Warrior Wrestlers Have Strong Opening Night

The 2017-18 wrestling season kicked off Thursday night as Neligh-Oakdale took part in their annual season-opening quad.

The Warriors took on Mount Michael Benedictine, Omaha Concordia and Bishop Neumann, winning two of the three duals.

The lone loss came against Mount Michael Benedictine. The Warriors got four wins in the match. Andrew Herley took a victory at 138 pounds over John Kuhry, 11-1. Cade Wilkinson topped Andree Kakish at 145 pounds, 6-4. Jayden Arehart got a victory at 160 pounds over Aidan Pace with a pin fall win. Kaleb Pofahl also earned a pin victory when he took down Sam Gustafson at 182 pounds.

One of the team victories came over Omaha Concordia thanks to four head-to-head wins, all by pin. Herley took a pin fall victory over Caleb Matlock, Arehart pinned Jacob Ludacka, Jose Luna pinned Jack Torosian at 152 pounds and Brock Kester took down Hunter Graham at 106 pounds.

Against Bishop Neuamann, the Warriors took three more pin victories as well. Arehart tok down Colby Osmera, Colton Klabenes topped Cael Carlson and Pofahl beat Matt Detterman.

Results for Omaha Concordia Quad
138Andrew Herley (Neligh-Oakdale) over Caleb Matlock (Omaha Concordia) (Fall 0:56)
145Benjamin Wilson (Omaha Concordia) over Cade Wilkinson (Neligh-Oakdale) (Fall 5:11)
152Jose Luna Duran (Neligh-Oakdale) over Jack Torosian (Omaha Concordia) (Fall 4:43)
160Jayden Arehart (Neligh-Oakdale) over Jacob Ludacka (Omaha Concordia) (Fall 1:56)
106Brock Kester (Neligh-Oakdale) over Hunter Graham (Omaha Concordia) (Fall 1:46)

145Max Hohn (Bishop Neumann) over Cade Wilkinson (Neligh-Oakdale) (Fall 1:21)
160Jayden Arehart (Neligh-Oakdale) over Colby Osmera (Bishop Neumann) (Fall 4:25)
170Colton Klabenes (Neligh-Oakdale) over Cael Carlson (Bishop Neumann) (Fall 1:23)
182Luke Fairbanks (Bishop Neumann) over Dawson Kaup (Neligh-Oakdale) (Fall 2:00)
195Kaleb Pofahl (Neligh-Oakdale) over Matt Detterman (Bishop Neumann) (Fall 1:04)

106Liam Bova (Mount Michael Benedictine) over Brock Kester (Neligh-Oakdale) (Fall 3:44)
113Lincoln Badley (Mount Michael Benedictine) over Cody Booth (Neligh-Oakdale) (Fall 1:32)
120Tommy Whitaker (Mount Michael Benedictine) over Cameron Wilkinson (Neligh-Oakdale) (Fall 1:08)
138Andrew Herley (Neligh-Oakdale) over John Kuhry (Mount Michael Benedictine) (MD 11-1)
145Cade Wilkinson (Neligh-Oakdale) over Andree Kakish (Mount Michael Benedictine) (Dec 6-4)
152Kolton Koubsky (Mount Michael Benedictine) over Jose Luna (Neligh-Oakdale) (MD 14-4)
160Jayden Arehart (Neligh-Oakdale) over Aidan Pace (Mount Michael Benedictine) (Fall 2:45)
170Trevin Detwiler (Mount Michael Benedictine) over Dawson Kaup (Neligh-Oakdale) (Fall 5:29)
182Kaleb Pofahl (Neligh-Oakdale) over Sam Gustafson (Mount Michael Benedictine) (Fall 0:58)
170Exhibition: Colton Klabenes (Neligh-Oakdale) over Will Fleissner (Mount Michael Benedictine) (Fall 1:01)