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The Osage wrestling team won a three-way match with Fatima and Tipton on Thursday, Jan. 19 taking a 60-24 lead over Fatima and 54-30 over Tipton.

Against Fatima, Brad Russell (126 pounds) pinned Matt Stiefermann just 51 seconds into the first period. Greg Crosby (138) pinned Zach Aughtman 40 seconds into the match for a win. Kyle Christenson (160), Dario Overly (182) and Aidan Williams (220) all won their matches by pin. Zach Curran, Chris Johnson, Marc Miller, Mason Beckum and Levi Cadwallader all won by forfeit. A pin or forfeit is worth six points in scoring.

In the Tipton match, Trevor Koncevic (120), Dalton Mundy (126), Greg Crosby (138), Marc Miller (152), all won by pin. Curran, Johnson Brad Russell, AJ Huston, and Christenson all recievied a win by forfeit.

Earlier in the week, the team faced a makeup match against Versailles were just edged out by a score of 39-33.

Curran won by decision over Nathan Long for three points and Chris Johnson won by technical fall over Kaden Wilson for five points. Brad Russell pinned Zach Parsons as did Kyle Christenson (over Sam McGowan). Dario Overly and Aidan Williams won by decision over their opponents and Kaleb McDowell (220) pinned West Sidebottom for six points. The forfeit to Wes Davidson of Versailles was the six point decider in this close match.

The team will travel to Buffalo on Saturday and then to Bolivar on Jan. 31.

Osage Wrestling Club

The Osage Wrestling Club is in its sixth year. It was chartered by Dennis Henley and Randy Satterlee and is for boys and girls ages 5-14. This year there are 46 members and 10 volunteer coaches in the program.

The club recently participated in the Blair Oaks and Helias Tri-Cap tournaments with more than 500 other youth wrestlers.They plan to participate in six tournaments during the course of the 2012 season. The kids wrestle in age divisions designated as 6U (under 6), 8U, 12U, and 14U. The results of the Blair Oaks and Helias tournaments are as follows:

Blair Oaks Tournament:

• 1st Place: William Faulconer 6U, Jack Crane 6U, Sariah Simmons 8U, Austin Magnuson 12U
• 2nd Place: Gabriel Arnall 6U, Gavin Parsons 6U, Tanner Gardner 6U, Alana Douglas 8U, Connor Arrowood 8U,
• 3rd Place: Samuel Simmons 6U, Justin Douglas 6U, Mason Dulle 8U, Dayson Belk 8U, Ozuye Johnson 8U, Davis Sallee 8U, Jake Fuglsang 10U, Isaiah Simmons 12U, Hayden Carlson 12U, Breauna Mundy 14U

Helias Tri-Caps Tournament:

• 1st Place: Tanner Gardner 6U, Sariah Simmons 8U, Jake Fuglsang 10U, Hayden Carlson 12U
• 2nd Place: Amos Mundy 6U, William Faulconer 6U, Justin Douglas 6U, Mason Dulle 8U, Dayson Belk 8U, Mitchell Millsap 10U, Tristan Satterlee 10U, Isaiah Simmons 12U, Austin Magnuson 12U
• 3rd Place: Gavin Parsons 6U, Alana Douglas 8U, Alex Baklashev 8U, Steven Crosby 12U, Breauna Mundy 14U

Coaches for the 2012 season are Tim Carlson, Brady Douglas, Vinny Loyd, Katie Crosby, Patrick Dulle, David Sallee, Charles Munday, Randy Gardner Jr., Randy Gardner Sr., and Cliff Simmons. The club president is Andrea Satterlee and the group is registered with both the USA and Missouri Youth Wrestling Association.