Three Fremont County wrestlers win individual championships at state

March 1, 2020

Three Fremont County wrestlers won individual championships Saturday at the state wrestling tournament in Casper.

Riverton’s Ridge Briggs was crowned champion in the 145 lb class in 3A after beating Hagen Lamoreaxu in the final vai fall at 2:24. That is Ridge’s third championship.

Lander’s Jack Sweeney was champion at 170 in class 3A. He beat Bo Dearcom from from Powell in the championship round via fall at 3:22.

Shoshoni’s Tryston Truempler was champion at 152 in class 2A. Tyrston beat Kyle Breen of Tongue River via a 10-5 decision in the championship match.

Complete wrestling results from TrackWrestling.com can be found here.

3A top 6 placers from Fremont County

6th Place – Gabriel Harris of Lander – at 132
Tray Hyatt of Riverton 3rd at 152
Kaden Gatenbein of Riverton 3rd at 195

2A top 6 placers from Fremont County:

2nd Place – KC Gibson of Wind River at 106 – Lost to Colton Coffman of Lusk in championship
5th Place – Nicky Knigge of Shoshoni at 113
3rd Place – James Knigge of Shoshoni at 132
5th Place – Pehton Truempler of Shoshoni at 138
4th Place – Kadon DeWitt of Shoshoni at 145
5th Place – Duke Gibble of Shoshoni at 160
6th Place – Colter Collver of Wind River at 170
2nd Place – Colton Befus of Wind River at 195. Lost in championship to Tate Carson of Southeast by 8-4 decision.
3rd Place – Tucker Jensen of Wind River at 220
5th Place – Jonathan Hilder of Shoshoni at 220
5th Place – Cole Barrett of Wind River at 285

Team Scores

2A Team Scores

1	Moorcroft	203.5
2	Lovell	137.0
3	Shoshoni	129.0
4	Cokeville	119.0
5	Southeast	117.5
6	Thermopolis	114.0
7	Wright	113.5
8	Greybull-Riverside	112.0
9	Kemmerer	110.0
10	Wind River	104.0
11	Hulett	96.5
12	Niobrara County	81.5
13	Glenrock	80.5
14	Big Piney	76.5
15	Lingle-Ft. Laramie	57.0
16	Rocky Mountain	46.5
17	Tongue River	31.0
18	Sundance	26.0
19	Saratoga	21.5
20	H.E.M.	14.0
21	Dubois	4.0
22	Wyoming Indian	3.0

3A Team Scores

1	Star Valley	244.0
2	Douglas	198.0
3	Worland	168.5
4	Powell	158.5
5	Lyman	117.0
6	Cody	116.0
7	Pinedale	107.5
8	Burns-Pine Bluffs	94.0
9	Riverton	87.0
10	Rawlins	69.0
11	Buffalo	59.0
12	Newcastle-Upton	58.0
13	Wheatland	56.5
14	Lander	47.0
15	Jackson	46.0
16	Mountain View	40.0
17	Torrington	30.0

4A Team Scores

1	Kelly Walsh	211.0
2	Green River	208.5
3	Cheyenne East	202.0
4	Thunder Basin High School	189.0
5	Natrona County	185.0
6	Sheridan	156.0
7	Evanston	100.5
8	Rock Springs	100.0
9	Cheyenne Central	84.0
10	Campbell County	74.0
11	Cheyenne South	35.0
12	Laramie	33.