2021 Nebraska State Wrestling: Day Four
Check out all the action as state champions are crowned at Nebraska state wrestling in classes B & C.
Scottsbluff's Paul Garcia, left, celebrates his overtime win of Gering's Paul Ruff, right, during the Class B 126 pound championship match.
David City Aquinas's Jakob Kavan, left, Central City's Cole Kunz wrestle during the Class C 113 pound championship match. The two teams entered the finals tied for first.
The wrestlers enter during the parade of champions before the Nebraska State Wrestling championship matches.
A kid prepares to throw a beachball in the crowd before the Nebraska State Wrestling championship matches.
Central City's Drew Garfield, left, wrestles Oakland-Craig's Trenton Arlt during a Class C 106pound championship match.
Central City's Drew Garfield, top, wrestles Oakland-Craig's Trenton Arlt during a Class C 106pound championship match.
Aurora's Caden Svoboda, , left, wrestles Gering's Ashton Dane during a Class B 106 pound championship match.
Aurora's Caden Svoboda, , front, wrestles Gering's Ashton Dane during a Class B 106 pound championship match.
Central City's Cole Kunz celebrates his win over David City Aquinas's Jakob Kavan in the Class C 113 pound championship match. The two teams entered the finals tied for first.
Central City's Cole Kunz, left, escapes from David City Aquinas's Jakob Kavan during the Class C 113 pound championship match.
Bennington's Kael Lauridsen, top, wrestles Ogallala's Pedro Carizales in the Class B 113 pound championship match.
Valentine's Chris Williams, bottom, wrestles Milford's Konner Schluckebier during the Class C 126 pound championship match.
Gering's Paul Ruff, top, wrestles, Scottsbluff's Paul Garcia during the Class B 126 pound championship match.
Scottsbluff's Paul Garcia, left, tries to take down Gering's Paul Ruff during the Class B 126 pound championship match.
O`Neill's Ty Rainforth, back, gets ready to pin Amherst's Quentyn Frank during the Class C 132 pound championship match.
O`Neill's Ty Rainforth, back, celebrates his pin of Amherst's Quentyn Frank during the Class C 132 pound championship match.
Beatrice's Drew Arnold, left, wrestles Wahoo's Malachi Bordovsky during the Class B 132 pound championship match.
Wahoo's Malachi Bordovsky, lunges at Beatrice's Drew Arnold during the Class B 132 pound championship match.
David City Aquinas's Hunter Vandenberg, tries to get out of the grasp of Central City's Dyson Kunz during the Class C 138 pound championship match.
Central City's Dyson Kunz, left, wrestles David City Aquinas's Hunter Vandenberg during the Class C 138 pound championship match.
David City Aquinas's Hunter Vandenberg, right, escapes from Central City's Dyson Kunz during the Class C 138 pound championship match.
Omaha Skutt's Adam Kruse. left, wrestles Beatrice's Trevor Reinke during a Class B 138 pound championship match.
O`Neill's Brady Thompson, back, wrestles David City Aquinas's Christopher Nickolite during a Class C 145 pound championship match.
David City Aquinas's Christopher Nickolite celebrates his win over O`Neill's Brady Thompson, back, for the Class C 145 pound championship match.
Hastings's Landon Weidner, top, wrestles Aurora's Trevor Kluck during the Class B 145 pound championship match.
Aurora's Trevor Kluck, celebrates his win over Hastings's Landon Weidner for the Class B 145 pound championship match.
Cross County/Osceola's Cameron Graham tries to pin Central City's Tanner Schneiderheinz during a Class C 152 pound championship match.
Cross County/Osceola's Cameron Graham tries to pin Central City's Tanner Schneiderheinz during a Class C 152 pound championship match.
Cross County/Osceola's Cameron Graham celebrates his victory over Central City's Tanner Schneiderheinz for the Class C 152 pound championship match.
Ogallala's Cameron Zink, facing, tries to take down Ralston's Noah Talmadge during a Class B 152 pound championship match.
Ogallala's Cameron Zink, right, celebrates his win over Ralston's Noah Talmadge during a Class B 152 pound championship match.
