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Men's Wrestling

Firebirds Start 2024-25 Season in Stevens Point

STEVENS POINT - The Carthage College men's wrestling team started their 2024-25 season on Saturday at the Pointer Open hosted by Wisconsin-Stevens Point.
 
How it Happened

125 lbs

  • Chris Kish earned two team points, opening with a major decision (18-4) over Isaac Ayers of Luther College and a tech fall (17-2) over Diego Barajas of Maryville. He was later defeated by Drew Dolphin of Wisconsin-Parkside (12-8) in the quarterfinals and by Keegan Schlabach of Manchester (11-10) in the consolation bracket.

133 lbs 

  • Tate Stockman received a first-round bye but faced Kie Anderson of Concordia-Moorhead in the second round, falling by tech fall (17-0), and was later defeated by Aiden Fonder of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (18-3) in the consolation round.
  •  Zach Miller also received a first-round bye but was pinned by Matthew Chi of Wisconsin-Parkside (fall 2:10) in the second round, followed by a loss to Nick Viveros of Luther College (fall 4:21).
  •  Carter Leiber scored one team point, overcoming Christopher Backus of Manchester (13-4) in the consolation round before losing to Liam Stockberger of Luther College by tech fall (18-2).

141 lbs 

  • Cole Nelson contributed 2.5 team points with a first-round major decision (11-3) over Logan Harel of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. After a decision loss to Cameron Johnson of Aurora University (11-4), Nelson won three consolation matches, including a tech fall over Tristan Day of Luther College (20-4) and a decision over Andrew Weiss of Minnesota State Mankato (11-5), before falling to Lucas Laux of Maryville (6-5) in the first-place consolation round.

149 lbs

  • CJ Goy was eliminated in the preliminaries after losses by fall to Grant Harris (Unattached) and Austin Franklin of Luther College.

157 lbs 

  • Zaren Anderson took sixth place, scoring 6.5 team points. He recorded a major decision over Christian Schuh of Wisconsin-Parkside (13-1) and a fall over Mekhi Cave of North Central (1:08) but was defeated by Easton Worachek of Wisconsin-Parkside (fall 2:56) in the quarterfinals. He later defeated Henry Niebauer of Wisconsin-Parkside (8-4) before falling to Paolo Salminen of Minnesota State Mankato (fall 4:02). Anderson ultimately lost to Easton Worachek again in the 5th-place match (fall 1:21).

165 lbs

  • CJ Gilbert added 1.5 points, opening with a major decision over Logan Defilippo of Wisconsin-Whitewater (16-5) before falling to Alexander Rapelje of Concordia-Moorhead (10-0) and later to Peter Hollingshead of Luther College by tech fall (29-12).
  • Joey Barnett was pinned by Jack Barracca of North Central (3:00) in the opening round, followed by a loss to Ryan Bergman of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (fall 1:36).

174 lbs 

  • Collin Ruiz received a first-round bye but was defeated by Carson Trotzer of Wisconsin-Stevens Point by tech fall (16-1) and by David Mitrovich of Wisconsin (tech fall 20-4) in the consolation bracket.

184 lbs 

  • Devin Rogers scored 1.5 points for Carthage. After a first-round loss to Caden Gousetis of Maryville (6-4), Rogers bounced back with a decision win over Alton Mullinax of Aurora University (10-6) and a fall over Zach Canaday of Wisconsin-Stevens Point (3:00) before falling to Wyatt Weter of Luther College (4-1).

197 lbs 

  • Elvis Muja received a bye but was defeated by Griffin Schultz of Luther College (fall 3:46) in the second round. He received another bye in the consolation bracket before falling to William Freking of Concordia-Moorhead (fall 3:29).
  • Diego Fuentes, also with a bye in the first round, was later defeated by Joseph Swanson of Wisconsin-Parkside (8-2) and Jon Kratz of North Central (9-0).
  •  Jared Werner contributed one point with a fall over Luke Dwyer of Manchester (1:57) in the consolation bracket after an early-round loss to Ben Strehlow of Luther College (fall 3:52). Werner exited the tournament following a fall to Jon Kratz of North Central (fall 2:58).
 

285 lbs

  • Mason Kochersperger added 1.5 points, advancing with a fall over Cooper Vincent (Unattached) (3:44) and a decision over Camden Harms of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (2-1) before winning by fall over Tashaud Nelson of Luther College. Chris Gielow concluded his tournament after losses by fall to Aidan Trujillo of North Central (0:57) and Cooper Caraway of Wisconsin-Parkside (0:50). 


Team Results
  • Carthage faces North Central (Ill.) in dual meet action on Wednesday, November 6 at 7 p.m. 

 
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Players Mentioned

Zaren Anderson

Zaren Anderson

5' 10"
Junior
157
Diego Fuentes

Diego Fuentes

6' 2"
Senior
174/184
CJ Gilbert

CJ Gilbert

6' 1"
Junior
165
Mason Kochersperger

Mason Kochersperger

5' 9"
Senior
HWT
Cole Nelson

Cole Nelson

5' 7"
Senior
141
Devin Rogers

Devin Rogers

5' 11"
Senior
184
Collin Ruiz

Collin Ruiz

5' 8"
Senior
174
Tate Stockman

Tate Stockman

5' 8"
Junior
133
Jared Werner

Jared Werner

5' 11"
Sophomore
197
Zach Miller

Zach Miller

5' 2"
Freshman
125

Players Mentioned

Zaren Anderson

Zaren Anderson

5' 10"
Junior
157
Diego Fuentes

Diego Fuentes

6' 2"
Senior
174/184
CJ Gilbert

CJ Gilbert

6' 1"
Junior
165
Mason Kochersperger

Mason Kochersperger

5' 9"
Senior
HWT
Cole Nelson

Cole Nelson

5' 7"
Senior
141
Devin Rogers

Devin Rogers

5' 11"
Senior
184
Collin Ruiz

Collin Ruiz

5' 8"
Senior
174
Tate Stockman

Tate Stockman

5' 8"
Junior
133
Jared Werner

Jared Werner

5' 11"
Sophomore
197
Zach Miller

Zach Miller

5' 2"
Freshman
125