5 Jayhawks Win Thunder Wolves Open

Wrestling Crowns 5 Champs at Thunder Wolves Open

The Jayhawks traveled to Sanford, New York to compete in the Niagara County CC Thunder Wolves Open. The Jayhawks enter 10 wrestlers and came away with five champions and nine placers. “It was a great day for us, we beat several Division I & II wrestlers and revenged two previous to NJCAA loses today.” said Coach Tietema “The guys are getting better every week. The skills we are drilling in practice are working in our matches.”

Sophomore Zack Cooper (Big Rapids, MI/Whitehall HS) received the most prestigious award of the tournament winning the Most Outstanding Wrestler Award. Cooper beat two Division I wrestlers on his way to the Tournament Title. Four other Jayhawk wrestlers won Thunder Wolves Open titles: sophomore Tyler Stenberg (Twin Lake, MI/Reeths-Puffer HS), sophomore Mason Courtright (Shelby, MI/Shelby HS), freshman LaVonte Perdue (Warren, MI/Warren Mott HS), and freshman Jay Sroufe (Britton, MI/Dundee HS).

Other placers for the Jayhawks were: freshman Chris Root (Lansing, MI/Lansing Catholic Central HS) placed 6th, freshman Davon Jackson (Bay City, MI/Bay City Central HS) placed 6th, and freshman Allen Steele (Livonia, MI/Livonia Franklin HS) wrestled Unattached and finished 3rd. The Jayhawks will be in action again this Saturday, December 13th at Triton CC for their last tournament before they take a short break for the Holidays.

TEAM RESULTS: Thunder Wolves Open

141 - Zachary Cooper's place is 1st and has scored 16.50 team points.

Quarterfinal - Zachary Cooper (Muskegon) tech fall Tom Nevilizer (Niagara) (TF 16-1)

Semifinal - Zachary Cooper (Muskegon) md. Rocco Russo (Buffalo Unattached) (Maj 10-1)

1st Place Match - Zachary Cooper (Muskegon) d. Brandon Lapi (Buffalo Unattached) (Dec 7-2)

149 - Tyler Stenberg's place is 1st and has scored 20.00 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Tyler Stenberg (Muskegon) fall Ryan Martini (Mercyhurst University) (Fall 0:34)

Quarterfinal - Tyler Stenberg (Muskegon) fall Sean Heggs (Mercyhurst NE) (Fall 4:31)

Semifinal - Tyler Stenberg (Muskegon) d. Trevor Hoffmier (Buffalo Unattached) (Dec 6-3)

1st Place Match - Tyler Stenberg (Muskegon) md. over Joey Miller (Mercyhurst University) (Maj 14-0)

149 - Chris Root's place is 6th and has scored 9.50 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Danny Graham (Buffalo Unattached) d. Chris Root (Muskegon) (Dec 8-1)

Cons. Round 1 - Chris Root (Muskegon) fall Joe Dowdall (Niagara) (Fall 0:36)

Cons. Round 2 - Chris Root (Muskegon) fall Ryan Spake (UMBC) (Fall 0:47)

Cons. Round 3 - Chris Root (Muskegon) d. Sean Heggs (Mercyhurst NE) (Dec 15-11)

Cons. Semi - Danny Graham (Buffalo Unattached) d. over Chris Root (Muskegon) (Dec 10-3)

5th Place Match - JP Hayles (Penn State - DuBois) fall Chris Root (Muskegon) (Fall 1:37)

157 - TJ Barnes's place is unknown and has scored 3.50 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - TJ Barnes (Muskegon) fall Ty Christopher (Niagara) (Fall 2:20)

Quarterfinal - Mason McCollum (Mercyhurst University) d. TJ Barnes (Muskegon) (Dec 2-1)

Cons. Round 2 - TJ Barnes (Muskegon) d. Nate Martin (Niagara) (Dec 5-3)

Cons. Round 3 - DJ Myers (Mercyhurst University) d. TJ Barnes (Muskegon) (Dec 6-2)

165 - Davon Jackson's place is 6th and has scored 10.00 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Davon Jackson (Muskegon) fall Nick Miller (Mercyhurst NE) (Fall 4:33)

Quarterfinal - Davon Jackson (Muskegon) fall Zachary Colgan (Niagara) (Fall 4:00)

Semifinal - Ryan Kromer (Buffalo Unattached) d. Davon Jackson (Muskegon) (Dec 6-3)

Cons. Semi - Ryan Therrien (Buffalo Unattached) d. Davon Jackson (Muskegon) (Dec 11-4)

5th Place Match - Ehrin Lee (Mercyhurst University) medical forfeit Davon Jackson (Muskegon) (MFF)

174 - Mason Courtight's place is 1st and has scored 16.50 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Mason Courtight (Muskegon) tech fall Jerrell White (Jamestown) (TF 24-7)

Quarterfinal - Mason Courtight (Muskegon) d. Alexander Svetz (Mercyhurst NE) (Dec 11-8)

Semifinal - Mason Courtight (Muskegon) d. Shane Currey (Niagara) (Dec 5-2)

1st Place Match - Mason Courtight (Muskegon) d. Jacob Weber (Buffalo Unattached) (OT 4-3)

197 - LaVonte Perdue's place is 1st and has scored 17.00 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - LaVonte Perdue (Muskegon) (Bye)

Quarterfinal - LaVonte Perdue (Muskegon) d. James Empfield (Mercyhurst University) (Dec 4-0)

Semifinal - LaVonte Perdue (Muskegon) fall Cedrick Stephens (Niagara Unattached) (Fall 4:25)

1st Place Match - LaVonte Perdue (Muskegon) d. Jamar Henry (Mercyhurst NE) (Dec 6-4)

285 - Jay Sroufe's place is 1st and has scored 20.00 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Jay Sroufe (Muskegon) (Bye)

Quarterfinal - Jay Sroufe (Muskegon) fall Tim Suydan (Penn State DuBois) (Fall 2:09)

Semifinal - Jay Sroufe (Muskegon) md. Tracey Green (Mercyhurst NE) (Maj 12-0)

1st Place Match - Jay Sroufe (Muskegon) medical forfeit Jake Gunning (Buffalo Unattached) (MFF)

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