Sander breaks through for third place finish leading Barton Wrestling at Hastings’ Cusatis Open

The Barton Community College wrestling team took the mat for the second time this spring in the state of Nebraska competing in the Cusatis Open this past Saturday hosted by Hastings College in Hastings, NE.  The Cougars had three reaching the semifinals with Kade Sander being the lone survivor going on to capture his first third place of the season after finishing fourth four other times including as recent as last week's meet.  Barton will stay in the state of Kansas until the end of the month beginning with Thursday's dual meet held at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, Kansas.

Sander received a first round bye then earned a hard fought 4-2 decision over unattached grappler Courtney Strauss before scoring a late 6:58 fall over Colorado School of Mines' Ethan Ruby.  Sander's run in the championship side of the bracket then came to an end as Baker University's Tanner Ogden came out on the top side of a 5-3 decision.   Waiting for Sander on the consolation side of the bracket was Strauss and just like the earlier meeting in the day, Sander prevailed scoring a narrow 3-2 win.  Reaching the third place match for the fifth time on the year, the Great Bend freshman finally broke through scoring his second consecutive 3-2 decision knocking off unattached Tevin Briscoe to earn third place.

The Cougars had two others reach the semifinal round as Sean Taborsky reached in the 165 class while Christian Strother reached in 174 weight.  Unfortunately for both, each lost the semifinal round, as well as, their respective consolation semifinal round to end their tournament run.

Barton Results:  

Open 133 - Caysen Smith's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Caysen Smith (Barton CCC) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Caleb Micho (Colorado School of Mines) won by decision over Caysen Smith (Barton CCC) (Dec 5-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Zane Baugh (Baker University) won by decision over Caysen Smith (Barton CCC) (Dec 9-2)

Open 133 - Will Bardezbain's place is unknown and has scored 6.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Will Bardezbain (Barton CCC) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Will Bardezbain (Barton CCC) won by fall over Dakota (dj) Ballard (Unattached) (Fall 2:27)
Quarterfinal - Kodie Cole (Concordia) won by decision over Will Bardezbain (Barton CCC) (Dec 4-1)
Cons. Round 4 - Will Bardezbain (Barton CCC) won by tech fall over Ty Kolterman (Bethany College) (TF 17-2)
Cons. Round 5 - Drew Ratkovec (Doane) won by decision over Will Bardezbain (Barton CCC) (Dec 4-0)

Open 149 - Zach Vesta's place is unknown and has scored 1.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Zach Vesta (Barton CCC) won by decision over Joshua Redman (Colorado School of Mines) (Dec 7-4)
Champ. Round 2 - Victor Hughes (Baker University) won by injury default over Zach Vesta (Barton CCC) (Inj. 1:28)
Cons. Round 2 - Zach Vesta (Barton CCC) received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 - Ryan Carpenter (Colorado School of Mines) won by injury default over Zach Vesta (Barton CCC) (Inj. 0:00)

Open 157 - Kade Sander's place is 3rd and has scored 9.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Kade Sander (Barton CCC) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Kade Sander (Barton CCC) won by decision over Courtney Strauss (Unattached) (Dec 4-2)
Quarterfinal - Kade Sander (Barton CCC) won by fall over Ethan Ruby (Colorado School of Mines) (Fall 6:58)
Semifinal - Tanner Ogden (Baker University) won by decision over Kade Sander (Barton CCC) (Dec 5-3)
Cons. Semi - Kade Sander (Barton CCC) won by decision over Courtney Strauss (Unattached) (Dec 3-2)
3rd Place Match - Kade Sander (Barton CCC) won by decision over Tevin Briscoe (Unattached-UNK) (Dec 3-2)

Open 165 - Sean Taborsky's place is unknown and has scored 3.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Sean Taborsky (Barton CCC) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Sean Taborsky (Barton CCC) won by decision over Caleb Holt (Hastings College) (Dec 7-0)
Quarterfinal - Sean Taborsky (Barton CCC) won by decision over Lance Lucas (Doane) (Dec 4-3)
Semifinal - Walker Fisher (Concordia) won by major decision over Sean Taborsky (Barton CCC) (Maj 9-1)
Cons. Semi - Taylor Hodel (Dickinson State University) won by major decision over Sean Taborsky (Barton CCC) (Maj 11-1)

Open 174 - Christian Strother's place is unknown and has scored 5.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Christian Strother (Barton CCC) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Christian Strother (Barton CCC) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Christian Strother (Barton CCC) won by fall over Benjamin Krantz (Colorado School of Mines) (Fall 6:26)
Semifinal - Cody Johnson (Dickinson State University) won by fall over Christian Strother (Barton CCC) (Fall 5:58)
Cons. Semi - Andras Lukacs-Farkas (Northwestern College) won by fall over Christian Strother (Barton CCC) (Fall 3:28)

Open 197 - Jonathan Bowen's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Jonathan Bowen (Barton CCC) received a bye () (Bye)
Champ. Round 2 - Jonathan Bowen (Barton CCC) received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Chandler Knight (Doane) won by fall over Jonathan Bowen (Barton CCC) (Fall 0:59)
Cons. Round 4 - Kyler Atwood (Baker University) won by major decision over Jonathan Bowen (Barton CCC) (Maj 11-0)

Open 285 - Justin Scarbro's place is unknown and has scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Aaron Griffith (University of Nebraska at Kearney) won by major decision over Justin Scarbro (Barton CCC) (Maj 12-3)
Cons. Round 1 - Ray Schroder (Northwestern College) won by decision over Justin Scarbro (Barton CCC) (Dec 7-3)