Parsons Sun
Pendleton, Yust place
OMAHA, Neb. - The Labette Community College wrestling team had two placers over the weekend in the Omaha Ryan Kaufman Open.
Willy Pendleton (149 pounds) took second place, while Joe Yust (157) was a fourth-place finisher for Labette.
"The Omaha Open was a very good tournament showing from the Cardinals," LCC head coach Joe Renfro said. "We only placed two, but the guys battled hard and had some great wins.
"Most of the starting line-up went at least 3-2, and had several promising matches. I believe we learned a lot as a group, we know that we need to improve and we will."
The Cardinals were dealing with the fact that the opposition has had a lot more mat time thus far.
"We've only had two real matches before this event and most of our opponents here had already wrestled anywhere from 10-to-15 times," Renfro said. "We'll gain experience from here on out."
Labette Community College wrestling
Omaha Ryan Hoffman Open
At Omaha, Neb., Saturday's results
LABETTE RESULTS
149 pounds Willy Pendleton (Second place)
Dec 5-3 over Nick Pickerell, University of Northern Iowa
Dec 7-4 over Brooks Coposa, University of Iowa
Dec 3-1 over Ryan Etherton, University of Nebraska @ Kearney
Dec 6-4 SV by Adam Hall, Boise State University
157 Joe Yust (Fourth place)
Dec 8-3 over Corey Fitzpatrich, University of Northern Iowa
Dec 5-2 over Sean Curran, University of Minnesota @ Mankato
Dec 7-3 by Nate Carr, Iowa Central Community College
Fall 1:50 over Kevin Wallraff, University of Minnesota @ Mankato
Dec 5-1 over Ryan Orel, Minnesota West Community College
Dec 5-1 over Jarion Beets, University of Northern Iowa
Dec 3-2 by Nate Carr, Iowa Central Community College
Big-match winners
125 Tim Elliott
Fall 5:54 by Kyle Anson, University of Northern Iowa
FOR over James Ball, University of Nebraska @ Omaha
Dec 6-3 over Ben Hanish, Iowa State University
Dec 6-2 over Nick Smith, University of Minnesota @ Mankato
MD 12-4 by Pat Castillo, University of Northern Illinois
141 Marcus Bowman
Fall 1:19 over Justin Sietz, Minnesota West Community College
Fall 2:12 over Chuck Mulligan, York College
Dec 2-1; SV by Sim Birbiesca, University of Nebraska @ Omaha
MD 12-2 over Matt Ward, NEO
Dec 8-4 over Drew Hare, Labette Community College
Fall 4:55 by Pat McLemore, University of Northern Illinois
165 Mikey Morgan
Dec 5-0 by Stephen Dwyer, University of Nebraska
MD 13-0 over Jesse Rogers, Lindenwood University
MD 11-1 over Phil Morgan, North Dakota State University
Dec 3-0 over Nate Troye, Iowa Central Community College
FOR by Kyle Svendsen, Augustana College
174 Tommy McCarty
Dec 4-1 over Matt Burns, Lindenwood University
Dec 3-1 SV by Jay Wood, University of Nebraska @ Omaha
Dec 14-9 over Stephen Crozier, Air Force Academy
Dec 3-1 over Cody Henriksen, Augustana college
Dec 9-4 by J.D. Naig, University of Nebraska @ Omaha
197 Elijah Martinez
Dec 4-2 by Cameron Browne, University of Nebraska
Dec 4-1 over Mark Giessen, Minnesota West Community College
Dec 6-5 over Gordon Johnson, Iowa Central Community College
Dec 6-4 over Cory Johnson, Oklahoma City University
Dec 3-2 over Daniel Heineken, Linden-wood University
11/20/2006; 1:36:33 PM
