Lebanon fifth at tournament
Israel Potoczny israel@lebanondailyrecord.com
Jan 5, 2009
Lebanon’s Trevor Byrd and Justin Britt win titles at Holiday Tournament
SPRINGFIELD — Behind tournament titles by Justin Britt and Trevor Byrd, Lebanon placed fifth at the Springfield Holiday Tournament on Saturday.
The two-day tournament, held at Parkview High School, featured 24 teams from three states.
Britt, the No. 1 ranked heavy weight in Missouri Class 4 according to www.missouriwrestling.com, remained undefeated with a major decision (14-3) over Kickapoo heavy weight Casey Wiener in the title match. Wiener, 20-5, had posted an upset win over Willard’s Chris McMullin in the second match of the tournament.
Britt, 23-0, posted wins over Lance Gregory (12-9), Nate Tulone (William Chrisman) en rote to the title match.
Wrestling at 215 pounds, Byrd posted a 3-2 win over Central’s Sky Thomas in the title match. Thomas entered the match boasting a 21-2 record.
Zach Drinkal, 15-10, lost in the third-place match at 189 pounds. He won his first match, but was pinned in the semifinals to Chris Jennings of Rockwood.
Lebanon’s Tyler Zimmerman lost in the third-place match at 140 pounds after being eliminated by eventual champion Taylor Ball in the semifinals. Zimmerman is 18-6 this season, while Ball remains undefeated (16-0).
Kody Tipton went 3-0 en route to a win in the ninth-place match at 171 pounds, Nick Nekola won a seventh-place match, pinning Rockwood’s Cody Decker, and Jeff Vance won a seventh-place match at 130 pounds.
Lebanon will next compete on Thursday at Camdenton. Its next tournament competition will be on Friday and Saturday at the Jefferson City Invitational.
