Pratt, Kan. - The No. six ranked Pratt Community College wrestling team was in action this past weekend March 7-8 at the NJCAA Men's Wrestling Championships held in Council Bluff, Iowa. The Beavers finished ninth overall for another top 10 performance with three all-Americans. The story of the weekend for Pratt was that the No. one ranked wrestler Melton Powe won the national championships at 165 pounds. The other two all-Americans included No. two ranked James Bankston at 285 pounds, and No. seven ranked Johnny Cash Thomas at 157 pounds. Both finished in seventh place.
125-Pounds- #4 Zane Donley Results
Round of 32- won by Fall over Nicolas Garza of Umpqua (4:01)
Round of 16- lost by Decision to #9 Jack Guerrero of Muskegon 4-2
Consi of 16 #2- won by Fall over Elijah Montalvan of Otero (1:07)
Consi of 8 #1- won by Fall over Cyrus Bucsit of Iowa Western (1:34)
Consi of 8 #2- lost by Fall to #7 Jaydale Whitlock of Iowa Central (5:40)
141-Pounds- Jameal Agnew Results
Round of 64- lost by Fall to Clint Gilbert of Andrew (2:23)
Consi of 32 #2- lost by Fall to Bronson Richins of Northeastern JC (1:02)
149-Pounds- Kolton Field Results
Round of 64- lost by Major Decision to #14 Thaylor Sibblies of Sussex County 14-3
Consi of 32 #2- lost by Fall to Thomas Kaliamouris of Camden County (0:33)
157-Pounds- #7 Johnny Cash Thomas Results (7th Place | NJCAA All-American)
Round of 64- won by Technical Fall over Latravion Agu of Iowa Lakes 15-0
Round of 32- lost by Decision to Ayson Rice of Southeast Neb. 13-12
Consi of 32 #2- won by Fall over Carlos Delgado of Sussex County (0:33)
Consi of 16 #1- won by Fall over Christian Ramos of Union (2:42)
Consi of 16 #2- won by Fall over #13 Pedro Jimenez of Harper (2:50)
Consi of 8 #1- won by Technical Fall over Treyson Davila of Northwest 16-0
Consi of 8 #2- won by Decision over #11 Riley Brewer of Andrew 6-0
Consi of 4- lost by Decision to Ayson Rice of Southeast Neb. 10-7
7th Place Match- won by Technical Fall over Jacen Jackson of Cowley 18-2
165-Pounds- #1 Melton Powe Results (National Champion | NJCAA All-American)
Round of 32- won by Technical Fall over Jose Alvarenga-giron of Sussex County 19-3
Round of 16- won by Technical Fall over Garry Johnson III of Muskegon 17-2
Quarterfinals- won by Technical Fall over #9 Dayton Bell of Fort Hays Tech 19-3
Semifinals- won by Decision over #4 Kaden King of Iowa Central 4-1
Final- won by Decision over #6 Asadbek Fayzullaev of Northwest in Overtime SV-1 4-1
174-Pounds- Trystian Juarez Results
Round of 32- won by Fall over #15 John Koroma of Lackawanna (6:01)
Round of 16- lost by Technical Fall to Mohamed Tarek Abdelhady of Indian Hills 20-4
Consi of 16 #2- won by Decision over Kolby Scott of Iowa Western 13-9
Consi of 8 #1- lost by Decision to Dax Wood of Big Bend 9-5
197-Pounds- Raymond Gary-Hernandez Results
Round of 32- lost by Major Decision to Macray Klohs of NIACC 12-2
Consi of 16 #1- won by Major Decision over Christian Preston of Andrew 11-0
Consi of 16 #2- won by Decision over Kolby Scott of Iowa Western 13-9
Consi of 8 #1- lost by Fall to #9 Nate Ronan of Clackamas (2:56)
285-Pounds- #2 James Bankston Results 7thPlace | NJCAA All-American
Round of 64- won by Decision over Aj Wedge of Umpqua 3-0
Round of 32- won by Fall over Eli Marchall of Muskegon (2:31)
Round of 16- won by Fall over Phillip Malone of Iowa Lakes (4:37)
Quarterfinals- lost by Decision to #6 Ryan Boersma of Triton in Overtime SV-1 4-1
Consi of 8 #2- won by Major Decision over #13 Jabare George of Andrew 9-1
Consi of 4- lost by Decision to #7 Naasir Edmonds of Indian Hills Overtime TB-2 3-2
7th Place Match- won by Technical Fall over #8 Cito Tuttle of Rochester 18-3