Day Three Audio Recaps
North Platte Bulldog Braiden Ruffin Wins the 2016 Class A 170 State Championship
North Platte Bulldog Braiden Ruffin Recaps His State Championship
North Platte Head Coach Dale Hall Recaps Braiden Ruffin’s State Title
St. Pat’s Sophomore Cameron Riggs Recaps His 2nd Straight State Title
North Platte Head Coach Dale Hall Recaps Dylan Petersen’s 5th Place Finish
North Platte Bulldog Dylan Petersen Recaps his Bulldog Career
Day Two Audio Recaps
North Platte Bulldogs Head Coach Dale Hall – Day Two Recap
North Platte Bulldog Braiden Ruffin Headed to State Championship
North Platte Head Coach Dale Hall on wrestlers seasons ending at state
North Platte St. Patrick’s Head Coach Kevin Wood – Day Two Recap
North Platte St. Patrick’s wrestler Cameron Riggs headed to State Championship
North Platte St. Patrick’s wrestler Brett Riggs after winning his 3rd match of the day
Sutherland Sailor Robert Muench headed to the State Championship
Gothenburg Head Coach Tom Scott – Day Two Recap
Gothenburg Swede Jayden Miller on his 100th career pin
Gothenburg Swedes Head Coach Tom Scott on wrestler’s seasons ending at state
Day One Audio Recaps
North Platte Bulldogs Head Coach Dale Hall
North Platte Bulldog Dylan Petersen
North Platte Bulldog Braiden Ruffin
North Platte St. Patrick’s Head Coach Kevin Wood
North Platte St. Patrick’s Irish Kameron Jordan
North Platte St. Patrick’s Irish Cameron Riggs
North Platte St. Patrick’s Irish Aaron Allison
Hershey Panthers Head Coach Andrew Glause
Gothenburg Swedes Bryce Larson
Maxwell Wildcats Head Coach Ryan Jones
Local Wrestler Results
North Platte Bulldogs
120 – Jesse MacMillan – eliminated
Champ. Round 1 – Creighton Baughman (Papillion-LaVista) 48-6 won by fall over Jesse MacMillan (North Platte) 7-6 (Fall 3:20)
Cons. Round 1 – Corbin Sindel (Lincoln Northeast) 24-16 won by decision over Jesse MacMillan (North Platte) 7-7 (Dec 7-4)
145 – Dylan Petersen – 5th place
Champ. Round 1 – Dylan Petersen (North Platte) 44-3 won by decision over Cade Kammerer (Lincoln East) 20-27 (Dec 9-3)
Quarterfinal – Dylan Petersen (North Platte) 45-3 won by decision over Parker James (Kearney) 30-19 (Dec 8-3)
Semifinal – DaShawn Dixon (Hastings) 39-1 won by decision over Dylan Petersen (North Platte) 45-4 (Dec 6-4)
Cons. Semi – Joshua Guerra (Lincoln Pius X) 31-7 won by tech fall over Dylan Petersen (North Platte) 45-5 (TF-1.5 4:24 (19-2))
5th Place Match – Dylan Petersen (North Platte) 46-5 won by major decision over Jacob Schroyer (South Sioux City) 41-8 (MD 12-1)
160 – Jayden Songster – eliminated
Champ. Round 1 – Trey Grube (Kearney) 23-11 won by fall over Jayden Songster (North Platte) 20-10 (Fall 2:45)
Cons. Round 1 – Jayden Songster (North Platte) 21-10 won by fall over Hunter White (Lincoln High) 6-5 (Fall 2:55)
Cons. Round 2 – Josh Kohl (Norfolk) 19-5 won by decision over Jayden Songster (North Platte) 21-11 (Dec 8-3)
170 – Braiden Ruffin – STATE CHAMPION
Champ. Round 1 – Braiden Ruffin (North Platte) 43-3 won in sudden victory – 1 over Connor Neal (Norfolk) 27-6 (SV-1 11-7)
Quarterfinal – Braiden Ruffin (North Platte) 44-3 won in sudden victory – 1 over Jesse Rotundo (Bellevue East) 39-13 (SV-1 8-6)
