DECEMBER 12, 2013!

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COUGAR WRESTLING

LEFT: JOEY SIMPSON WORKING THE HALF. ABOVE: SAM SIMPSON GETTING THE PIN.

Cougars Earn Early Season Lessons

The Cougar wrestling team worked through some early season jitters to claim two medals at the home Cougar Classic. The team is very young with only two seniors so they have had to rely on their youth to grow up very quickly. Joey Simpson (285 lbs.) led the way for the Cougars with a 4-0 record at the meet, with four pins on the way to a rst place nish. Sam Simpson earned a hard earned 4th place nish in the 182 lb. division. Other individuals earning wins in the tournament were Ryan Colgrove (152 lbs.), Jake Herz (145 lbs.), Bryan Richards (132 lbs.), Jacob Sawyer (132 lbs.), and Jacob Huckleberry (220 lbs.). The Cougars nished 11th out of 11 teams. The Cougars will travel to Nebraska City on Tuesday for the Nebraska City JV tournament.

RYAN COLGROVE BREAKING DOWN HIS OPPONENT

JACOB HUCKLEBERRY PINNING HIS MAN

JAKE HERZ WORKING FOR A TAKEDOWN

Cougars Take on BIG Schools in Nebraska City JV Tournament

The Cougar wrestling team wrestled at the Nebraska City JV Tournament on Tuesday and had some impressive nishes. Jake Herz nished 6th at 145 lbs., Sam Simpson earned a 5th place medal at 182 lbs., and Ryan Colgrove nished with a 4th place nish at 145 lbs.! eleven class B schools including the 4th rated Gretna Dragons, 5th rated Cozad , 6th rated Nebraska City, 7th rated Beatrice, 8th rated Plattsmouth, and 10th rated Blair.! Total Team Standings! 204.0! 191.0! 180.5! 130.0! 128.0! 101.0! 86.0! 82.0! 80.0! 68.0! 65.0! 47.0! 40.0! 35.0! 27.0! 25.0! 21.0! 6.0

COUGARS

1. Millard South 2. Nebraska City The Cougars took a total of seven 3. Millard West wrestlers to the meet and nished in 4. Plattsmouth 14th place out of 18 teams. What made 5. Lincoln Southeast 6. Bellevue East this meet a little more difcult than most would be the level of competition 7. Syracuse 8. Lincoln Northeast that they faced. In attendance at the 9. Gretna meet were the JV wrestlers from ve 10. Tekamah-Herman Class A schools including the 3rd 11. Norris ranked Millard South Patriots, also 12. Boys Town 13. Blair 14. Conestoga ANDY EDEN WORKING HARD 15. Beatrice 16. Wahoo AGAINST HIS OPPONENT AT 17. Ashland Greenwood THE NEBRASKA CITY JV 18.Falls City

BROOK WAG NER IN POSITION

TOURNAMENT

BRYAN RICHA RD F I G H T I N G O F F H I S B AC K

ZANE B ERENS FIGHTIN G F O R C O N T RO L

RYAN COLGROVE CEL EBRATING HIS WIN

PHOTOS FROM THIS YEAR

TAKEDOWN-A-THON!
1. JAKE HERZ 2. RYAN COLGROVE 3. SAM SIMPSON 4. JACOB HUCKLEBERRY 5. JOEY SIMPSON 6. ZANE BERENS 7. BRYAN RICHARD 8. JACOB SAWYER 9. BROOK WAGNER 10. ANDY EDEN 11. ARIEN MOORE 12. AUSTIN GRESS 13. JIM DRAKE 11! 4! 4! 4! 4! 3! 3! 2! 1! 0! 0! 0! 0

Wrestlers Raise Money and Fans through Takedown-a-thon

The wrestlers main fundraiser this year is a Takedown-a-thon, their main goal is to nd people who are interested in sponsoring them for every takedown that they get in a match this season. Sponsors are able to donate as little as $.01 for every takedown that their specic wrestler receives. ! For example, lets take Jake Herz, if you look at the column on the left, he has 11 takedowns so far this season. If you sponsored Jake for say $0.50 for every takedown he recorded for the year you so far would owe $5.50. At the end of the year we would add up all of his takedowns and you would pay the amount that you pledged.! This type of fundraiser is great for getting your sponsors to follow you and the rest of the team to celebrate your successes. ! If you are interested in sponsoring a wrestler please feel free to contact Coach Colgrove at conestogawrestling@gmail.com.!