The inaugural season was a tremendous success for the Barton wrestling program.
If the first meet of year two is any indication, more success is on the way for Coach Mike Bammes and his Cougar wrestlers.
Barton won a pair of weight divisions and took a pair of runner-up efforts at the Dan Harris Open to start the 2016-17 season.
“This was a good season opener for us,” Coach Bammes said. “It give us coaches a chance to look at what we need to work on and correct in our practices with each individual.”
The Cougars ended the day with an overall mark of 35-27.
Barton was strong at several of the weight classes including going 1-2 at 285, 1-3-4 at 174 and 2-4 at 133.
Brix Brickley defeated teammate Forrest Lalaguna at the 285 division. Brickley won by fall in all three matches leading up to the final where he beat Lalaguna in a sudden victory, 3-1.
Lalaguna won his semifinal match in a close 3-2 win over Ben Melton of Drury.
Barton had three wrestlers place at 174 with David Kelly picking up first place honors. Kelly won by fall over two of his four opponents, including the championship match over John Hughes of Baker.
Trent Miles defeated Devon Baker in an all Barton third place match. Miles’ only loss of the day was in the second round to Hughes. From there he won by fall three straight matches before his 8-2 win over teammate Baker.
The Cougars were also strong at 133 where Caysen Smith took second and Cody Liles fourth.
Smith rolled through the semifinals with a bye and a pair of major decisions. In the semifinals Smith defeated Demone McClinton of Pratt by a 7-5 score. Smith lost in the finals to Tyler Dickman of Baker.
Liles lost in the semifinals to Dickman then fell in the third place match to Ty Kolterman of Bethany, 8-4.
Barton will return to the mat tonight in Warrensburg, Mo. against Central Missouri and Wentworth Military Academy.
“We are looking to compete and get better every time out on the mat,” Coach Bammes said.

Dan Harris Open
125 - Skylar Johnson (0-2)
Quarterfinal - Alpha Diallo (Neosho) won in sudden victory - 1 over Johnson (SV-1 8-6)
Cons. Round 1 - Logan McDowell (Unattached) won by major decision over Johnson (13-5)

133 - Cody Liles – 4th place (4-2)
Round 1 - Liles received a bye
Round 2 - Liles won by decision over Justin Skerce (Pratt) (7-0)
Quarterfinal - Liles won by decision over Zach McCullough (Drury) (7-5)
Semifinal - Tyler Dickman (Baker) won by decision over Liles (8-1)
Cons. Semi - Liles won by major decision over Brandon Dofat (Unattached) (9-1)
3rd Place Match - Ty Kolterman (Bethany) won by decision over Liles (8-4)

133 - Greg Bentley (3-2)
Champ. Round 1 - Bentley received a bye
Champ. Round 2 - Brandon Dofat (Unattached) won by decision over Bentley (9-6)
Cons. Round 2 - Bentley received a bye
Cons. Round 3 - Bentley won by decision over Tyler Brown (Baker) (4-3)
Cons. Round 4 - Zach McCullough (Drury) won by decision over Bentley ((4-2)

133 - Caysen Smith – 2nd place (4-1)
Champ. Round 1 - Smith received a bye
Champ. Round 2 - Smith won by major decision over Zach Knox (Kansas Wesleyan) (10-2)
Quarterfinal - Smith won by major decision over Cameron Amann (Neosho) (12-0)
Semifinal - Smith won by decision over Demone McClinton (Pratt) (7-5)
Championship - Tyler Dickman (Baker) won by fall over Smith (2:50)

141 - Isaac Bailey (2-2)
Round 1 - Bailey won by decision over Cole Sullivan (Baker) (8-2)
Quarterfinal - Mateo Soto (Neosho) won by fall over Bailey (4:18)
Cons. Round 2 - Bailey won by forfeit over Dy`Juan Carney (Pratt)
Cons. Round 3 - Peyton Smith (Labette) won by fall over Bailey (3:00)

149 - Howard Johnson (1-2)
Round 1 - Johnson won by major decision over Abel Garcia (Kansas Wesleyan) (18-4)
Quarterfinal - Victor Hughes (Baker) won by fall over Johnson (2:11)
Cons. Round 2 - Clay DeWaal (Unattached) won by decision over JohnsonDec 7-6)

157 - Sean Taborsky (3-2)
Round 1 - Taborsky received a bye
Round 2 - Taborsky won by fall over Nick Desch (Bethany) (2:50)
Quarterfinal - Taborsky won by fall over Owen Tuckfield (Baker) (4:35)
Semifinal - Dane Edwards (Baker) won by major decision over Taborsky (15-4)
Cons. Semi - Tyler Mann (Benedictine) won by major decision over Taborsky (12-2)

