The Cowboy wrestling team traveled to Guthrie Center last Saturday for a tournament hosted by Adair-Casey/Guthrie Center. The Cowboys utilized four champions and a total of 10 top-five finishers to take the team title with 243 points. They were followed in the top five of 16 teams by Woodward-Granger with 180, Southeast Valley with 157, Van Meter/Earlham with 143.5 and Riverside, Oakland with 117.5. Reed Abbas (138), Remi Hanson (145), Bryce Allen (152) and Garrett Seaba (170) all ended the day wearing gold medals. Abbas defeated Jimenez (Southeast Warren/Melcher-Dallas) 10-5 in the finals, while Hanson pinned Christensen (Nodaway Valley) in 1:11 to take his bracket. Allen won by fall in 1:21 over Rowley (AC/GC) in his final match, with Seaba winning his bracket with a fall in 3:03 over Dierking (SW/MD).
Cale Kirstein (132) settled for second after losing an 8-6 overtime decision to Drake (VM/E), while both Nash Lienemann (195) and Kain Nelson (220) took third. Lienemann earned his by pinning Kathman (Ogden) in 26 seconds in his final match of the day, while Nelson used a fall in 21 seconds over Dierking (SW/MD). Ethan Traub (120) and Danny Chavez (285) were both fourth and Rigo Bobadilla (106) fifth. Results-Charger Invitational
106-Bobadilla: bye; L by fall to Munson (Ogden); W by fall in 1:01 over Saxton (WG); L 12-2 to Ervin (Moravia); W by fall in :47 over Jimenez (SW/MD) – 5th
113-Langfitt: bye; L by fall to Schroder (RO); L by fall to Harger (VM/E); W by fall in 1:22 over Pelleymounter (Ogden); W by fall in 1:13 over McDermott (Tri-Center) – 7th
120-Traub: bye; W by fall in 2:30 over Boothroyd (Ogden); L 10-2 to Rose (RO); W by fall in 4:29 over Ganoe (WCV); L by fall to Harger (VM/E) – 4th
132-Kirstein: W by fall in 2:36 over Gebbie (NV); W by fall in 1:11 over Edgington (WCV); W 8-6 over Degeneffe (Ogden); L 8-6 in overtime to Drake (VM/E) – 2nd
138-Abbas: W by fall in :31 over Van Meer (Panorama); W by fall in 1:55 over Klatt (SEV); W 13-8 over Danker (AC/GC); W 10-5 over Jimenez (SEW/MD) – 1st
145-Hanson: bye; W by maj. dec. 13-0 over Muller (AC/GC); W 7-0 over Boese (VM/E); W by fall in 1:11 over Christensen (NV) – 1st
152-Allen: bye; W by fall in 1:02 over Button (VM/E); W by fall in 3:39 over Simons (WG); W by fall in 1:21 over Rowley (AC/GC) – 1st
160-M. Seaba: bye; W 10-3 over Miller (SEV); L by fall to Appleseth (Panorama); L 5-3 to Swalla (VM/E); L 1-0 to Miller – 6th
170-G. Seaba: bye; W by fall in 1:40 over Goble (GC); W by fall in 3:07 over Ferrari (SEV); W by fall in 3:03 over Dierking (SW/MD) – 1st
182-Perez: bye; L 8-1 to Freeburg (Tri-Center); L 12-10 to Metz (SW/MD); W by fall in :17 over Waltz (Panorama); W by inj. def. over Soder (Ogden) – 7th
195-Lienemann: W by fall in :21 over Hansen (VM/E); W by fall in :39 over Fogarty (WG); L 10-2 to Vicek (RO); W by fall in :13 over Rumley (GC); W by fall in :26 over Kathman (Ogden) – 3rd
220-Nelson: W by fall in 1:15 over Hamann (GC); W by fall in 1:20 over Phippen (WCV); L by fall to Andersen (Panorama); W by fall in :52 over Vorthmann (Tri-Center); W by fall in :21 over Dierking (SW/MD) – 3rd
285-Chavez: bye; L by fall to Audesmore (Tri-Center); W by fall in :31 over McCauley (SW/MD); W by fall in 3:27 over Schlitz (GC); L 6-2 to Audesmore – 4th