ROCK SPRINGS – After a couple of close losses at the conference duals, the Rock Springs wrestlers bounced back to beat Cheyenne South in Rawlins on Tuesday.

Before the teams even took the mat, South took a 12-point lead with Rock Springs forfeiting five matches and South forfeiting three. Wyatt Martinez, Slade Pitt and John Nowland all won by forfeit.

Competing at 126, Tiger Patrick Debaun got things started. He was able to score a quick fall at the 0:49 mark of the match. At 138, Ira Dickinson followed suit with a win by pin at the 3:56 mark. It was William Petrovich’s turn at 145 and he followed the first two with another first period pin. He was able to get the best of South’s David Clarke at the 0:54 mark of the match.

At 160, Tiger Dawson Lorenz scored a win due to injury. The final win came from Trevor Ryan who made quick work of his opponent with another first period pin at the 0:45 mark.

The Tigers lost three duals over the weekend with two close battles. Riverton was able to get a six-point win, 42-36 and Kelly Walsh was able to hold on to get a 48-26 win over the Tigers. The third dual was against Natrona who controlled throughout with a 66-12 win.

Although Riverton was able to take the win, the Tigers had a strong performance. Riverton scored 18 points on forfeits by Rock Springs which was really the difference of the match. Tiger’s Christian Fennewald, Trevor Ryan, Danny Macy, Mason Randall, Teno Trujillo and Brayden Stassinos all scored wins by fall against Riverton.

In the Kelly Walsh match, the Trojans had three open classes while Rock Springs forfeited four divisions. Petrovich, Ryan and Pitt all scored wins by forfeit.

John Nowland and Mason Randall were the Tigers who scored wins against Kelly Walsh. Nowland won a close 5-2 decision while Randall won by a technical fall, 22-7.

Against Natrona, Ryan and Martinez scored wins for Rock Springs. Both came by way of the pin.

Rock Springs will be in Riverton this weekend competing in a two-day tournament. Rock Springs hosts this year’s Regional Tournament which starts Feb. 20.

 

Results

Rock Springs 48, Cheyenne South 36

120 – Wyatt Martinez (RS) wins by forfeit

126 – Patrick Debaun (RS) over Tony Basley (CS) fall 0:49

132- Slade Pitt (RS) wins by forfeit

138 – Ira Dickinson (RS) over Connor McCoy (CS) fall 3:56

145 – William Petrovich (RS) over David Clarke (CS) fall 0:54

152 – Daniel Hammond (CS) over Christian Fennewald (RS) fall 1:56

160 – Dawson Lorenz (RS) over Bryce Codr (CS) (Inj. [time])

170 – Dylan Mondragon (CS) wins by forfeit

182 – John Nowland (RS) wins by forfeit

195 –  Brandon Holbrook (CS) wins by forfeit

220 – Isaac McHenry (CS) wins by forfeit

285 -Micah Burke (CS) wins by forfeit

106 – Toby Springer (CS) wins by forfeit

113 – Trevor Ryan (RS) over Jake Brown (CS) fall 0:45

 

Riverton 42, Rock Springs 36

152 – Christian Fennewald (RS) over Nic Fenton (Riv) fall 3:46

160 – Koa Rodriguez (Riv over Dawson Lorenz (RS) fall 3:11

170 – Dillon Lynch (Riv) wins by forfeit

182 – Reece Prosser (Riv) over John Nowland (RS) fall 1:57

195 – Matt Reinig (Riv) wins by forfeit

220 – Wyatt Wichelhaus (Riv) wins by forfeit

285 – David Romero (Riv) over Devon Clark (RS) fall 0:35

106 – Cody Chancellor (Riv) wins by forfeit

113 – Trevor Ryan (RS) over Justyn Corbett (Riv) fall 0:57

120 – Danny Macy (RS) over Jaydan Ladd (Riv) fall 0:36

126 – Mason Randall (RS) over Kaleb Clayson (Riv) fall 1:06

132 – Teno Trujillo (RS) over Michael Menzies (Riv) fall 0:55

138 – Austin Locker (Riv) over Ira Dickinson (RS)) fall 1:23

145 – Brayden Stassinos (RS) over Hank Osborne (Riv) fall 1:55

 

Natrona 66, Rock Springs 12

145 – Clayton Atkinson (Nat) over William Petrovich (RS) fall 1:02

152 – Matt Benardis (Nat) over Christian Fennewald (RS) fall 2:47

160 – Keegan Berry (Nat) over Ron Chenevert (RS) fall 3:30

170 – Daniel Slack (Nat) wins by forfeit

182 – Austin Edwards (Nat) over John Nowland (RS) dec 11-6

195 – Wyatt Atkinson (Nat) wins by forfeit

220 – Ethan Hackworth (Nat) wins by forfeit

285 – Triston Martinez (Nat) over Devon Clark (RS) fall 0:42

106 – Kegan Wass (Nat) wins by forfeit

113 – Trevor Ryan (RS) over Eric Spiva (Nat) fall 2:53

120 – Wyatt Martinez (RS) over Brayton Rude (Nat) fall 4:33

126 – Brett Brenton (Nat) over Mason Randall (RS) fall 3:34

132 – Connor Coughenhour (Nat) over Slade Pitt (RS) fall 1:33

138 – Denton Skogen (Nat) over Ira Dickinson (RS) dec 6-4

 

Kelly Walsh 48, Rock Springs 26

160 – Alex Ferguson (KW) over Ron Chenevert (RS) fall 0:55

170 – Garrett Galey (KW) wins by forfeit

182 – John Nowland (RS) over Tanner Dobrenz (KW) dec 5-2

195 – Andrew Skovgard (KW) wins by forfeit

220 – Gabriel Baldwin (KW) wins by forfeit

285 – Brayden Marker (KW) over Devon Clark (RS) fall 1:46

106 – Levi Kaiser (KW) wins by forfeit

113 – Trevor Ryan (RS) wins by forfeit

120 – Takota Clark (KW) over Wyatt Martinez (RS) dec 10-8

126 – Mason Randall (RS) over Logan Mansuic (KW) TF 22-7 5:39

132 – Slade Pitt (RS) wins by forfeit

138 – Izaiah Restad (KW) over Ira Dickinson (RS) dec 8-4

145 – William Petrovich (RS) wins by forfeit

152 – Dylan Jaure (KW) over Christian Fennewald (RS) fall 1:22