Wrestlers take home win from double dual
Staff writer
The Hillsboro High School Trojan wrestlers came home with a split at the Marion double dual wrestling meet held last Thursday. Hillsboro defeated Hesston 44-22 but lost to Chase County 48-19.
"It was a nice league win for us," coach Corey Burton said. "We are now 3-0 for a league record."
"So, right now, everyone (teams) is at pretty much the same level in the hunt for the league title," he said.
In the Hesston match the Trojans didn't know what to expect at the 275-pound weight class level. Kurtis Shaw, a freshman, went up against Matt Koehn, a senior and a first year wrestler.
"It was kind of a surprise for us," Burton said. "Kurtis came through and picked up a fall for us."
In the Chase County match, Burton said he knew that they had too many weight classes open to win the dual. The coaches opted not to let senior James Bina compete.
"Everyone on the team needs to hold out on one match, so we decided to have James forfeit in this match," Burton said.
"He had injured his toe in the Hesston tournament, so we didn't want to aggravate it any more than we had too. Besides, we knew the dual was out of reach for us," he said.
The team record is now 4-2.
The team will host its first junior varsity tournament on Jan. 4.
Burton encourages the fans to come out and watch some good matches.
The varsity will resume competing on Jan. 9 at home against Minneapolis and Haven. The meet begins at 5:30 p.m.
results of marion double dual meet
Hillsboro 44, Hesston 22
103 — Hillsboro forfeits, Open; 112 — Ricky won by forfeit; 119 — Ryan Janzen won by forfeit; 125 Victor Rogers pinned by Janzen, 4:51 third period; 130 — Andrew Bina won by forfeit; 135 — Karl Magnuson pinned by Unruh, :24 first period; 140 — Danny Yoder pinned Nilsen, 5:04 third period; 145 — Tim Glahn won 17-5 over Jones; 152 — Ryan Kaiser lost 17-5 to Spencer; 160 — Billy Winegarner won 10-0 over Hamilton; 171 — James Bina pinned Rhodes, 1:04 first period; 189 — Open; 215 — Open; 275 — Kurtis Shaw pinned Koehn, 3:23 first period.
Hillsboro 19, Chase County 48
103 — Open; 112 — Johnson pinned by Cooper, 1:31 first period; 119 — Janzen won 11-3 over Wessel; 125 — Rogers pinned by Hand, :35 first period; 130 — A. Bina lost 12-11 to Fuller; 135 — Magnuson pinned by Shull, 1:50; 140 — Yoder lost 9-2 to Passmore; 145 — Glahn pinned Weber, 3:48 second period; 152 — Winegarner won 6-4 over Hartley; 160 Hillsboro forfeits, Open; 171 — Hillsboro forfeits, Open; 215 — Hillsboro forfeits, Open; 275 — Shaw won by forfeit.
