Liberty wrestlers extend winning streak

The Liberty wrestling team extended their winning streak by defeating Russell and Larned in Larned on Thursday, Feb. 16. Traditional dual format was used where teams wrestle head to head by weight. In the opening dual with Russell, Liberty won the first four matches, three by fall and one by major decision giving Pratt a 22-0 lead right out of the gate.

Pratt would go on to win 10 of 14 matches, beating Russell 56-24. Dylan Pelland and Dylan Lowe each won their match by a margin of 10 points, scoring a major decision for the team.

Devon Evert, Brandon Guerra, Bryan Balderrama, Devon Koehler, Standard Brown and Brady Ransom all won by fall.

Dalton Prosser and Hunter Doyle each received a forfeit. Jacob Kurz, Bryce Stegman, Christian Masters and Logan Baird lost by fall to tough opponents.

In the final dual of the night, Pratt matched up with Larned in only eight weights. Pratt won five out of the eight matches but accumulated an additional 36 points due to forfeits.

Dylan Pelland, Devon Evert, Dylan Lowe, Standard Brown, Hunter Doyle and Brady Ransom each received a forfeit.

Brandon Guerra and Bryan Balderrama each won by decision avenging previous losses to their Larned opponents.

Dalton Prosser, Christian Masters and Devon Koehler won their matches by fall.

Pratt won the dual by a final score of 60-18.

Hunter Kaufman, Dalton Prosser and Hunter Doyle each won exhibition matches. Hunter Kaufman won an overtime thriller by a score of 10-8, Dalton defeated his Russell opponent 17-12 in a very competitive match-up and Hunter Doyle won by fall. Brandon Kelling, Drew Roadhouse, Dawson Cox, Camden Sweet and Sean Noel also wrestled exhibition matches and competed well.

“It was a solid team performance,” Coach Bryan Pixler said. “I’m seeing a lot of improvement in our athletes especially our beginners but we still have some areas that need work.”

Liberty travels back to Larned on Tuesday to wrestle in a quad with Larned, Lakin and Harper beginning at 4 p.m.

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