The Bulldogs traveled to Valentine on Dec. 20, where they competed against 13 other schools, and finished ninth. The following are the results from the athletes:
106: Champ. Round 1: Tyler Cotton, of Alliance, received a bye. Champ. Round 2: Tyler Cotton won against Kaden Margritz, of Gothenburg. Quarterfinal: Casey Miller, of Valentine, won against Tyler Cotton (Fall 1:01). Cons. Round 4: Abel Flores, of Gothenburg, won against Tyler Cotton in a tie breaker.
113: Champ. Round 1: Tory Picket Pin, of Alliance, received a bye. Champ Round 2: Cayden Lamb, of Valentine, won against Tory Picket Pin (Fall 2:49). Cons. Round 2 and 3: Tory Picket Pin received byes. Cons. Round 4: Tory Picket Pin won against Bradley Smolik, of Amherst (Fall 1:52). Cons. Round 5: Tory Picket Pin won against Carson Stevens, of Gothenburg (Fall 1:30). Cons. Semi: Simon Schindler, of David City, won against Tory Picket Pin. Fifth Place Match: Tory Picket Pin won against Jullian Stiver, of McCook (Fall 1:53). Tory Picket Pin placed fifth.
126: Champ. Round 1: Zane Stoike, of Alliance, received a bye. Champ. Round 2: Zane Stoike won against Tobey Turman, of South Central. Quarterfinal: Isaac White, of Cozad, won against Zane Stoike (Fall 0:55). Cons. Round 4: Brendan Boyce, of Ord, won against Zane Stoike (Fall 0:59).
132: Champ. Round 1: Jaxon Minnick, of Alliance, received a bye. Champ. Round 2: Jaxon Minnick won against Sean Heaton, of South Central (Fall 0:08). Quarterfinal: Abe Mendez, of Gothenburg, won against Jaxon Minnick. Cons. Round 4: Jaxon Minnick won against Gregory Johns, of Gordon-Rushville (Fall 0:17). Cons. Round 5: Jaxon Minnick won against Aydon McDonald (Gordon-Rushville). Cons. Semi: Jaxon Minnick won against Tobin Olson, of Valentine. Third Place Match: Jaxon Minnick won against Abe Mendez, of Gothenburg. Jaxon Minnick placed third.
138: Champ. Round 1: Asa Johnson, of Alliance, received a bye. Champ Round 2: Asa Johnson won against Brandon Schriner, of Gothenburg (Fall 0:48). Quarterfinal: Asa Johnson won against Zackary Barlean, of David City. Semifinal: Gage Krolikowski, of Valentine, won against Asa Johnson (Fall 2:52). Cons. Semi: Clayton Harris, of David City, won against Asa Johnson. Fifth Place Match: Asa Johnson won against Zackary Barlean, of David City (Fall 3:37). Asa Johnson placed fifth.
145: Champ. Round 1: Keagen Bass, of Alliance, received a bye. Champ Round 2: Morgan McGinley, of Valentine, won against Keagen Bass (Fall 2:13). Cons. Round 2: Keagen Bass received a bye. Cons. Round 3: Keagen Bass won against Seth Gaswick, of Chadron (Fall 3:16). Cons. Round 4: Corben Libich, of Gothenburg, won against Keagen Bass (Fall 0:42).
152: Champ. Rounds 1 and 2: Nolan Nagaki, of Alliance, received byes. Quarterfinal: Drake Janssen, of Valentine, won against Nolan Nagaki (Fall 3:28). Cons. Round 4: Nolan Nagaki won against Cameron Jordan, of Valentine. Cons. Round 5: Curtis Rittgarn, of Gordon-Rushville, won against Nolan Nagaki (Fall 3:58).
160: Champ. Round 1: Philip Halstead, of Alliance, received a bye. Champ. Round 2: Sam Hollander, of Amherst won against Philip Halstead by medical forfeit. Cons. Round 2: Philip Halstead received a bye. Cons. Round 3: Philip Halstead won against Tegan Snyder, of Gordon-Rushville (Fall 5:26). Cons. Round 4: Servando Gonzalez, of O’Neill, won against Philip Halstead.
170: Champ. Round 1: Keegan Grant, of Alliance, received a bye. Champ Round 2: Riley Gallaway, of Amherst, won against Keegan Grant (Fall 0:52). Cons. Rounds 2 and 3: Keegan Grant received byes. Cons. Round 4: Keegan Grant won against Sawyer Haag, of Chadron, by injury default. Cons. Round 5: Riley Baker, of Gothenburg, won against Keegan Grant (Fall 1:23).
195: Champ. Rounds 1 and 2: Matthew Escamilla, of Alliance, received byes. Quarterfinal: James Escamilla, of David City, won against Matthew Escamilla. Cons. Round 4: Matthew Escamilla won against Noah Shabram, of O’Neill (Fall 2:08). Cons. Round 5: Matthew Escamilla won against Aiden Vaughn, of Chadron (Fall 3:28). Cons. Semi: Landon Debus, of Winner, won against Matthew Escamilla. Fifth Place Match: Drew Bogard, of Amherst, won against Matthew Escamilla in a tie breaker. Matthew Escamilla placed sixth.
285: Champ. Rounds 1 and 2: Hunter Klinkerman received byes. Quarterfinal: Reid Steinbeck, of McCook, won against Hunter Klinkerman (Fall 0:54). Cons. Round 4: Hunter Klinkerman received a bye. Cons. Round 5: Hunter Klinkerman won against Alex Geiser, of Gothenburg. Cons. Semi: Hunter Klinkerman won against Charley Pravecek, of Winner, by forfeit. Third Place Match: Steven Fullerton, of Valentine, won against Hunter Klinkerman (Fall 1:29). Hunter Klinkerman placed fourth.