Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Observations all along the line - Kimball & the Southern Panhandle First
Jordan Cluff, takes control of an opponent during a wrestling meet earlier this season. Cluff was a double winner for the Longhorn club against Hershey and Chase County just prior to the Christmas break. The Longhorns will be back in action on the Mitchell mats for Western Trails Conference tournament play today (Thursday) and again this Saturday at the Garden County Invitational.
The Kimball High wrestling team hosted Hershey and Chase County in a double dual wrestling match to close out the pre-Christmas part of the season with Jordan Cluff, a double winner for the home team.
Cluff, wrestling at 106 pounds, pinned his Hershey opponent in :55 seconds, then moved up a weight class to 113 and pinned his Chase County opponent in 5:01.
Kimball went up against Hershey in their first dual of the night and lost 51-30, but actually won three of the five matches that took place as the two teams did not match up in most of the weight classes. Trevor Ryschon at 126 won by fall in 1:40 and Jaden Mohr at 132 won by fall in 2:42. Garrett Pedersen at 120 lost 6-4 in overtime and Eric Escajeda lost by fall in 2:23. Isaak Glanz at 182 and Steve Bateman at 195 both won by forfeit.
Chase County won over Kimball 57-12 with Cluff recording Kimball's only win on the mat. Pedersen won by forfeit to account for the other points.
Kimball coach Wade Brashear said, "As one can notice from the match sheet with Hershey, there were not a lot of matches as the two teams only matched at a few weights. Overall we wrestled well against Hershey. We have definitely showed improvement from the beginning of the year, and over years past."
Coach Brashear went on to say, "In the second dual we took on Chase County and this turned out to be a tough dual for us as we came away with only one victory. Chase County has had a solid wrestling tradition for a long time and this year's squad is no exception. We should have competed much better, but our effort and focus was not as high as it was in our first dual with Hershey."
Kimball was without sophomore Toby McManigal and senior Logan Stahla, who were both out due to medical reasons. The Horns will be back in action today (Thursday) at the WTC Tournament in Mitchell and will participate in the Garden County Invitational this Saturday.
