It was the last regular-season tournament of the year, and the Cassville boys showed they are ready for districts.
Six of the eight Wildcats competing reached the championship match in their respective weight classes, and two came home with gold medals. As a team, Cassville finished fourth with 279 points. Springdale Har-Ber (Ark.) was third with 284.5 points, Blair Oaks second with 404 and Seneca first with 433.
Leading the charge for the Wildcats was the tandem of Akhilleus Arguelles, at 132 pounds, and DJ Glidewell, at 285 pounds.
Arguelles wrestled four matches in the opening rounds, coming up with a major decision, two pins and a win by medical forfeit. In the semifinals, he pinned Springdale (Ark.) wrestler Dusty Frey in 4:55 after leading 12-2, and in the semifinals, he fell Hollister’s Bryson Whitman in 1:12 when up 4-3.
The championship match saw Arguelles earn a pair of takedowns in the first period and a reversal in the second, going up 6-1 before finding a pin of Versailles’ Matthew Radefeld in 2:42.
Glidewell earned pins in his three opening round matches in 2:10, 1:55 and 1:37. In the quarterfinals, Glidewell earned a takedown he turned into a pin in 35 seconds, and in the semifinals, he led 2-0 with a second period reversal before pinning Versailles’ Gavin Brantley in 3:06.
In the championship match, Glidewell earned an escape point in the second period and his opponent, Adrian’s William Brown, earned one of his own to tie it in the third period. But, 34 seconds later, a penalty saw Brown disqualified and Glidwell winning the gold.
Four other Wildcats earned silver medals, including Colton Roark at 144, Riley James at 150, Tristan Thompson at 157 and Jake Anthonysz at 165.
Roark pinned all his opponents (less a medical forfeit in the quarterfinals), but fell in the championship to familiar foe Andrew Manley, of Seneca, due to an inury.
James earned three pins and a major decision on his route to the championship, where he fell to Adrian’s Justice Vickers in a 6-3 decision.
Thompson earned a pin and two decisions in the opening rounds, then pinned his quarterfinal opponent and earned a decision in the semifinals. In the championship, he lost a 9-5 decision to Adrian’s Michal McCoy.
Anthonysz earned three pins in round matches and two decisions in the knockout round. In the championship, he faced Blair Oakls’ Zach Rackers, falling in a major decision.
Ethan Sizemore, at 215 pounds, fought his way to fifth place, and 113-pounder Noah Uria took seventh.
Full tournament results include:
113: Round 2 – Jacob Canaday (Blair Oaks) over Noah Uria (Cassville) (fall, 4:22)
113: Round 3 – Brandon Brewer (Versailles) over Noah Uria (Cassville) (technical forfeit, 20-2, 4:00)
113: Round 4 – Noah Uria (Cassville) over Ian Heffren (Seneca) (fall, 4:45)
113: Quarterfinals – Hunter Hanes (Seneca) over Noah Uria (Cassville) (fall, 1:20)
113: Consolation Semis – Brandon Brewer (Versailles) over Noah Uria (Cassville) (technical forfeit, 17-1, 3:00)
113: 7th Place Match – Noah Uria (Cassville) over Ian Heffren (Seneca) (decision, 7-0)
126: Round 2 – Whit Nichols (Blair Oaks) over Brian Lopez (Cassville) (fall, 3:26)
126: Round 3 – Aiden Copeland (Springdale Har-Ber) over Brian Lopez (Cassville) (fall, 1:45)
126: Round 4 – Landon Patterson (Adrian) over Brian Lopez (Cassville) (fall, 3:21)
126: Round 5 – Connor Beck (Seneca) over Brian Lopez (Cassville) (fall, 3:36)
132: Round 1 – Akhilleus Arguelles (Cassville) over Keith Samuel (Springdale Har-Ber) (major decision, 13-3)
132: Round 2 – Akhilleus Arguelles (Cassville) over Adrian Onesto (Springdale Har-Ber) (fall, 0:56)
132: Round 3 – Akhilleus Arguelles (Cassville) over Riley Lafollette (Adrian) (medical forfeit)
132: Round 5 – Akhilleus Arguelles (Cassville) over Bradyn Huhn (Blair Oaks) (fall, 1:21)
132: Quarterfinals – Akhilleus Arguelles (Cassville) over Dusty Frye (Springdale) (fall, 4:55)
132: Semifinals – Akhilleus Arguelles (Cassville) over Bryson Whitman (Hollister) (fall, 1:12)
132: 1st Place Match – Akhilleus Arguelles (Cassville) over Matthew Radefeld (Versailles) (fall, 2:42)
