Worland Begins The Season In Rapid City

The Worland High School Wrestling team got the season started this past weekend.

Thursday the Warrior Varsity team had a dual with 4A Sheridan. The Warriors lost the dual 60-18

Friday the team split, the Varsity Warriors were in Rapid City while the Lady Warriors went to Powell with the JV and remaining Varsity Wrestlers.

At the Powell Invite which included Buffalo, Campbell County, Cody, Dubois, Greybull/Riverside, Lander, Lovell, Natrona County, Powell, Riverton, Rocky Mountain, Sheridan JV, Shoshoni, Thermopolis, Thunder Basin JV, Wind River, Worland, Wright, Wyoming Indian, Montana teams Hardin, Huntley Project, Laurel, Park/Livingston, Park/Sweet Grass, and Red Lodge.

Four of the Lady Warrior Wrestlers won a match Katie Emmett, Rivers Carrell, Rylee Anderson, and Lecsi Ramirez. Carrell, Anderson, and Ramirez all finished 2nd in their weight classes.

At the Rapid City, South Dakota Invite, 44 schools from 5 states competed at the tournament.

Two Warrior Wrestlers finished on the podium.

At the 120-pound weight class, Junior Wrestler Wyatt Dickinson went 5-2 and finished 7th.

In the 195-pound weight class Senior, Nate Harper finished 7th with a 4-2 record at the tournament.

113 Nate Johnson 1-2

126 Trey Wagner 0-2

132 Kobe Swain 1-2

136 Creedon Newell 2-2

145 Ross Goncalves 1-2

152 Tillman Burns 1-2

160 Dawson Utterback 2-2

170 Bronson Newell 0-2

182 Ethene Burns 0-2

220 Noa Vega 1-2

The Warriors finished 20th overall at the Rapid City Invite.

Thursday  Riverton comes to Worland for a Dual.

Friday and Saturday at the Battle in the Big Horns. Worland will host 18 teams including Kelly Walsh and Rock Springs, Cody, Powell, Thermopolis, Greybull/Riverside, Lovell along with others.

Listen to the interviews with Head Coach Josh Gacia and Junior Wyatt Dickenson.