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ATCHISON — The Barton Cougar wrestling team opened its dual season with a 1-3 dual record at Friday's Loosbrook Duals.

Four Cougars secured multiple wins over the day led behind sophomore Jarret Mader's (149) 3-1 performance while Jamal Garrett (125-division), Edgar Duarte Quiroz (184), and Nathan Agudzi-Addo (285) each providing a pair of victories.

Barton will compete Saturday at Grimes, Iowa before returning home next Wednesday against Labette  and Northern Oklahoma.

Barton surrendered 12 points in each of its four duals, forfeiting open weight classes in the 157, and 197 divisions.

The Cougars opened the competition against NAIA foe William Woods, Mo. earning five victories in the 10 matches edging the Owls 29-27.

Barton's wins came from Mader's (149) 21-2 tech fall, Agudzi-Addo (285) 39-second pin, and trio of forfeit wins by Garrett (125-division), A.J. Almanza (133), and Duarte Quiroz (184).

After Quincy (Ill.) University routed the Cougars 52-0, Barton dropped a 42-9 decision to Hastings (Neb.) College. Ethan Boles (141) and Mader (149) mended the lone Cougar victories with a 5:33 fall and 10-5 decision respectfully.

Colby edged the Cougars for a 25-24 win. 

Garrett's (125) 10-7 decision and Mader's (149) 2:58 back flattening knotted the match at 9-apiece over the opening four bouts. Earning an exhibition win in the opening dual of the day, Kaden Foster (165-division) entered the Barton lineup scoring a 10-3 decision pulling the Cougars within 15-12. Following a 12-2 major decision securing the Trojan victory with the Cougars open at the 197-division, Duarte Quiroz (184) delivered his first collegiate victory behind a 5:37 pin with Agudzi-Addo (285) fashioning his second fall of the afternoon in a span of 1:50 to conclude the day.

SERVICE SALUTE  Producing four Top-6 placings, the 11 pack of Cougars assembled a 13-18 overall record, with seven of 11 winning at least one bout and five producing multiple victories.

Jamal Garrett (125) led the charge securing the highest finish of fourth, with Colin Little (141-division) garnering a fifth place finished followed behind Skyler McMullen (141-division) and Alonso Frances-Aguilar (165) sixth place finishes respectively.

At 125, Garrett piled up his pair of victories in the opening two matches to roll into the semifinals. The freshman started his day with a quick 3:49 fall over Miller Chantharasy of Quincy while securing a spot in the semifinals behind a 17-10 decision over Colby's Tevin Jackson. The run on the championship side came to an end dropping a 14-2 major decision in the semifinals to Nehemiah Ventura of Texas Wesleyan. Garrett's afternoon concluded at 2-2 suffering a 19-3 tech fall in the third-place bout to Kaden Rios of Quincy.

Little received a bye in the 141 division before the Topeka, Kansas, freshman could take the mat in getting sent to the consolation side suffering an early third period fall to Texas Wesleyan's Timothy Murabito. Coming back on the backside, Little responded quickly posting a 15-0 tech fall over Benedictine College's Brayden Johnson before securing his fifth placing virtue of a medical forfeit.

At 141, McMullen was knocked from the championship bracket in the quarterfinals. Earning a second period fall over Camden Whitehead of Texas Wesleyan in the opening round, McMullen drew the wrong side of a 15-12 period 1 sudden victory to Jacob Snow of Benedictine College. Recovering in his next match, the freshman produced his second back flatting of the day in 2:03 over Quincy's Victor Salazar before pulling out with a medical forfeit in the fifth place tussle.

Frances-Aguilar also generated a 2-2 record on the mats in the 165 division. Advancing to the quarterfinals with a 8-7 first round decision over Josef Planansky of William Woods University, the freshman would be bounced to the consolation side on a 18-3 tech fall to Cloud County's Gabriel Bailey. The afternoon's appearance on the backside of the bracket continued with a quick second period 47-second fall over Keenan Tumbarello of Avila before falling in the fifth place tilt suffering a 10-1 major decision to Clayton Murabito of Texas Wesleyan.

