Mexico Boys Wrestling Competes At Benton Tournament

The Mexico Bulldogs boys wrestling team was on the road on Saturday competing at the Benton Tournament.

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Ricardo Juarez (38-4) placed 1st and scored 33.0 team points.

Round 1 – Ricardo Juarez (Mexico) 38-4 won by fall over Chris Torres (Northeast (Kansas City)) 3-8 (Fall 0:38)
Round 2 – Ricardo Juarez (Mexico) 38-4 won by fall over Laren Dietz (Lawson) 19-19 (Fall 1:16)
Round 4 – Ricardo Juarez (Mexico) 38-4 won by fall over Myles Callaghan (Nevada) 10-16 (Fall 0:46)
Round 5 – Ricardo Juarez (Mexico) 38-4 won by fall over Tyler James (Moberly) 25-15 (Fall 3:09)
1st Place Match – Ricardo Juarez (Mexico) 38-4 won by decision over Chris Sullivan (Harrisonville) 26-5 (Dec 4-3)

Watson Azdell (27-13) placed 2nd and scored 19.0 team points.

Round 1 – Watson Azdell (Mexico) 27-13 won by fall over Dontae Finley (Ruskin) 10-14 (Fall 2:41)
Round 2 – Watson Azdell (Mexico) 27-13 won by fall over Brice Harper (Harrisonville) 9-7 (Fall 1:42)
Round 3 – Watson Azdell (Mexico) 27-13 won by fall over Austin Allen (Lafayette (St. Joseph)) 17-17 (Fall 3:00)
Championship Bracket – Watson Azdell (Mexico) 27-13 won by major decision over Mokey Dawn (Nevada) 17-16 (MD 12-1)
1st Place Match – Nick Kessler (Moberly) 31-11 won by fall over Watson Azdell (Mexico) 27-13 (Fall 0:32)

Grant VanHorn (33-2) placed 1st and scored 34.0 team points.

Round 2 – Grant VanHorn (Mexico) 33-2 won by fall over Eric Holliday (Ruskin) 14-25 (Fall 1:15)
Round 3 – Grant VanHorn (Mexico) 33-2 won by fall over Brooks Head (Moberly) 18-29 (Fall 1:13)
Quarterfinal – Grant VanHorn (Mexico) 33-2 won by fall over Dalton McNeal (Lawson) 12-14 (Fall 1:24)
Semifinal – Grant VanHorn (Mexico) 33-2 won by fall over Terrion Canton (Central (Kansas City)) 11-7 (Fall 4:14)
1st Place Match – Grant VanHorn (Mexico) 33-2 won by fall over Nick Ripperger (Harrisonville) 27-10 (Fall 1:50)

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Dylan Mosley (40-2) placed 1st and scored 23.0 team points.

Round 1 – Dylan Mosley (Mexico) 40-2 won by major decision over Karl Liggans (Center) 2-3 (MD 15-6)
Round 2 – Dylan Mosley (Mexico) 40-2 won by fall over Brandon Phillips (Harrisonville) 13-18 (Fall 1:21)
Round 3 – Dylan Mosley (Mexico) 40-2 won by fall over Owen James (Moberly) 19-17 (Fall 3:31)
Championship Bracket – Dylan Mosley (Mexico) 40-2 won by fall over Joseph Fahnstock (Nevada) 12-10 (Fall 3:43)
1st Place Match – Dylan Mosley (Mexico) 40-2 won by decision over Ethan Nash (Benton) 23-9 (Dec 8-2)

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Keith Ransom (39-2) placed 1st and scored 25.0 team points.

Round 1 – Keith Ransom (Mexico) 39-2 won by fall over Austen James (Moberly JV) 16-13 (Fall 1:11)
Round 2 – Keith Ransom (Mexico) 39-2 won by fall over Josh Brown (West Platte) 19-25 (Fall 0:44)
Round 3 – Keith Ransom (Mexico) 39-2 won by fall over Onyedikachi Okoro (Center) 10-11 (Fall 0:14)
Championship Bracket – Keith Ransom (Mexico) 39-2 won by tech fall over Dakotah Courtney (Moberly) 22-20 (TF-1.5 3:50 (15-0))
1st Place Match – Keith Ransom (Mexico) 39-2 won by tech fall over Bishop Rush (Benton) 23-5 (TF-1.5 3:07 (15-0))

Sam Ortiz (19-17) placed 9th and scored 2.0 team points.

