ROCK SPRINGS – The wrestlers of Rock Springs High School continue to show strength with another good showing in Lander this past weekend.

The Tigers battled 22 other teams scoring 109 points for the sixth-place finish. Star Valley took first with 224 followed by Powell (168), Laramie (128), Worland (121) and Glenrock (116).

Individually, John Nowland brought home another individual title at 195. Four other Tigers finished with third-place honors.

While Nowland was able to bring home top honors, it was not easy for the young wrestler. After a bye in the first round, Nowland would earn a spot in the semifinals with a 6-2 decision over Tanner Verplancke of Buffalo.

In the semis, Nowland would face Jackson’s Dilon Hartranft who is 18-4 on the season. It would again go the distance and again it was Nowland, 12-6. It would be Star Valley’s Erickson Vicente who would face Nowland in the finals. Vicentre is 18-5 on the season. It would go down to the end, and again, Nowland would have his hand raised in a 6-4 decision.

Four other Tigers would bring home third-place honors. At 106, Cameron Metcalf would rebound from an early loss to Spencer Angell of Star Valley, to finish third. He would win three straight, two by fall, to earn a shot at third. He would beat Angell by a 3-0 decision in the match.

Ashton Dupape would also fall early only to get revenge late. He would fall to Lander’s Nathan Redman but three wins later would face him for third. Dupape would take third at 113 by a forfeit over Redman.

After a bye to start the 120 division, Cole Seymour would move into the semifinals. He would fall to Dane Waldron of Star Valley in a 9-1 decision. Seymour would win his next two to finish in third.

Teno Trujillo would respond from a loss in the semifinals to win his final two matches by fall to take third at 145. He would beat teammate Wyatt Yenney in the third-place match.

On Jan. 30, the Rock Springs Tigers will host the conference duals before finishing the regular season with three straight duals.

 

Lander Results

Team Scores

1.	Star Valley	224.0
2.	Powell	168.0
3.	Laramie	128.0
4.	Worland	121.0
5.	Glenrock	116.0
6.	Rock Springs	109.0
7.	Torrington	101.0
8.	Douglas	92.0
9.	Buffalo	85.5
10.	Lander	58.0
11.	Lovell	57.0
12.	Jackson	52.0
13.	Mountain View	41.0
14.	Kemmerer	40.0
15.	Pinedale	32.0
16.	Wheatland	27.0
17.	Cody	19.0
18.	Dubois	18.0
19.	Rawlins	12.0
20.	Big Piney	0.0
20.	Wind River	0.0
20.	Wyoming Indian	0.0

 

Individual Results

106 – Cameron Metcalf (27-6) placed 3rd and scored 16 team points.

Rd 1 – Metcalf received a bye

Quarters – Spencer Angell (Star Valley) won by decision (7-3) over Metcalf

Cons. Rd 2 – Metcalf won by fall (0:53) over Tristen Lungren (Worland)

Cons. Rd 3 – Metcalf won by fall (0:54) over Steven Metz (Pinedale)

Cons. Semi – Metcalf won by decision (5-2) over Wyatt Guty (Wheatland)

3rd Place – Metcalf won by decision (3-0) over Spencer Angell (Star Valley)

 

 

113 – Ashton Du Pape (28-8) placed 3rd and scored 18 team points.

Rd 1 – Du Pape received a bye

Quarters – Nathan Redman (Lander) won by decision (4-3) over Dupape

Cons. Rd 2 – Dupape won by fall (2:46) over Roy Barnard (Jackson)

Cons. Rd 3 – Dupape won by decision (4-0) over Brody Wells (Powell)

Cons. Semi – Dupape won by fall (2:01) over Buck Butterfield (Worland)

3rd Place – Dupape won by forfeit over Nathan Redman (Lander)

 

 

120 – Cole Seymour (19-15) placed 3rd and scored 15 team points.

Rd 1 – Seymour received a bye

Quarters – Seymour won by major decision (9-0) over Brian Brazelton (Powell)

Semis – Dane Waldron (SV) won by major decision (9-1) over Seymour

Cons. Semi – Seymour won by decision (4-1) over Isak Elisson (Glenrock)

3rd Place – Seymour won by decision (6-2) over Jacob Polkowske (Torrington)

 

 

126 – Dakota Knezovich (2-11) place is unknown.