Leading the squad with the best mat record on the day was 165 division Kamden Wise, turning in a 3-1 performance. Suffering an opening round 20-4 tech fall, the freshman answered viciously registering a 15-0 tech fall, 13-4 major decision and 53-second fall to conclude the day as the consolation 


COUGARS 29, WWOODS, MO. 27

125--Garrett, BC, forfeit; 133--Almanza, BC, forfeit; 141--Glenn, WW def. Boles, BC, 10-6; 149--Mader, BC def. Kimbley, WW, 20-2; 157, Nichols, WW, forfeit; 165--Sederburg, WW pinned Aguilar, BC, 2:37; 174--Brocksmith, WW pinned Truman, BC, 1:32; 184--Quiroz, BC forfeit; 197--Mullin, WW, forfeit; 285--Agudzi-Addo, BC pinned Raino, WW, 0:39; EX 149--McMullen, BC def. Karr, WW, 15-3; EX 165--Foster, BC pinned Planansky, WW, 0:42 

COLBY 25, BARTON 24

125--Garrett, BC def. Sanchez, C, 10-7; 133--Vasquez, C pinned Almanza, BC, 1:43; 141--Martinez, C def. Boles, BC, 11-5; 149--Mader, BC pinned Goolsby, C, 2:58; 165--Foster, BC def. Alley, C, 10-3; 174--Franklin, C def. Truman, BC, 12-2; 184--Quiroz, BC pinned Washington, C, 5:37; 197--Anderson, C, forfeit; 285--Agudzi-Addo, BC pinned Martinez, C, 1:50; EX 149--McMullen, BC def. Karr, WW, 15-3

HASTINGS, NEB. 40, COUGARS 9

125--Weber, H pinned Garrett, BC, 4:27, 133--Hackman, H def. Almanza, BC, 13-1; 141--Boles, BC pinned Macedo, H, 5:33; 149--Mader, BC def. Tobias, H, 10-5; 157--Manriquez, H, forfeit; 165--Freeland, H def. Aguilar, BC, 8-1; 174--Sedano, H pinned Truman, BC, 4:25; 184--Leon, H def. Quiroz, BC, 11-4; 197--Rodriguez, H, forfeit; 285--Mattern, H pinned Agudzi-Addo, BC, 1:57

QUINCY, ILL. 52, COUGARS 0

125--Farley, Q def. Garrett, BC, 18-3, 133--Flores, Q def. Almanza, BC, 17-1; 141--Russell, Q def. Boles, BC, 16-1; 149--Clement, Q def. Mader, BC, 19-4; 157--Vernon, Q, forfeit;  165--Jones, Q def. Aguilar, BC,14-6; 174--Schell, Q def. Truman, BC, 22-4; 184--Ivy, Q def. Quiroz, BC, 18-2; 197--Ryner, Q, forfeit; 285--Colbert, Q, pinned Agudzi-Addo, BC, 4:40

SERVICE SALUTE OPEN

COUGAR RESULTS

125--Jamal Garrett, BC pinned Chantharasy, Quincy, 3:49;  Garrett def. Jackson, Colby, 17-10; Ventura, Texas Wesleyan def. Garrett, 14-2; 3RD--Rios, Quincy def. Garrett, 19-3;  Ventura pinned AJ Almanza, BC, 0:51; Almanza pinned Garcia, Cloud, 1:31; Chantharasy pinned Almanza, 1:04; Bradley, Cloud pinned Bryson Parker, BC. 2:03; Sanchez, Colby def. Parker, forfeit

141--Murabito, Texas Wesleyan pinned Colin Little, BC, 6:17; Little def. Johnson, Benedictine, 15-0; 5TH--Little def. Skyler McMullen,  BC, forfeit;  McMullen pinned Whitehead, TW, 5:00;  Snow, Benedictine def. McMullen, 15-12; McMullen pinned Salazar, Quincy, 2:03;

149--Biggs, Benedictine pinned Matthew Cook, BC, 1:56; Schulz, Avila pinned Cook, 5:57;

165--Alonso Frances Aguilar, BC def. Planansky. William Woods. 8-7; Bailey, Cloud def. Aguilar, 18-3; Aguilar pinned Tumbarello, Avila, 3:47; 5TH—Murabito, TW def. Aguilar, 10-1

165--Jones, Quincy pinned Kaden Foster, BC, 1:23; Alley, Colby pinned Foster, 4:59; Orosco, Quincy def. Kamden Wise, BC, 20-4; Wise def. Johnson, Hastings, 15-0; Wise def. Planansky, 13-4; Wise pinned Smith, Quincy, 0:53

174--Carpena, Benedictine pinned Truman, BC, 6:29; Juitt, Avila pinned Truman, 4:30

184--Perkins, Benedictine pinned Edgar Duarte Quiroz, BC, 1:41; Cauthers, Cloud pinned Quiroz, 1:02

285--Nathan Agudzi-Addo, BC pinned Hill, Quincy, 3:00; Jones, Colby def. Agudzi-Addo, 10-4; Martinez, Colby def. Agudzi-Addo, forfeit; Harris, Benedictine pinned Logan Buchanan, BC, 1:21; Martinez pinned Buchanan, 4:06