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The Boonville Pirates wrestling team will begin what is the biggest tournament of the season tonight at Clinton High School.
Although the tournament will last two days, the Pirate wrestlers know that if you lose more than two matches now your season is over.
While competing in the Class 2 District 3 Tournament Friday and Saturday at Clinton High School, head coach Christian Stock said he thought the pairings went well.
“We did well in the pairings and I think it puts the majority of our wrestlers in a position to take advantage of their placement,” Stock said. “It’s districts and anything can happen.”
Teams competing in the tournament along with Boonville are: Bolivar, Buffalo, Clinton, Harrisonville, Logan-Rogersville, Marshall, Monett, Nevada, Odessa, Osage, Pleasant Hill, Reeds Springs, Seneca and St. Francis Borgia.
Tournament action will begin at 5 p.m. tonight and 10 a.m. on Saturday.
The Class 2 District 3 Tournament will also feature four of the top 10 ranked Class 2 teams in the state, according to the February 2nd MissouriWrestling.com final season polls. They are: No. 3 Odessa, No. 5 Harrisonville, No. 9 Reeds Springs and No. 10 Bolivar.
Boonville wrestlers Kyle Cook, a junior at 220 pounds, and Ben Rumbaoa, a freshman at 138 pounds, received special recognition by the district coaches.
Cook, 38-2 on the season, will compete in a bracket that includes six of the top 10 ranked Class 2 wrestlers in the state at 220 pounds. Cook, currently ranked No. 4 in his weight class, was seeded No. 1 in his bracket and will wrestle Gideon Semonas of St. Francis Borgia, who is 8-4 on the season.
Rumbaoa’s bracket, meanwhile, will include three of the top 10 ranked Class 2 wrestlers in the state at 138 pounds. Despite being unranked in the final MissouriWrestling.com poll, Rumbaoa was awarded the second seed for his weight class.
Rumbaoa, 22-12 on the season, received a bye in the opening round and will wrestle the winner of Christian Stephenson of Marshall (10-11) or Kyle Benett of Nevada (20-21) in the second round.
Rory Concannon and Brennan Hammers each picked up No. 5 seeds in their respective weight classes while Josiah Searfoss and Kelsey Callaway both picked up a No. 6 seed.
Concannon, 17-16 on the season, will wrestle Jaron Beason of Monett (4-9) in the opening round in the 132-pound weight class. As for Hammers, 24-16 on the season, the junior grappler also received a bye in the opening round in the 285-pound weight class and will face Pleasant Hill’s Tully Byrne, 36-8, in the second round.
The Boonville Pirates wrestling team will begin what is the biggest tournament of the season tonight at Clinton High School.
Although the tournament will last two days, the Pirate wrestlers know that if you lose more than two matches now your season is over.
While competing in the Class 2 District 3 Tournament Friday and Saturday at Clinton High School, head coach Christian Stock said he thought the pairings went well.
“We did well in the pairings and I think it puts the majority of our wrestlers in a position to take advantage of their placement,” Stock said. “It’s districts and anything can happen.”
Teams competing in the tournament along with Boonville are: Bolivar, Buffalo, Clinton, Harrisonville, Logan-Rogersville, Marshall, Monett, Nevada, Odessa, Osage, Pleasant Hill, Reeds Springs, Seneca and St. Francis Borgia.
Tournament action will begin at 5 p.m. tonight and 10 a.m. on Saturday.
The Class 2 District 3 Tournament will also feature four of the top 10 ranked Class 2 teams in the state, according to the February 2nd MissouriWrestling.com final season polls. They are: No. 3 Odessa, No. 5 Harrisonville, No. 9 Reeds Springs and No. 10 Bolivar.
Boonville wrestlers Kyle Cook, a junior at 220 pounds, and Ben Rumbaoa, a freshman at 138 pounds, received special recognition by the district coaches.
Cook, 38-2 on the season, will compete in a bracket that includes six of the top 10 ranked Class 2 wrestlers in the state at 220 pounds. Cook, currently ranked No. 4 in his weight class, was seeded No. 1 in his bracket and will wrestle Gideon Semonas of St. Francis Borgia, who is 8-4 on the season.
Rumbaoa’s bracket, meanwhile, will include three of the top 10 ranked Class 2 wrestlers in the state at 138 pounds. Despite being unranked in the final MissouriWrestling.com poll, Rumbaoa was awarded the second seed for his weight class.
Rumbaoa, 22-12 on the season, received a bye in the opening round and will wrestle the winner of Christian Stephenson of Marshall (10-11) or Kyle Benett of Nevada (20-21) in the second round.
Rory Concannon and Brennan Hammers each picked up No. 5 seeds in their respective weight classes while Josiah Searfoss and Kelsey Callaway both picked up a No. 6 seed.
Concannon, 17-16 on the season, will wrestle Jaron Beason of Monett (4-9) in the opening round in the 132-pound weight class. As for Hammers, 24-16 on the season, the junior grappler also received a bye in the opening round in the 285-pound weight class and will face Pleasant Hill’s Tully Byrne, 36-8, in the second round.
At 126, senior Josiah Searfoss (21-18) will go up against Bryan Beckwith of Monett (13-20) in the opening round. Meanwhile, in the 170-pound weight class, junior Kelsey Callaway (23-14) picked up a first-round bye and will wrestle the winner of Zach Kearney of Reed Springs (26-7) and Grant Bratleir of Logan-Rogersville (6-6) in the second round.
Other wrestlers who will be competing on Friday and Saturday but were not seeded are Jeff Ruffalo at 106, Kristen Stevens at 113, Dylan Snapp at 145 and Jake Nelson at 152.
Ruffalo, 0-12 on the season, received a bye in the opening round and will face No. 1 seeded Chase Brenan of Monett (38-3) in the second round.
Stevens, 7-22 on the season, also picked up a first-round bye and will go up against the winner of Will Roark of Seneca (48-2) or Aleka Pulliam of Odessa (0-3) in the second round.
In the 120-pound weight class, junior Tanner Hulbert, 18-16 on the season, will face Jack Shull of Odessa (36-10) in the opening round.
Sophomore wrestler Dylan Snapp, 8-31 on the season, will go up against Cole Villness of Buffalo (1-9) in the opening round.
Meanwhile, in the 152-pound weight class, senior Jake Nelson, 3-13 on the season, will wrestle Lucky Eads of Seneca (35-12) in the first round.
Boonville will be open at 160, 182 and 195.
The top seeds in the tournament are as follows: (160, 182 and 195 not included) 106-Chase Brennan, 38-3; 113-Will Roark, Seneca, 48-2; Jack Shull, Odessa, 36-10; 126-Tanner Charles, Nevada, 42-1; 132-Jesse Sherman, Bolivar, 40-2; 138-Cristobal Renteria, Monett, 43-1; 145-Evan Young, Odessa, 39-2; 152-Joe Hunter, Harrisonville, 42-2; 170-Michael Boyd, Odessa, 41-4; 220-Kyle Cook, Boonville, 38-2; 285-Derick Harris, Buffalo, 32-2.
The top four place finishers in each weight class will advance to the state tournament on February 16-18 at Mizzou Arena.
