Cardinals Dual Preston And Honor Senior Wrestlers

Last Wednesday evening the Soda Springs wrestling team hosted Preston in a dual.  Prior to the start of the matches the Cardinals took some time to honor their senior wrestlers as well as a special guest wrestler.  Senior honorees included Brinlee Hemmert, Alex Sturges, Abbiegail Krupp and manager Jordan John.  Following the senior ceremony a special exhibition match took place between Soda Springs Ryker Hemmert and his little brother Krew.  Many know that Krew has been battling cancer.  One of the things that has helped Krew and his family in this fight is the tough mentality that many wrestlers possess.  The Hemmert family are big wrestling fans and Krew is no exception.  With older siblings Brinlee and Ryker having some great success for the Cardinals Krew got his chance Wednesday to walk out on the mat and wrestle as a Cardinal himself.  Though there was a noticeable size difference between the brothers Krew did not shy away from the challenge and even got the first take down of the match.  Following several reversals, escapes and takedowns Krew reached into his bag of tricks and pulled out a move that was reminiscent of WWE’s Stone Cold Steve Austin’s finishing move the Stone Cold Stunner.  The move sent Ryker down to the mat and Krew covered him for the pin.  The brothers shook hands and Krew’s hand was raised.  As they left the mat Krew hit Ryker with another Stunner for good measure.

Following the exhibition match the Cardinals got down to business with the Indians from Preston.  Simon Krupp, Kage Johnson, and Elijah Dilworth all earned forfeit wins giving the Cardinals eighteen valuable points.  Ryker Hemmert, Troy Krupp and Carson Cook all suffered losses by fall and the Cardinal team forfeited at the 113 pound weight class giving Preston twenty-four points.  That meant that it was up to the rest of the Cardinals to make up the difference to grab the win.  That is just what they did.  Conner Lee, Kage Kirby, Zayden Garbett and Cole Garbett all earned wins by fall and Owen Miller added a tech fall to the team score.  The Cardinals beat the Indians in the dual by the score of 47-24.  There were also some extra matches where Simon Krupp won one match by fall and lost another by tech fall.  Jace Garbett also won by fall while Johnathan Beutler and Kage Johnson each lost by fall. 

Tiger Brawl Tournament

Over the weekend several Cardinal wrestlers competed in the Tiger Brawl Tournament in Aberdeen.  In the tournament several Soda Springs wrestlers picked up wins with a few earning placings.  The big winner for the Cardinals was Elijah Dilworth who went undefeated in the tournament and grabbed first place.

Boys Results: 106 Simon Krupp 3-2, 120 Conner Lee 4-2 4th place, 120 Jace Garbett 3-2, 126 Ryker Hemmert 5-2 5th place, 132 Owen Miller 2-2, 138 Kage Johnson 1-2, 144 Troy Krupp 3-2, 144 Johnathan Beutler 1-2, 150 Kage Kirby 4-2, 152 Zayden Garbett 4-2 5th place, 157 Taylor Brown 1-2, 175 Carson Cook 3-2, 190 Elijah Dilworth 5-0 1st place

Girls Results: 100 Brynlee Hemmert 2-1 2nd place, 107 Taylor Hirsbrunner 0-2 2nd place, 126 Alexandra Sturges 2-0 1st, 132 Laryah Dilworth 0-3 4th place, 165 Abbiegail Krupp 1-1 2nd