Gallatin wrestlers finished with nine top six finishes and a fourth place team finish at Saturday’s 22-team Plattsburg Tournament.
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Three Bulldogs, Wyatt Bird, Trystan Sunby and Jesse Bundy, found themselves in championship matches but unable to pull off first place wins.
Bird won three of his first four matches before matching up with Plattsburg’s Dalton Schlie. An outstanding championship match came down to sudden victory and Schlie rode out the overtime for a 2-1 win.
Sunby, wrestled at 182 pounds, defeated opponents from Hamilton and Chillicothe before losing by fall to Lawson’s Adrean Fisher in their title match.
Bundy tore through his side of the 195-pound bracket with wins over Trenton, Shawnee Mission North and Hamilton foes. Bundy battled even with South Harrison’s Kasey McFall before falling by a 5-3 count in their championship match.
Caleb Michael, at 145 pounds, was unstoppable in three straight matches. He defeated his Chillicothe opponent, 9-0, then pinned foes from Plattsburg and Rock Port before losing by fall to Lawson’s Corbin Menke in the advanced rounds. He came back to win his next match with a pin and take third in his division.
Tanner Johnson finished with a 2-3 record on the day with Polo’s Drake Burton and Plattsburg’s Jesse McGee. Johnson was a fourth place medalist for Gallatin.
Rian Critten, at 126, and CJ Richards, at 160, each won three of five matches and brought home fifth place awards. Declan Sweizer and Michael McLey each finished 2-3 and with sixth place finishes.
Corbin Toney finished 2-3 but won his final match of the day to place seventh in the 152-pound weight class. Jared Williams, 113, and Caleb Boyd, 132, were ninth place finishers for the Bulldogs. Dalton Swalley finished 2-2 and in 13th place in the 170-pound weight class.
Bulldog wrestlers travel to Cameron on Thursday for a 6 p.m. start and will compete in the Brookfield Tournament on Saturday.