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LCC wrestlers take first
COLBY - Quality outweighed quantity for the Labette Community College wrestling team over the weekend at the Colby invitational in Western Kansas.
Despite having only seven wrestlers compete, the Cardinals won the invite with 86.5 points.
Josh Baldridge (133) and Tommy McCarty (174) were first-place finishers for Labette.
Joe Yust (157), Mikey Morgan (165), Eric Irvin (184) and Willie Weber (heavyweight) each secured second.
Junior College Wrestling
Colby Tournament of Champions
Friday/Saturday
TEAM STANDINGS
Labette 86.5
Western Wyoming CC 57
Ridgewater Minnesota CC 54.5
Meramec (St. Louis) Missouri CC 52
Northwest Wyoming CC 43.5
Pratt CC 42.5
Colby CC 41.5
Lincoln Illinois CC 35
Pima Arizona CC 33
Neosho Kansas CC 17
Rochester Minnesota CC 9.5
Air Force Academy 7.5
Minnesota West CC 7.0
LABETTE RESULTS
133 - Josh Baldridge, First place:
Dec 8-4 over Ryan Hecker, Northwest;
Fall 2:04 over Tanner Dawson, Neosho;
MD 9-1 over Tyler Baker, Colby.
141 - Marcus Bowman, Third place:
Fall 1:31 over John Calderon. Pima;
Dec SV 3-1 by Levi Younkin, Colby;
MD 10-2 over Travis Bruce, Northwest;
MD 10-over Stuart Brinkman, Western.
157 - Joe Yust, Second place:
Fall 0:51 over Josh Lopez, Air Force;
MD 10-2 over Efrain Escudero, Pima;
Dec 5-4 by Jason Nichols, Pratt.
165 - Mikey Morgan, Second place:
Dec 7-1 over Jeff Sellman, Rochester;
Dec 5-2 over Eric Coxbill, Northwest;
INJ DEF by Jarret Hall, Ridgewater.
174 - Tommy McCarty, First place:
Dec 8-3 over Tyler French, Air Force;
Fall 2:18 over A.J. Harris, Air Force;
Dec 4-1 over Cody Pahan, Ridgewater.
184 - Eric Irvin, Second Place:
Dec 11-5 over Jeren Scheer, Pratt;
Dec 6-5 over Chris Sutton-Kearn, Colby;
Dec 5-4 over Colt Reece, Western;
MD 14-4 by Travous DeGroat, Pima.
HWT - Willie Weber, Second place:
Fall 1:05 over Gabe Walz, Colby;
Dec 7-5 over Brandon Rupp, Western;
Dec 3-2 by Cedric Powell, Meramec.
2007/01/08; 1:19:04 PM