Rd 1 – Idris Elias (Laramie) won by fall (0:57) over Knezovich

Cons. Rd 1 – Alec Erickson (SV) won by fall (0:52) over Knezovich

 

 

132 – Joe Walker (18-17) place is unknown and scored 2 team points.

Rd 1 – Walker won by decision (8-6) over Adam Willoughby (Big Piney) 

Quarters – Joey Mickelson (Lovell) won by fall (4:52) over Walker 

Cons. Rd 2 – Christian Coffman (Douglas) won by decision (3-3) over Walker 

 

 

138 – Slade Pitt (8-10) place is unknown.

Rd 1 – Brandon Claye (Star Valley) won by fall (1:20) over Pitt 

Cons. Rd 1 – Casey Britton (Torrington) won by fall (3:38) over Pitt 

 

 

138 – Brody Meek (8-11) place is unknown.

Rd 1 – Dylan Sandstedt (Douglas) won by fall (1:47) over Meek 

Cons. Rd 1 – Meek received a bye 

Cons. Rd 2 – Carter Hill (Star Valley) won by fall (3:25) over Meek 

 

 

145 – Teno Trujillo (16-9) placed 3rd and scored 20 team points.

Rd 1 –  Trujillo received a bye

Quarters – Trujillo won by fall (1:50) over Jake Logar (Douglas)

Semis – Kaden Schriner (Laramie) won by fall (3:36) over Trujillo

Cons. Semi – Trujillo won by fall (1:53) over Jakob Kottke (Buffalo) 

3rd Place – Trujillo won by fall (2:27) over Wyatt Yenney

 

 

145 – Wyatt Yenney (21-14) placed 4th.

Rd 1 – Yenney received a bye 

Quarters – Yenney won by fall (3:12) over Jakob Kottke (Buffalo)

Semis – Brigg Hoopes (Star Valley) won by MD (10-1) over Yenney

Cons. Semi – Yenney won by fall (2:16) over Jake Logar (Douglas) 

3rd Place – Trujillo won by fall (2:27) over Yenney 

 

 

152 – Marcus Kalista (6-7) place is unknown

Rd 1 – Nic Urbach (Powell) won by fall (1:22) over Kalista

Cons. Rd 1 – Christian Lobst (Jackson) won by fall (3:20) over Kalista 

 

 

160 – Sean Zediker (10-14) place unknown scoring 4 team points.

Rd 1 – Zediker won by fall (4:46) over Brayden Castagno (Jackson) 

Quarters – Dan Graeff (Laramie) won by fall (0:23) over Zediker

Cons. Rd 2 – Brayden Gaston (Jackson) won by decision (5-4) over Zediker 

 

 

170 – Andrew Kettering (5-11) place unknown scoring 3 team points.

Rd 1 – Teagen Cordes (Powell) won by fall (2:33) over Kettering

Cons. Rd 1 – Kettering won by fall (1:21) over Chase Dominguez (Torrington) 

Cons. Rd 2 – Dallin Jones (Cody) won by fall (4:51) over Kettering 

 

 

195 – John Nowland (19-3) placed 1st and scored 22 team points.

Round 1 – Nowland received a bye 

Quarters – Nowland won by decision (6-2) over Tanner Verplancke (Buffalo)

Semis – Nowland won by decision (12-6) over Dillon Hartranft (Jackson) 

1st Place – Nowland won by decision (6-4) over Erickson Vicente (Star Valley) 

 

 

220 – Jason Jorgensen (11-10) placed 6th and scored 9 team points.

Rd 1 – Jorgensen received a bye 

Quarters – Austin Beck (Worland) won by fall (3:07) over Jorgensen 

Cons. Rd 2 – Jorgensen won by fall (1:42) over Dallas Wik (Douglas) 

Cons. Rd 3 – Jorgensen won by fall (2:26) over Chase Meeker (Big Piney) 

Cons. Semi – Josh Dawson (Jackson) won by fall (1:29) over Jorgensen

5th Place – Allen Grimes (Torrington) won by fall (3:33) over Jorgensen