. Schuch,
LAR; 2-0
119 Bohlander, DOU; Dec. Edwards, WRI; 6-0
119 Kilgore, RAW; Dec. Kerns, NEW; 8-5
125 Buchanan, CE; MJ Dec.
Feist, NEW; 12-4
125 Tolin, KW; Dec. Puettman, NCH; 8-6
125 Shatto, DOU; Pin. Trabing, LAR; 5:23
130 Schaneman, TOR; Dec.
Borgialli, BUF; 6-4
130 Marshall, LYM; Dec. Brown, KW; 6-0
130 Hoffman, NEW; Dec. Pederson, WOR; OT 6-4
135 McMartin, THE; Dec.
Wilkenson, NCH; 4-1
135 Yeates, RIV; Pin. Cook, LAR; 3:34
135 Pisciotti, NEW; Dec. Shatto, DOU; OT 6-4
140 Ryan, THE; Dec. Kennedy,
LYM; 10-4
140 Ramirez, WOR; Pin. Wilson, WHE; :39
140 Farella, NEW; MJ Dec. Moulton, LAN; 15-7
145 Martinez, CC; Dec. Floy,
LAR; 12-6
145 Gefroh, DOU; Pin. Rollins, LYM; 2:11
145 Brown, RAW; TF Christensen, WOR 15-0
152 Whiteley, CC; Dec. Miller
WOR; 11-3
152 Camino, BUF; Dec. Mundt, TOR; 7-3
152 Burnham, DOU; Dec. vanderHeiden, LAR; 4-3
160 Lords, LYM; Pin.
Isenberger, WRI; 2:27
160 Lehnan, DOU; Dec.Nicholas, LAR; 12-3
160 Duncan, BUF; Dec. Tafoya, CC; 7-2
171 Peterson, WRI; Pin. Bartz,
KW; 1:48
171 Kirchefer, DOU; Pin. Barton, WHE; 3:15
171 Harry, WOR; Dec. Brown, CC; 8-5
189 Milnes, WHE; Dec. Peterson,
WOR; 13-8
189 Narva, CC; Pin. Marty, NEW; 1:37
189 Dye, KW; MJ Dec. Clifford, LYM
215 Fuimara, KW; Dec. Varva,
CC; OT 3-2
215 Roady, WOR; Pin. Gregory, NEW; 3:34
215 Glodt, UPT; Pin. Haldeman, DOU; :45
275 Helgeson, DOU, Pin.
Wheeler, KW; 3:19
275 Haass, NCH; Pin. Walker, CC; 1:34
275 Nielsen, Lar; Pin. Seeds, NEW; :38