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Mitchell, S.D. – Twenty-two wrestlers took to the mat for the (RV) Northern State University Wolves from the DWU Open on Saturday with 11 top-5 finishes. Brady Westall and Krayle Stormer won their respective brackets at 184 and 141 pounds. In total, NSU scored 100 points on the day.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED FOR WESTALL

• The 184-pounder opened his day with a 19-2 technical fall win over Jarred Goodman of Ridgewater College
• He rattled off wins over Payton Waymon of Minot State (TF 17-2) and Keegan Gehlhausen (MF) to reach the championships round
• Westall downed Brooks Loosvelt of Chadron State by technical fall, 18-2, capping off his bonus point win day

 
HOW IT HAPPENED FOR STORMER

• Krayle Stormer won the 141-pound bracket with a 5-0 record and two bonus point wins
• He opened his day with a 21-2 technical fall over Kameron Stiffler of Bismarck State and added wins over Christian Kirchner (Maj 22-12), Connor Ritonya of Nebraska Kearney (Dec 7-4), and Elijah Reece of Minnesota State (Dec 8-2)
• The transfer capped off his day with a 2-0 decision win over Colton Hush of Minnesota State

 
WOLVES SECOND PLACE FINISHERS

• Clay Gates posted a 3-1 record on the day, falling in the championship bout following wins over Elijah Nose of Jamestown (TF 19-4), Grant Wells of Concordia (Fall 2:58), and Ben DeForest of UMary (Dec 4-1)
• Calder Sheehan went 4-0 on the day, taking second at 149-pounds in a championship match-up against No. 11 Rudy Lopez that wasn't wrestled
  • Sheehan tallied wins over Davin Wieland of Iowa Lakes (Fall 1:00), Dalton Hinebauch (TF 20-3), Caleb Nadig of Chadron State (Dec 7-2), and Aidan Callahan of Chadron State (5-3)
• Lopez went undefeated at 149-pounds as well posting a 4-0 record in second
  • He recorded wins over Robert Salehi of Minot State (Maj 17-4), Jacob Messner of Southwest (Maj 22-8), Hudson Loges of Augustana (Dec 3-1), and Nolan Ambrose of Augustana (Dec 6-3)
• Ryan Hirschkorn took second at 197-pounds with a 3-1 record, notching wins over Wyatt Powell of MSU Moorhead (Fall 1:34), Sam McNelly of Augustana (Dec 5-3), and Ryan Patterson of Fort Hays State (Dec 4-1)

 
REMAINING TOP FIVE PLACERS

• Jacob Williams took third at 165-pounds with a 5-1 record on the day and wins over Chase Eggleston of Wayne (TF 17-2), Wyatt Pollard of Southwest (Maj 12-1), Robert Nelson of Nebraska Kearney (Fall 2:10), Tayten Gillette of Chadron State (Dec 4-1), and Cash Raymond of Augustana (Dec 7-2)
• Karstyn Lhotak finished in fourth at 141-pounds with a 5-2 record and wins over Bentley Williams of Augustana (Maj 10-1), Andrew Honas of Fort Hays (Fall 3:46), Kaiden Dietzenbach of Minnesota State (Dec 13-6), Alex Mentzer of Augustana (Dec 10-6), and Elijah Reese of Minnesota State (Dec 4-1)
• No. 13 Sloan Johannsen took fourth at 125-pounds with a 5-1 record on the day recording wins over Dominic Chimeno of Iowa Lakes (Fall 2:52), Landon Walker of MSU Moorhead (TF 17-2), Carson Nelson of Ridgewater (Fall 2:47), Carter Katherman of Augustana (Dec 10-8), and Cole Welte of Augustana (Maj 16-5)
• Teagan Block notched the final fourth place finish at 133-pounds with a 5-1 record and wins over Will Farren (Fall 1:24), Jett Schwartz of Fort Hays (TF 19-1), John Kenney of Bismarck (Maj 15-1), Kipp Cordes of Dakota Wesleyan (Fall 2:03), and Hunter Jacobsen of Chadron State (TF 18-2)
• Travis Smith rounded out the top-5 finishers at 184-pounds with a 4-2 record and wins over Mason Buss of Southwest Minnesota State (TF 19-4), Jaden Silha of Bismarck State (MF), Jaquan East of Minnesota State (Dec 6-4), and Keegan Gehlhausen of Chadron State (MF)

 
 
UP NEXT
The Wolves return to action on Saturday, November 22 at the Nebraska Kearney, Younes Hospitality Open. To follow all the action from Kearney click here.