(Atlantic) Atlantic crowned two champions, secured two runner-up finishes, and amassed 191.5 points to claim the top spot in a highly competitive 19-team Rollin Dyer Wrestling Tournament on Saturday at Atlantic. The event featured a closely contested team race, with Atlantic, Omaha Skutt Catholic, Grand Island, and Sergeant Bluff-Luton each taking turns in the lead. Ultimately, when the dust settled, Atlantic emerged victorious, proudly walking away with the tournament trophy.
Ten Atlantic wrestlers earned podium finishes by the end of the day. Aiden Smith (138) and Evan Sorensen (285) captured individual titles. Collin Harris (113) and Landon Hagen (126) finished as runners-up. Keaton Schroeder (106) and Jaydin Harter (150) secured third-place finishes. Braxton Hass (120) placed fourth, Kalvin Hayes (144) finished fifth, Donovan Hedrington (190) earned sixth, and Carter Hadley (132) rounded out the podium for Atlantic with a seventh-place finish.
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Cade Ziola, of Omaha, Skutt-Catholic, won the (215) pound weight class. The Nebraska commit received the Rollin Dyer Wrestler of the Meet award. Ziola posted pins in the first two rounds and won by tech fall in the semi-finals and finals. His most impressive performance was a 19-4 tech fall in the finals in 1:31.
Omaha Skutt, Catholic, crowned five champions and finished second with 179. Earning individual titles were Blake Eddy (106), Cole Welte (120), Benjamin Ziola (126), Tyler Harrill (150), and Cade Ziola (215).
Other individual winners were Cale Johnson from Central DeWitt (113), Brayden Scheffers of Interstate 35 (132), Lucas Bose (144), Nolan Fellers of Bondurant-Farrar, (157), Bo Koedam of Sergeant Bluff-Luton (165), Zayvion Ellington of Sergeant Bluff-Luton, (175), and Hudson Oliver of Grand Island, (190).
Two AHSTW wrestlers stood high on the podium. Tucker Osbahr (126), fifth place, and Kayden Baxter, runner-up (175).
For Audubon, Leyton Elmquist finished fourth at (106), Jon Rasmussen seventh at (126), and Jack Stanerson sixth at (150).
| Team Scores | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Atlantic | 191.5 |
| 2 | Omaha Skutt Catholic | 179.0 |
| 3 | Grand Island | 177.0 |
| 4 | Sergeant Bluff-Luton | 173.5 |
| 5 | Bondurant-Farrar | 152.5 |
| 6 | Humboldt | 139.0 |
| 7 | Central DeWitt | 114.0 |
| 8 | Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln | 98.0 |
| 9 | Greene County | 97.0 |
| 10 | Interstate 35 | 90.0 |
| 11 | Underwood | 83.0 |
| 12 | Alta-Aurelia | 82.0 |
| 13 | Glenwood | 71.0 |
| 14 | AHSTW | 65.0 |
| 15 | Carroll | 60.0 |
| 16 | Audubon | 38.0 |
| 17 | Griswold | 15.0 |
| 18 | Red Oak | 13.0 |
| 19 | Denison-Schleswig | 8.0 |
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1st Place – Blake Eddy of Grand Island
2nd Place – Brennan Jacobs of Greene County
3rd Place – Keaton Schroeder of Atlantic
4th Place – Leyton Elmquist of Audubon
5th Place – Jaxson Page of Alta-Aurelia
6th Place – Josh Gray of Sergeant Bluff-Luton
7th Place – Braydon Tranmer of Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln
8th Place – Avery Vacek of Underwood
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1st Place – Cale Johnson of Central DeWitt
2nd Place – Collin Harris of Atlantic
3rd Place – Coby Fiser of Bondurant-Farrar
4th Place – Gavin Ourada of Omaha Skutt Catholic
5th Place – Jaron Jacobs of Greene County
6th Place – Eli Rieb of Alta-Aurelia
7th Place – Sam Knight of Humboldt
8th Place – Brody Black of Glenwood
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1st Place – Cole Welte of Omaha Skutt Catholic
2nd Place – Gavyn Winters of Greene County
3rd Place – Eli Edfors of Central DeWitt
4th Place – Braxton Hass of Atlantic
5th Place – Rudy Rodriguez of Grand Island
6th Place – Gabe Showers of Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln
7th Place – Drake Howard of Sergeant Bluff-Luton
8th Place – Boston Mateer of Interstate 35
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1st Place – Benjamin Ziola of Omaha Skutt Catholic
2nd Place – Landon Hagen of Atlantic
3rd Place – Jaxsen Draves of Grand Island
