GBMS starts wrestling season

Great Bend Middle School competed against Scott City Middle School and Hays Middle School in their first action of the season.  

Against Scott City, Great Bend’s Triston Tomlinson earned a takedown, a reversal and two near falls before ending with a pin.  Hayden Kelly lost 4-1. Caleb Mulligan, Corbyn Holinde and Max Heilman all lost on pins. Blake Stein lost 8-0. Slayde Apley lost 4-2. Trevin Maciel lost 7-6, Zaiden Burkes, Kia Britt and Josue Bustamante lost by pins. Trenton Kern won on an 18-second pin.

The Panthers won nine of 20 matches against Hays Middle School by wrestling more aggressively.

“For our first action of the season, we wrestled fairly well,” said GBMS coach Norbert Muth. “The other teams had wrestled already, and that showed. if we practice well, we’ll be a much improved team by the end of the season.”  

GBMS vs. SCOTT CITY—Alexys Reyes, forfeit; Kylar Ray, forfeit; Triston Tomlinson won by pin; Hayden Liles, forfeit;  Scott City def. Hayden Kelly, 4-1; Caleb Mulligan won by pin; Corbyn Holinde lost by pin; Max Heilman lost by pin; Scott City def. Blake Stein, 8-0;  Scott City def. Slayde Apley, 4-2; Scott City def. Trevin Maciel, 7-6; Zaiden Burkes lost by pin; Kale Kern, forfeit; Kia Britt lost by pin; Trenton Kern won by pin, 0:18; Josue Bustamante lost by pin.

GBMS vs. HAYS—Triston Tomlinson won by pin, 2:22; Hayden Liles won by pin, 0:48; Hayden Kelly won by pin, 0:40; Blake Stein won by pin; Kale Kern won by pin; Trenton Kern won by pin, 0:23; Josue Bustamante won by pin; Slayde Apley won 7-4; Max Heilman won 3-2, 2 OT