Creighton Prep Leads Class A Wrestling

CALLAHAN, HUSKERS.COM FOR KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN SPORTS. THANK YOU SEAN. DAY ONE BOYS STATE WRESTLING CHRISTOPHER WALSH. THEY CALL HIM MJ OF MILLARD. SOUTH WINS TWO MATCHES AT 215 POUNDS. HE MOVES INTO TOMORROW’S SEMIFINALS WITH MORE ON THE WINNERS IN CLASS A, HERE’S LAUREN MICHELSON FROM THE HEALTH CENTER. IN CLASS A, ONE OF THE BIGGEST STORYLINES IS ZION ORNELAS OF CREIGHTON PREP AT 126. ORNELAS IS A NEBRASKA COMMIT. HE’S LOOKING TO BECOME A FOUR TIME STATE CHAMPION, BUT IN A DIFFERENT COLORED SINGLET. HE ACTUALLY TRANSFERRED AFTER THREE SEASONS AT WILBER CLAYTONIA, NOW DOMINATING IN CLASS A, HE CONTROLLED THE MATCH FROM THE OPENING WHISTLE, PILING UP TAKEDOWNS IN ALL THREE PERIODS TO BUILD A COMMANDING LEAD AND SECURE A 19 THREE TECH FALL. YOU KNOW, IT DON’T MATTER WHAT CLASS YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW, YOU JUST GOTTA SHOW THAT YOU’RE WILLING TO, YOU KNOW, WORK HARD, ROSSEN YOUR HARDEST AT 120 PREPS CRUISER DOMINGUEZ CRUISES TO THE SEMIS AFTER PINNING HIS OPPONENT OMAHA BRIAN’S KYREE THOMAS CALLOWAY STAYS UNDEFEATED IN HIS CAREER. AT 113, HE TOOK CONTROL EARLY AND FINISHED IT IN DOMINANT FASHION, SECURING THE FALL TO SEAL THE WIN AT 132 MILFORD WEST CREIGHTON LASSEN KEEPS HIS UNDEFEATED CAREER INTACT AT 50 ZERO, PILING UP TAKEDOWN AFTER TAKEDOWN ROLLS TO A 21 TO 5 TECHNICAL FALL TO ADVANCE TO THE SEMIS. MILLARD SOUTH’S KIERNAN MENKE IS CHASING HIS THIRD GOAL, RANKED NUMBER ONE AT 138 IN THE TOP OVERALL SEED. HE PROVED EXACTLY WHY, WINNING BY PIN TO MOVE ON, TAKING IT FOR ANYTHING BIGGER THAN WHAT IT IS. IT’S JUST ANOTHER MATCH, YOU KNOW, I’VE WRESTLED A LOT OF THESE KIDS, SO I KNOW I’M BETTER. AT 157, ANOTHER FUTURE HUSKER, MASON PETERSEN OF COLUMBUS WAS A MENACE. TAKES LESS THAN 30S TO PIN HIS WAY TO THE SEMIS, ONE STEP CLOSER TO A THIRD GOAL. THE STATE WRESTLING MEET ROLLS ON ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, WITH THE SEMIFINALS A