Cloud County to Wrestle Murray State College, Southeast Community College at Wednesday Tri-Dual
The Cloud County Community College wrestling team will open its dual slate by traveling to Beatrice, Nebraska, for a tri-dual against Murray State College and Southeast Community College at Truman Gymnasium on Wednesday, November 12.
The T-Birds will first face the Murray State College Aggies at 5 pm. The Aggies and the Southeast Community College Bobcats will then do battle at 6 pm, followed by a showdown in the nightcap between the T-Birds and the Bobcats at 7 pm.
Wednesday's tri-dual will mark the first of two non-conference tri-duals for Cloud County this season, as the T-Birds will host Northeastern Junior College and Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa on Friday, December 5.
Cloud County had seven wrestlers earn spots on the podium, including individual champion Brayden Hill (285 lbs.) at the Maverick Open, hosted by Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa on Saturday, November 8.
Hill, a freshman from Garden City, Kansas, secured the top spot after a first-period fall over Cooper Johnson of Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa in the finals. Hill won three of his four matches in the tournament by fall, with pins over Christian Clark of Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa and Southeast Community College's Grayson Robinson. Hill opened the tournament with a 21-6 technical fall over Marcus Rodriguez of Fort Hays Tech Northwest, improving his record to 5-2 on the season.
Freshman Tucker Jackson (184 lbs.) continued his strong start to the season with a third-place finish. After losing to Southeast Community College freshman Jack Doughty for the second time this season by a 21-12 major decision, Jackson battled back to win four consecutive matches, scoring falls over Southeast freshman Jayden Chapman and Southeast freshman Brandon Sanchez, and technical fall victories over Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa sophomore Aiden Vasquez and Franco Gonzales (unattached).
Freshmen Luke Potter (133 lbs.) and Dionisio Holguin (197 lbs.) both earned fourth-place finishes at the meet.
After falling in overtime to Fort Hays Tech Northwest freshman Trace Brisendine to start the day, Potter rallied with several key victories, beating Fort Hays Tech Northwest freshman Steven McIntyre by a first-period fall, Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa freshman John Marriott by a 21-5 technical fall, and unattached wrestler Kolby Quint by a 6-4 decision. In his final bout of the weekend, Potter lost by a second-period fall to Cowley College freshman Louden Wolfe.
Holguin opened his tournament run with a 16-4 major decision over Southeast Community College redshirt sophomore Caleb Schwerdtfeger. After dropping an 18-15 decision to freshman Jason Osgood of Cowley College in the championship quarterfinals, Holguin dropped to the consolation bracket, where he wrestled teammate and twin brother, David Holguin. A takedown in the third period allowed Dionisio to earn the win by a 7-5 decision. Holguin closed out the tournament by dropping a 12-6 decision to Bryan Wilson (unattached).
David Holguin (197 lbs.) went 3-2 on the day to take fifth place. After losing to his brother in the consolation round, Holguin regrouped to win his fifth-place bout by a first-period fall over Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa freshman Tyzel Zachry.
Freshman Dakota Gibson (141 lbs.) also earned a fifth-place finish. After starting the day 2-0 with a 17-1 technical fall over Bethany College freshman Cabel Boggus and a 14-4 major decision over Daniel Morriss II (unattached), Gibson had a tough run, dropping two straight matches. In the fifth-place match, Gibson won via a medical forfeit by Cowley College sophomore Cam Kiser.
Competing for the first time this season, sophomore Noah Bailey (149 lbs.) placed sixth. Bailey went 3-3 overall, winning by a 16-6 major decision against Southeast Community College freshman Gavin Patterson, an 11-2 major decision over unattached wrestler Jude Robinson, and a first-period fall over Southeast Community College sophomore Tennyson Kurtz.
Freshman Drew Sterrett (141 lbs.) and sophomore Jacob Vasquez (165 lbs.) both went 2-2 in the tournament. Sophomore Carlos Almanza (157 lbs.) went 1-2, while sophomore Gael Garcia (125 lbs.) ended up 0-2 on the day.
As a team, Murray State College will enter Wednesday's action at 0-1 in duals this season. The Aggies dropped a road dual on November 4 to Neosho County Community College, 30-22. This past weekend, Murray State had two wrestlers place at the Viking Open, hosted by Carl Albert State College. Freshman Hudson Beckley claimed a third-place finish at 133 lbs., while freshman Kade Carter finished the day with a fourth-place medal at 149 lbs.
Southeast Community College is ranked No. 4 in the 2025-2026 NJCAA Wrestling Preseason Poll. The Bpbcats earned a dominant 44-0 win over Midland University on October 29 in the team's only dual of the season. The team returns sophomore Keith Smith (149 lbs.), who last season became the first male national champion in Southeast Community College program history at the 2025 NJCAA National Championships in Council Bluffs, Iowa. As a team, the Bobcats finished sixth nationally at last year's national championships.
Wednesday's tri-dual will mark the first all-time meeting between Cloud County and Murray State College, while the only time the T-Birds faced Southeast Community College was on January 12, 2024, with the Bobcats scoring a 40-14 win over Cloud County at that year's NJCAA Coaches Association Duals in Miami, Oklahoma.
PROBABLE LINEUP
125 - Gael Garcia
133 - Luke Potter
141 - Dakota Gibson / Drew Sterrett
149 - Noah Bailey
157 - Nicholas Davis
165 - Jacob Vasquez
174 - Micah Cauthers
184 - Tucker Jackson
197 - Dionisio Holguin / David Holguin
285 - Brayden Hill