4 Medalists, 1 Champion at Warsaw Tournament

220 lb Class - Senior Michael Coy

126 lb Class - Freshman Tayje VanVoorst

On Saturday, Jan 14, the Butler Bears travelled to the Warsaw Invitational Wrestling Tournament. The Bears did have an individual tournament champion, Cale Diehl at 195 lbs. Tournament teams included Adrian, Blair Oaks, Boonville, Butler, Centralia, Clinton, Diamond, Lone Jack, Marceline, School of the Osage, Sherwood, Tipton, Tolton Catholic, Versailles, Warsaw, and Wentworth Military Academy.

Individual Results were as follows-

106- Matt McGrew 1-2 1 win by fall, 2 losses by fall

113- Trey Heckadon 2 wins by fall, 1 win by major decision, 1 win by decision, 1 loss by tech-fall 2^nd place

126- Tayje Van Voorst 2 losses by decision

132- Daniel Shubert 1 win by fall, 2 wins by decision, 2 losses by fall 3^rd place

132 lb Class - Senior - Daniel Shubert

138- Austin Fix 1 win by major decision, 2 wins by decision, 1 loss by major decision, 1 loss by fall 2^nd place

152- Jared Best 1 win by decision, 1 loss by tech-fall, 2 losses by fall

160- Mauricio Perez 1 loss by major decision, 3 losses by fall

195- Cale Diehl 2 wins by fall, 1 win by decision, 1 win by tech-fall, 1 loss by fall 1^st place

220- Michael Coy 3 wins by fall

285- Austin Strathmann 4 losses by fall

Coach Wackerman’s Comments-

“Our wrestlers rebounded from tough Thursday night dual. We wrestled strong competition at Warsaw, seeing the rest of our district and some wrestlers in new weight classes since we saw many of these teams at the beginning of the season. Individually, we have several wrestlers on pace to qualify for the state tournament and hopefully we can bring home a few medals. Cale Diehl performed exceptionally well, bringing home the gold medal for the third time this season. He rebounded from a tough loss in the morning rounds to a Clinton wrestler by tech-falling the same wrestler in the championship match in the evening. Our wrestlers need to maintain the same focus and energy that we have shown the past 2 weekends as districts approach in February. We now have an opportunity to wrestle a few duals on the road and at home in the coming weeks.”  

-photos by Dave Todd