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Four Blue Raiders advance to NAIE Wrestling semifinals

By Christopher Coombs

Park City, KS - The Lindsey Wilson wrestling team sits in third place with 64.5 points following the first day of the NAIA National Championship. Four Blue Raiders are still alive in the championship bracket as five LWC grapplers will make an appearance on the second day of action.

Derrick Smallwood, Tyler Hall, Trevor Lawson and Brandon Reed all managed perfect records to advance to the semifinals in their respective weight classes. Trajan Hurd dropped one match but made his way through the consolation bracket to compete Saturday. All five Blue Raiders will earn NAIA All-American honors.



Smallwood (No. 2 at 157) punched his ticket to the semifinals first as he opened his day with a pin over Enis Ida of Texas Wesleyan at 4:11. He then downed Reinhardt's Cole Luallen on an 11-4 decision before he recorded an 8-2 decision over Israel Casarez of Graceland (No. 7 at 157). He is set to face Grand View's Giovanni Bonilla (No. 3 at 157) tomorrow morning for a spot in the championship match.

Hall (No. 4 at 184) opened his day with a 3-0 decision over Niko Perovic of Williams Baptist. He then defeated Hans Evatt of Truett McConnell on a 13-5 major decision. Hall then punched his ticket to the semifinals with a close 4-3 tie breaker-one win over No. 12 David Richardson of Campbellsville. He will face Tyson Beauperthy (No. 9 at 184) of Midland next.

After a bye to open Lawson's (No. 2 at 197) day, he won on a 10-1 major decision over Caleb Shanks of Briar Cliff before downing Jack Servies (No. 10 at 197) of Marian on a 6-1 decision. He will take on Antonio Stewart (No. 10 at 197) of Reinhart tomorrow morning in the semifinals.

Reed made easy work of his opponents on the first day of competition in the heavyweight class. The No. 1-ranked wrestler picked up three consecutive pins. His pins came against Ethan Bunce of Marian, KC Buday of Providence and Joel Faglier of Brewton Parker in 1:35, 2:35 and 1:49, respectively. He will face Cumberland's Patrick Depiazza (No. 4 at HW) in the semifinals.

Hurd opened his day with a 7-3 decision over Myles Starke of Life before falling to the consolation bracket with a loss to Drew Sams (No. 6 at 184) of Graceland on a 7-1 decision. He kept his tournament alive with a 9-6 decision over Gabe Jacobs of Cumberlands. He is set to face Ben Lee (No. 3 at 184) of Grand View tomorrow.

Sam Bacon finished the championship with a 2-2 record. He dropped his opening match of the day to No. 10 Taylor Vasquez of Morningside but bounced back with a pin over Josh Wright of Williams Baptist in 1:34. He added another pin over Xavier Sampsel of Graceland, at the 6:13 mark of the match. His day ended when he dropped a 9-1 major decision to No. 4 Nick Kunz of Montana State-Northern.

No. 1-seed Trent Johnson opened his day with a 4-2 decision over Jonathan McGowan of Oklahoma City. He was then upset by Arizona Christian's Jack Latimer on a 6-4 decision before his day came to a disappointing end when he was pinned by No. 2 Anthony Maia of Cumberland (Tenn.).

No. 7 Joe Koontz received an opening-round bye and then fell to the consolation bracket on a 7-2 decision loss to Kyle Kirkham of Southeastern. He picked up a 12-2 major decision win over Robert Denny of Graceland before his run came to a close with a 6-4 decision loss to No. 2 Dalton Jensen of Grand View.

Carlos Figueroa - the No. 9 seed at 197 - kicked off his day with an 18-2 tech fall over Dayton Brown of Missouri Valley. He was then bounced to the consolation bracket with a 12-3 major decision loss to No. 8 Carson Savage. He pinned Brett Bober of Baker in 4:32 and later added an 8-3 decision over Jeremiah Glise of Briar Cliff. His run came to an end when he was pinned by Easton Rendleman of Oklahoma City in the final seconds of the match.

Grand View (Iowa) is in first place with 98 total points as Life (Ga.) is a close second with 95.5 points.

Lindsey Wilson closes out the NAIA National Championship with action starting tomorrow at 10 a.m. CT.


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