Weiser wrestlers bring home district trophy

For the seventh straight year the Weiser Wolverine wrestling team travelled to district competition this past weekend and brought home the first place trophy.
 Weiser took 23 wrestlers to the competition, which is a lot, but Fruitland brought 24. Every single Wolverine wrestler placed at district competition with 21 punching their ticket to the state tournament this next weekend.
 Weiser scored a massive 362 points to take first place followed by Fruitland with 267, McCall with 159, Payette with 102.5, Homedale with 102, and Parma with 99.
 Bringing home first place for the Wolverines and showing everyone how it was done was Justin Williamson who scored 26 team points and beat all three of his opponents by fall.
 Kooper von Brethorst also brought home a first place medal with two falls and one major decision, scoring 25 team points.
 Next was Malachi Hoobery, who scored 24 team points with a bye and two falls, followed by Rylee Willett who added three falls and 26 team points.
 Last, but certainly not least, was Jesse Lockett who also added 26 team point with three falls.
 Head Coach Drew Dickerson was happy with the win. “It’s definitely a great day to be a Wolverine. I am proud of the work these young men have put in and now they are seeing the benefit of their hard work,” Dickerson said. Our upperclassmen put some points on the board today and then we had some kids who just came and wrestled their hearts out. Now the big test will be next week at state,” Drew added.
 Second place winners for Weiser included: Billy Nevarez, Maddox Stevens, Max Kingsbury, and Elijah Carter.
 Many brought third place medals home as well starting with Rafael Delgadillo, Tristan Coria, Jace
Buescher, Juan Aguirre, Clayton Beesley, Santiago Brambila, Boone Ksiazek, and Tristan McMahill.
 Fourth place finishers were: Eric Torres, Kaleb Grove, and Dillon Houser.
 First through fourth place automatically get to wrestle at the state championship, but Weiser also had
some fifth place finishers including Tanner Colvin, Trenton Hawker, and Oscar Cruz who added points to their team as well.
 Cruz received an at-large berth to the state tournament rounding out Weiser’s total wrestlers to 21.
 The state wrestling tournament will be held at the Ford Idaho Center this year, however due to IHSAA and the center’s COVID-19 restrictions only two people per athlete will be able to attend the event. Also, new this year, the tournament will be held in a single day, making it even more difficult for the wrestlers.
 Good luck to the Wolverine wrestlers.