The Waynesville High boys’ wrestling team was a late entry into last week’s Pacific Tournament, placing seventh in a talented, 12-school field Saturday, Jan. 20.
Carl Junction made the long trip to Pacific and won the team title with 268.5 points while Washington was second with 254.5 and Whitfield third with 151. Waynesville was seventh with 126.5 points.
The Tigers were highlighted by third-place finishes from Cesar Trujillo in the 113-pound weight class; Lincoln Stearns at 120, and Jonah Manuel at 144.
Wednesday, Jan. 17 the WHS boys swept a pair of dual meets at home, beating St. James 66-18 and knocking off Camdenton 43-30. Jan. 16 the Tigers hosted Kickapoo and dropped a tough, 40-36 contest.
The Lady Tigers shut out Kickapoo 84-0 in the Jan. 16 dual meet, winning the six contested matches.
The Waynesville girls also participated in the Mexico Brick City Classic Monday, Jan. 15.
This week Waynesville is to compete in a tri meet against Carthage and Springfield Central in Springfield Wednesday and compete in the Ozark Conference Tournament Saturday at Camdenton.
Jan. 20
Pacific Tournament
Team Standings – 1. Carl Junction 268.5, 2. Washington 254.5, 3. Whitfield 151, 4. DeSoto 148.5, 5. Vianney 144, 6. Pacific 142.5, 7. Waynesville 126.5, 8. North Point 102.5, 9. Union 96.5, 10. Festus 71.5, 11. Webster Groves 50.5, 12. Rockwood Summit 38.
Waynesville Results – 106: Isaiah Santos 6th (1-3); fifth-place match lost to Zane Gunnett, Carl Junction, 11-5. 113: Cesar Trujillo 3rd (2-2); third-place match beat Maximus Glueck, Vianney, 6-0. 120: Lincoln Stearns 3rd (2-2); third-place match pinned Caden Browning, Pacific, in 3:55. 126: Mason Zamora 5th (3-2); fifth-place match won in tie-breaker over Cy Holder, Webster Groves, 5-4. 132: Dian Justus 7th (1-3). 138: Aden Maust 5th (3-2); fifth-place match pinned Brock Vercher, North Point, in :37. 144: Jonah Manuel 3rd (3-1); third-place match pinned Tate Martin, Pacific, in 1:09. 150: Carson Sutphin 4th (3-2); third-place match was pinned by Hunter Adams, DeSoto, in 1:36. 157: Aiden Smith 6th (1-3); fifth-place match lost to Lucas Tennyson, Pacific, 2-1. 165: Kaiden Cruz 9th (1-1). 175: Braylin Scott 7th (1-3). 215: Khalin Smith 7th (2-3). Caiden Oursler 6th (1-3); fifth-place match was pinned by Mac Ruoff, Washington, in 1:33.
Jan. 17 at Waynesville
(Contested results; Waynesville wrestlers listed first):
Boys
WHS 66, St. James 18 – 106: Isaiah Santos pinned Owen Jackson in :15. 144: Jonah Manuel pinned Beau Hancock in 1:03. 150: Carson Sutphin pinned Blaine Noakes in 3:03. 157: Aiden Smith pinned David Burns in 2:57. 165: Kaiden Cruz pinned Logan Crocker in 2:51. 175: Zane Achterberg pinned Braylin Scott in :41. 215: Khalin Smith was pinned by Joshua Carpenter in 2:55. 285: Caiden Oursler pinned Stiehl Roberge in :33.
WHS 43, Camdenton 30 – 113: Cesar Trujillo pinned Miguel McCreery in 1:59. 120: Lincoln Stearns pinned Gerald Wright in 1:27. 126: Mason Zamora won by major decision over Reshon Baumgartner, 12-2. 132: Dian Justus was pinned by Finnegan McNitt in :39. 138: Aden Maust lost to Noah Sousley, 8-5. 144: Jonah Manuel was pinned by Benjamin Hughes in 2:54. 150: Sutphin pinned Nobel Mallahan in 3:03. 157: Smith pinned Zaden Russavage in 5:38. 165: Cruz lost to John Holt, 5-2. 175: Scott beat Payten Hinton, 7-6. 215: Smith was pinned by Nathaniel Beeson in 1:13. 285: Oursler pinned Keenan Virtue in :21. Exhibition – 120: Cason Haubrich pinned Tanner Montgomery in :47. 132: Gavin MacMurray pinned Davyn Dagati in 2:31. 132: Luke Cassidy beat Edward Libby, 6-5. 138: Conner Ross was pinned by Adrian De la Cruz in 2:55. 138: Brock Crauthers pinned Cashton Byler in 3:32. 144: Marcus Tucker pinned Christan Herring in 1:31. 157: Landon Boswell pinned Andrew Cervone in 1:30. 165: Jacob Wilson was pinned by Gavin Webster in :29. 165: Zepheniah Chestnut pinned Joel Atkison in 1:53. 175: Shannon Moynihan was pinned by Teagan Wilcut in 1:13.
