Malta Grapplers at Huntley, Shepherd

The Malta Mustangs Wrestling Team took third place in Pool A of the Huntley Project 28th Annual Duals in Huntley on Saturday, December 15. The team also traveled to Shepherd for the Dual action on Friday, December 14.

The following are results of matches from the Huntley Duals Pool A Results for Malta.

Match #1 Round 1: Malta defeated Laurel JV 36-30. 205 - Andres Lopez (Malta) over Codell McNiven (Laurel JV) Fall 0:22. 126 - Shane Soul (Malta) over Kaden Harris (Laurel JV) Fall 0:27. 132 - Gage Olson (Laurel JV) over Shawn Gilkerson (Malta) Fall 0:59. 138 - Kolter Schipman (Malta) over Cyrus James (Laurel JV) Fall 0:42. 145 - Zac Judd (Malta) over Dylan Johnson (Laurel JV) Fall 0:41. 152 - Callan Mears (Malta) over Nathan Lewis (Laurel JV) Fall 0:49. 182 - Kaden LaBrie (Malta) wins by forfeit. 

Match #2 Round 2: Huntley Project defeated Malta 57-18. 182 - Henry Koch (Huntley Project) over Kaden LaBrie (Malta) Fall 0:11. 205 - Andres Lopez (Malta) over Asher Croy (Huntley Project) Fall 2:46. 126 - Clayton Donally (Huntley Project) over Shane Soul (Malta) Fall 3:48. 132 - Kolter Schipman (Malta) over Alex Nelson (Huntley Project) Fall 1:27. 138 - Blake Zimmerman (Huntley Project) over RC Skiff (Malta) Fall 4:23. 145 - Callan Mears (Malta) over Trystan Koch (Huntley Project) Fall 1:06. 152 - Chavis Norton (Huntley Project) over Colt French (Malta) Dec 4-0.

Match #3 Round 3: Billings West JV defeated Malta 48-28. 152-Callan Mears (Malta) over Dallas White Clay (Billings West JV) Fall 1:29. 182 - Che Aarness (Billings West JV) over Kaden LaBrie (Malta) Fall 0:00. 205 - Andres Lopez (Malta) over Hunter Morse (Billings West JV) Maj 14-2. 126 - Shane Soul (Malta) over Christian Harvey (Billings West JV) Fall 1:19. 132 - Kolter Schipman (Malta) over Brooke Cicierski (Billings West JV) Fall 0:23. 138 - RC Skiff (Malta) over Abram Barrett (Billings West JV) Fall 1:28. 145 - Solomon Hernandez (Billings West JV) over Zac Judd (Malta) Fall 1:39.

9-16 Bracket - Malta Match #1 Quarterfinal: Malta defeated Powder River 42-12. 126 - Shane Soul (Malta) won due to opponent forfeit. 132 - Shawn Gilkerson (Malta) won due to opponent forfeit. 138 - Kolter Schipman (Malta) over Brian Hopkins (Powder River) Fall 0:57. 145 - Zac Judd (Malta) won due to opponent forfeit. 152 - Callan Mears (Malta) over Luke Herzog (Powder River) Fall 1:25. 182 - Kaden LaBrie (Malta) won due to opponent forfeit. 205 - Andres Lopez (Malta) over Roney Richards (Powder River) Fall 0:32.

Match #2 Semifinal: Shepherd defeated Malta 37-36. 126 - Shane Soul (Malta) won due to opponent forfeit. 132 - Kolter Schipman (Malta) won due to opponent forfeit. 138 - Zac Judd (Malta) over MASON HENRY (Shepherd) Fall 0:28. 145 - Callan Mears (Malta) won due to opponent forfeit. 152 - Colt French (Malta) won due to opponent forfeit. 182 - Nate Gorham (Shepherd) over Kaden LaBrie (Malta) Fall 0:28. 205 - Andres Lopez (Malta) won due to opponent forfeit. Shepherd's team score was adjusted by 1.0 for tiebreaker.

The following are records compiled by the Malta Wrestling Team at the 2018 Shepherd Mixer. Shane Soul went 2-0 in the 126 class. Kolter Schipman went 1-1 in the 132 class. Shawn Gilkerson went 2-0 in the 132 class. RC Skiff went 2-0 in the 138 class. Zac Judd went 1-0 in the 138 class. Callan Mears went 2-0 in the 145 class. Colt French went 1-1 in the 145 class. Cash Salsbery went 0-2 in the 182 class. Kaden LaBrie went 0-2 in the 182 class. Andres Lopez went 1-1 in the 205 class.

The Mustangs are scheduled to wrestle in the Glasgow Duals on Friday, December 21, for their last action before Winter Break.