SCOTT CITY — Larned High’s Kristopher Nolde (106) won three matches to capture first place at the Scott City Wrestling Classic. Nolde (18-3) pinned Austin Crum of Holly, Colo. in 4:55 in the championship match.
Larned’s Hunter Fitzpatrick (16-7) finished runner-up with a 15-0 loss to Scott City’s Zachary Tucker in the finals.
Larned’s Marcus Nolde (126) finished fourth with a loss to Liberal’s Juan Beltran in 4:21 by a pin.
SCOTT CITY CLASSIC
Team scores—1. Scott City 153; 2. Liberal 137.5; 3. Ulysses 109; 4. Hoxie 93; 5. Holcomb 89.5; 6. Ellis 70; 7. TMP 65; 8. Leoti 63; 9. Larned 54.5; 10. Lakin 49; 11. Cimarron 38; 12. St. Francis 37; 13. Holly, Colo. 35; 14. Sublette 16; 15. Greeley County 9
Larned results
106— Kristopher Nolde (18-3), 1st; Nolde, L, pinned Joe Ridder, Leoti, 1:24; K. Nolde, L pinned Adam McPhail, Cimarron, 1:05; 1st place—K. Nolde, L pinned Austin Crum, Holly, Colo., 4:55
113—Hunter Fitzpatrick (16-7), 2nd; Fitzpatrick, L def. Juan Urbina, Ulysses, 16-0; Fitzpatrick, L def. Thomas Lovewell, TMP, 15-13; 1st place—Zachary Tucker, Scott City def. Fitzpatrick, L, 15-0
126—Marcus Nolde (12-10), 4th; Bryce Bacon, Hoxie pinned M. Nolde, L, 1:38; M. Nolde, L pinned Coy DeWaal, St. Francis, 0:57; M. Nolde, L def. Alex Venegas, Holly, Colo., 6-0; M. Nolde, L pinned Alex Depperschmidt, Scott City, 1:43; 3rd place—Juan Beltran, Liberal pinned M. Nolde, L, 4:21
145—Luis McPherson, Lakin def. Gary Barker, L, 8-4; Josh Plante, TMP def. Barker, L,13-4
170—Terron Dooley, L pinned Colton Heskett, Hoxie, 3:00; Trey Loftis, Scott City def. Dooley, L, 5-0; Misael Monarrez, Liberal def. Dooley, L, 3-1
Larned wrestler Kristopher Nolde places first