By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION
The Fort Hays State men’s wrestling team opened its dual schedule with a 32-10 win over Southeast (Neb.) CC Thursday evening (Nov. 7) inside Gross Memorial Coliseum. The Tigers came away victorious in eight of the 10 bouts, including five bonus-point wins.
A.B. Stokes got things going early for the Tigers, capturing a 15-6 major decision at 125 pounds thanks to four takedowns. Andrew Honas followed at 133 pounds and notched an 8-1 decision highlighted by a second-period reversal followed by a three count.
Ely Olberding, the top-ranked wrestler in the NJCAA at 141 pounds, helped the Bobcats respond with a major decision before Fort Hays State rattled off four-straight wins to take back control.
Drew Bell narrowly missed a technical fall at 149 pounds, settling for a 15-1 major decision after recording three takedowns and earning four nearfall points. A pair of first-period takedowns were enough for Marcell Dely to secure a 6-3 decision at 157 pounds. Jacob Judd followed at 165 pounds with a pin in just 39 seconds, one second off the fastest pin by a Tiger this season.
Next up was Connor Padgett at 174 pounds, who dominated his way to a 21-4 technical fall thanks to seven takedowns, four of which occurred in the first period. SCC got back on the board with a second-period pin at 184 pounds before FHSU took home the final two bouts of the evening.
Ryan Patterson rallied from behind to capture a narrow 10-9 decision at 197 pounds. SCC’s Corey Hyatt picked up one more takedown than Patterson, 3-2, but four Tiger escapes compared to none by the Bobcats gave Patterson the one-point win.
Riah Ostrander wrapped up the evening with an 11-2 major decision at 285 pounds, totaling three takedowns while allowing only one escape.
The Tigers will return to action next Friday (Nov. 15) when they travel to Golden, Colo. for a pair of duals against Otero JC (5 p.m./ 4 p.m. MT) and Colorado School of Mines (8 p.m./7 p.m. MT).
Fort Hays State 32, Southeast CC 10
125 – A.B. Stokes over Trevon Oehme (MD 15-6)
133 – Andrew Honas over Lance Olberding (Dec 8-1)
141 – Ely Olberding over Corbin White (MD 16-3)
149 – Drew Bell over Trevor Reinke (MD 15-1)
157 – Marcell Dely over Colin Menold (Dec 6-3)
165 – Jacob Judd over Noah Strantz (Fall 0:39)
174 – Connor Padgett over Diego Maganda (TF 21-4 5:15)
184 – Isaac White over Matthew Rodriguez (Fall 3:52)
197 – Ryan Patterson over Corey Hyatt (Dec 10-9)
285 – Riah Ostrander over Miguel Perez Diaz (MD 11-2)