Bridgeport girls, Gering boys win team titles at Sidney/Bridgeport Wrestling Invite
SIDNEY, Neb. — Sidney seniors Patrick McCartney and Jadyn Lee earned their 100th career wins at the Sidney/Bridgeport Wrestling Invite Saturday at Sidney High School. The meet showcased talent from across the region with over 20 teams and hundreds of athletes competing.
McCartney secured a first place finish at 190 pounds in just 22 seconds in the title match. Lee finished runner-up in the girls 120-pound division.
Sidney's Saphira Whitley (G-170), Zech Roggasch (175), Causon Boltjes (215) and Leeann Mulleavey (G-235) also won individual golds for the Raiders.
Whitley captured gold bypinning Bridgeport's Jayden Mueller in just 40 seconds in the championship match. Boltjes defeated Mullen’s Tate Kvanvig by decision, 13-7. Mulleavey swept through her class, ending her day with a 3:02 pin against Scottsbluff's Victoria Burns.
In other results, Avalina Stoner, of Mitchell, won the G-100 bracket, winning all her matches by fall, including a decisive 2:52 victory over Gering freshman Rileigh Dane in the final. Cecilia Barron-Berrelleza, of Morrill, earned gold in the G-105 division, pinning teammate Milya Thomas late in the title match. Gering's Meredith Zlomke (20-5) continued her stellar season with a first-place finish in the G-135 bracket, pinning Bridgeport's Paige Dalimata in 1:45.
Bridgeport’s champions included Cammie Rader (18-1), who earned the G-140 title with a 45-second pin over Burns/Pine Bluffs’ Lauren Checheck, and Hayden Marks (18-1), who secured gold in the G-190 bracket, pinning Scottsbluff’s Jazmyn Garcia in 3:59.
For the boys, Mitchell’s Yovanni Jimenez (15-1) clinched the 106-pound title, pinning Hemingford’s Ryan Ragsdale in 1:24.
In the team standings, Bridgeport girls edged Gering for the title, finishing with 159 points. The Gering boys narrowly topped Alliance, 166.5 - 161, to secure the championship.
The Sidney girls finished fourth and the boys finished third.