Kansas Wrestling (all images via gobeaversports.com)
The No. three ranked Pratt Community College wrestling team headed into day two sitting in third place at the NJCAA men’s wrestling championships in Council Bluff, Iowa on Saturday, Mar. 2. The action got underway at 9:30 a.m. for the Beavers as five wrestlers were scheduled for semi-final matches. In addition, Kaden Spragis was scheduled in the consolation round of four.
Three of the five wrestlers advanced to their respective championship matches including Easton Taylor (141-lbs), Cayleb Atkins (165-lbs), and Kaden Glass (197-lbs). Both Taylor and Atkins finished their championship weekends as NJCAA national runners-up with Taylor doing so back-to-back years.
The story of the weekend was Kaden Glass who became the only unseeded wrestler to make it to the championship round. Glass ended his weekend facing the No. one seeded wrestler in his bracket and came out on top in a 4-2 decision for the national championship at the 197-lb weight class. Glass secured a top three finish for the Beavers with 134.5 points.
Other finishers and NJCAA all-Americans for the Beavers include Kaden Spragis (125-lbs), Gabe Maki (149-lbs), and Blake Jouret (184-lbs). See the full results and placements for all ten Beaver wrestlers.
125-lbs: #5 Kaden Spragis Results (4th Place) (NJCAA All-American)
Round of 32: wins by Technical Fall over Naci Robinson of Union College 18-2
Roud of 16: wins by Technical Fall over #9 Keiichi Kong of Rochester 17-1
Quarter-Final: loses by Major Decision to Anthony Schickel of Triton 11-3
Consi of 8 #2: wins by Fall in the First Period over Chris Kish of Harper College (0:44)
Consi of 4: wins by Decision over #7 Isaac Gibbs of Indian Hills 5-4
Consi Semi-Final: wins by Decision over #3 Elijah Cater of North Idaho 3-0
3rd Place Match: loses by Technical Fall to #4 Anthony Schickel of Triton 16-0.
Round of 64: loses by Fall in the Second Period to Jamey Bruner of Iowa Central (4:23)
Consi of 32 #2: wins by Fall in the First Period over Mckenley Charlus of NIACC (2:05)
Consi of 16 #1: loses by Fall in the First Period to #8 Kasey Curtis of Snow (2:54)
141-lbs: #1 Easton Taylor Results (2x NJCAA National Runner- Up) (2x NJCAA All-American) (2x NJCAA National Finalist)
Round of 32: wins by Major Decision over #6 River Wardel of Western Wyoming 9-0
Round of 16: wins by Fall in the First Period over Chris Casale of Sussex CCC (0:28)
Quarter-Final: wins by Major Decision over Jazen Brown of Labette CC 15-2
Semi-Final: wins by Fall in the Second Period over #3 Isaac Church of NIACC (3:42)
Championship Match: loses by Decision to #2 Malachi Bordovsky of Iowa Western 2-1
