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Simpson, Ramirez take gold at Cambridge meet PDF Print E-mail
Written by Wauneta Breeze   
Friday, 08 January 2010 20:42

By Dave Vrbas

The Wauneta Breeze

 

Adam Simpson continued his stretch of wins to an even 20-0 over the weekend, taking gold at the Fran Jorgensen Invitational meet at Cambridge on Saturday.

Simpson, rated second in Class C’s 215-pound division by the Omaha World-Herald this year, survived a challenge from Cambridge’s Catlin Rice in the finals.

Marcos Ramirez also took first place at the meet, taking gold in the 112-pound class, outwrestling Lukas Cox of Alma in the finals.

Alex Pollmann, wrestling in the 285-pound class, suffered his first loss of the season, taking second to Dakota Vojta of Loomis-Bertrand.

Another Hitchcock County/Wauneta-Palisade wrestler from Hitchcock County, Austin Oberg, finished third in that division.

Keagan Haarberg finished second in the 189-pound division, losing in the finals to Gus Petersen of Cambridge.

Kaleb Straub finished fourth among the 135-pound wrestlers and James Rundel was fourth in the 140-pound division.

No other individual results were available at press time this week.

Cambridge won the meet, with Ansley/Arcadia second, Loomis-Bertrand third and HC/WP fourth.

Team results are as follows: 1. Cambridge, 264; 2. Ansley/Arcadia, 232; 3. Loomis-Bertrand, 202; 4. HC/WP, 174; 5. Elwood, 148; 6. Harvard/Clay Center, 106; 7. Overton, 97; 8. Elm Creek, 94; 9. Alma, 78; 10. Wilcox/Hildreth, 71; 11. Eustis-Farnam, 61; 12. Superior, 43; 13. Axtell, 38.