Whisenant win among highlights of G-R’s dual at Powell

Prior to shutting it down for the holidays, Greybull-Riverside competed at a Dec. 19 dual in Powell.  The Panthers emerged with the win, but G-R was competitive and won several matches.
Loomis Alexander, Bennett Sanford, Ty Strohschein and Reece Whisenant earned victories for G-R. Whisenant’s, which took the form of a 14-5 decision, was particularly noteworthy because his opponent had pinned him twice earlier in the season.
In the early stages of the season, Coach Nuttall cited his team’s depth as a reason to be optimistic about its chances down the stretch. That depth shows up in the latest rankings at wyowrestling.com, where six G-R boys and one girl are listed among 2A’s best.
Alexander, a Riverside sophomore, occupies the highest spot as he’s ranked second at 138 and trails only Braydun Terry, a junior from Moorcroft.
Ty Strohshein, a Riverside senior, is ranked third at 190.  On paper, the ruler of the division is Wyatt Trembly. The Dubois senior is a two-time state champion, with his most recent title coming at the expense G-R’s Jake Schlattmann last February.  Zack Murphy of Big Piney is ranked second.
Erik Rosales, a Greybull senior, is ranked fifth at 215, where Rosendo Garcia of Lovell holds the top ranking.  
Curtis Strohschein, a Riverside junior, also holds down the fifth-place spot at 285, which is headed by Christian Reilly at No. 1 and James Love of Lovell at No. 2.
Whisenant, another Riverside junior, is ranked sixth at 144. The top wrestler at the weight is Kaleb Brothwell of Lingle-Fort Laramie.
Caiden Sorenson, a Greybull sophomore, is the team’s sixth wrester to earn a ranking on the poll.  He sits in seventh at 150 pounds.  Trenton Sheehan, a Moorcroft senior, is the top-ranked wrestler at the weight.
On the girls side, Elizabeth Holloway, a Greybull freshman, is ranked fourth at 140 pounds. Paityn Covolo of Sheridan owns the top spot.
G-R will compete at the Big Horn County Dual Championships Friday in Lovell. Start time is 5 p.m.  That will be followed by a trip to the Shoshoni Invitational on Saturday. Beyond that is a trip to Pavilion the following weekend for the Don Runner Invitational.
“We’ve got such a big January ahead of us,” said Nuttall, mentioning that nearly every team from the 2A West will be in either Shoshoni or Pavilion or both. “We’ll have a good idea where we stand after these next two tournaments.”