St. Mary's Wrestlers Continue Quest At State

The Cardinal wrestling team has one state semifinalist and two more wrestlers who will battle their way back through the consolation bracket.

St. Mary's had a big day at the state meeting Thursday in Omaha as Jared Atkeson continued his dominating season with back-to-back wins. Cole Rosenkrans won his first match but lost the quarterfinal while Taylan Reiser dropped his first match of the meet.

D170 Jared Atkeson (47-1)

• Champ. Round 1 - Jared Atkeson (St. Mary`s) 47-1 won by major decision over Dylan Horejsi (Howells-Dodge) 38-15 (MD 10-2)
• Quarterfinal - Jared Atkeson (St. Mary`s) 47-1 won by decision over Brock Schaecher (Elkhorn Valley) 35-14 (Dec 6-4)

D220

• Champ. Round 1 - Cole Rosenkrans (St. Mary`s) 39-11 won by fall over Donaven Nolze (Clearwater-Orchard) 27-23 (Fall 5:19)
• Quarterfinal - Jonathan Escalante (Winside) 35-7 won by fall over Cole Rosenkrans (St. Mary`s) 39-11 (Fall 5:42)

D285 Taylan Reiser (7-5) 

• Champ. Round 1 - Marcus Cave (Weeping Water) 41-14 won by fall over Taylan Reiser (St. Mary`s) 7-5 (Fall 2:54)