The Lowry High School wrestling team had two grapplers medal at the Sierra Nevada Classic last week at the Reno Event Center. Jhett Harber placed seventh at 157 pounds and Coda Nichols was eighth at 113 pounds.
As a team, Lowry placed 32nd out of 77 teams with 60 points. Del Oro won the team title with 240 points and Mountain View (200) placed second. Rancho Bernardo (198), Spanish Springs (179.5) and Central (171) rounded out the top five.
Spanish Springs was the highest Nevada finisher. Fernley led the way for the 3A schools, placing 26th with 71 points.
Harber advanced his way in the championship third round with pins over Matthew Clark of Del Oro and Reno’s Daniel Segura.
Harber suffered his first loss in the championship third round, but came back with three wins in the consolation bracket.
He started with a pin over Caleb Soelzer of Vista Del Lago and followed that with a 9-0 victory over Folsom’s Luke Supple.
Harber kept his tournament going with an 8-5 win over Kelin Abas of Culver. Harber picked up take downs in each of the first two periods, as the match was tied 4-4 going into the third period.
Harber picked up another take down and a 2-point near fall for the win.
Harber lost in the consolation seventh round, but he bounced back to place seventh with a 3-2 win over Garret Forbes of La Pine. Harber got a take down in the third period to earn the win.
Nichols had little trouble reaching the championship quarter finals with three first-period wins to start the tournament.
In his opening match, it took just 79 seconds to beat Spring Creek’s Jaxson Taylor.
Nichols was on the mat for just 30 seconds in his second bout, pinning David Contreras of Central Valley. Nichols reached the quarterfinals with a 70-second pin over Jackson Norman of Caldwell.
Nichols suffered his first loss in the quarterfinals to Isaac Scott of Thunder Ridge. Nichols came back to beat Centrals’ Bobby Cisneros 6-4. Leading 5-4 in the third period, Nichols got an escape to give him some breathing room.
That was the last win for Nichols, who dropped his final two matches to place eighth.
Luke Fentress at 165 pounds advanced to the consolation fourth round, as he collected a win by pin over Nate Koval of McQueen. Damon Fetty reached the consolation third round with a pin over Carson’s Jon Barnes-Hurt.
Kruz Gomez picked up a victory at 106 pounds, as did Marcas Ricci at 120 and Logan Ricci at 126. Erick Valencia earned two wins by pin at 132 pounds and Chris Gildone (138) and Damon Fetty (150) each won one match.
Lowry will be back in action this weekend with another tough tournament, this time a trip to Idaho for the Rollie Lane Invitational. The Buckaroos will be at home on Jan. 18 for a dual with Fernley and Battle Mountain.