Cowboy Wrestlers See Success Up North

This past weekend what I am dubbing the Four Horsemen wrestlers from North Gem made the long journey to Kooskia to take part in the North/South Duals at Clearwater Valley High School.  The Four Horsemen consist of Luke Rindlisbaker, brothers Lukky and Jaxyn Welker as well as Haydn Frandsen.  While they are joined by teammate Craig Yost on occasion the four wrestlers listed above have been consistent all season long.  In last weekend’s duals the Four Horsemen obviously could not form a full team so in each dual they were joined by renegade wrestlers from other schools to fill in the Cowboys missing weights.  Because of the renegade wrestlers I do not put a lot of weight into the team scoring for North Gem.  However in each of those duals the true blue Cowboys aka Four Horsemen competed very well.  In the duals North Gem faced Priest River, Lakeside, Grangeville, Potlatch, South Renegade, Clearwater Valley, Lapwai, St. Maries, and Salmon.  With that list of schools each wrestler got plenty of matches.  Some of the wrestlers still had some forfeit wins but there was plenty of action.  Luke, Lukky, and Haydn all gathered several wins to go with a few losses.  Jaxyn is wrestling for the first time this season and has faced several challenges wrestling in a tough weight class and being young and inexperienced.  Despite all of this Jaxyn was even able to pick up a win.  All in all the weekend was considered a successful one for the Cowboys and will benefit them moving forward in the season.  Below is each wrestler’s record from the weekend.

138lbs Luke Rindlisbaker 6-3

144lbs Jaxyn Welker 2-9

150lbs Lukky Welker 6-3

165lbs Haydn Frandsen 5-3