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OMAHA — Sidney senior 195-pounder Tanner Wintholz is the lone Red Raider remaining in the state wrestling finals at Omaha’s CenturyLink Center.
Wintholz won both three bouts in today’s wrestlebacks, while both Scott Kelsey (220) and Michael Muggli (132) were eliminated.
Wintholz (21-4) pinned Schuyler’s Tyler Brabec in his first-round consolation bout, getting the stick in the final seconds of the second period.
Wintholz then came back and decisioned Nate Meier of Pierce, 5-2, earning a berth in the quarterfinals opposite Alliance freshman Kyson Schnell. Wintholz pinned Schnell in the Sidney D-6 District semifinals last weekend, and did so again Friday night, getting the Bulldog frosh on the mat with 3 seconds remaining in the second period.
Wintholz had built a 6-0 lead at the time he stuck Schnell.
Wintholz (22-4) will face Syracuse’s Gus Husen (38-10) in today’s consolation semifinals, which begin at 9:30 a.m. CST, and that winner will advance to the third-place championship bout opposite Nebraska City’s Keyes Nelson (36-5) and Nick Jensen (40-10) of Omaha Skutt.
Muggli (28-12) was eliminated by Lexington’s Dakota Hernandez, whom he knocked off in last week’s third-place bout at District.
Kelsey (220 pounds) was pinned late in the second period of his wrestleback bout with Nebraska City’s Jason Pierce, and was eliminated. Kelsey finished the season with a 26-12 record.
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