157 - Colin Koger (2-2)
Round 1 - Koger received a bye
Round 2 - Troy Wilson (Kansas Wesleyan) won by fall over Koger (1:25)
Cons. Round 2 - Koger received a bye
Cons. Round 3 - Derek Gentry (Barton) won by decision over Koger (8-6)

157 - Derek Gentry (3-2)
Round 1 - Dane Edwards (Baker) won by decision over Gentry (15-9)
Cons. Round 1 - Gentry received a bye
Cons. Round 2 - Gentry won by tech fall over Spencer Fortney (Kansas State Club) (25-7)
Cons. Round 3 - Gentry won by decision over Colin Koger (Barton) (8-6)
Cons. Round 4 - Owen Tuckfield (Baker) won in tie breaker - 1 over Gentry (TB-1 5-4)

157 – Lucas McMichael (1-2)
Round 1 – Ty Wilson (Kansas Wesleyan) won by fall over Lucas McMichael (2:04
Cons. Round 1 – McMichael received a bye
Cons. Round 2 – McMichael won by decision over Cory Pych (Drury) (7-2)
Cons. Round 3 – Tyler Mann (Benedictine) won by fall over McMichael (2:34)

174 - Devon Baker – 4th place (4-2)
Round 1 - Baker won by fall over Jose Cortez (Pratt) (1:47)
Quarterfinal - Joshua Ortiz (Baker) won by decision over Baker (4-2)
Cons. Round 2 - Baker won by fall over Logan Rice (Labette) (2:28)
Cons. Round 3 - Baker won by fall over James Ellis (Pratt) (1:14)
Cons. Semi - Baker won by decision over Nick Moore (Baker) (13-7)
3rd Place Match - Trent Miles (Barton) won by decision over Baker (8-2)

174 - David Kelly – 1st place (4-0)
Round 1 - Kelly won by fall over Todd Angel (Unattached) (5:38)
Quarterfinal - Kelly won by major decision over Zachary Balden (Baker) (14-3)
Semifinal - Kelly won by decision over Joshua Ortiz (Baker) (3-0)
Championship - Kelly won by fall over John Hughes (Baker) (4:09)

174 - Trent Miles – 3rd place (5-1)
Round 1 - Miles won by fall over Cameron Bruce (Unattached) (2:41)
Quarterfinal - John Hughes (Baker) won by decision over Miles (7-0)
Cons. Round 2 - Miles won by fall over Alexander Carpenter (Kansas State Club) (2:29)
Cons. Round 3 - Miles won by fall over Jacob Walker (Unattached) (0:24)
Cons. Semi - Miles won by fall over Joshua Ortiz (Baker) (5:54)
3rd Place - Miles won by decision over Devon Baker (Barton) (8-2)

197 - Ethan Dean (3-2)
Round 1 - Dean received a bye
Round 2 - William Leone (Baker) won by fall over Dean (0:26)
Cons. Round 2 - Dean received a bye
Cons. Round 3 - Dean won by decision over Andy Allyn (Unattached) (8-4)
Cons. Round 4 - Jared Rennick (Unattached) won by fall over Dean (2:18)

197 - Victor Monarrez (2-2)
Round 1 - Monarrez received a bye
Round 2 - Jared Rennick (Unattached) won by major decision over Monarrez (11-2)
Cons. Round 2 - Monarrez received a bye
Cons. Round 3 - Andrew Garber (Labette) won by decision over Monarrez (8-7)

285 - Forrest Lalaguna – 2nd place (3-1)
Round 1 - Lalaguna received a bye
Quarterfinal - Lalaguna won by fall over Aaron Davis (Kansas State Club) (4:04)
Semifinal - Lalaguna won by decision over Ben Melton (Drury) (3-2)
Championships - Brix Brickey (Barton) won in sudden victory - 1 over Lalaguna (SV-1 3-1)

285 - Brix Brickey – 1st place (4-0)
Round 1 - Brickey won by fall over Anthony Ottinger (Labette) (4:55)
Quarterfinal - Brickey won by fall over Cody Curnutt (Unattached) (4:20)
Semifinal – Brickey won by fall over Marquise Jacoby-Davis (Unattached) (0:45)
Championship - Brickey won in sudden victory - 1 over Forrest Lalaguna (Barton) (SV-1 3-1)