Semifinal – Braiden Ruffin (North Platte) 45-3 won by decision over Justin Shaw (Lincoln Southwest) 39-9 (Dec 6-4)
1st Place Match – Braiden Ruffin (North Platte) 46-3 won by decision over Isaac Odell (Lincoln East) 47-3 (Dec 10-5)
182 – Zach Huerta – eliminated
Champ. Round 1 – Kyle Schulz (Columbus) 42-5 won by fall over Zach Huerta (North Platte) 11-17 (Fall 5:38)
Cons. Round 1 – Jacob Dinges (Papillion-LaVista) 36-17 won by decision over Zach Huerta (North Platte) 11-18 (Dec 7-6)
285 – Bryan Halstead – eliminated
Champ. Round 1 – Lee Herrington (Kearney) 19-9 won by fall over Bryan Halsted (North Platte) 17-18 (Fall 3:07)
Cons. Round 1 – Bryan Halsted (North Platte) 18-18 won by decision over Christopher Mandeville (Lincoln Northeast) 23-9 (Dec 4-0)
Cons. Round 2 – Bryan Halsted (North Platte) 19-18 won by fall over Elijah Zoucha (Millard West) 31-12 (Fall 2:59)
Cons. Round 3 – Robert Farber (Lincoln Pius X) 33-9 won by major decision over Bryan Halsted (North Platte) 19-19 (MD 10-2)
North Platte St. Patrick’s Irish
120 – Cody Weaver – eliminated
Champ. Round 1 – Trigger Pokorny (Central Valley) 35-18 won by decision over Cody Weaver (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 26-15 (Dec 8-2)
Cons. Round 1 – Cody Weaver (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 27-15 won by fall over Broedy Metzler (Eustis-Farnam) 23-11 (Fall 2:36)
Cons. Round 2 – Cameron Kleinschmidt (Sutton) 36-13 won by decision over Cody Weaver (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 27-16 (Dec 6-5)
126 – Brett Riggs – 3rd place
Champ. Round 1 – Colby Erickson (Winside) 37-11 won by decision over Brett Riggs (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 37-7 (Dec 5-4)
Cons. Round 1 – Brett Riggs (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 38-7 won by fall over Tyson Fate (High Plains Community) 28-17 (Fall 3:50)
Cons. Round 2 – Brett Riggs (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 39-7 won by fall over Clay Stepp (Central Valley) 41-14 (Fall 5:42)
Cons. Round 3 – Brett Riggs (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 40-7 won by fall over Spencer Wichmann (Palmer) 30-8 (Fall 3:25)
Cons. Semi – Brett Riggs (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 41-7 won by injury default over Colby Erickson (Winside) 38-13 (Inj. 0:00)
3rd Place Match – Brett Riggs (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 42-7 won by decision over Keith Helm (Southwest) 46-4 (Dec 9-8)
132 – Cameron Riggs – BACK-TO-BACK STATE CHAMPION
Champ. Round 1 – Cameron Riggs (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 44-0 won by fall over Breidyn Cumpston (Amherst) 20-14 (Fall 1:31)
Quarterfinal – Cameron Riggs (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 45-0 won by decision over Trent Steinkraus (Plainview) 33-10 (Dec 8-2)
Semifinal – Cameron Riggs (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 46-0 won by fall over Chandler Stone (Sutton) 38-12 (Fall 2:54)
1st Place Match – Cameron Riggs (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 47-0 won by major decision over Connor Donscheski (Palmer) 50-6 (MD 17-5)
138 – Kameron Jordan – 4th place