Jan. 16 at Waynesville
Kickapoo 40, WHS 36 – 106: Santos lost by major decision to Preston Ingram, 13-5. 120: Lincoln Stearns pinned Joseph Woodard in 3:21. 126: Zamora pinned Brian Hill in 2:35. 132: Justus was pinned by Kaine Schwaninger in 2:32. 138: Aden Maust was pinned by Jahan Huynh in 1:50. 144: Manuel beat Beau Benton, 13-7. 150: Sutphin pinned Nicholas Finke in 2:50. 157: A. Smith pinned Tate Kawamoto in 1:33. 165: Cruz beat Xander Burks, 5-1. 175: Scott was pinned by Daycen Phillips in 1:39. 215: K. Smith was pinned by Brad Englung in 3:21. 285: Oursler was pinned by Logan Wolf in 1:20. Exhibition – 126: Gavin McMurray was pinned by Karter Schwaninger. 126: MacMurray was pinned by Jaden Lee. 132: Mark Campbell was pinned by Jaiden Tipton. 138: Connor Ross pinned David Duer. 138: Luke Cassidy was pinned by Jackson Pippin. 138: Crauthers was pinned by Pippin. 144: Marcus Tucker was pinned by Andrew Tofflemire. 144: Tucker was pinned by Kenion Bluford. 150: Deshe Franklin was pinned by Aiden Marinakes. 157: Landon Boswell beat Ethan Baltz, 7-4. 165: Boswell pinned Russell Penkalski. 165: Chestnut pinned Grant Ellis. 175: Moynihan was pinned by Kaydon Dame. 215: Joshua Amos pinned Kaiden Ivey. 215: Amos pinned Jake Nunn.
Girls
WHS 84, Kickapoo 0 – 120: Zetalyn Mansapit pinned Tiyeh Burns in :57. 130: Ive Smith pinned Trinity Lusk in :25. 140: Maya Duncan pinned Kylie Galyean in 1:25. 170: Mckenzie Moffet pinned Kaitlyn Finley in :48. 190: Yisel Perez pinned Lyndsey Young in :42. 235: Isabelle Lemmond pinned Lily Mahoney in :45.
Jan. 15
Mexico Brick City Classic
Waynesville Results – 100A: Danna Aguilar 3rd (0-2). 105A: Josseline Galvan 7th (0-4). 110: Jade Jones 4th (2-3). 115A: Josie Moody 3rd (1-2). 115B: Destany Oster 2nd (1-1). 125A: Zetalyn Mansapit 1st (2-0). 125B: Citlali Arzabala 2nd (2-1). 130A: Ive Smith 5th (3-2). 130A: Dakota Nix 4th (1-3). 130B: Justyce Moody 1st (5-0). 135A: Brooklyn Zamora 5th (0-4). 140A-B: Rihana 3rd (0-2). 145A Maya Duncan 1st (2-0). 145B-C: Bentley Mason 4th (1-3). 145B-C: Eve Smith 1st (4-0). 155A Hylee Fort 2nd (1-1). 155B-C: Alivia Seibert 2nd (0-2). 155B-C: Karlie Horne 1st (2-0). 170A: Mckenzie Moffet 4th (1-3).170B-C: Aylen Stark 8th (0-5). 190A Yisel Perez 2nd (3-2). 190B-C: Kailyn Bryan 4th (0-3). Emily Babcock 2nd (2-1). 235A: Isabelle Lemmond 3rd (0-2). 235B: Bre’Elle Henton 1st (2-0).