Sutton's Joseph Hinrichs, left, tries to free his leg from Ord's Garret Kluthe during a Class C 160 pound championship match.
York's Kobe Lyons, left, tries to escape the grasp of Plattsmouth's Josh Colgrove during a Class B 160 pound championship match.
Arlington's Josh Miller, top wrestles David City's Tre Daro during a Class C 170 pound championship match.
Arlington's Josh Miller, right wrestles David City's Tre Daro during a Class C 170 pound championship match.
Waverly's Evan Canoyer, left, wrestles Beatrice's Torrance Keehn during a Class B 170 pound championship match.
Arlington's Josh Miller, top wrestles David City's Tre Daro during a Class C 170 pound championship match.
Arlington's Josh Miller does a backflip after defeating David City's Tre Daro during a Class C 170 pound championship match.
David City's Dylan Vodicka, back, wrestles Ord's Kelen Meyer during a Class C 182 pound championship match.
Aurora's Mack Owens, right, tries to escape Bennington's Luke MacDonald during a Class B 182 pound championship match.
Aurora's Mack Owens, right, tries to escape Bennington's Luke MacDonald during a Class B 182 pound championship match.
Aurora's Mack Owens, right, tries to escape Bennington's Luke MacDonald during a Class B 182 pound championship match.
Aurora's Mack Owens, right, tries to take down Bennington's Luke MacDonald during a Class B 182 pound championship match.
Central City's Cole Kunz jumps into Darin Garfield after winning the Class C 113 pound championship match.
Broken Bow's Lathan Duda, right, earns the first points of the match by escaping from Blair's Dexter Larsen during a Class B 195 pound championship match.
Broken Bow's Lathan Duda, wrestles Blair's Dexter Larsen during a Class B 195 pound championship match.
Cross County/Osceola'S Kyle Sterup celebrates his win over Syracuse's Burton Brandt during a Class C 195 pound championship match.
Broken Bow's Lathan Duda, celebrates is win over Blair's Dexter Larsen during a Class B 195 pound championship match.
Broken Bow's Lathan Duda, celebrates is win over Blair's Dexter Larsen during a Class B 195 pound championship match.
Cross County/Osceola'S Kyle Sterup pins Syracuse's Burton Brandt during a Class C 195 pound championship match.
David City's Carl Mundt, left, wrestles Nebraska Christian's Carl Mundt, during a Class C 220 pound championship match.
Nebraska Christian's Carl Mundt celebrates is pin of David City's Carl Mundt during a Class C 220 pound championship match.
McCook's Alec Langan, right wrestles Norris's Dylan Meyer during a Class B 220 pound championship match.
McCook fans cheer a win by Alec Langan over Norris's Dylan Meyer during a Class B 220 pound championship match.
McCook Head Coach Nick Umscheid, center, watches McCook's Alec Langan, left wrestles Norris's Dylan Meyer during a Class B 220 pound championship match.
Centennial's Carson Fehlhafer pins Norfolk Catholic's Isaac Wilcox during a Class C 285 pound championship match.
Centennial's Carson Fehlhafer celebrates his pin of Norfolk Catholic's Isaac Wilcox during a Class C 285 pound championship match.
Waverly's Trevor Brown, left, wrestles Ralston's David Hernandez during a Class B 285 pound championship match.
Waverly's Trevor Brown, top, takes down Ralston's David Hernandez during a Class B 285 pound championship match.
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All eight of Kael Lauridsen’s career victories at the state tournament have now come with bonus points — six pins and two major decisions.
Scottsbluff's Paul Garcia became the 34th wrestler in Nebraska history to win four state titles.
Gering won the state wrestling team title despite not having an individual winner, edging runner-up Beatrice by four points.
Central City claimed their first Class C state wrestling title since 2013 after winning head-to-head matchups against David City Aquinas.
“I wouldn’t be the wrestler I am without losing that, so I thank that loss,” Valentine's Chris Williams said. “I would have kept coasting and doing my thing. But I got so much better on my feet, got better at every position because of that match.”
A coach diagnosed with leukemia, a former star team member dying in a car crash. The Plainview wrestlers “had just a heck of a lot of things they’ve had to deal with this year.”