Champ. Round 1 – Kameron Jordan (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 43-4 won by tech fall over Edwen Baptista (Friend) 18-13 (TF-1.5 5:40 (15-0)
Quarterfinal – Kameron Jordan (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 44-4 won by fall over Jesse Schmit (Randolph) 37-15 (Fall 0:36)
Semifinal – Sean Mendlik (Archbishop Bergan) 39-5 won by decision over Kameron Jordan (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 44-5 (Dec 4-2)
Cons. Semi – Kameron Jordan (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 45-5 won by decision over Garrett Elfeldt (Sutherland) 21-8 (Dec 6-4)
3rd Place Match – Cole Aschoff (Plainview) 42-3 won in sudden victory – 1 over Kameron Jordan (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 45-6 (SV-1 9-7)
145 – Aaron Allison – 3rd place
Champ. Round 1 – Aaron Allison (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 42-5 won by decision over JW Schroder (Twin Loup) 28-19 (Dec 5-1)
Quarterfinal – Aaron Allison (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 43-5 won by fall over Tanner Coufal (Howells-Dodge) 35-11 (Fall 2:30)
Semifinal – Devon Walker (Elm Creek) 52-5 won by decision over Aaron Allison (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 43-6 (Dec 4-3)
Cons. Semi – Aaron Allison (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 44-6 won by decision over Chandler Donscheski (Palmer) 51-5 (Dec 2-1)
3rd Place Match – Aaron Allison (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 45-6 won by fall over Jared Atkeson (St. Mary`s) 36-6 (Fall 2:32)
Gothenburg Swedes
113 – Trevor Holley – eliminated
Champ. Round 1 – Zach Trumble (Aurora) 33-9 won by fall over Trevor Holley (Gothenburg) 36-13 (Fall 3:14)
Cons. Round 1 – Trevor Holley (Gothenburg) 37-13 won by fall over Seth Broadstone (Mount Michael Benedictine) 19-20 (Fall 2:39)
Cons. Round 2 – Kaden Vowers (Sidney) 46-6 won by decision over Trevor Holley (Gothenburg) 37-14 (Dec 4-1)
120 – Noah Larson – eliminated
Champ. Round 1 – Ronald Taylor (Plattsmouth) 36-10 won by fall over Noah Larson (Gothenburg) 34-16 (Fall 1:47)
Cons. Round 1 – Noah Larson (Gothenburg) 35-16 won by major decision over Jake Harriger (West Point-Beemer) 21-23 (MD 21-8)
Cons. Round 2 – Celvin Lopez (Schuyler) 28-18 won by fall over Noah Larson (Gothenburg) 35-17 (Fall 1:43)
126 – Bryce Larson – 5th Place
Champ. Round 1 – Bryce Larson (Gothenburg) 47-5 won in sudden victory – 1 over Josh Pokorny (Bennington) 41-5 (SV-1 7-5)
Quarterfinal – Bryce Larson (Gothenburg) 48-5 won by decision over Mason Brandenburg (Columbus Scotus) 26-9 (Dec 2-1)
Semifinal – Joe Ritzen (Chadron) 39-2 won by major decision over Bryce Larson (Gothenburg) 48-6 (MD 10-2)
Cons. Semi – Jeff Heinz (Omaha Skutt Catholic) 39-8 won by major decision over Bryce Larson (Gothenburg) 48-7 (MD 13-1)
5th Place Match – Bryce Larson (Gothenburg) 49-7 won in sudden victory – 1 over Jorgen Johnson (Alliance) 37-16 (SV-1 4-2)
152 – Jayden Miller – 6th place
Champ. Round 1 – Jayden Miller (Gothenburg) 46-6 won by fall over Jacob Hubschman (Omaha Roncalli Catholic) 13-14 (Fall 0:21)
Quarterfinal – Billy Higgins (Omaha Skutt Catholic) 43-3 won by decision over Jayden Miller (Gothenburg) 46-7 (Dec 12-5)
