Falcon Grapplers Challenged At Central Valley Quad

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Elkhorn Valley hit the road to Greeley Thursday night for a tough quadrangular against a couple of the states best squads. 

To start the night, they took on Burwell in a battle of top squads. Brock Shaecher came away with a pin victory at 160 pounds. Dillon Stewart also took down his opponent by pin at 113 pounds. Prestin Vondra snuck away with a win as well, winning 1-0.

Against the host school, Central Valley, Schaecher and Stewart once again came away with victories by way of pin. Alejandro Martinez added a 9-2 victory at 120 pounds for the Falcons. 

The final opponent for the Falcons was one they were a bit more unfamiliar with, Wood River. Against the Eagles, Elkhorn Valley found new challenges. Josh McFarland posted his only victory of the night, taking down his opponent at 145 pounds in a 7-3 decision. Schaecher once again came away victorious, this time by a 13-3 decision. Xavier Antuna took home a win, pinning his opponent at 220 pounds. Stewart took down his opponent 12-4 and twin brother Darren took down his opponent via pin at 126 pounds.

Results for Elkhorn Valley versus Burwell
152: Bode Jensen (BURW) over Chay Faulkner (ELVA) (Fall 1:40) 160: Brock Schaecher (ELVA) over Jacob Busch (BURW) (Fall 3:47) 195: Reid Helgoth (BURW) over Xavier Antuna (ELVA) (Fall 1:19) 113: Dillon Stewart (ELVA) over Tate Phillipps (BURW) (Fall 1:53) 126: Joel Ostrom (BURW) over Darren Stewart (ELVA) (Fall 6:20) 138: Prestin Vondra (ELVA) over Jordan McBride (BURW) (Dec 1-0) 

Results for Elkhorn Valley versus Central Valley
170: Brock Schaecher (ELVA) over Damyn Rother (CEVA) (Fall 4:24) 113: Dillon Stewart (ELVA) over Ben Wood (CEVA) (Fall 0:34) 120: Alejandro Martinez (ELVA) over Shaye Wood (CEVA) (Dec 9-2) 

Results for Elkhorn Valley versus Wood River
138: Dillion Devore (WORI) over Prestin Vondra (ELVA) (Dec 7-6) 145: Joshua McFarland (ELVA) over Camden Thompson (WORI) (Dec 7-3) 152: Phoenix Rivera (WORI) over Chay Faulkner (ELVA) (Dec 9-8) 160: Brock Schaecher (ELVA) over Alex Wiese (WORI) (MD 13-3) 220: Xavier Antuna (ELVA) over Kyle Hall (WORI) (Fall 1:15) 113: Dillon Stewart (ELVA) over Ryan Bond (WORI) (MD 12-4) 120: Evan Waddington (WORI) over Alejandro Martinez (ELVA) (Dec 4-3) 126: Darren Stewart (ELVA) over Braeden Oster (WORI) (Fall 3:09)