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Lowry High School's Jhett Harber with head coach John Brooks at the Rollie Lane Invitational in Nampa, Idaho. Harber, who wrestles at 175 pounds, became the first Lowry wrestler since 2012 to win an individual title at the event.
It had been 13 years since a Lowry High School wrestler won an individual championship at the Rollie Lane Invitational.
In 2012, the Buckaroos saw Ryan Nelson, Jace Billingsley and Michael Billingsley win, as did Lowry as a team.
As the calendar turned to 2025, Lowry added another to that list, as Jhett Harbor won the 175-pound weight class at the tournament this past weekend in Nampa, Idaho.
With a mix of experience and youth, the Buckaroos are looking for its first team title since 2014.
Lowry was the highest-finishing Nevada team, placing 27th with 72 points. Idaho power,
Meridian ran away with the championship with 221.5 points and Fruitland was second at 178.5. Harber won his first three matches by fall and in under two minutes. He needed just 60 seconds to dispose of Aiden Gill of Filer in the opening round and 62 seconds in round two against Caldera’s Jesse Charles.
The senior advanced to the quarterfinals with a pin over Jason Stone of Post Falls and the semifinals with a 17-1 technical fall against Lewiston’s Tate Cuthbert.
The long weekend continued with a second-period pin of Eagle’s Antonio Genovesi Harber capped off the tournament with a 18-3 victory over Meridian’s Camden Crespi.
Pete Bengochea at 106 pounds and Kruz Gomez (120) won a pair of matches to move into the championship third round. Bengochea pinned Coeur D Alene’s Nash Larsen in the first round and beat Chiawana’s Josias Del cid by tech fall at 16-1.
Gomez won by a 15-5 decision over Rocky Mountain’s Austin Juarez and a pin against Dominic Ojeda of Hillsboro.
Bradyn Snyder collected three wins for the Buckaroos, picking up two of those after a second-round loss. Odyn Santos (138) and Logan Jonas (285) won two matches apiece.
Lowry finishes ninth at Mountain View Invitational
During the same weekend, Lowry sent a second team to the Mountain View Invitational, also held in the Boise area.
The Buckaroos were ninth in the team standings and Meridian won the team title.
Carlos Gomez won four matches at 113 pounds to finish second. He won three of the four matches by pin. Vincent Gomez was the busiest wrestlers of the weekend with eight matches at 126 pounds. He won his first bouts by fall and three more in the consolation bracket. He lost the third-place match by a 4-1 decision to Madison’s Kham Briggs.
Jayden Howard knocked off teammate Teyo Gomez by a 3-0 decision for fifth-place at 138 pounds. Howard won five matches over the two days and Gomez four.
Giovanni Monroy wrestled seven times at 157 pounds and notched seven wins for a fourth-place finish.
Lowry travels to Douglas this weekend and will be in Sprig Creek on Jan. 17-18 for the Kiwanis Invitational to close out the regular season.