Broken Bow traveled to Columbus for the Norm Manstedt Invitational over the weekend. The Indians finished 11th in the team standings with 95 points. Lincoln East was the team champion with 265.5 points. The top highlights for Broken Bow saw Cash Watson winning the championship at 138 lbs. and Cal Wells was champion at 215. During the meet, Wells collected his 150th win. All Broken Bow results are posted below.
Boom! Cal get his 150th win and wins the Manstedt invite at 215lbs. Congrats Cal! pic.twitter.com/LvcYPShvAn
— Carlie J. Wells (@wells_carlie) January 11, 2025
Norm Manstedt Boys Invitational Results for Broken Bow
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Kelstyn Lindner (16-10) placed 11th and scored 5.0 team points.
- Round 1 – Kelstyn Lindner (Broken Bow) 16-10 won by decision over Ryan Roche (Tekamah-Herman) 12-13 (Dec 21-14)
- Round 2 – Ethan Salak (Columbus) 4-15 won by decision over Kelstyn Lindner (Broken Bow) 16-10 (Dec 8-3)
- Round 3 – Ayden Wintz (Battle Creek) 25-3 won by fall over Kelstyn Lindner (Broken Bow) 16-10 (Fall 0:39)
- Cons. Round 1 – Kelstyn Lindner (Broken Bow) 16-10 won by fall over Cruz Homan (Bellevue West) 4-14 (Fall 1:31)
- Cons. Round 2 – Kolten Wragge (Pierce) 16-5 won by fall over Kelstyn Lindner (Broken Bow) 16-10 (Fall 2:40)
- 11th Place Match – Kelstyn Lindner (Broken Bow) 16-10 won by fall over Josue Escobar (Schuyler) 12-15 (Fall 2:04)
120
Emmett Palmer (13-11) placed 6th and scored 8.0 team points.
- Round 1 – Evan Strom (Gering) 22-5 won by major decision over Emmett Palmer (Broken Bow) 13-11 (MD 15-4)
- Round 2 – Emmett Palmer (Broken Bow) 13-11 won by decision over Corbin Pfeil (Pierce) 18-5 (Dec 15-9)
- Round 3 – Emmett Palmer (Broken Bow) 13-11 won by fall over Kevin Escobar-Romero (Columbus) 3-20 (Fall 1:39)
- Quarterfinal – Leland Sindel (Lincoln East) 27-3 won by tech fall over Emmett Palmer (Broken Bow) 13-11 (TF-1.5 2:25 (19-2))
- Cons. Round 2 – Emmett Palmer (Broken Bow) 13-11 won by fall over Ian Shane (West Holt) 11-10 (Fall 2:45)
- 5th Place Match – Blayne Williams (Tekamah-Herman) 20-6 won by decision over Emmett Palmer (Broken Bow) 13-11 (Dec 13-11)
126
Colton Uhlig (5-12) placed 20th and scored 0.0 team points.
- Round 1 – Draydin Gossman (Pierce) 18-5 won by tech fall over Colton Uhlig (Broken Bow) 5-12 (TF-1.5 2:35 (15-0))
- Round 2 – Tate Kitchen (Centennial) 13-13 won by fall over Colton Uhlig (Broken Bow) 5-12 (Fall 3:41)
- Round 3 – Ryker Koenig (Archbishop Bergan) 6-5 won by fall over Colton Uhlig (Broken Bow) 5-12 (Fall 1:54)
- Round 4 – Gaspar Juarez (Schuyler) 20-8 won by fall over Colton Uhlig (Broken Bow) 5-12 (Fall 2:30)
- Round 5 – Colton Uhlig (Broken Bow) 5-12 received a bye () (Bye)
- Cons. Quarter – Colton Uhlig (Broken Bow) 5-12 received a bye () (Bye)
138
Cash Watson (24-0) placed 1st and scored 29.0 team points.
- Round 1 – Cash Watson (Broken Bow) 24-0 received a bye () (Bye)
- Round 2 – Cash Watson (Broken Bow) 24-0 won by tech fall over John Martinez (Schuyler) 13-15 (TF-1.5 1:47 (18-3))
- Round 3 – Cash Watson (Broken Bow) 24-0 won by tech fall over Brextyn Kobza (Giltner/Harvard) 2-9 (TF-1.5 1:58 (20-3))
- Round 4 – Cash Watson (Broken Bow) 24-0 won by fall over Alex Jacinto (Columbus) 10-6 (Fall 1:23)
- Round 5 – Cash Watson (Broken Bow) 24-0 won by decision over Colt Eimermann (York) 24-4 (Dec 13-7)
- Quarterfinal – Cash Watson (Broken Bow) 24-0 won by fall over Laitenn Braithwait (Columbus) 19-10 (Fall 4:28)
- Semifinal – Cash Watson (Broken Bow) 24-0 won by medical forfeit over Mason Nitz (Elkhorn Valley) 16-0 (M. For.)
- 1st Place Match – Cash Watson (Broken Bow) 24-0 won by decision over Noah Ingwersen (Lincoln East) 26-6 (Dec 7-5)
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Ahren Finney (11-12) placed 24th and scored 2.0 team points.
- Round 1 – Trevor Burdick (Valentine) 16-7 won by fall over Ahren Finney (Broken Bow) 11-12 (Fall 0:47)
- Round 2 – Carter Eisenmann (Columbus) 20-2 won by tech fall over Ahren Finney (Broken Bow) 11-12 (TF-1.5 2:50 (16-1))
- Round 3 – Ethan Buresh-Marick (David City) 7-12 won by decision over Ahren Finney (Broken Bow) 11-12 (Dec 5-0)
- Round 4 – Ahren Finney (Broken Bow) 11-12 won by fall over Chase Shannon (Schuyler) 8-17 (Fall 1:29)
- Round 5 – Creighton Jongeling (Bellevue West) 15-8 won by tech fall over Ahren Finney (Broken Bow) 11-12 (TF-1.5 2:12 (17-1))
150
Cobe Wells (9-8) placed 11th and scored 4.0 team points.
