The East Atchison Wolves are 2019 Corner Conference champs! The team defeated four others in Sidney, Iowa, December 19, to claim the victory. Pictured are, from left to right: front row – Justin Stanton and Kayden Levendahl; second row – Connor Brown, Jaden Clark, Lucas Joesting, Taylor Stanton, Austin Anderson, Carter Holecek, and Tanner Rollins; and back row – Assistant Coach Jordan Riley, Grant Turnbull, Tyler Donaldson, Jayden Umbarger, Bo Graves, Aaron Schlueter, Cameron Nance, Braiden Wennihan, Ashton Yeary, Dylan Campbell, and Head Coach Kurt Sloop. (Ann Schlueter photo)

The East Atchison high school wrestlers traveled to Sidney, Iowa, on December 19, 2019, to compete in the Corner Conference Wrestling Duals. The Wolves came home as champs, winning all four of their duals: East Atchison 42 vs. Southwest Iowa 33, East Atchison 48 vs. East Mills 30, East Atchison 48 vs. Clarinda Academy 21, and East Atchison 60 vs. Griswold 18.

Wolves who were named to the All-Corner Conference 1st Team included: 106 lbs. – Lucas Joesting (4-0), 138 lbs. – Carter Holecek (4-0), and 182 lbs. – Kayden Levendahl (4-0). Wolves named to the All-Corner Conference 2nd Team included 120 lbs. – Justin Stanton (3-1), 126 lbs. – Braiden Wennihan (3-1), 145 lbs. – Austin Anderson (3-1), 160 lbs. – Connor Brown (3-1), 170 lbs. – Aaron Schlueter (3-1), 195 lbs. – Cameron Nance (3-1), and 285 lbs. – Ashton Yeary (3-1).

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The East Atchison High School Wrestling Squad traveled to Maysville, Missouri, to compete in the Maysville Triangular December 17, 2019. East Atchison’s results follow:

EA 30 vs. Maysville 46

East Atchison’s winning wrestlers were Lucas Joesting, Justin Stanton, Braiden Wennihan, Carter Holecek, Austin Anderson, Connor Brown, and Ashton Yeary.

EA 54 vs. Rock Port 15

East Atchison’s winning wrestlers were Justin Stanton, Braiden Wennihan, Austin Anderson, Tanner Rollins, Connor Brown, Cameron Nance, Jayden Umbarger, and Ashton Yeary.

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The Wolf wrestlers traveled to Cook, Nebraska, to compete in the Thunderbird Invitational at Johnson County Central December 21, 2019. Results for the Wolves follow:

120 lbs. – Justin Stanton (16-3) placed 2nd and scored 20 team points. Round 1 – Justin Stanton won by fall over Caden Trew (Red Cloud/Blue Hill) (Fall 2:37). Round 2 – Justin Stanton won by fall over Sebastian Duran (Mount Michael Benedictine) (Fall 2:11). Round 3 – Justin Stanton won by decision over Grant Wells (Lincoln Lutheran) (Dec. 14-8). Championship Bracket – Justin Stanton won by fall over Myles Jones (Sutton) (Fall 0:58). First Place Match – Kyle Kesterson (Southwest Iowa) won by decision over Justin Stanton (Dec. 10-5).

126 lbs. – Braiden Wennihan (13-6) placed 5th and scored 14 team points. Round 1 – Braiden Wennihan won by fall over Gideon Connelly (Freeman) (Fall 0:30). Round 2 – Braiden Wennihan won by disqualification over Luke Blocker (Lincoln Christian) (DQ). Round 3 – Scott Marshall (Sutton) won by fall over Braiden Wennihan (Fall 3:36). Consolation Bracket – Braiden Wennihan won by fall over Rita Ceballos (Johnson County Central) (Fall 0:22). Fifth Place Match – Braiden Wennihan won by fall over Lilly Gomez (Red Cloud/Blue Hill) (Fall 0:25).

132 lbs. – Jaden Clark (7-10) placed 5th and scored 7 team points. Round 1 – Jaden Clark won by fall over Alex Podtburg (Freeman) (Fall 2:18). Round 2 – Matthew Ford (Sutton) won by fall over Jaden Clark (Fall 1:07). Round 3 – Jett Arensberg (Yutan) won by fall over Jaden Clark (Fall 0:43). Round 4 – Layne Ettleman (Southwest Iowa) won by fall over Jaden Clark (Fall 0:36). Round 5 – Sam Wooten (Mount Michael Benedictine) won by fall over Jaden Clark (Fall 0:57).

152 lbs. – Connor Brown (12-6) placed 6th and scored 8 team points. Round 2 – Connor Brown  won by fall over Riley Dawe (Lincoln Lutheran) (Fall 1:48). Round 3 – Andy Maloley (Humboldt-Table Rock/Steinauer/Pawnee City) won by fall over Connor Brown (Fall 3:07). Quarterfinal – Dedrick Dowding (Palmyra) won by fall over Connor Brown (Fall 3:11). Cons. Round 1 – Connor Brown won by fall over Devin Fichter (Southwest Iowa) (Fall 0:22). Fifth Place Match – Isaac VeraCruz (Lincoln Christian) won by fall over Connor Brown (Fall 2:44).

170 lbs. – Aaron Schlueter (14-4) placed 9th and scored 2 team points. Round 1 – Aaron Schlueter won by fall over Ethan Gallant (Mount Michael Benedictine (Fall 1:58). Round 2 – Aaron Schlueter  won by decision over Colton Wellman (Johnson County Central) (Dec 12-8). Round 3 – Dylan Svoboda (Lincoln Christian) won by fall over Aaron Schlueter (Fall 3:10). Consolation Bracket – Aaron Schlueter won by fall over Lane Ballard (Lincoln Christian) (Fall 0:58). Ninth Place Match – Aaron Schlueter won by fall over Brett Hemminger (Freeman) (Fall 2:23).

182 lbs. – Kayden Levendahl (4-9) placed 5th and scored 5 team points. Round 1 – Sam Driewer (Lincoln Christian) 7-4 won by fall over Kayden Levendahl (Fall 0:40). Round 2 – Josh Jessen (Yutan) won by fall over Kayden Levendahl (Fall 0:18). Round 3 – Kayden Levendahl received a bye. Round 4 – Kaden Cooper (Humboldt-Table Rock/Steinauer/Pawnee City) won by major decision over Kayden Levendahl (M.Dec. 13-2). Round 5 – Jaden Nuss (Sutton) won by fall over Kayden Levendahl (Fall 0:38).