4th Place – Juan Avalos-Ceballos of Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln
5th Place – Tucker Osbahr of AHSTW
6th Place – Will Gelner of Interstate 35
7th Place – Jon Rasmussen of Audubon
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1st Place – Brayden Scheffers of Interstate 35
2nd Place – Cyler Cirks of Humboldt
3rd Place – Luis Avalos of Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln
4th Place – Dolan Theisen of Central DeWitt
5th Place – Jeran Gilge of Bondurant-Farrar
6th Place – Dayton Gusman of Red Oak
7th Place – Carter Hadley of Atlantic
8th Place – Kepha Orsi of Omaha Skutt Catholic
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1st Place – Aiden Smith of Atlantic
2nd Place – Tyce Clarken of Humboldt
3rd Place – Dax Koedam of Sergeant Bluff-Luton
4th Place – Korbyn Maxwell of Interstate 35
5th Place – Jonathan Ryan of Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln
6th Place – Dane DeVault of Underwood
7th Place – Hayden Klimek of Grand Island
8th Place – Miles Vander Velde of Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln
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1st Place – Lucas Bose of Underwood
2nd Place – Trenton Byers of Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln
3rd Place – Gavin Pedersen of Grand Island
4th Place – Ben Walsh of Sergeant Bluff-Luton
5th Place – Kalvin Hayes of Atlantic
6th Place – Hayden Garlow of Alta-Aurelia
7th Place – Landon Cory of Bondurant-Farrar
8th Place – Nick Pasutti of Interstate 35
150
1st Place – Tyler Harrill of Omaha Skutt Catholic
2nd Place – Ayden McRoberts of Sergeant Bluff-Luton
3rd Place – Jayden Harter of Atlantic
4th Place – Blake Briley of Bondurant-Farrar
5th Place – Jaxson Kirchhoff of Humboldt
6th Place – Jack Stanerson of Audubon
7th Place – Joden Schumacher of Grand Island
8th Place – Henry Gelner of Interstate 35
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1st Place – Nolan Fellers of Bondurant-Farrar
2nd Place – Brent Dennhardt of Greene County
3rd Place – Nikolas Rotella of Omaha Skutt Catholic
4th Place – Kaden Harder of Grand Island
5th Place – Owen Klocke of Carroll
6th Place – Reese Fauble of Glenwood
7th Place – Braden Downs of Humboldt
8th Place – Tate Jarvis of Alta-Aurelia
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1st Place – Bo Koedam of Sergeant Bluff-Luton
2nd Place – Riley Johnson of Omaha Skutt Catholic
3rd Place – Jordan Rial of Bondurant-Farrar
4th Place – Nash Larson of Alta-Aurelia
5th Place – Degan Miller of Greene County
6th Place – Carter Peterson of Grand Island
7th Place – Trey Al-Hameed of Humboldt
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1st Place – Zayvion Ellington of Sergeant Bluff-Luton
2nd Place – Kayden Baxter of AHSTW
3rd Place – Landon Halverson of Humboldt
4th Place – Brody Grell of Central DeWitt
5th Place – Bode Stanley of Interstate 35
6th Place – Andrew Pittman of Grand Island
7th Place – Kowen Dighton of Council Bluffs Abraham Lincoln
8th Place – Talan Dove of Bondurant-Farrar
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1st Place – Hudson Oliver of Grand Island
2nd Place – Broedy Hendricks of Humboldt
3rd Place – Quinten Polking of Carroll
4th Place – Hayden Heun of Underwood
5th Place – Brayton Gipple of Bondurant-Farrar
6th Place – Donovan Hedrington of Atlantic
7th Place – Kaleb Pendergast of Sergeant Bluff-Luton
8th Place – Kazmir Senneff of Central DeWitt
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1st Place – Cade Ziola of Omaha Skutt Catholic
2nd Place – Mason Koehler of Glenwood
3rd Place – Chris Wrage of Central DeWitt
4th Place – Ryan Boehle of Grand Island
5th Place – Andrew Hockett of Bondurant-Farrar
6th Place – Angel Barajas of Alta-Aurelia
7th Place – Grady Joens of Underwood
8th Place – Ayden Dather of Sergeant Bluff-Luton
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1st Place – Evan Sorensen of Atlantic
2nd Place – Henry Lund of AHSTW
3rd Place – Drake Buthe of Glenwood
4th Place – Jeisson Alvilez De Leon of Carroll
5th Place – Cooper Moore of Bondurant-Farrar
6th Place – RJ Dishong of Griswold
7th Place – Mario Rangel of Sergeant Bluff-Luton
8th Place – Grayson Chrones of Central DeWitt
