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WISNER - The Randolph Cardinal wrestling team placed third in the Wisner-Pilger Invitational Saturday after scoring 97.5 team points.
Neligh-Oakdale won the meet with 123 points; East Butler was second with 116 followed by the Cardinals.
Sixteen teams competed in the tournament and 10 Randolph wrestlers brought home hardware.
Bentley Reimers, who is undefeated on the season, brought home a gold medal at 106 pounds after adding five wins to his season record of 9-0.
Reimers breezed through his weight class with three pins, a technical fall and a major decision over Drake Sova of East Butler, 12-4 in the finals’ bout.
Justin Backer placed second at 175 and finished the day 3-1 to improve to 10-2 on the season. Josh Miller also placed fifth at 175 for the Cardinals, winning his fifthplace match by major decision over Stephan Stucar of Sandy Creek.
Gavin Wortman also was the runner-up at 190 pounds. Wortman made the finals in a thrilling ultimate tie breaker win over Wyatt Langhorst from Clarkson/Leigh then lost in his final match when he was beaten by Chase Thomas of Neligh-Oakdale by fall.
Cole Jensen (132), John Leija (150) and Gage Jensen all placed third for the Cardinals.
Jensen beat his teammate, Tate Brodersen by a decision of 9-5 to grab the bronze medal and send Brodersen home with the fourthplace hardware; Leija pinned Devon Prochaska of East Butler for third and Jensen pinned Valen Searight of Lutheran High Northeast for his third-place medal.
Talyn Meyer was fourth at 120 pounds and Owen Junck came in fifth.
The Cardinals will return to the mat at the Ord Dual Tournament Dec. 30 then head to West Point for a triangular with Guardian Angels Central Catholic and Cedar Catholic on Jan. 7.
WISNER-PILGER INVITATIONAL Team Results: 1. Neligh-Oakdale 123.0; 2. East Butler 116; 3. Randolph 97.5; 4. Sandy Creek 80; 5. Homer 70.5; 6. Wisner-Pilger 68; 7. Winside 66; 8. Omaha Westview; 9. Howells-Dodge 41.5; 10. Lutheran High Northeast 36; 11. Cedar Bluffs 34; 12. Oakland-Craig 30.5; 13. Clarkson/Leigh 28; 14. Lyons-Decatur Northeast 26. 15. Wakefield 19; 16. Bancroft-Rosalie 14.5.
Randolph Individual Results: 106 - Bentley Reimers, 1st-place: Defeated Malik Cunningham (OW) by fall, 0:29; Defeated Nickolas Flores (N-O) by fall 0:51; Defeated Beau Strom (N-O) by fall, 0:31; Defeated Logan Lichtenberg (N-O) by technical fall 21-0, 4:25; Defeated Drake Sova (EB) by major decision, 18-7.
120 - Talyn Meyer, 4th-place: Was defeated by Tyler Furstenau (N-O) by fall, 1:46; Was defeated by Tristan Kocian (EB) by fall, 3:14; Was defeated by Dylan Furstenau by fall, 2:49.
132 - Cole Jensen, 3rd-place: Defeated Tristan Hough (OW) by fall, 1:53; Defeated Brody Throener (H-D) by fall, 1:02; Was defeated by Kale Glasshoff (EB) by decision, 10-4; Defeated Tate Broderson (RAN) by decision, 9-5.
132 - Tate Broderson, 4th-place: Defeated Landon Carlson (WIN) by decision, 13-12; Defeated Brayden Keyes (W-P) by fall, 0:27; Was defeated by Connor Rempe (SC) by technical fall, 20-2, 1:34; Defeated Caleb Popken (CB) by fall, 1:26; Was defeated by Cole Jensen (RAN) by decision, 9-5.
138 - Kamdin Worlein: Was defeated by Lane Fischer (WAK) by technical fall, 23-6, 5:20; Was defeated by Nolan Thoene (EB) by fall, 2:41; Was defeated by Josue Munoz (HOM) by fall, 0:10; Was defeated by Jacob Findlay (O-C) by fall, 1:04.
144 - Elijah Bermel: Defeated Simon Druckenmiller (O-C) 4:54; Was defeated by Isaac Barclay (HOM) by fall, 1:48; Was defeated by Dylan Anderson (LDNE) by fall, 2:59; Was defeated by Dane Sova (EB) by fall, 0:36.
150 - Owen Junck, 5th-place: Was defeated by Korbin Carlson (WIN) by fall, 3:32; Was defeated by Walker Ott (W-P) by fall, 1:59; Defeated Landon Ryion (WAK) by fall, 1:14; Defeated Landon Ryion (WAK) by fall, 4:41.
150 - John Leija, 3rd-place: Defeated Maximus Wiggs (HOM) by fall, 0:21; Defeated Devon Prochaska (EB) by fall, 2:46; Was defeated by Korbin Carlson (WIN) by sudden victory-1, 5-2; Defeated Devon Prochaska (EB) by fall, 1:42.
165 - Ty Sievers: Was defeated by Gabe Jensen (RAN) by fall, 0:55; Was defeated by Kade Korinek (OW) by fall, 0:55.
165 - Gage Jensen, 3rd-place: Defeated Ty Sievers (RAN) by fall, 0:55; Defeated Kade Korinek (OW) by fall, 3:05; Was defeated by Keegan Poppe (W-P) by fall, 1:37; Defeated Valen Searight (LHNE) by fall, 2:05.
175 - Justin Backer, 2nd-place: Defeated Dallas Martin (W-P) by fall, 1:19; Defeated Josh Miller (RAN) by fall, 1:16; Defeated Aiden Dodd (OW) by fall, 0:28; Was defeated by Logan Nelson (W-P) by fall, 5:10.
175 - Josh Miller, 5th-place: Was defeated by Justin Backer (RAN) by fall, 1:16; Was defeated by Dallas Martin (WP) by decision 10-6; Defeated Stephan Stucar (SC) by major decision, 15-4.
190 - Gavin Wortman, 2nd-place: Defeated Stockton Shabram (N-O) by fall, 0:44; Defeated Carlos Diaz (W-P) by fall, 0:32; Defeated Trent Dunn (HOM) by decision, 4-0; Defeated Wyatt Langhorst (C/L) by ultimate tie breaker, 16-9; Was defeated by Chase Thomas (N-O) by fall, 0:51.
