TMS wrestling season wraps up

The Thermopolis Middle School wrestling team wrapped up their season last week with a quad dual in Cody and then they hosted the Big Horn Basin Middle School Conference on Saturday in front of their home crowd.

On Tuesday, November 28 at the quad dual in Cody, Thermopolis went up against Powell first, winning 10 of 26 matches. Against Cody, they Cody won 10 of 18 matches.

"The following grapplers wrestled well and went undefeated on the night - Fischer Lewis (2-0), Garret White (2-0), Jesalyn Blair (1-0), Izzie Hetzel (2-0) and Trenton Enis (3-0). It was nice to get a couple duals in before conference, as we had quite a few days off over Thanksgiving break without practice. The competition was a much needed reality check for the team before our conference tournament," said coach Toby Emery

Individual results include:

Thermopolis vs. Powell dual

Fischer Lewis won by fall; Garret White won by fall; Ryker Sayler won by major decision, 12-0; Tristan Galovich lost by fall; Tanner Myers lost by fall; Trenton Enis won by fall; Trenton Enis won by fall; Logan Johnson lost by fall; Logan Johnson lost by fall; Clint Kimes lost by fall; Clint Kimes lost by fall; Trevin Shaffer won by fall; Silas Dickey lost by fall; Silas Dickey lost by fall; Kacey Mackay lost by fall; Kacey Mackay won by fall; Tanner Delay won by fall; Jack Morningstar lost by fall; Jack Morningstar lost by fall; Tyler Morris lost by fall; Elena Ketner lost by fall; Elena Ketner lost by fall; Izzie Hetzel won by decision, 7-2; Briar Lahoe lost by fall; Jesalyn Blair won by decision, 4-1; Kacey Mackay lost by fall; Kylie Geis won by fall; Brayli Price lost by fall.

Thermopolis vs Cody Dual

Fischer Lewis won by fall; Ryker Sayler lost by decision, 4-9; Garret White won by decision, 6-0; Garret White won by major decision, 13-0; Tristan Galovich won by fall; Tanner Myers lost by major decision, 2-15; Logan Johnson lost by fall; Trenton Enis won by fall; Clint Kimes lost by fall; Trevin Shaffer won by major decision, 14-0; Silas Dickey lost by fall; Kacey Mackay lost by fall; Tanner Delay lost by major decision, 0-9; Jack Morningstar lost by fall; Tyler Morris won by fall; Elena Ketner won by fall; BriarLahoe won by fall; Izzie Hetzel won by fall; Brayli Price won by major decision, 9-0; Taylin Birdsley lost by major decision, 0-9.

Thermopolis vs. Powell dual

Fischer Lewis won by fall; Garret White won by fall; Ryker Sayler won by major decision, 12-0; Tristan Galovich lost by fall; Tanner Myers lost by fall; Trenton Enis won by fall; Trenton Enis won by fall; Logan Johnson lost by fall; Logan Johnson lost by fall; Clint Kimes lost by fall; Clint Kimes lost by fall; Trevin Shaffer won by fall; Silas Dickey lost by fall; Silas Dickey lost by fall; Kacey Mackay lost by fall; Kacey Mackay won by fall; Tanner Delay won by fall; Jack Morningstar lost by fall; Jack Morningstar lost by fall; Tyler Morris lost by fall; Elena Ketner lost by fall; Elena Ketner lost by fall; Izzie Hetzel won by decision, 7-2; Briar Lahoe lost by fall; Jesalyn Blair won by decision, 4-1; Kacey Mackay lost by fall; Kylie Geis won by fall; Brayli Price lost by fall.

On Saturday, the Big Horn Basin Middle School Conference Tournament was hosted at home at the high school gym. Ten teams met to decide individual champions at each weight class, as well as the team champion overall.

Thermopolis placed seventh out of the ten conference teams. Thermopolis filled ten of eighteen weight classes and crowned three champions on the day, including Fischer Lewis (77 lbs. "A" division), Jesalyn Blair (126 lbs. girls "A" division) and Samuel Johnson (105 lbs. "B" division).

Conference runner-ups for Thermoplis include Briar Lahoe (105 lbs. girls "A" division), Garret White (77 lbs. "A" division) and Tanner Delay (115 lbs. "A" division).

Third place finishers include Ryker Sayler (84 lbs. "A" division), Trenton Enis (98 lbs. "A" division), Trevin Shaffer (110 lbs. "A" division), Izzie Hetzel (105 lbs. girls "A" division) and Kylie Geis (110 lbs. girls "A" division).

