The Dell Rapids Quarriers placed two wrestlers at the Dan Pansch/Jesse James Invitational held in Brandon on Saturday, January 9th.
Ben Cavigielli finished 2-3 for the tournament in the 195-pound class and placed 6th. Lathon Gorospe finished the day 4-2 in the 220-pound class and placed 4th.
Head coach Craig Jorgensen said, “Lathon and Ben wrestled well in one of the toughest tournaments we will have on our schedule. Lathon had big wins over Payton Smith of Canton, Marshal Simons of Huron and Kreg Kepplinger of Bon Homme. Lathon is wrestling aggressive and has really worked on cutting down on mistakes on the mat. Lathon has started the year out great and will continue to improve. Ben put together a great tournament. He defeated Patric Sproles from O’Gorman by fall. Sproles beat Ben earlier this year. He also defeated Hunter Shamatt from Brandon. He is starting to open it up and it’s paying off. Our other wrestlers had a good day but didn’t place. We had a couple tight matches that could have went either way. We have to get more aggressive in those matches for them to come out in our favor.”
The Quarriers will participate in the their third Dak-12 meet of the year on Thursday, January 14th, in Vermillion and then will wrestle at the Tri-Valley Tournament on Saturday, January 16th.
Individual Results:
- 113: Max Lamer (0-2)
- 145: James Lueders (1-2)
- 152: Isaac Land (0-2)
- 195: Ben Cavigielli (2-3) – 6th
- 220: Lathon Gorospe (4-2) – 4th
- 285: Nick Schmidt (0-2)