The Barton wrestling team finally got to wrestling on its home floor Wednesday night in a battle of ranked Jayhawk Conference teams.

The Cougars and Cloud County Thunderbirds met up at the Barton Gym with Barton coming out on top by a 35-14 margin.

Barton came in ranked No. 22 in the nation while Cloud carried the No. 15 ranking into the contest.

The Cougars scored points early during the match then coasted to the win over T-Birds.

Barton won the first three matches on the night. Brian Gates won by fall at 125 two minutes into his match with Blayne Harris. Gage Gomez, ranked No. 5 in the nation at 133, picked up five points with a technical fall win over Albert Werden, 19-4. 

Keaton Sander was in control nearly his entire match at 141, beating Bryce Gfeller by a 7-2 count.

That gave the Cougars a 14-0 lead and they never looked back.

Gable Howerton (165) and Jacob Robles (285) would also pick up wins by fall on the night. Howerton did so in just 1:41 over Colby Withnow while Robles took even less time to pin Michael Dorer in 1:15.

Andrew DeArmond won his 157 match against Quentin Jiner by a 6-2 score while Gage McBride, ranked No. 8 at 174, won by a medical forfeit.

The Cougars will be at home one more time on the season when No. 3 ranked Northwest Tech comes to the Barton Gym for Jayhawk Conference dual action Wednesday. 

That match is set to start at 7 pm.

Barton 35, Cloud 14

Barton results

125 – Gates, Barton, won by fall over Harris, 2:00

133 – Gomez, Barton, won by TF over Werden, 19-4

141 – Sander, Barton, def. Gfeller, 7-2

149 – Eldredge, Cloud, won by fall over Droegemeier, 3:38

157 – DeArmond, Barton, def. Jiner, 6-2

165 – Howerton, Barton, won by fall over Withnow, 1:41

174 – McBride, Barton, won by medical forfeit over Mann

184 – Young, Cloud, def Ewalt, 4-3

174 – Cruickshank, Cloud, won by fall over Johnson, 6:41

285 – Jacob Roble, Barton, won by fall over Dorer, 1:15