Taylin Birdsley finished a respectable fourth place (120 lbs. girls "A" division). 

"Our team is young, but they all showed up and battled. The lower weights started off really strong and the team fed off their momentum and continued it throughout the day. I'm really pleased with the team's performance and focus! They had fun and left it all on the mat," said coach Emery.

He added, "A few of our kids were able to pull off some big upset wins including Trenton Enis, Trevin Shaffer, Tanner Delay, Jesalyn Blair, and Izzie Hetzel. Every win counts for team points and they really stepped up.

"Fischer Lewis finished his sixth grade season as conference champ with an impressive 24-1 record. He is a very driven and dedicated athlete and his hard work has paid off," said coach Emery.

He added, "Overall, I'm very proud of the team's progression and execution on the mat this year. This is a great group of kids to coach and I'm already looking forward to next season. I'd like to thank the coaching staff and volunteers for all of their time and assistance throughout the season and offseason. In addition, thank you to the families of the athletes and fans for supporting the Thermopolis Middle School Wrestling Team this year.Go Bobcats!"

Conference results

A 77 - Fischer Lewis, 1st, 28 points. Champ. Round 1 - Lewis won by fall (0:18) over Collin Thompson (Riverton), Quarterfinal - Lewis won by fall (4:21) over Beckham Jacobs (Lander), Semifinal - Lewis won by fall (4:21) over Isaiah Doane (Cody), 1st Place Match - Lewis won by fall (0:45) over Garret White (Thermopolis); A 77 - Garret White, 2nd, 18.5 points. Quarterfinal - White won by tech fall (16-0) over Lucas Eakerns (Cody), Semifinal - White won by major decision (12-0) over Quentin Roemmich (Lander), 1st Place Match - Fischer Lewis (Thermopolis) won by fall (0:45) over White (Thermopolis); A 84 - Ryker Sayler, 3rd, 13.5 points. Quarterfinal - Sayler won by major decision (10-2) over Garrett Withrow (Riverton), Semifinal - Ty Mcwilliams (Lander) won by decision (7-4) over Sayler, Cons. Semi - Sayler won by major decision (12-0) over Kyland Kienlen (Worland), 3rd Place Match - Sayler won by tech fall (16-0) over Braden Ghormley (Lander); A 91 - Tanner Myers, 5 points. Champ. Round 1 - Myers won by decision (4-3) over Daxton Platt (Lander), Quarterfinal - Myers won by major decision (15-1) over Liam Winters (Riverton), Semifinal - Bobby Hernandez (Cody) won by decision (10-4) over Myers, Cons. Semi - Keller Dehmel (Worland) won by decision (4-2) over Myers; A 98 - Trenton Enis, 3rd, 18 points. Quarterfinal - Enis won by fall (2:48) over Griffin Mortenson (Cody), Semifinal - Auzzy Carter (Powell) won by fall (2:16) over Enis, Cons. Semi - Enis won by fall (1:21) over Jesse Ganoung (Rocky Mountain), 3rd Place Match - Enis won by fall (2:38) over Griffin Mortenson (Cody); A 105 - Clint Kimes, 4 points. Quarterfinal - Kimes won by decision (1-0) over Riley Wiggins (Greybull), Semifinal - Russell Goolsbey (Powell) won by fall (1:29) over Kimes, Cons. Semi - Josh Hernandez (Cody) won by fall (4:27) over Kimes ; A 110 - Trevin Shaffer, 3rd, 12 points. Quarterfinal - Shaffer won by fall (3:39) over Forest Kleinfeldt (Powell), Semifinal - Benson Jolley (Rocky Mountain) won by decision (4-3) over Shaffer, Cons. Semi - Shaffer won by decision (6-3) over Adrien McMenamy (Riverton), 3rd Place Match - Shaffer won by decision (5-4) over Forest Kleinfeldt (Powell); A 115 - Tanner Delay, 2nd, 16 points. Quarterfinal - Delay won by fall (0:24) over Royce Smith (Lander), Semifinal - Delay won in sudden victory - 1 (12-10) over Brayden Benander (Powell), 1st Place Match - Kaleb Hill (Cody) won by major decision (12-0) over Delay; A120 - Kacey Mackay. Champ. Round 1 - Isaiah Torres (Powell) won by fall (0:15) over Mackay; Cons. Round 2 - Afton Cox (Lander) won by fall (0:28) over Mackay; A 126 - Jack Morningstar. Quarterfinal - Kyler Loomis (Riverton) won by fall (0:49) over Morningstar; Cons. Round 1 - Johnathan Thomas (Worland) won by fall (1:06) over Morningstar; A 145 - Tyler Morris. Quarterfinal - Hunter Ruffing (Worland) won by fall (0:52) over Morris, Cons. Semi - Everett Copeland (Lander) won by fall (2:18) over Morris

