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Freshman Ryan Byrn e receives the
Due to the fact that the JV I problems making weight. gave us a huge challenge and showed hand rai se after winning hi s match at
Varsity wrestling team was not ex- The team overcame obstacles us new things which made us much
pected to have a good season and and had a very successful season. better as a team," sophomore Jason
many injuries which occurred, the They had a dual record of8-l. "Coach Rumbaugh said.
wrestling team was very pleased with Craney and Allgood did a great job Many were disappointed with
its season. of preparing us. The team did a great the outcome at state. The team had
"We were not expected to do job staying together and supporting 12 wrestlers go to state and were
very well since we were a young each other. It helped out that we had expected to get first place. They only
team and we lost a lot of good wres- great JV guys to practice against," had one wrestler advance to the fi-
tlers," senior Reed Nyffeler said. senior J.J. Hoeft said. nals, and they came back to get fourth
The team was struck with many "We're glad we played by the place as a team. Although they did
injuries, freshman Shane Schulte had rules and brought respect to Millard not do as well as expected at state,
an injured hip, junior John Witte North wrestling," Nyffeler said. freshman Grant Sather fini shed his
injured his knees, senior Reed "I thought we had a great sea- season with a state title. "I wanted to
Nyffeler was out for the first half of son, hopefully next year we can win do the best I could, and I am pleased
the season due to a dislocated elbow, at state," Nate Hoeft said. The with what happened," he said.
senior Henk deBoer was out for season also brought enjoyment, and Others who placed at state were
most of the season because of bad the support from the parents and freshman Nate Hoeft ( 119) at third.
shoulders, and junior John Carreon cheerleaders helped out. Some said At fourth were senior Zach Petrick
could not go to state because of a it was too bad there were not any ( 134 ), sophomore Erik Christensen
hyperextended knee, Carreon was fans. (106), senior Reed Nyffeler (160),
rated third going into state. The The JV team also had a great and at fifth senior J.J. Hoeft ( 151).
wrestling team also suffered many year. They once again had a dual "It was a tough year and we did
other hampering injuries which af- record of 9-0. Coach Dan Craney very well. No matter what anyone
fected overall perfonnance. Other finished off his fifth straight unde- else says," Rumbaugh said. 0
problems included freshmen having feated JV season. "The varsity guys N~KeJ4

Stats

Varsity

Omaha Northwe st 59-9
Bellevue West 58-15
Kearn ey 25-39
Lincoln East 41-21
Bellevue East 47-27
Bryan 44-12
CB Thomas Jeffer son 47-15
Omah a Benson 56-12
Millard South 41-19
Won 8 Lost 1
North Invite 1st
S Sioux City Invite I st
Millard South Invite 6th
Metro 2nd
Burke Invite 3rd
Norfolk Invite 3rd
District I st
State 4th
Varsity/ JV Wrestling: front· Klint Shane Olson, Dustin Gunderson, J J Hoeft, Reed Nyffeler, John Witte, Henk deBoer,
Kudlacek, Jason Rumbaugh, Kyle Deming, Adam Miller, Kevin Kullman, Greg Williams, Andy Ni ckel, Fred Lecuona, Jeff Spe ncer,
John Carreon, Grant Sather, Spencer Petersen, Jason Burson, Erik Chri stensen, Zach Petrick, Coach Greg Doeschot, Coach Ri ck Allgood.
Justin Kullman, Nate Hoeft, Jason Mantz, John Eurek, Brian Mongar; back- Coach (Jack Martin Photography)
Doug Abel; second row- John Novak, Dan Craney, Coach Jeff Salberg, Ryan Byrn e,