Three wrestlers from Lincoln County placed in the Westlake Wrestling Tournament held in Bath on Nov. 28. The tournament is named in memory of Morse wrestler Steve Westlake (1980). Lincoln Academy’s Derek Juchnik placed second, Medomak Valley’s Ben Lufkin third, and Cheyenne Augustine fourth.
Lincoln placed 11th and Medomak 12th in the 20-team tournament. Noble won the tournament.
Nikki Leeman (LA-103) pinned Vincent Hilt (G) in the pigtail round, was pinned by Kayleigh Longley (N) in 47 seconds, defeated Kayla Vigue (Wi) by pin in 2:15, and lost 11-2 major decision to Nick Kothman (EA).
Ben Lufkin (MV-112) pinned Sean Blake (Mt.A) in 17 seconds, lost a 7-2 decision to Rob Quimby (Nob), pinned Rush in 36 seconds to advance to the consolation finals. Lufkin pinned Newbill in 2:54 to third place. Harley-Rose Benner (LA-112) was pinned by Wyatt Rush (Hal) in the pigtails. Spencer Myrshall (BB-112) was pinned by Kahil Newbill (Mt.B) in the pigtails.
Cheyenne Augustine (MV-119) was pinned by Jared Jensen (Bru) in 2:12, pinned Jacob Barrett (Mor) in 2:57, beat Shane Shibles (Nob) by forfeit to advance to the consolation finals.
Augustine lost to Bryton York by pin in 49 seconds to take fourth place. Brendan Mammina (LA-119) was pinned Kyle Mains (Be) in 2:23, won by pin over Felipe Gunter (Mt.A), and was eliminated by York by pin in two minutes flat.
Devan Clark (LA-125) pinned Dakota Hawk (Win) in 2:24 in the pigtails, was pinned by Wyatt Brackett (Mor) in 1:00, pinned Nick Hyde (MtB) in 1:32, and was eliminated in the consolation semifinals by Conner Dufour (Co) in 3:20.
Stefan Nicholls (MV-130) pinned Danny Ewing (Mt.A) in 1:59 in the pigtails, was pinned by Jake Bagley (Nob) and was eliminated by Chris Folsom (Law) by pin in 1:26.
Adam Lynch (MV-135) pinned Dylan Clark (Win) in the pigtails in 2:05, lost to Will Lundquist (Co) by tech fall, and was eliminated by Nat Hopkins (Be) by fall in 2:48. Dylan York (LA-135) was pinned by Tyler Beaudet (Nob) 2:45 in the pigtails.
Derek Juchnik (LA-140) pinned Chris Ingram (Mt.B) in 2:10, and beat Malcolm Marshall (Mt.A) by 7-2 decision to advance to the finals. Juchnik lost a 9-7 decision in overtime to Tyler Murray (Be) to take second place. Taylor Olsen (MV-140) beat Connor McGowan by 14-0 major decision in the pigtails, was pinned by Thon Itthipalakom (Co) in 1:59, and was eliminated by Joe Badger (Nob) by fall in 1:57.
Tucker Phinney (LA-145) was pinned by Chris Ouellet (MCI) in the pigtails.
Alex Benner (LA-152) beat Jon Badger (Nob) by 17-4 major decision in the pigtails, pinned Don Grady (Con) in 4:14, and was injured and not able to finish his match with Max Alfiero. Sam Delano (MV-152) lost his pigtail match to Grady by fall in 58 seconds.
Jamie Juchnik (LA-160) lost his pigtail match to Kiel Yenco (Mt.A) by fall in 58 seconds.
Dylan Look (MV-171) pinned Alec Temple (Mt.A) in 2:12 in the pigtails, was pinned by Steven Martin (BE) in 46 seconds, and was eliminated by VJ Tantaco (Co) by pin in 4:15. Drew Benner (LA-171) lost a 6-4 decision to Andrew Pineo (Sko) in the pigtails.
Gabe Delano (MV-215) was pinned by TJ Buckley (Nob) in the pigtails. Marty Alden (LA-215) was pinned Travis Stuart (Mt.B) in 53 seconds in the pigtails.