Girls A 98 - Elena Ketner. Semifinal - Taylor Freeman (Lander) won by fall (1:09) over Ketner, Cons. Semi - Stevie French (Cody) won by fall (0:27) over Ketner; Girls A 105 - Briar Lahoe, 2nd, 18 points. Quarterfinal - Lahoe won by fall (0:22) over Kiera Big Knife (Lander), Semifinal - Lahoe won by fall (1:00) over Carmen Paredes (Riverton), 1st Place Match - Joriana Hine (Powell) won by fall (1:01) over Lahoe; Girls A 105 - Izzie Hetzel, 3rd, 15 points. Quarterfinal - Peyton Arnhold (Riverton) won by fall (0:59) over Hetzel, Cons. Round 1 - Hetzel won by fall (0:48) over Chloe Morey (Lander), Cons. Semi - Hetzel won by fall (2:36) over Carmen Paredes (Riverton), 3rd Place Match - Hetzel won by fall (2:26) over Peyton Arnhold (Riverton); Girls A 110 - Kylie Geis, 3rd, 11 points. Quarterfinal - Maythe Garay (Greybull) won by fall (3;29) over Geis, Cons. Semi - Geis won by fall (3:59) over Brayli Price (Thermopolis), 3rd Place Match - Geis won by decision (6-5) over Kaylynn Mickelson (Lovell); Girls A 110 - Brayli Price. Semifinal - Sawyer Arnhold (Riverton) won by fall 0:36) over Price, Cons. Semi - Kylie Geis (Thermopolis) won by fall (3:29) over Price; Girls A 120 - Taylin Birdsley, 4th, 7 points. Semifinal - Eliza Wagner (Lovell) won by fall (0:18) over Birdsley, Cons. Semi - Birdsley won by fall (0:39) over Kierra Nuttall (Lovell), 3rd Place Match - Kinley Rodriguez (Shoshoni) won by fall (2:34) over Birdsley; Girls A Division 126 - Jesalyn Blair, 1st, 20 points. Round 1 - Blair won by fall (2:59) over Laini Greenwell (Lander), Round 2 - Blair won by fall (1:57) over Kimberly Weber (Lander), Round 3 - Blair won by fall (1:22) over Christy Aagard (Lovell)

B 77 - Bobby Crow, 4 points. Quarterfinal - Hudson Moore (Rocky Mountain) won by fall (1:23) over Crow, Cons. Round 2 - Crow won by fall (0:16) over Payton James (Cody), Cons. Round 3 - Crow won by decision (5-4) over Thackery Bartolic (Riverton), Cons. Semi - Christopher Herold (Riverton) won by decision (7-6) over Crow; B 84 - Tristan Galovich, 8 points. Champ. Round 1 - Galovich won by fall (2:26) over Evan Rusch (Lovell), Quarterfinal - Galovich won by fall (0:46) over Will Frank (Shoshoni), Semifinal - Daniel DeLoera (Riverton) won by fall (3:51) over Galovich, Cons. Semi - Sam Franks (Shoshoni) won by decision (4-3) over Galovich ; B 91 - Jarrett Cornella, 4 points. Champ. Round 1 - Cornella won by fall (0:20) over Degan Wilson (Lovell), Quarterfinal - Ry Nicholas (Lander) won by fall (0:38) over Cornella, Cons. Round 2 - Jason Unruh (Rocky Mountain) won by fall (1:46) over Cornella; B 98 - Logan Johnson, 4 points. Quarterfinal - Landon Asay (Lovell) won by fall (2:23) over Johnson, Cons. Round 3 - Johnson won by fall (2:16) over Darrell Mumm (Powell), Cons. Semi - Dominic Glass (Cody) won by fall (2:25) over Johnson; B 105 - Samuel Johnson, 1st, 25 points. Champ. Round 1 - Johnson won by fall (0:37) over Noah Blakley (Greybull), Quarterfinal - Johnson won by decision (3-0) over Channing Wenzel (Powell), Semifinal - Johnson won by major decision (11-0) over Felix Matthiesen (Worland), 1st Place Match - Johnson won by fall (4:06) over James Schaefer (Powell), B 115 - Silas Dickey. Quarterfinal - Mawson Frank (Lander) won by fall (0:32) over Dickey, Cons. Round 3 - Evan Williams (Riverton) won by fall, (3:47) over Dickey