Cons. Round 2 – Jayden Miller (Gothenburg) 47-7 won by decision over Alec Foltz (Columbus Scotus) 37-9 (Dec 3-2)
Cons. Round 3 – Jayden Miller (Gothenburg) 48-7 won by decision over Danny Vallejo (Alliance) 43-10 (Dec 7-5)
Cons. Semi – Kole Gray (Plattsmouth) 19-6 won by decision over Jayden Miller (Gothenburg) 48-8 (Dec 9-6)
5th Place Match – Justyn Franklin (Fairbury) 37-5 won by fall over Jayden Miller (Gothenburg) 48-9 (Fall 2:23)
182 – Noah Gugleman – eliminated
Champ. Round 1 – Trevor Walton (Boys Town) 18-2 won by fall over Noah Gugleman (Gothenburg) 32-20 (Fall 0:46)
Cons. Round 1 – Patrick Ondrak (Fairbury) 40-10 won by fall over Noah Gugleman (Gothenburg) 32-21 (Fall 3:24)
Hershey Panthers
182 – Wyatt McConnell – eliminatedÂ
Champ. Round 1 – Bailey Thompson (O`Neill) 42-3 won by fall over Wyatt McConnell (Hershey) 31-9 (Fall 1:42)
Cons. Round 1 – Jake Palensky (Raymond Central) 39-9 won by fall over Wyatt McConnell (Hershey) 31-10 (Fall 2:39)
220 – Bryan McGahan – eliminated
Champ. Round 1 – Bryan McGahan (Hershey) 37-7 won by fall over Collin Smyth (Gibbon) 22-14 (Fall 1:00)
Quarterfinal – Nick Hines (North Bend Central) 42-2 won by decision over Bryan McGahan (Hershey) 37-8 (Dec 3-1)
Cons. Round 2 – Bryan McGahan (Hershey) 38-8 won by decision over Keaton Husak (Wood River) 43-9 (Dec 5-2)
Cons. Round 3 – Garrett Davidson (Cross County/Osceola) 44-10 won by decision over Bryan McGahan (Hershey) 38-9 (Dec 5-4)
285 – Lane Richardson – 4th place
Champ. Round 1 – Lane Richardson (Hershey) 33-1 won by fall over Brenden Comte (Aquinas Catholic) 27-5 (Fall 1:11)
Quarterfinal – Aron Reynaga (Madison) 45-0 won in tie breaker – 1 over Lane Richardson (Hershey) 33-2 (TB-1 2-1)
Cons. Round 2 – Lane Richardson (Hershey) 34-2 won by fall over Victor Stoffel (Norfolk Catholic) 25-13 (Fall 0:54)
Cons. Round 3 – Lane Richardson (Hershey) 35-2 won by fall over Hunter Miller (Cross County/Osceola) 44-5 (Fall 2:24)
3rd Place Match – Riley Homolka (Wilber-Clatonia) 39-6 won in tie breaker – 1 over Lane Richardson (Hershey) 36-3 (TB-1 3-2)
Maxwell Wildcats
152 – Ryan McKeeman – eliminated
Champ. Round 1 – Drew Loberg (Randolph) 45-1 won by fall over Ryan Mckeeman (Maxwell) 13-8 (Fall 1:28)
Cons. Round 1 – Tony Vollmer (Sumner-Eddyville-Miller) 32-12 won by decision over Ryan Mckeeman (Maxwell) 13-9 (Dec 7-2)
285 – Houston Crane – eliminated
Champ. Round 1 – Jacobson Podtburg (Freeman) 23-7 won by fall over Houston Crane (Maxwell) 20-6 (Fall 1:54)
Cons. Round 1 – Houston Crane (Maxwell) 21-6 won by fall over Tyler Schultz (Cambridge) 36-17 (Fall 3:09)
Cons. Round 2 – Thomas Hughes (Burwell) 25-12 won by fall over Houston Crane (Maxwell) 21-7 (Fall 1:46)
Sutherland Sailors
106 – Ryan Patrick – 6th Place
Champ. Round 1 – Ryan Patrick (Sutherland) 36-4 won in sudden victory – 1 over Cameron Wilkinson (Neligh-Oakdale) 34-13 (SV-1 6-4)
Quarterfinal – Ignacio Rivera (Sutton) 34-5 won by fall over Ryan Patrick (Sutherland) 36-5 (Fall 1:35)
Cons. Round 2 – Ryan Patrick (Sutherland) 37-5 won by fall over Brady Gracey (Mullen) 31-16 (Fall 0:28)
Cons. Round 3 – Ryan Patrick (Sutherland) 38-5 won by decision over Bryson Bovee (Pender) 40-15 (Dec 4-1)
