Wrestling | 1/28/2025 2:11:00 PM
The No. 22 ranked Cloud County Community College wrestling team travels to No. 14 Cowley College on Wednesday, January 29 for a 5 pm dual inside William S. Scott Gymnasium in Arkansas City, Kansas.
Last week, the T-Birds went 1-1 in a pair of Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference duals, losing to Neosho County Community College by a score of 24-21, before bouncing back to take down Colby in the nightcap, 27-17. Sophomore
Macallistair Chambers, ranked No. 6 nationally in the 174 lbs. weight class, went 2-0 on the day. Chambers scored a second period fall over Maleek Ayonrinde of Neosho County, before taking down Cah'mari Johnson of Colby by a 7-3 decision. Freshman
Jacob Vasquez won two matches by decision at 157 lbs. Vasquez picked up an 8-5 decision over Hunter Jennings of Neosho County, followed by a 3-0 decision over Alec Schmuck of Colby. Freshman
Micah Cauthers, wrestling at 184 lbs., captured a 5-0 decision over Dylan Waggerman of Neosho County, before scoring a first period pin over Mouhamadou Sene of Colby.
Nolan Bradley won by forfeit against Neosho County in his 125 lbs. bout. In his final match of the night, Bradley secured a 15-5 major decision over Luis Vasquez of Colby.
Jayden Berry,
Darian "D.J." Gillins,
Kaleb Talkington and
Daniel Vines each went 1-1 in the tri-dual.
Cloud County possesses a 1-3 record in Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference dual action. The T-Birds opened their conference dual schedule with a 45-6 loss to No. 9 Pratt, and a 45-9 loss to No. 13 Labette.
Cowley College is 2-2 in conference duals this season. The T-Birds and Tigers are tied at 2-2 in the all-time series, with Cloud County winning each of the last two matchups.
Following the dual on Wednesday, Cloud County will close out their regular season in a tri-dual on Tuesday, February 4 in Goodland, Kansas, beginning at 4 pm. The T-Birds will wrestle the host school, Fort Hays Tech Northwest, as well as Barton Community College in their final action before this year's NJCAA South-Central District Tournament.
