Mar 04, 2021

No. 13 Cloud County wrestling rolls to pair of home victories

Posted Mar 04, 2021 7:22 PM
Thomas Orr earned one of nine falls for Cloud County in a pair of dual victories. Photo courtesy <a href="http://cloudtbirds.com">cloudtbirds.com</a>
Thomas Orr earned one of nine falls for Cloud County in a pair of dual victories. Photo courtesy cloudtbirds.com

CONCORDIA -- Newly ranked No. 13 in the latest NJCAA Wrestling rankings released on Tuesday, the Cloud County Community College wrestling team would get back to their winning ways on Tuesday by rolling to a 43-6 dual win over Neosho before downing Colby by a score of 53-6 to win the Cloud County double dual inside of Arley Bryant Gymnasium in Concordia.

Competing in their final home action of the year, Cloud County would finish the double dual with a 2-0 mark while Neosho would split their matches by defeating Colby in the opening dual as the Trojans would fall in both of their duals on the day. 

Against Neosho
Having a healthy roster and full lineup for the first time this season, the T-Birds would show out for the home crowd in a big way in their first dual of the afternoon as CCCC would win eight of the 10 matches which included six falls, a major decision, and a decision. 

Sophomore Toby Gavette would get the action started by controlling his match with Junior Camacho on his way to an 8-0 major decision for his second win of the year before seeing James Davis earn a fall with 33 seconds left in the second period of Kolton Smith. The T-Birds would then get a 10-4 decision from Michael Barfuss at 141 pounds which would be followed by a fall by Joel Ostrom as the Burwell, Nebraska native would end his match with 10 seconds left in the second period. Neosho would pick up a 3-2 decision win at 157 pounds to get on the board as Tristin Hauck would be unable to secure a late escape to force overtime, but Cloud County would get back in the win column at 165 pounds with a fall at the 1:39 mark by Cooper MosierDante Harper wasted no time making quick work of Pierro Garcia with a fall in just 58 seconds to put Cloud County up 31-3 as Neosho would go on to take an 8-4 decision at 184 pounds before seeing Zach Ferris (197 pounds) and Thomas Orr (285 pounds) both earn falls in their matches for the T-Birds to give CCCC the 37 point win. 

Against Colby
Just four matches would be wrestled between the Trojans and T-Birds as Colby would be open at 133 pounds, 141 pounds, 149 pounds, 157 pounds, and 165 pounds while Cloud County would give up an open weight at 285 pounds. In the contested bouts, Gavette would get a fall just under a minute into the second period to cap off a 2-0 day while Jonny Crome would need just 45 seconds to earn a fall in his lone match of the afternoon. Bumping up to 184 pounds would be Mosier as the Towanda, PA native finished off his match early with an 18-3 technical fall in the second period before seeing Ferris use just 1:21 of his match to secure a fall and finish off a double dual that saw Cloud County go 12-2 in contested matches. 

What's next?
Cloud County will have the rest of the week off to prepare for a single dual at Cowley College on Tuesday. The dual between the T-Birds and Tigers is set for 7 p.m. from W.S. Scott Auditorium as CCCC will look to avenge a 31-15 loss from earlier this season.   

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