Beaver Wrestling Finishes Runner-Up at the NJCAA South Central District Tournament

Beaver Wrestling Finishes Runner-Up at the NJCAA South Central District Tournament

The No. three ranked Beavers traveled to Great Bend, Kan. on Saturday, Feb. 10 for the NJCAA South Central District Tournament on the campus of Barton Community College. Pratt came into the tournament having recently finished their regular season 7-0 and won their fourth straight Kansas Jayhawk Community College conference championship.  

Last season, the Beavers won the program's first South Central District Tournament. Pratt fell short today by 3.5 points as they will finish runner-up at the 2024 NJCAA South Central District Tournament. Both No. five ranked Kaden Spragis and No. one ranked Easton Taylor won championships today. See the full results for each wrestler below.  

Up next, for the Beavers will be a trip to Council Bluffs, Iowa for the NJCAA Men's Wrestling Tournament. Pratt will try and follow up last year's national runner-up finish with the program's first national championship. Matches will be held on March 1-2 at the Mid-America Center.  

125-lbs: #5 Kaden Spragis (25-7) Results 

  • Champ. Round 1- Received a bye 

  • Quarterfinal- Won by major decision 11-1 over Kolton Misener  

  • Semifinal- Won by major decision 12-3 over Brady Foster (Cloud County) 0 

  • 1st Place Match- Won by tech fall in third period (6:22) over RJ Jones (Carl Albert State) 

133-lbs: #10 Colton Field (21-7) Results 

  • Champ. Round 1- Received a bye 

  • Quarterfinal- Lost in sudden victory-1 11-8 against Corban Zugelder (Labette) 

  • Cons. Round 2- Received a bye  

  • Cons. Round 3- Lost by decision 14-13 against Daniel Vines (Cloud County) 

  • 7th Place Match- Won by decision 11-5 over Avery Wolf (Barton)  

 

141-lbs: #1 Easton Taylor (16-2) Results

  • Champ. Round 1- Received a bye  

  • Quarterfinal- Won by fall in the first period (2:03) over Cale Glover (Carl Albert State)  

  • Semifinal- Won by decision 10-4 over Hunter Elmer (Northwest Tech) 

  • 1st Place Match- Won by decision 8-1 over Jazen Brown (Labette) 

 

149-lbs: #3 Gabe Maki (15-4) Results 

  • Champ. Round 1- Received a bye  

  • Quarterfinal- Won by fall in first period (0:45) over Tarik Adkins (Cloud County)  

  • Semifinal- Won by decision 8-5 over Dayton Bell (Northwest Tech)  

  • 1st Place Match- Lost by major decision 18-9 against Jaden Two Lance (Carl Albert State)  

 

157-lbs: Nick Carlson (18-13) Results 

  • Champ. Round 1- Won by major decision 12-2 over Deryk Yott (Barton)  

  • Quarterfinal- Lost by decision 12-11 over Noah Smith (Carl Albert State) 

  • Cons. Round 2- Received a bye  

  • Cons. Round 3- Lost by fall in second period (4:15) against Jacen Jackson (Cowley College)  

  • 7th Place Match- Won by fall in the first period (1:34) over Hunter Jennings (Neosho County) 

165-lbs: #1 Cayleb Atkins (7-0) Results 

  • Champ. Round 1- Won by fall in first period (1:35) over Dylan Waggerman (Neosho County) 

  • Quarterfinal- Won by fall in first period (0:19) over Kyan Ensign (Colby) 

  • Semifinal- Won by major decision 10-0 over CJ Neuman (Barton)  

  • 1st Place Match- Lost by fall in the third period (5:52) against Chance Davis (Cowley College)  

174-lbs: Drew Withington (20-9) Results 

  • Champ. Round 1- Received a bye 

  • Quarterfinal- Lost by decision 7-4 against Mac Chambers (Cloud County)  

  • Con. Round 2- Won by major decision 19-6 over Christopher Wohrley (Northeast Oklahoma)  

  • Con. Round 3- Won by technical fall in first period (2:22) over Daniel Stephens (Cowley College)  

  • Con. Semi- Lost by decision 10-8 against Matthan Mason (Carl Albert State)  

  • 5th Place Match- Won by fall in first period (2:46) over Terek White (Neosho County) 

 184-lbs: #4 Blake Jouret (24-2) Results 

  • Champ. Round 1- Received a bye 

  • Quarterfinal- Won by decision 12-10 over Josiah Rhodes (Carl Albert State)  

  • Semifinal- Won by major decision 10-0 over Bryce Goucher (Cowley College)  

  • 1st Place Match- Lost by decision 26-3 against Lazaro Crespo (Northwest Tech) 

197-lbs: Kaden Glass (7-0) Results 

  • Champ. Round 1- Won by decision 8-1 over Kamond Manning (Cowley College)  

  • Quarterfinal- Won by fall in first period (2:17) over Ethan Anderson (Colby) 

  • Semifinal- Lost by fall in the first period (1:38) against Matthew Marcum (Labette)  

  • Con. Semi- Won by medical forfeit over Gavin Dodge (Northwest Tech) 

  • 3rd Place Match- Won by decision 15-13 over Hunter Hall (Carl Albert State)  

285-lbs: Cayden Winter (17-11) Results 

  • Champ. Round 1- Received a bye 

  • Quarterfinal - Won by fall in third period (5:49) over Faustino Chaydez (Northwest Tech) 

  • Semifinal- Won by major decision 8-0 over John Bray (Northeast Oklahoma)  

  • 1st Place Match- Lost by decision 10-7 against Stefaan Fearon (Cowley College)