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Shenandoah senior Tyler Babe earns back points while completing one of his falls Thursday, Dec. 18, in Clarinda. Babe won both of his matches by fall during a 2-0 day for the Mustangs.
Shenandoah junior Will Berning lifts Clarinda's Gabe Hansen during Berning's win by technical fall Thursday, Dec. 18, during a Mustang dual win at Clarinda.
Lukus Major and Jacob McGargill won tournament championships Saturday, Jan. 3, at the Blair Border Brawl, and three more Mustangs finished second.
As a team, the Mustangs finished third in the eight-team event, featuring four Iowa schools and four Nebraska schools. Two Nebraska schools in Beatrice and Millard West beat Shenandoah’s 144.5 points. Beatrice scored 233.5 and Millard West 166. There were three teams within 10 points of the Mustangs.
McGargill stayed undefeated on the season with three technical falls in pool play at 165 pounds. He then pinned Blair’s Landry Larsen in the first period before earning a 7-1 win over Millard West’s Ben McAllister, last year’s fifth-place winner at the Nebraska Class A State Championships.
Major won all five of his matches to take the championship at 157. He pinned all three of his pool play opponents and then beat Millard West’s Caleb Washington in the semifinals. Major ended the day with a win by first period fall over Brock Weddle of Nebraska City.
Hayden Roush, Tyler Babe and Will Berning were runners-up on the day for Shenandoah.
Roush lost twice to Blair’s Landon Bernasek, 17-11 in pool play and 10-5 in the championship match at 144. Roush won his three matches by fall, including a second period pin of Beatrice’s Finley Omar in the semifinals.
In a round-robin bracket at 175, Babe won his first four matches, three by first period fall and one by a 16-10 decision over Wyatt Loftis of Blair. Babe then dropped a 14-2 major decision to Millard West’s David Washington.
Berning opened with three wins at 285, one by fall and two by decision. Berning pinned Logan-Magnolia’s Grady Brix in the semifinals before losing by fall to Gavyn Rhoden of Beatrice in the final.
Landon Fuller was third at 215 for the Mustangs. He split two matches in pool play before losing by fall to last year’s third-place winner at the Nebraska Class B State Tournament, Blaise Baughman of Blair, in the semifinals. Fuller responded with a pin in the third-place match.
Cater Wooten and Blake Burdorf both placed fourth for the Mustangs with Wooten winning two matches at 113 and Burdorf winning one at 150.
Shenandoah’s Taylor Dickerson won three matches, placing fifth at 190 while Hayden Dukes won one match and placed seventh at 157.
