Malcom wins title, Rams fifth at Kansas tourney

Glenwood’s Matt Malcom won the 160-pound weight class and the Rams placed fifth as a team at the highly competitive Basehor-Linwood Bobcat Class in Kansas Saturday.

The tournament, which features 36 wrestling teams from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Colorado, crowned Goddard, Kan. as its team champion with 221 points. The Rams’ 115 points was good enough for fifth place.

“This was a good tournament for us,” said Glenwood coach Brad Asche. “There were a lot of good teams and a lot of good wrestlers. We were able to get points for everybody and do well as a team despite not having Trevor (Anderson) with us. From outside perspective, we wrestled well. From a coaching perspective I thought we did real well but I see some things we need to work on and we hope to still reach out peak when it matters most.”

Anderson, the Rams’ 126 pound state qualifier from a year ago, sat out the tournament after suffering an injury in Thursday’s dual. Asche thinks Anderson could be ready to go by Saturday’s tournament at Urbandale.

Malcom won title after pinning all three of his opponents to reach Saturday’s finals where he won a 4-3 decision over John Blankenship of Platte County, Mo.

The Rams’ Anthony Sherry was second at 170-pounds. Glenwood also got a pair of seventh place finishes from Zach Haggstrom (195 pounds) and Kyle Griffin (220).

Bobcat Classic
Top 10 Team Results
1. Goddard, Kan., 221. 2. Smithville, Mo., 206.5. 3. Platte County, Mo., 206. 4. Rossville, Kan., 135. 5. Glenwood, 115. 6. St. James Academy, Kan., 109.5. 7. Abilene, Kan., 103.5. 8. Santa Fe Trail, Kan., 96.5. 9. Olathe North, Kan., 90. 10. Pittsburg, Kan., 82.

Glenwood 40,
C.B. Lewis Central 29
Glenwood edged Council Bluffs Lewis Central 40-29 in a Hawkeye 10 Conference dual Thursday in Glenwood.

The Rams got a pin from heavyweight Caleb Sanders to seal the dual win in the second to last match of the night. Sanders earned the fall over the Titans’ Travis Thompson.

With the win Glenwood improved to 7-1 in the conference and 10-2 overall this season in duals.

The Rams’ Tanner Maxwell (113 pounds), Matt Malcom (160), Zach Haggstrom (195) and Sanders scored traditional pin victories. Jordan Renshaw (138) Anthony Sherry (170) scored technical falls.

Glenwood 40,
C.B. Lewis Central 29
113: Tanner Maxwell, G, won by fall over Dominick Mayer, LC, 3:10. 120: Brandon Wieland, LC, won by technical fall over Brian Krewson, G, 16-1 (4:33). 126: Trevor  Anderson, G, won by decision over Gabriel Kjeldgaard, LC, 7-2. 132: Kyle Kuckta, LC, won by fall over Trevor Stanley, G, 4:43. 138: Jordan Renshaw, G, won by technical fall over Nathan Charleson, LC, 17-1 (5:41). 145: Caleb Kingery, LC, won by decision over AJ Slaughter, G, 11-6. 152: Cory Lear , LC, won by fall over Kaleb Gammon, G, 2:31. 160: Matt  Malcom, G, won by fall over Kristian Nielsen, LC, 2:46. 170: Anthony  Sherry, G, won by technical fall over Dallas Volentine, LC, 22-7 (5:53). 182: Isaac Bales, G, won by decision over Colton Lear, LC, 9-2. 195: Zach Haggstrom, G, won by fall over Jake Mutum, LC, :31. 220: Tanner Miller , LC, won by decision over Kyle  Griffin, G, 6-3. 285: Caleb  Sanders, G, won by fall over Travis Thompson, LC, 2:45. 106: Paxton Whiteaker, LC, won by fall over Micheal Radford, G, 1:55.