- Round 1 – Grady Meyer (Wahoo) 14-3 won by fall over Cobe Wells (Broken Bow) 9-8 (Fall 3:06)
- Round 2 – Brenden Bolling (Pierce) 19-3 won by tech fall over Cobe Wells (Broken Bow) 9-8 (TF-1.5 3:34 (24-4))
- Round 3 – Cobe Wells (Broken Bow) 9-8 won by fall over Arturo Ovando (Schuyler) 4-21 (Fall 2:32)
- Round 4 – Cobe Wells (Broken Bow) 9-8 received a bye () (Bye)
- Round 5 – Cobe Wells (Broken Bow) 9-8 won by decision over Max Erickson (York) 17-11 (Dec 12-8)
- Cons. Quarter – Cobe Wells (Broken Bow) 9-8 won by decision over Rafael Hernandez (Lincoln Northeast) 15-11 (Dec 7-4)
- Cons. Semi – Landon Burt (Tekamah-Herman) 20-8 won by fall over Cobe Wells (Broken Bow) 9-8 (Fall 3:22)
- 11th Place Match – Cobe Wells (Broken Bow) 9-8 won by major decision over Maddox Gardner (Gering) 10-12 (MD 12-2)
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Aidan Markham (18-7) placed 13th and scored 8.0 team points.
- Round 1 – Aidan Markham (Broken Bow) 18-7 won by fall over Leighton Slaymaker (West Holt) 4-14 (Fall 3:35)
- Round 2 – Aidan Markham (Broken Bow) 18-7 received a bye () (Bye)
- Round 3 – Daren Vodicka (David City) 17-7 won by fall over Aidan Markham (Broken Bow) 18-7 (Fall 2:30)
- Round 4 – Emmitt Dirks (York) 22-0 won by fall over Aidan Markham (Broken Bow) 18-7 (Fall 1:25)
- Round 5 – Aidan Markham (Broken Bow) 18-7 won by fall over Fadhil Aldakhi (Lincoln Northeast) 7-13 (Fall 5:53)
- Cons. Quarter – Parker Chavez (Valentine) 13-6 won by tech fall over Aidan Markham (Broken Bow) 18-7 (TF-1.5 3:34 (17-0))
- Cons. Semi – Aidan Markham (Broken Bow) 18-7 won by major decision over Kaiden Ronnfeldt (Pierce) 13-11 (MD 10-2)
- 13th Place Match – Aidan Markham (Broken Bow) 18-7 won by fall over Fadhil Aldakhi (Lincoln Northeast) 7-13 (Fall 2:05)
215
Cal Wells (25-0) placed 1st and scored 32.0 team points.
- Round 1 – Cal Wells (Broken Bow) 25-0 received a bye () (Bye)
- Round 2 – Cal Wells (Broken Bow) 25-0 won by fall over Neddy Lesiak (High Plains Community) 9-15 (Fall 0:51)
- Round 3 – Cal Wells (Broken Bow) 25-0 won by fall over Thane Taylor (Valentine) 7-9 (Fall 0:20)
- Round 4 – Cal Wells (Broken Bow) 25-0 won by fall over Grant Osborne (West Holt) 18-7 (Fall 2:25)
- Round 5 – Cal Wells (Broken Bow) 25-0 won by fall over Cole Booth (Tekamah-Herman) 20-7 (Fall 2:42)
- Quarterfinal – Cal Wells (Broken Bow) 25-0 won by fall over Patrick McIntyre (Archbishop Bergan) 13-8 (Fall 0:19)
- Semifinal – Cal Wells (Broken Bow) 25-0 won by fall over Colton Tucker (Lincoln East) 26-5 (Fall 3:41)
- 1st Place Match – Cal Wells (Broken Bow) 25-0 won by decision over Thomas Roberts (Boone Central) 27-2 (Dec 5-3)
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Carter Schiley (4-7) placed 14th and scored 7.0 team points.
- Round 1 – Tristan Tobin (Tekamah-Herman) 20-8 won by fall over Carter Schiley (Broken Bow) 4-7 (Fall 2:43)
- Round 2 – Hunter Holle (Syracuse) 23-10 won by fall over Carter Schiley (Broken Bow) 4-7 (Fall 1:05)
- Round 3 – Keagyn Linden (York) 29-0 won by fall over Carter Schiley (Broken Bow) 4-7 (Fall 0:27)
- Round 4 – Carter Schiley (Broken Bow) 4-7 won by fall over Joey Riggle (Oakland-Craig) 6-14 (Fall 1:19)
- Round 5 – Carter Schiley (Broken Bow) 4-7 won by fall over Logan Gubbels (Pierce) 0-5 (Fall 1:57)
- Cons. Quarter – Connor Sullivan (Archbishop Bergan) 15-8 won by fall over Carter Schiley (Broken Bow) 4-7 (Fall 2:36)
- Cons. Semi – Carter Schiley (Broken Bow) 4-7 won by fall over Luke Nebuda (Archbishop Bergan) 5-8 (Fall 0:24)
- 13th Place Match – Josiah Nsoh (Lincoln Lutheran) 17-11 won by decision over Carter Schiley (Broken Bow) 4-7 (Dec 6-5)
