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By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FHSU wrestling team opened up their season on Saturday (Nov. 6) at the Kaufman\/Brand\/Bayly Open in St. Louis, Mo. Four Tigers found themselves in the championship match at their respective weights and Marty Verhaeghe<\/a> was able to come out a champion in the Elite 184 bracket.

Verhaeghe won his first two matches by decision 6-1 and 4-1 before reaching the semifinals where his opponent was medically unable to compete. After advancing to the finals, Verhaeghe finished the day with a 7-4 decision over Gleason Mappes from Indianapolis.

Broderick Green<\/a> (125), Devon Weber<\/a> (133), and Tereus Henry<\/a> (197) also reached the finals but fell just short of taking first place. Green received a bye in the first round before winning his first match by decision 17-10 and his semifinal match by major decision 12-2. Green fell just short in the finals by major decision 15-4 to Cameron Fusco of McKendree. Weber had a close call in the first round, but was able to pull out a sudden victory 5-3. He then won by fall in 2:38 and decision 4-2 to make it to the finals, but fell to Eric Lovelace from Missouri by decision 12-6. Henry blazed through the first two rounds picking up a pin in 4:33 and an 18-1 technical fall. He won his semifinal match by decision 3-2, but was unable to win out as he fell by 8-0 major decision to Derek Blubaugh of Indianapolis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\nTigers also had two wrestlers win third place on the consolation side of their\nbrackets, Cody\nHicks<\/a> (157) and Anthony Caldwell (285). After receiving a\nfirst round bye, Hicks fell in the quarterfinal by sudden victory 12-11.\nDespite the loss, Hicks worked his way all the way up the consolation side with\nwins by fall in 2:39 and decision 4-1 before cruising to the third place match\ndue to a medical forfeit where he pulled out a 6-3 decision over Anthony\nMichaels from Lindenwood. Caldwell had a similar path to placing as he received\na first round bye. He then won by decision 11-4 to advance to the semifinals\nwhere he lost by fall in 4:03. Caldwell won the consolation semifinal match by\n7-2 decision and then finished off with a major decision 12-2 over Kevin Zange\nof McKendree.
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\nThe final placers of the day were Gunnar\nSmith<\/a> (133), who placed fifth, and Cole\nZebley<\/a> (141) and Cason\nLindsey<\/a> (149) finished sixth. Smith started off strong making\nit to the championship semifinals with wins by 16-0 technical fall and 4-1\ndecision, but then fell by 12-8 decision in his semifinal match. Smith would\nthen lose by fall in 52 seconds in the consolation semifinals, but finished\nfifth by medical forfeit. Zebley received a first round bye and then lost by\n5-0 decision in the quarterfinals. He would then claw his way to the\nconsolation semifinals with another bye and then a 9-4 decision. Zebley would\nthen forfeit his last two matches and end in sixth place. Lindsey lost his\nfirst round match by 7-1 decision and had to fight all the way through the back\nside to make it to the consolation semifinals with wins by fall in 4:49, 13-3\nmajor decision, and another fall in 2:38. Lindsey then lost in the consolation\nsemifinals by sudden victory 9-7 and then finished in sixth after losing to\nNoah Villareal from McKendree in a 6-2 decision.
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\nThe Tiger wrestling team will be back in action next week as they travel to\nMitchell, S.D. for the Dakota Wesleyan Open. The first round begins at 9 a.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elite\n125<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Broderick\nGreen’s<\/a> place is 2nd and\nhas scored 14.0 team points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n