Butler Bears Wrestling Results - January 31st.

BATES COUNTY, Mo – On Saturday, Jan 31, the Butler Bears traveled to the Richmond Invitational Wrestling Tournament. Tournament teams included Adrian, Butler, Carrollton, Fatima, Hallsville, Holden, Knob Noster, Lawson, Mid-Buchanan, North Callaway, Richmond, and Versailles. The Bears had one individual medalist- Tayje Van Voorst, 4th/138. The next tournament for the Bears will be the district wrestling tournament on Feb 13th and 14th, at Lathrop High School.

Individual Results were as follows-

132 A Pool- Kenton Taylor 1-3 1 win by forfeit, 1 loss by decision, 1 loss by major-decision, 1 loss by fall

132 B Pool- Nathan Baker 2-3 2 wins by fall, 1 loss by major-decision, 2 losses by fall

138 A Pool- Tayje Van Voorst 2-3 1 win by fall, 1 win by major-decision , 3 losses by decision 4th place

145 A Pool- Dylan Morris 1-4 1 win by decision, 1 loss by decision, 1 loss by tech-fall, 2 losses by fall

145 B Pool- Austin Alcorn 3-2 2 wins by fall, 1 win by decision, 1 loss by decision, 1 loss by fall

152 B Pool Brett Behringer 1-4 1 win by fall, 4 losses by fall

170 B Pool Reid Davis 2-0 1 win by major-decision, 1 win by decision

182 A Pool- AJ Durnell 1-4 1 win by forfeit, 1 loss by decision, 3 losses by forfeit

Coach’s Comments-

“The parity of this tournament was strong. Dividing the wrestlers into A and B pools, with rare exceptions, created tough, close matches throughout the day for everyone. It takes a lot of stamina, toughness, and focus to wrestle five tough matches like this throughout the day, especially in round robin formats. At times, we weren’t aggressive enough on our feet and left points on the shelf, mismanaging short time situations and the mat edges. Those mistakes are unforgivable at the next tournament that we attend- the district tournament. We’re hitting the final weeks of the season, and any wrestler who wants to qualify for state will have to wrestle within the tactical style that wins in the post-season- winning the takedown margin in every match.”

Butler Bears Wrestling Results - January 31st.