Bateman Pins Three, Places Third

Stephen Bateman, Kimball heavyweight, took 3rd place at the combined Western Trails and SPVA Conference Wrestling Tournaments held in Bridgeport this past week.

Bateman had a good day in taking 3rd place honors at 285 pounds winning 3 matches and losing only 1. All 3 of his wins were by pin including a :37 second fall over Jones of Bayard.

Connor Cluff at 130 was 2 and 3 for the day with a first match fall and a 8-7 decision but lost 12-9 in the match for 5th place. Izaak Rohde at 182 finished 4th registering 1 win and 3 losses.

Toby McManigal at 220 was also 1 and 3 for the day but performed...