Perry’s wrestling team scored a 51-30 win over Greene County to cap Thursday’s quadrangular, with the win perhaps able to soothe some of the pain from losses of 60-16 to Ballard and of 54-24 to Humboldt in their first two duals.
Ballard finished 3-0 after defeating Greene County, 67-12, and Humboldt, 42-31, with Humboldt a 51-24 victor against Greene County.
Kaleb Ojeniczak had little trouble in any of this matches at 113 pounds, as the third-ranked standout scored a 23-8 techincal fall, in 3 minutes, 47 seconds, over Ballard’s Jim Chism in his first bout. He followed up with quick pins of Jade lange (HMB) in 49 seconds and of Braden Gallagher (GC) in 21 ticks.
Sixth-ranked Zachary Thompson was 3-0 at 120 pounds. He tallied a 15-0, 3:24 tech fall over Aaron Kinshaw (BAL) for his first win, then recorded pins over Cresten Craven (HMB) and Dale Morlan (GC) in 2:27 and 1:20, respectively.
Zach Stewart finished 2-1 at 132 pounds. Ranked 10th, he suffered a 6-2 loss to Ballard’s Jarrett Miller, who recorded his 100th win with the victory. Stewart rebounded to nail Corey Kasperbauer (HMB) in 1:56 before receiving a forfeit from Greene County.
Jacob Nelson (126) was 2-1 for Perry with a pin Ballard’s Tim Lang (2:4) and a forfeit from Greene County. Ever Tobar (138) picked up a win with an 11-5 decision over Garrett McDowell (GC), with Adan Medina (170) winning by injury default (time) against Humboldt’s Cody Linn while Juan Campos (195) earned a win with pin of Greene County’s Markus Rosenow in 1:15.
Cole Snyder rallied for an emotional victory against Greene County’s Britton Gallagher at 160. Snyder was nearly pinned midway through the first period, but scored a sudden reversal and take down to stick Gallagher’s shoulders to the mat in 1:32.
The Perry team welcomed Alex Tapia to the winner’s circle when the junior picked up his first varsity win, a pin over Caden Wilson of Greene County. The fall came in 1:47.
The other Bluejay points scored Thursday came at 152, with Erick Funez receiving a forfeit from Greene County.
Perry will return to action Saturday for the Raccoon River Conference Tournament at ADM. Action is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m.
