Falcons Sitting In Second Place; Four Advance To Semifinals

The Falcons had a successful day in the opening rounds of state wrestling and are second as a team with four wrestlers advancing to the semifinals.

Dillion Stewart (106), Alejandro Martinez (113), Noah Rutjens (160) and Christ Peterson (170) will advance tomorrow afternoon to the semifinals. Quin Smith, Darren Stewart and Josh McFarland will move to the consolation round.

Team Scores

1. Amherst 57.0, 2. Elkhorn Valley 36.5, 3. Plainview 35.0, 3. Sutton 35.0, 5. Burwell 34.0, 6. Friend 31.0, 7. North Platte St. Patrick`s 28.5, 8. Bayard 27.0, 9. Franklin 26.0, 10. Southwest 25.0, 11. Creighton 24.0, 12. East Butler 22.0, 12. Winside 22.0, 14. Sutherland 21.0, 15. Pleasanton 19.0, 16. Elgin Public/Pope John 17.0, 17. Crawford 16.0, 17. Palmer 16.0, 19. Neligh-Oakdale 15.5, 20. Randolph 13.0, 21. Elm Creek 12.0, 21. Hemingford 12.0, 23. Freeman 11.0, 23. Mullen 11.0, 23. Palmyra 11.0, 26. Archbishop Bergan 10.5, 27. Clearwater/Orchard 9.0, 27. Weeping Water 9.0, 29. Central Valley 8.0, 29. High Plains Community 8.0, 29. Morrill 8.0, 29. Sandhills/Thedford 8.0, 33. Scribner-Snyder 7.0, 34. Ansley/Litchfield 6.0, 34. Arapahoe 6.0, 34. West Holt 6.0, 37. Howells-Dodge 4.0, 37. Osmond 4.0, 37. Pender 4.0, 37. Sumner-Eddyville-Miller 4.0, 37. Twin Loup 4.0, 42. Medicine Valley 3.5, 42. Meridian 3.5, 44. Elwood 3.0, 44. St. Mary`s 3.0, 46. Hyannis 2.0, 46. Lutheran High Northeast 2.0, 46. South Loup 2.0, 46. Stapleton 2.0, 50. Alma 0.0, 50. Anselmo-Merna 0.0, 50. Axtell 0.0, 50. Cambridge 0.0, 50. Dundy County-Stratton 0.0, 50. Eustis-Farnam 0.0, 50. Fullerton 0.0, 50. Garden County 0.0, 50. Guardian Angels Central Catholic 0.0, 50. Harvard 0.0, 50. Hay Springs 0.0,50. Hitchcock County 0.0,50. Laurel-Concord-Coleridge 0.0, 50. Maxwell 0.0, 50. Minatare 0.0, 50. Nebraska Christian 0.0, 50. Niobrara/Verdigre 0.0, 50. Perkins County 0.0, 50. Thayer Central 0.0, 50. Tri County 0.0.
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2016 NSAA Championships Results for Elkhorn Valley

D106 - Dillon Stewart (38-2) placed 6th and scored 8.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Dillon Stewart (Elkhorn Valley) 38-2 won by tech fall over Brady Gracey (Mullen) 30-15 (TF-1.5 3:58 (16-0))
Quarterfinal - Dillon Stewart (Elkhorn Valley) 38-2 won by decision over Joshua Ibach (Central Valley) 36-8 (Dec 7-3)

D113 - Alejandro Martinez (25-2) placed 6th and scored 9.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Alejandro Martinez (Elkhorn Valley) 25-2 won by fall over Clay Church (High Plains Community) 21-12 (Fall 1:11)
Quarterfinal - Alejandro Martinez (Elkhorn Valley) 25-2 won by decision over Zak Olson (Twin Loup) 33-12 (Dec 7-3)

D120 - Darren Stewart (33-9) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Tyler Pawloski (Pleasanton) 33-2 won by decision over Darren Stewart (Elkhorn Valley) 33-9 (Dec 7-6)

D138 - Josh McFarland (34-19) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Brody Lewis (Franklin) 42-2 won by fall over Josh McFarland (Elkhorn Valley) 34-19 (Fall 3:07)

D152 - Quin Smith (31-17) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Justus Monette (Mullen) 30-12 won by decision over Quin Smith (Elkhorn Valley) 31-17 (Dec 4-3)

D160 - Noah Rutjens (41-3) placed 6th and scored 9.00 team points. Champ.
Round 1 - Noah Rutjens (Elkhorn Valley) 41-3 won by fall over Preston Walker (Elm Creek) 11-10 (Fall 1:33) Quarterfinal - Noah Rutjens (Elkhorn Valley) 41-3 won by decision over Preston Blake (Sutherland) 24-17 (Dec 9-3)

D170 - Chris Petersen (41-3) placed 6th and scored 10.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Chris Petersen (Elkhorn Valley) 41-3 won by fall over Dietric Kenning (Thayer Central) 14-10 (Fall 1:15)
​Quarterfinal - Chris Petersen (Elkhorn Valley) 41-3 won by major decision over Seth Racicky (Ansley/Litchfield) 30-13 (MD 9-1)