Even with the snow causing a postponement of a meet, the Bobcat wrestlers had a full week on the mat with a triangular at Tryon on Thursday and the Amherst Invite on Saturday.

The Bobcat grapplers won both rounds of action against Hyannis and Sandhills Valley on Thursday - by a score of 54-6 against Hyannis and 54-18 over Sandhills Valley.

At 138 pounds, CJ Quandt pinned Daniel Taylor in 1:38 and at 160 pounds, Jamie Tickle was pinned by Ezekiel Heaton in 1:37. Heaton was a state qualifier last year at D138.

Wrestlers earning forfeit points over Hyannis were Josiah Coleman at 106 pounds; Zane Ellison at 113 pounds; Paxton Bierman at 120 pounds; Bo Brennan at 126 pounds; Dawson Mason at 132 pounds; Dylan Handley at 145 pounds; Jamie Tickle at 160 pounds; Kyle Bloomer at 182 pounds; and Dawson Doggett at 195 pounds.

Against the Sandhills Valley Mavericks, the Bobcats had three matches - at 160 pounds, Tickle pinned Killian Rooney in 1:24; at 195 pounds Doggett pinned Kaden Blake in 2:16; and Handley was pinned by Conner Weekly in 1:06. The rest of the team had forfeit wins.

At Amherst on Saturday, two Bobcats brought home fourth place hardware for their efforts on the day.

At 106 pounds, Coleman (13-6) pinned Giovanni Ramirez of Gibbon in 3:44; was pinned by Micah Gerlach of Cambridge in 3:40; and was stuck by Clayton Scoville of SEM in 1:44. Scoville was a state qualifier last year in D106.

Bierman (12-9) was pinned in the quarterfinal round by Sebastian Sauceda of Shelton in 2:31 (Sauceda placed third at state last year in D106); then Bierman pinned Braden Erickson of Kenesaw in 2:19 in the second round of consolations; and fell to Talen Roland of Amherst in 2:25 in the third consolation round.

Also at 113 pounds, Zane Ellison (7-10) lost both matches of the day - first to Morgan Bunner of Clarkson/Leigh in 3:41 and then to Dylan Furstenau of Neligh-Oakdale by major decision 12-1. Bunner was a state qualifier last year in C113.

Brennan (16-7) brought home a fourth-place medal at 120 pounds with a win over Carson Whitesel of Neilgh-Oakdale in 1:42; a hard-fought loss to Easton Malleck of Amherst in 5:03; a win over Isaac Shields of Amherst in 1:47; and a third-period loss to Mitchel Stritt of Southwest in 4:26.

At 132 pounds, Mason (15-5) had a third-period loss to Trevor Schroeder of Amherst in 5:00; won by medical forfeit over Dominic Kyle of Overton; won a 6-minute match against Prestin Horwart of Southern Valley 7-2; and was pinned by Jarrett Wells of Anselmo-Merna in 2:44.

Quandt (12-10) was pinned by Ty Greenland of Arcadia/ Loup City in 1:24; got a quick pin against Gavin Hammond of Southwest in 0:55; and was pinned by Dylan Higby of Clarkson/Leigh in 1:51.

Handley (3-11) at 145 pounds was pinned by Adam Corbett of Cambridge in 1:22; and by Ethan Oberg of Hi-Line in 2:17. Corbett was a state qualifier last year in D138.

In his second meet of the year, Tickle (2-3) pinned Harley Gray of Medicine Valley in 1:58; fell to Ben Mcgee of Amherst in 2:28; and was pinned by Kaden Stunkel of Ansley Litchfield in 2:58.

At 182 pounds, Bloomer (2-10) fell to Zach Cahill of Plainview in 0:35; and to Gabe Huntley in 1:17. The other team placer was Doggett at 195 pounds, who brought home a fourth-place medal. He pinned Grady Puls of Hi-Line in 0:50; beat Aspen Henderson of Medicine Valley in 1:19; fell to Brody Bogard of Amherst in 3:50; won by decision of 8-4 over Grayson Petersen of Plainview; and lost by decision 5-3 to Chase Thomas of Neligh-Oakdale. The Bobcats traveled to Dunning on Tuesday for a rescheduled triangular. The results were not available by press time. Friday the team travels to SEM for their annual wrestling invitational. Matches start at noon. Then on Saturday, they travel back to Dunning for the Knights Invitational. Action starts at 10 a.m. Watch the school’s Facebook page for live streaming information.