Warrior Wrestlers Battling At State Wrestling

Three Warrior wrestlers picked up first-round wins at Thursday’s Class D state tournament in Omaha and all five will have to fight there way through wrestlebacks if they want to take hardware home.

Brock Kester, Cameron Wilkinson and Andrew Herley all won their initial bouts while Caleb Payne and Kaleb Pofahl each dropped their first matches.

D106
Brock Kester (43-10)
        Champ. Round 1 - Brock Kester (Neligh-Oakdale) 43-10 won by decision over Garett Jensen (Palmer) 19-9 (Dec 9-7)
        Quarterfinal - Jesse Sauceda (Shelton) 40-8 won by decision over Brock Kester (Neligh-Oakdale) 43-10 (Dec 5-3)
D113
Cameron Wilkinson (41-7)
        Champ. Round 1 - Cameron Wilkinson (Neligh-Oakdale) 41-7 won by major decision over Jaydon Walker (Hemingford) 34-12 (MD 14-4)
        Quarterfinal - Zach Hamilton (Archbishop Bergan) 30-4 won by decision over Cameron Wilkinson (Neligh-Oakdale) 41-7 (Dec 7-0)
D126
Caleb Payne (12-16)
        Champ. Round 1 - Tyler Pawloski (Pleasanton) 49-0 won by fall over Caleb Payne (Neligh-Oakdale) 12-16 (Fall 2:55)
D132
Andrew Herley (44-6)
        Champ. Round 1 - Andrew Herley (Neligh-Oakdale) 44-6 won by fall over Derek Gurnsey (Clarkson-Leigh) 30-12 (Fall 3:58)
        Quarterfinal - Enrique Martinez (Central Valley) 37-10 won by decision over Andrew Herley (Neligh-Oakdale) 44-6 (Dec 2-1)
D170
Kaleb Pofahl (39-18)
        Champ. Round 1 - Tyson Mccurdy (Alma) 33-14 won by decision over Kaleb Pofahl (Neligh-Oakdale) 39-18 (Dec 3-2)