Cons. Semi – Dillon Steward (Elkhorn Valley) 39-3 won by fall over Ryan Patrick (Sutherland) 38-6 (Fall 4:16)
5th Place Match – Cooper Weber (Hemingford) 43-10 won by decision over Ryan Patrick (Sutherland) 38-7 (Dec 4-2)
120 – William White – eliminated
Champ. Round 1 – Cameron Kleinschmidt (Sutton) 35-12 won by decision over William White (Sutherland) 26-17 (Dec 8-5)
Cons. Round 1 – Samuel Florell (Amherst) 30-14 won by major decision over William White (Sutherland) 26-18 (MD 10-2)
138 – Garrett Elfeldt – 6th Place
Champ. Round 1 – Garrett Elfeldt (Sutherland) 19-6 won by fall over Chad Samuelson (Palmer) 21-19 (Fall 0:24)
Quarterfinal – Brody Lewis (Franklin) 42-2 won by major decision over Garrett Elfeldt (Sutherland) 19-7 (MD 9-0)
Cons. Round 2 – Garrett Elfeldt (Sutherland) 20-7 won by decision over Edwen Baptista (Friend) 19-14 (Dec 10-4)
Cons. Round 3 – Garrett Elfeldt (Sutherland) 21-7 won by major decision over Jake Korinek (Medicine Valley) 29-16 (MD 12-1)
Cons. Semi – Kameron Jordan (North Platte St. Patrick`s) 45-5 won by decision over Garrett Elfeldt (Sutherland) 21-8 (Dec 6-4)
5th Place Match – Jake Judge (West Holt) 41-8 won by decision over Garrett Elfeldt (Sutherland) 21-9 (Dec 5-4)
152 – Nathan Fleecs – eliminated
Champ. Round 1 – Nathan Fleecs (Sutherland) 32-2 won by decision over Ryan Dawe (Burwell) 19-22 (Dec 9-3)
Quarterfinal – Hunter Reimers (Palmer) 36-9 won by decision over Nathan Fleecs (Sutherland) 32-3 (Dec 7-4)
Cons. Round 2 – Nathan Fleecs (Sutherland) 33-3 won by decision over Jadyn Dightman (Thayer Central) 28-18 (Dec 6-0)
Cons. Round 3 – Joshua Traynor (Meridian) 41-10 won in sudden victory – 1 over Nathan Fleecs (Sutherland) 33-4 (SV-1 7-5)
160 – Preston Blake – eliminated
Champ. Round 1 – Preston Blake (Sutherland) 24-16 won by decision over Will Meyer (Fullerton) 29-17 (Dec 10-8)
Quarterfinal – Noah Rutjens (Elkhorn Valley) 41-3 won by decision over Preston Blake (Sutherland) 24-17 (Dec 9-3)
Cons. Round 2 – Colby Collier (Sandhills/Thedford) 26-4 won by decision over Preston Blake (Sutherland) 24-18 (Dec 8-4)
182 – Landon Fear – eliminated
Champ. Round 1 – Austin Lampkin (Scribner-Snyder) 39-4 won in tie breaker – 1 over Landan Fear (Sutherland) 24-8 (TB-1 5-2)
Cons. Round 1 – Landan Fear (Sutherland) 25-8 won by decision over Cooper Smith (Tri County) 36-16 (Dec 10-5)
Cons. Round 2 – Garrett Stone (Sutton) 26-8 won by decision over Landan Fear (Sutherland) 25-9 (Dec 4-3)
195 – Jarod Nicholson – eliminated
Champ. Round 1 – Lane Helgoth (Burwell) 31-1 won by fall over Jarod Nicholson (Sutherland) 19-17 (Fall 3:13)
Cons. Round 1 – Hank Harris (Thayer Central) 30-18 won by decision over Jarod Nicholson (Sutherland) 19-18 (Dec 7-1)
220 – Robert Muench – 2nd place
Champ. Round 1 – Robert Muench (Sutherland) 37-3 won by fall over Seth Andrews (Cambridge) 29-23 (Fall 0:29)
Quarterfinal – Robert Muench (Sutherland) 38-3 won by fall over Cory Shoff (Winside) 41-6 (Fall 0:49)
Semifinal – Robert Muench (Sutherland) 39-3 won in sudden victory – 1 over Jacob Sahulka (Weeping Water) 39-2 (SV-1 7-5)
1st Place Match – Tyler Gideon (Burwell) 39-1 won by decision over Robert Muench (Sutherland) 39-4 (Dec 6-2)