Category Archives: Wrestling

The wrestlers were sent off by students, parents, and community with the help of the fire department. Good Luck at state guys!

Joe J, Stevin H, Levi R, Chris R

The Hemingford wrestling dual scheduled for tonight has been postponed to January 31st at 7:00 p.m. due to illness and injury for both the Hawks and the Bobcats.

The first meet of the season has been underway. The Hawks took on one other school at the traditional Crawford Invite. The Hawks went into the tournament with not every wrestler.

Three wrestlers did not wrestle, Kolten Marx, Christopher Ray, and Tyler Merritt. The Hawks still went and competed. In the 126 pound class Charles Jerrell Jr. went one and three; these were his very first ever wrestling matches. Levi Ray competed in the 132 pound class and went undefeated with a record of five and zero. Joseph Johnson was in the 138 pound weight class and went four losing in the championship match. In the 145 pound weight class there was Jake Johnson trying his best to win in the higher weight class; Jake lost all four of his matches. In the 220 pound class Stevin Horrocks won all but one of his three matches.

All in all the Hawks placed sixth with only five wrestlers. The Hawks are ready to keep their success going throughout the year. The next meet is Saturday the 14^th of December in Gordon.

The 2012-2013 season ended with districts in Sutherland and the state meet at the Century Link Center in Omaha.  In Districts we finished runner-up in the 17 team D-4 district.  District Champions  Chris Ray, Joey Johnson, and Stevin Horrocks plus district runner-up Levi Ray  and  4^th place finisher Jordan Houser all qualified for the state meet in Omaha.  Our other wrestlers at the district meet both won matches and contributed to our runner-up finish, they were Jake Johnson and Kolten Marx.  Our  final points at District was 103 pts 4.5 points ahead of SMC and 83 points behind Bayard who had 186 points to win the district, but Hay Springs only had 7 wrestlers out of 15 weight classes while Bayard I believe had 13 or 14 weight classes filled.  The best news is we had NO seniors on our team so next year’s team will be essentially the same wrestlers but with another year’s experience.

At the state meet 4 of the 5 qualifiers won matches with two placers.  Joey Johnson placed 6^th and Stevin Horrocks finished in 3^rd place  ( At the state meet there are 16 wrestlers in each weight class so even 6^th place is an accomplishment).  As a team we finished in 20^th place out of 58 schools that qualified wrestlers for the meet.  Again with 2 Soph and 3 Juniors at the State Meet we should be very competitive again next year.

On a personal basis I was voted by the coaches at the district meet as the out-standing coach of District D-4,  A surprise award to myself but something that really goes to all the wrestlers and assistant coach Al Rinehart.  Even though Wrestling is an individual sport, team awards are due recognition to all the team and coaches.

To watch the state wrestling tournaments, go to:

http://www.trackwrestling.com

Scroll down until you find the link that says “2013 NSAA Championships” and click on it.  Then click on the “Enter Tournament” button.

 Hay Springs Schools are sending 5 to state wrestling!  Congrats to Stevin Horrocks, Chris Ray and Joey Johnson for placing 1st at districts, Levi Ray placed 2nd and Jordan Houser placed 4th.  As a team  they took 2nd (out of 17 schools) and Coach Planansky was voted “Coach of the Year”!  Way to represent Hay Springs Schools Guys!  GO GET EM’ AT STATE!

Pep rally for wrestlers going to state will be Tuesday, February 12th at 1:00 pm (old auditorium).  Send off will be 8:00 am Wednesday, February 13th.

Hawk wrestlers will host Hemingford for “Nostalgia Night” in the old gym, AKA High School Auditorium, December 6th at 7:00 p.m. Admission will be two cans of food for the Community Food Baskets. This will be the only home event for the Hawk wrestlers, so it will also be their parents’ night.