The East Atchison Boys’ Wrestling Team traveled to Plattsburg Saturday, January 15, to compete in the Sam Martin Invitational Tournament.  Sammie Litherbury, Bo Graves and Aaron Schlueter earned 3rd place medals at the meet.

Stats for the individual EA wrestlers are as follows:

138 Lbs. – Braiden Wennihan

Round 1 – Justus Martin (Father Tolton Regional Catholic) over Braiden Wennihan (EA) (fall 1:52)

Round 2 – Braiden Wennihan (EA) over Giacomo Pisoni (Diamond) (fall 0:19)

Round 3 – Joey Hofmeister (Plattsburg) over Braiden Wennihan (EA) (fall 3:15)

Round 4 – Brecken Gates (Cameron) over Braiden Wennihan (EA) (fall 0:33)

Round 5 – Draken Bennett (Maysville) over Braiden Wennihan (EA) (fall 1:01)

145 Lbs. – Linkin Murry

Round 1 – Brandon Calentine (Diamond) over Linkin Murry (EA) (fall 1:38)

Round 2 – Chase Short (Cameron) over Linkin Murry (EA) (fall 1:06)

Round 3 – Linkin Murry (EA) received a bye

Round 4 – Linkin Murry (EA) over Perry Huff (Penney) (fall 3:12)

5th Place Match – Linkin Murry (EA) over Caden McLallen (Plattsburg) (fall 0:38)

152 Lbs. – Gabe Harms

Round 1 – Zander Pulliam (Penney) over Gabe Harms (EA) (fall 1:07)

Round 2 – Wyatt Moran (Plattsburg) over Gabe Harms (EA) (fall 0:41)

Round 3 – Brendan Barton (Maysville) over Gabe Harms (EA) (fall 0:33)

Round 4 – Gabe Harms (EA) received a bye

Round 5 – Kenton Gates (Cameron) over Gabe Harms (EA) (fall 0:42)

160 Lbs. – Sammie Litherbury

Round 1 – Sammie Litherbury (EA) over Talan Ash (Penney) (fall 1:24)

Round 2 – Jay Greiner (Lafayette (St. Joseph)) over Sammie Litherbury (EA) (fall 0:53)

Round 3 – Sammie Litherbury (EA) over Nathan Gray (Diamond) (fall 0:36)

Round 4 – Gage Jones (Cameron) over Sammie Litherbury (EA) (fall 2:54)

3rd Place Match – Sammie Litherbury (EA) over Logan Reynolds (Plattsburg) (decision 13-8)

170 Lbs. – Bo Graves

Round 1 – Kendal King (Diamond) over Bo Graves (EA) (fall 1:29)

Round 2 – Coy Sobotka (Maysville) over Bo Graves (EA) (fall 1:35)

3rd Place Match – Bo Graves (EA) over Lane Jorgensen (Plattsburg) (M. For.)

182 Lbs. – Tanner Rollins

Round 1 – Ty Douglas (Diamond) over Tanner Rollins (EA) (fall 1:24)

Round 2 – Dallas Yanits (Cameron) over Tanner Rollins (EA) (fall 3:50)

Round 3 – Max Heintz (Maysville) over Tanner Rollins (EA) (fall 0:19)

Round 4 – Korbin Dow (Plattsburg) over Tanner Rollins (EA) (fall 1:16)

5th Place Match – Tanner Rollins (EA) over Derek York (Father Tolton Regional Catholic) (injury)

195 Lbs. – Aaron Schlueter

Round 1 – Paul Viena (Cameron) over Aaron Schlueter (EA) (Decision 5-2)

Round 2 – Aaron Schlueter (EA) won by forfeit

Round 3 – Aaron Schlueter (EA) over Dalton Becklenberg (Father Tolton Regional Catholic) (fall 1:16)

Round 4 – Aaron Schlueter (EA) over Landon Clement (Diamond) (decision 8-4)

Round 5 – Aaron Schlueter (EA) over Caleb McCartney (Plattsburg) (fall 2:26)

The girls’ tournament was held Monday, January 17. Those results will be printed in next week’s Atchison County Mail.

Gabe Harms goes head to head with his opponent at the Sam Martin Invitational Saturday, January 15. (Photos by Ann Schlueter)

Linkin Murry works to flip his opponent over at the Sam Martin Invitational.

Sammie Litherbury defeated his Plattsburg opponent 13-8.

Aaron Schlueter works to gain control over his opponent at the Sam Martin Invitational Saturday, January 15.