Falcons Claim Runner-Up Honors At NVC Wrestling Meet

Elkhorn Valley earned runner-up honors Thursday night at the Niobrara Valley Conference wrestling meet.

The Falcons defeated Niobrara/Verdigre, Clearwater-Orchard and Neligh-Oakdale but lost to winner West Holt. Results are listed below, only for competitive matches. Forfeits and double forfeits are not listed. 

The photo gallery is below the results. 

Match #1 1st Place Match: Elkhorn Valley defeated Niobrara/Verdigre 54-18
152 - Clay Konopasek (Niobrara/Verdigre) over Tyler Miller (Elkhorn Valley ) Fall 3:29
182 - Shawn Klinetobe (Elkhorn Valley ) over Dakota Crosley (Niobrara/Verdigre) Fall 1:23
220 - Jordan Shakespaere (Niobrara/Verdigre) over Xavier Antuna (Elkhorn Valley ) Fall 1:26

NVC Winners Bracket - Elkhorn Valley is guaranteed 2nd place
Match #1 Round 1: Elkhorn Valley defeated Clearwater-Orchard 48-30
132 - Darren Stewart (Elkhorn Valley ) over Eli Macke (Clearwater-Orchard ) Fall 3:17
138 - Prestin Vondra (Elkhorn Valley ) over Seth Lampert (Clearwater-Orchard ) Fall 4:42
145 - Joshua McFarland (Elkhorn Valley ) over Derek Maxwell (Clearwater-Orchard ) Fall 2:55
152 - Tyler Miller (Elkhorn Valley ) over Austin Pokorny (Clearwater-Orchard ) Fall 2:44
160 - Brock Schaecher (Elkhorn Valley ) over Codey Snider (Clearwater-Orchard ) Fall 5:50
182 - Clay Thiele (Clearwater-Orchard ) over Shawn Klinetobe (Elkhorn Valley ) Fall 2:42
195 - Zach King (Clearwater-Orchard ) over Xavier Antuna (Elkhorn Valley ) Fall 1:08
120 - Alejandro Martinez (Elkhorn Valley ) over James Kester (Clearwater-Orchard ) Fall 1:27

Match #2 Round 2: Elkhorn Valley defeated Neligh-Oakdale 49-24
138 - Prestin Vondra (Elkhorn Valley ) over Cade Wilkinson (Neligh-Oakdale ) Dec 10-6
145 - Kaleb Pofahl (Neligh-Oakdale ) over Tyler Miller (Elkhorn Valley ) Fall 2:49
152 - Joshua McFarland (Elkhorn Valley ) over Jayden Arehart (Neligh-Oakdale ) Maj 13-0

Match #3 Round 3: West Holt defeated Elkhorn Valley 42-27
126 - Cole Laible (West Holt ) over Mitchell Petersen (Elkhorn Valley ) Dec 3-0
132 - Darren Stewart (Elkhorn Valley ) over Ben Thiele (West Holt ) Fall 1:43
138 - Prestin Vondra (Elkhorn Valley ) over Seth Miller (West Holt ) Dec 7-4
145 - Jake Judge (West Holt ) over Joshua McFarland (Elkhorn Valley ) Dec 1-0
152 - Austin Smith (West Holt ) over Tyler Miller (Elkhorn Valley ) Fall 3:01
160 - Breydon Mlady (West Holt ) over Brock Schaecher (Elkhorn Valley ) Fall 1:15
195 - Casey Coburn (West Holt ) over Xavier Antuna (Elkhorn Valley ) Fall 3:43
285 - Jade Buss (West Holt ) over Christian Yaw (Elkhorn Valley ) Fall 1:14