Caleb Boyd, 138 pounds
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Wyatt Bird captured an individual title Saturday and Ross Critten and Graydee Rains each finished second to lead Bulldog efforts in the 16-team Brookfield Wrestling Tournament.
Bird, wrestling in the 145-pound weight class, won all four matches, including an 11-3, major decision, over Richmond’s Braden Ford in the title match. Bird raised his season match record to 26-6.
Critten won three straight matches in the 106-pound class before squaring off against Cameron Steinhoff of Liberty-Wentzville, the #6 ranked wrestler in Class 3. Steinhoff, a junior who easily won all of his matches up until the championship, escaped with a 6-4 win over Critten, now 30-3.
Wyatt Bird, 145 pounds
Rains finished 4-1 in the 195-pound weight class, raising his season record to 29-4. His only loss came in the title match against Brookfield’s Richard Menconi, ranked two spots ahead of Rains at #3 in Class 1.
Tom Crouse wrestled to a fifth place finish for the Bulldogs in the 152 pound class. He won three of four matches on the day. His only loss came to Brookfield’s Khalil Walker, who went on to finish third.
Ross Critten, 106 pounds
Keegan Allen, 113 pounds, Drayton Harris, 132 pounds, and Caleb Michael, 160 pounds, each finished sixth for Gallatin. Allen and Harris won two matches and Michael won three before being forced to retire due to injury.
Dalton Swalley, 170 pounds, and Michael McLey, 285 pounds, each placed seventh for the Bulldogs. Gaven Gray, wrestling at 138 pounds, finished 14th at that weight.
Bulldog varsity wrestlers did not lose a contested weight class last Thursday at Cameron. The Bulldogs defeated Rock Port, 54-12, knocked off Kansas City East, 60-12, and handled Cameron’s jayvee squad, 57-18. All opposing wins came by forfeit.
The Bulldogs split exhibition matches against the Dragons. Gaven Gray won by major decision (12-1) in his 138-pound match. Cody Arnold battled to the end but fell, 9-5, in this 160-pound match.
Gallatin’s final home meet will be Thursday. Bulldog wrestlers hope to be in contention for the Grand River Conference title when they travel to Trenton for the league tournament. Gallatin finished runnerup to Maysville.
The Bulldogs will also wrestle at Hamilton next Tuesday.
Keegan Allen, 113 pounds
Drayton Harris, 132 pounds