Tiger wrestling team places 13th at national championships

With wrestlers in nine of 10 weight classes, Cowley College placed 13^th at the NJCAA Wrestling Championships held Wednesday and Thursday at the Mid-America Center in Council Bluffs, IA.

The Tigers were led by three All-Americans as Ryan Smith (133 pounds) and Malik Johnson (149 pounds) placed sixth and Jake Patterson (157 pounds) finished eighth.

Clackamas Community College in Oregon took home the team title, while six Jayhawk Conference schools placed in the top-25.

Cowley Results:

*125 pounds – Austin Kincaid (CC) received a bye in the first round; won a 7-4 decision over Karsten Johnson (Iowa Lakes); lost by technical fall to Nathan Rizek (Iowa Western) in the round of 16.

*133 pounds – Ryan Smith (CC) received a bye in the first round; lost a major decision to Zeth Brower (Clackamas) in the round of 16; won a 7-4 decision over B. Porter (North Idaho) in consolation finals; won a 11-9 decision over C. Francis (Northwest Tech); won a 12-11 decision over David Kerr (Southwest Oregon); won a 13-9 decision over Destin Summers (Western Wyoming); lost by fall to Caleb Meekins (Indian Hills) lost a 10-0 major decision to James Davis (Cloud) in the fifth place match.

*141 pounds – Brayden Strachan (CC) received a bye in the first round; won a 7-1 decision over CJ Mazzarelli (Rowan); lost a 6-0 decision to Trenton Donahue (Jamestown) in the round of 16.

*149 pounds – Malik Johnson (CC) received a bye in the first round; won by fall over Ashton Philburn (St. Claire County); won a 5-1 decision over Brandon Kidd Jr. (Rctc); won an 11-3 major decision over P. Smith Jr. (Iowa Central) in the quarterfinals; lost by default to North Idaho in the semifinals.

*157 pounds – Jake Patterson (CC) received a bye in the first round; lost a 4-3 decision to Willie VonRuden (Rctc) in the round of 16; won a 6-4 decision over T. Jackson (Labette); won a 14-1 major decision over O. Davidson (Jamestown); won a 6-2 decision over Davson Chavez (Barton); won a 16-3 major decision over Chinges Tsermaa (NW Tech); lost by fall to Josh Parks (Northeastern Oklahoma) in the seventh place match.

*165 pounds – Montez Robinson (CC) won a 4-3 decision over Donnie Hurd (Labette); lost a 2-1 decision to Neal Larsen (Indian Hills) in the round of 32.

*174 pounds – Jesus Nunez (CC) received a bye in the first round; won by fall over Hadi Mashadi (Triton); lost a 5-1 decision to Cayden Atkens (Pratt) in the round of 16.

*184 pounds – Trevor Shook (CC) received a bye in the first round; won by fall over Matthew Mushinski (Camden); lost an 8-4 decision to Andrew Nicholson (Western Wyoming) in the round of 16.

*285 pounds – Sage Smart (CC) won by fall over Cooper Hise (Southwestern Oregon); lost by fall to Wyatt Kearn (Western Wyoming) in the round of 32.