Round 2 – Xaviar Cary (Lafayette (St. Joseph)) 11-7 won by fall over Sam Ortiz (Mexico) 19-17 (Fall 2:45)
Round 3 – Carter Smith (Moberly) 24-16 won by fall over Sam Ortiz (Mexico) 19-17 (Fall 1:28)
Round 4 – Casen Hayes (Harrisonville) 10-20 won by decision over Sam Ortiz (Mexico) 19-17 (Dec 8-5)
Round 5 – Kota Triplett (Lawson) 19-17 won by fall over Sam Ortiz (Mexico) 19-17 (Fall 1:38)
9th Place Match – Sam Ortiz (Mexico) 19-17 won by fall over Damien Marley (Central (Kansas City)) 0-7 (Fall 1:05)

Peyton Hoover (15-17) placed 9th and scored 0.0 team points.

Round 2 – Jay Greiner (Lafayette (St. Joseph)) 40-0 won by fall over Peyton Hoover (Mexico) 15-17 (Fall 1:08)
Round 3 – Gage St. Clair (Moberly) 14-9 won by fall over Peyton Hoover (Mexico) 15-17 (Fall 4:00)
Round 4 – Josh Peek (Benton) 2-3 won by fall over Peyton Hoover (Mexico) 15-17 (Fall 3:16)
Round 5 – Nic Scheib (Savannah) 16-25 won by fall over Peyton Hoover (Mexico) 15-17 (Fall 3:17)
9th Place Match – Peyton Hoover (Mexico) 15-17 received a bye () (Bye)

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Jokiah Sewell (31-5) placed 2nd and scored 26.0 team points.

Round 2 – Jokiah Sewell (Mexico) 31-5 won by fall over Ian Wieneke (Central (St. Joseph)) 1-12 (Fall 0:54)
Round 3 – Jokiah Sewell (Mexico) 31-5 won by fall over Benjamin Kneib (Lafayette (St. Joseph)) 16-17 (Fall 1:35)
Quarterfinal – Jokiah Sewell (Mexico) 31-5 won by fall over Robert Ragland (Savannah) 15-22 (Fall 1:12)
Semifinal – Jokiah Sewell (Mexico) 31-5 won by decision over Kale Weber (Harrisonville) 32-7 (Dec 8-4)
1st Place Match – Zach Lewis (Moberly) 37-2 won by decision over Jokiah Sewell (Mexico) 31-5 (Dec 10-3)

Morgan Grubb (21-9) placed 6th and scored 11.0 team points.

Round 2 – Morgan Grubb (Mexico) 21-9 won by fall over Matthew Haynes (West Platte JV) 2-3 (Fall 0:53)
Round 3 – Morgan Grubb (Mexico) 21-9 won by fall over Luke Andersen (Nevada) 14-13 (Fall 5:36)
Quarterfinal – David Brown (West Platte) 32-14 won by decision over Morgan Grubb (Mexico) 21-9 (Dec 9-3)
Cons. Round 1 – Morgan Grubb (Mexico) 21-9 won by fall over Owen Adair (Harrisonville) 10-16 (Fall 3:37)
5th Place Match – Gage Fallaw (Moberly) 27-13 won by fall over Morgan Grubb (Mexico) 21-9 (Fall 4:49)

Deacon Haag (35-6) placed 5th and scored 15.0 team points.

Round 2 – Deacon Haag (Mexico) 35-6 won by fall over Elijah Pitts (Ruskin) 11-31 (Fall 1:51)
Round 3 – Deacon Haag (Mexico) 35-6 won by fall over Preston Larkin (Savannah) 20-15 (Fall 3:25)
Quarterfinal – Harold Tsafack (Center) 14-6 won by fall over Deacon Haag (Mexico) 35-6 (Fall 5:42)
Cons. Round 1 – Deacon Haag (Mexico) 35-6 won by fall over Garrett Rogers (Nevada) 5-6 (Fall 1:08)
5th Place Match – Deacon Haag (Mexico) 35-6 won by fall over Brandon Torres-Moya (Lafayette (St. Joseph)) 18-7 (Fall 1:03)