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Sutton's Lee Carlson earns third-place medal in Class C 120 pound class

BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Sutton Mustangs sent four to the state wrestling tournament in Omaha this weekend and came out with 22 team points and one state medalist.

Junior Lee Carlson, 120-pounds, finished as the third-place medalist at the tournament. He guaranteed his spot on the podium on day one, winning both matches to advance to the second day’s semi-finals match.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The South Central Red Raiders sent five to the state wrestling tournament in Omaha this weekend and came out with 21 team points and one state medalist.

Senior Hunter Rempe, 285-pounds, finished as the fifth-place medalist at the tournament. He guaranteed his spot on the podium on day one, winning both matches to advance to the second day’s semi-finals match.

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BY TORY DUNCAN

In the final set of regular season games for the 2017-18 season, the Sutton Fillies earned their second win of the season in a two-game split, with Wilber-Clatonia and Fillmore Central, to improve to 2-19 on the season, as the Fillies headed into sub-district play this past Monday night.

Sutton took down the Wilber-Clatonia girls in a convincing way, clobbering the Wolverines by 38 points in a 56-18 win, before Fillmore Central gained a 42-35 win over Sutton in the regular-season finale Friday, Feb. 9.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The South Central Red Raiders finished third as a team and qualified five wrestlers at the Class C-1 District wrestling meet hosted at Malcolm Friday and Saturday.

Freshman Tobey Turman, 106; freshman Rodney McDonald, 113; junior Chase DeVries, 126; senior Colt Rademacher, 195; and senior Hunter Rempe, 285, all qualified for the state tournament in Omaha beginning Thursday, Feb. 15.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Sutton Mustangs finished fifth and the South Central Red Raiders finished seventh at the Southern Nebraska Conference wrestling tournament Friday, Feb. 2. The Mustangs earned two champions, one second-place, one third-place, and three fourth-place finishers. The Red Raiders earned one at each level—one first, one second, one third and one fourth place.

Junior Lee Carlson finished at the top of the podium at 120-pounds. He went 3-0 on the day, winning his 100th career win in the first round with a 53-second pin. He continued the winning streak with a 15-0 tech fall at the 5 minutes, 1 second mark, and in the championship round with a 1:01 pin.

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By JORDYN HULINSKY

The Mustangs finished third in the Southern Nebraska Conference tournament after defeating David City on Tuesday, Jan. 30, and then losing to Centennial Thursday, Feb. 1, 34-32, and winning the final game against Milford Saturday, Feb. 3, 51-46. The Mustangs are now 13-7 on the season with three regular season games remaining before sub-districts.

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Sandy Creek wins the 5-point victory over Sutton Thursday

BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Fillies and Lady Cougars fought a tough battle at the showdown game in Sandy Creek Thursday, Jan. 25, with the Cougars taking the eventual 35-30 victory.

Sutton started with the 7-6 lead after the first eight minutes, before the Cougars lit up and scored 14 to the Fillies zero in the second quarter to take the halftime lead 20-7.

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Carlson brothers, Chandler Stone win individual titles at Warcat Invitational

BY TORY DUNCAN

Paced by milestone wins by Chandler Stone, along with brothers Lee and Cory Carlson, the Sutton wrestling team outdistanced second-place Southwest High School by 36.5 points to lay claim to the team title at the Warcat Invitational in Red Cloud Saturday.

Stone’s trek to the 152-pound title would produce four wins for the senior and ultimately move him into second place in school history with total career wins, as his 4-0 run led him to 141 career wins to place him between brothers Tyler and Derek Bailey on the all-time wins charts.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Mustangs went 2-1 last week, defeating Ravenna 56-46 in overtime Tuesday, Jan. 16, beating Fairbury 52-49 Thursday, Jan. 18, and losing to Heartland 55-50 Saturday, Jan. 20, and is now 10-5 on the season.

In Tuesday’s game, against the Bluejays, Ravenna started with the 8-6 lead after the first. Sutton then took over in the second, outscoring 18-10 for the 24-18 lead at halftime. The teams matched scores 12-12 in the third and the Bluejays matched it all up scoring 12 compared to the Mustangs six in the fourth for a fourth quarter score of 42-42. In overtime, the Mustangs turned things up and dominated 14-4 for the 56-46 final score.

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BY JORDYN HULINSKY

The Sutton Mustang wrestlers landed in fourth at the tough David City Invite Friday, Jan. 19, and second at the Louisville Invite Saturday, Jan. 20.

At the David City meet, the Mustangs earned three second places, two third places, one fourth place, one fifth place, two sixth places and two seventh places, and one wrestler earned the 100 career wins mark.

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