144: Round 3 – Colton Roark (Cassville) over Kane Rainey (Versailles) (fall, 1:01)
144: Round 4 – Colton Roark (Cassville) over Brian McGuire (Adrian) (fall, 0:52)
144: Round 5 – Colton Roark (Cassville) over Jackson Sportsman (Springdale) (fall, 3:52)
144: Quarterfinals – Colton Roark (Cassville) over Jackson Finke (Blair Oaks) (medical forfeit)
144: Semifinals – Colton Roark (Cassville) over Ishmael Bunklick (Springdale Har-Ber) (fall, 0:36)
144: 1st Place Match – Andrew Manley (Seneca) over Colton Roark (Cassville) (Injury time)
150: Round 3 – Riley James (Cassville) over Luke Miller (Aurora) (fall, 3:04)
150: Round 4 – Riley James (Cassville) over Sammy Aisaia (Springdale) (fall, 0:22)
150: Round 5 – Riley James (Cassville) over Christopher Dowell (Versailles) (major decision, 22-9)
150: Semifinals – Riley James (Cassville) over Blaine Fritchey (Seneca) (fall, 5:32)
150: 1st Place Match – Justice Vickers (Adrian) over Riley James (Cassville) (decision, 6-3)
157: Round 2 – Tristan Thompson (Cassville) over Drake Kaiko (Springdale) (fall, 2:49)
157: Round 4 – Tristan Thompson (Cassville) over Devon Girard (Hollister) (decision, 7-4)
157: Round 5 – Tristan Thompson (Cassville) over Brennan Palfreeman (Springdale Har-Ber) (decision, 11-6)
157: Quarterfinals – Tristan Thompson (Cassville) over Mannear Clarence (Springdale) (fall, 0:54)
157: Semifinals – Tristan Thompson (Cassville) over Logan Barwick (Seneca) (decision, 12-5)
157: 1st Place Match – Michael McCoy (Adrian) over Tristan Thompson (Cassville) (decision, 9-5)
165: Round 2 – Jake Anthonysz (Cassville) over Houston Fahrenbocker (Versailles) (fall, 3:05)
165: Round 3 – Jake Anthonysz (Cassville) over Sean Kohler (Adrian) (fall, 1:26)
165: Round 5 – Zach Rackers (Blair Oaks) over Jake Anthonysz (Cassville) (fall, 3:51)
165: Quarterfinals – Jake Anthonysz (Cassville) over Sawyer Cornell (Seneca) (decision, 6-2)
165: Semifinals – Jake Anthonysz (Cassville) over Bruce Quayle (Springdale) (decision, 3-2)
165: 1st Place Match – Zach Rackers (Blair Oaks) over Jake Anthonysz (Cassville) (major decision, 13-0)
215: Round 1 – Ethan Sizemore (Cassville) over Dylan O`Rourke (Hollister) (fall, 3:51)
215: Round 2 – Ethan Sizemore (Cassville) over Wyatt Jordan (Adrian) (fall, 1:15)
215: Round 3 – Brady Kerperin (Blair Oaks) over Ethan Sizemore (Cassville) (fall, 0:59)
215: Round 5 – Ethan Sizemore (Cassville) over Evan Boettler (Aurora) (fall, 1:06)
215: Consolation Semis – Ethan Sizemore (Cassville) over Evan Boettler (Aurora) (fall, 2:45)
215: Quarterfinals – Nash Crane (Seneca) over Ethan Sizemore (Cassville) (fall, 1:22)
215: 5th Place Match – Ethan Sizemore (Cassville) over Carson Rustemeyer (Blair Oaks) (decision, 3-1)
285: Round 1 – DJ Glidewell (Cassville) over Orran Cope (Aurora) (fall, 2:10)
285: Round 2 – DJ Glidewell (Cassville) over Jefferson Kinere (Springdale) (fall, 1:55)
285: Round 5 – DJ Glidewell (Cassville) over Hayden Steadman (Blair Oaks) (fall, 1:37)
285: Quarterfinals – DJ Glidewell (Cassville) over Leyton Pitman (Springdale Har-Ber) (fall, 0:35)
285: Semifinals – DJ Glidewell (Cassville) over Gavin Brantley (Versailles) (fall, 3:06)
285: 1st Place Match – DJ Glidewell (Cassville) over William Brown (Adrian) (Disqualification)
Results against Monett on Jan. 26:
113: Aidan Branch (Monett) over Noah Uria (Cassville) (technical forfeit, 17-2, 4:22)
120: Simon Hartline (Monett) over Bradley Stumpff (Cassville) (fall, 1:00)
126: Brian Lopez (Cassville) over Truman Zinn (Monett) (fall, 0:20)
138: Akhilleus Arguelles (Cassville) over Pablo Amador (Monett) (technical forfeit, 20-4, 2:27)
144: Colton Roark (Cassville) over Logan Cole (Monett) (fall, 3:51)
150: Riley James (Cassville) over Jack Lamastus (Monett) (fall, 4:58)
215: Ethan Sizemore (Cassville) over Fernando Hinojosa (Monett) (decision, 4-1)
285: DJ Glidewell (Cassville) over Porter Reed (Monett) (fall, 1:19)
Cassville’s next action is a fortnight away, competing in the Class 2, District 3 tournament on Feb. 17-18 in Seneca.
