Bulldogs go on the road to Thoman-Jackman tournament
Maxx Meyer prior to his 195-lb Best of the Best match in Green River.
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Jenny Davis
GREEN RIVER – The Wheatland Bulldog wrestling team made the 277-mile trip to Green River over the weekend to attend the Thoman-Jackman team dual wrestling tournament.
This tournament is a great opportunity to face off against teams from Wyoming, Colorado and Utah and get a chance to see some competition from the other side of the state which they might not get to see until the state tournament.
The first day the team would shift around the boys to make up a full team with the exception of 160-pound and the heavyweight classes and wrestle at Rock Springs High School, while the girls would wrestle an individual bracketed tournament at Green River High School.
Day two, all wrestlers were in Green River again with the boys wrestling team duals and the girls wrestling individually. This tournament is a unique tournament, wrestling team duals all while earning individual points that would ultimately determine who wrestles in the final best of the best face off.
Two teams are comprised of the top two wrestlers in each weight class facing off against each other. Wheatland would have one wrestler, Maxx Meyer, making it into the Best of the Best, ultimately losing that match. Alex Kumelos claimed first place in the girls' division at 130 pounds.
“We’re a really young team, and we wrestled hard both days,” assistant coach Blaine Epple said. “Friday, we made a few more mistakes against two good teams and one exceptional team. Saturday, we fixed the little things and stayed within ourselves, and we won all our duals. Cooper Meyer and Maxx Meyer both had outstanding weekends as individuals. Maxx was selected for the best of the best and won the Bill Thoman award. Alex Kumelos showed pure heart in her championship match, and we couldn’t be more proud of her resilient attitude. She’s among the first female champions of a really tough tournament.”
Wheatland will be traveling to Newcastle for a quad on Tuesday and to Moorcroft for the Dylan Humes Memorial invitational Friday and Saturday.
Pool D - Wheatland
Guaranteed 4th place
Match #1 Round 1
Pinedale defeated Wheatland 60-18
195 - Maxx Meyer (Wheatland) over Austin Green (Pinedale) Fall 4:36
220 - Barak Bertoch (Wheatland) over Ian Cantu (Pinedale) Fall 5:45
285 - Cash McCann (Pinedale) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
106 - Cooper Meyer (Wheatland) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
113 - Wylee Willson (Pinedale) over Kael Gudahl (Wheatland) Fall 0:41
120 - Ryan Nutt (Pinedale) over Waylon Milnes (Wheatland) Fall 1:10
126 - Garrett Madole (Pinedale) over Jay Downes (Wheatland) Fall 1:30
132 - Jake Hammer (Pinedale) over Caden Davis (Wheatland) Fall 2:19
138 - Fisher Vance (Pinedale) over Hayden Hocker (Wheatland) Dec 4-0
145 - Ethan Kemp (Pinedale) over Quincy Palmer (Wheatland) Fall 1:06
152 - Garrett Haley (Pinedale) over Mauriccio Grimaldo (Wheatland) Fall 3:06
160 - Ryker Marshall (Pinedale) over Tyrell Weber (Wheatland) Fall 5:14
170 - Tucker Kelly (Pinedale) over Jacob McDaniel (Wheatland) Dec 7-2
182 - Cale Dauwen (Pinedale) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
Match #2 Round 2
Uintah defeated Wheatland 84-0
220 - Jett Swain (Uintah) over Barak Bertoch (Wheatland) Fall 1:11
285 - Gage Howard (Uintah) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
106 - Raleigh Thomson (Uintah) over Cooper Meyer (Wheatland) Fall 3:19
113 - Trevor Angus (Uintah) over Kael Gudahl (Wheatland) Fall 2:51
120 - Rykan Hacking (Uintah) over Waylon Milnes (Wheatland) Fall 3:12
126 - Michael Alexander (Uintah) over Jay Downes (Wheatland) Fall 1:14
132 - Dalton Sharp (Uintah) over Caden Davis (Wheatland) Fall 2:22
138 - Creeson Harrison (Uintah) over Hayden Hocker (Wheatland) Fall 3:36
145 - Brody Rhoades (Uintah) over Quincy Palmer (Wheatland) Fall 1:29
152 - Casen Wopsock (Uintah) over Mauriccio Grimaldo (Wheatland) Fall 1:42
160 - Christian Hartle (Uintah) over Tyrell Weber (Wheatland) Fall 0:08
170 - Jacob Rhoades (Uintah) over Jacob McDaniel (Wheatland) Fall 1:55
182 - Chase McCurdy (Uintah) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
195 - Austin Richens (Uintah) over Maxx Meyer (Wheatland) Fall 0:42
Match #3 Round 3
Rock Springs defeated Wheatland 48-27
285 - William Bybee (Rock Springs) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
106 - Cooper Meyer (Wheatland) over Kirklin Hay (Rock Springs) Dec 11-7
113 - Kael Gudahl (Wheatland) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
120 - Lincoln Young (Rock Springs) over Waylon Milnes (Wheatland) TB-1 8-6
126 - Jay Downes (Wheatland) over Asa Schweitzer (Rock Springs) Fall 3:29
132 - Broc Fletcher (Rock Springs) over Caden Davis (Wheatland) Fall 2:20
138 - Kayleb Farris (Rock Springs) over Hayden Hocker (Wheatland) Fall 3:29
145 - Dawson Searle (Rock Springs) over Quincy Palmer (Wheatland) Fall 2:15
152 - Josh Sain (Rock Springs) over Mauriccio Grimaldo (Wheatland) Fall 2:00
160 - Tyrell Weber (Wheatland) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
170 - Sam Thornhill (Rock Springs) over Jacob McDaniel (Wheatland) Fall 1:34
182 - Mathew Foster (Rock Springs) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
195 - Maxx Meyer (Wheatland) over Patrick Gross (Rock Springs) Fall 0:39
220 - Pablo Meza (Rock Springs) over Barak Bertoch (Wheatland) Dec 3-1
Match #4 Round 4
Wheatland received a Bye
Match #5 Round 5
Wheatland defeated Rifle 41-36
113 - Kael Gudahl (Wheatland) over Lee Higgins (Rifle) Fall 1:17
120 - Waylon Milnes (Wheatland) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
126 - Jay Downes (Wheatland) over Gavin Nash (Rifle) Fall 1:49
132 - Jordan Irwin (Rifle) over Caden Davis (Wheatland) Fall 5:39
