Lowry’s Kruz Gomez pins Fernley’s Manny Montano during duals in Winnemucca on Jan. 17.
After being snowed out the week before, the Lowry High School wrestling team was able to honor its seniors on Wednesday, Jan. 17, in duals against Fernley and Battle Mountain.
With the dual tied at 33, Kruz Gomez at 113 pounds and Elijah Lange earned pins to seal the victory for the Buckaroos. Braydn Snyder, Chris DeLong, Billy DeLong, Jhett Harber, Luke Fentress and TJ Mattson collected wins for Lowry.
Lowry earned eight wins in the 51-21 win over Battle Mountain. Snyder, Urijah Davis, Gildone, Jose Villagomez, Harber, Mattson, Pete Bengochea and Gomez picked up the wins.
Logan Jonas attempts to score back points on Isaiah Mutte.
Lowry travels to Idaho
Lowry made their way to Idaho this past Saturday for the Skyview Duals. The Buckaroos came away with a 4-0 record, beating Meridian 42-24, Ridgevue 42-37, Capital 47-23 and Vallivue 47-28.
“It was a good week, with a total of six dual wins,” said LHS coach John Brooks. “Our JV team went to a Varsity tournament at Douglas and got some good experience as well. We are approaching that part of the season where we start to put a finer point on what we are doing well and start eying the postseason.”
Bradyn Snyder finishes off a pin of Battle Mountain's Anthony Lopez.
Meridian closed the gap to 27-24 with an overtime victory by Kooper Monks over Mattson when Logan Jonas won by pin, Bengochea won by forfeit and Gomez collected a 7-5 win over Jackson Beck. Six of the matches went the distance.
The lead changed throughout the dual against Ridgevue, as the Idaho school scored nine straight points to lead 15-12. A pin by Gildone gave Lowry the advantage for one bout, when Ridgevue came back to lead 25-18.
Elijah Lange takes down Fernley's Elijah Chappell.
Harber and Fentress came back with consecutive wins by pin to lead 30-25. The lead changed again, as Ridgevue won the next two matches to go in front 37-30. Jonas closed the gap to 37-36 with a pin at 285 pounds and Bengochea gave Lowry the win at 42-27 with a pin at 106 pounds.
Chris Gildone works on the arm of Fernley's Teague Kenison.
Lowry raced out to a 21-0 lead against Capital with wins from Bengochea, Gomez, Lange and Marcas Ricci. The Buckaroos won four of the five final matches (Harber, Fentress, Mattson and Jonas).
Lowry won the first three matches against Vallivue and never trailed. The Buckaroos won 9 of the 14 matches.
The regular season concludes this weekend in Fernley with a two-day tournament.