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HOMER - The Randolph Cardinal wrestling team is in the middle of the busiest part of the 2025-26 season as the Cardinal wrestlers competed in the Lewis & Clark Conference Duals Tournament on Jan. 23 and wrestled at the Oakland-Craig Invitational on Jan. 25 after grabbing third in the conference duals.
In the Oakland-Craig Invitational which included a girls tournament, the team scores were reported together with the Cardinals finishing ninth in the total team standings and seventh in the boys.
Westwood out of Sloan, Iowa came away with the boys’ title with 185.5 points, Pender was second with 145.5 and West Point-Beemer was third with 136.5.
The Cardinals posted 91 points to finish between Tri County Northeast and North Bend Central which both completed the day with 96 and Winnebago which finished with 90.
The Redbirds parlayed a first, a second and two thirds into the 91-point total.
Cole Jensen improved to 34-7 to bring home a gold medal after pinning his first three opponents and hanging on for a 4-3 decision over Kolt Smith of Pender for the 138-pound title.
Bentley Reimers lost just his second match of the year at 113, using a pin, a couple of technical falls before falling to Brady Burton of Westwood in the finals by technical fall, 16-0.
Tate Brodersen bumped his record to 32-8 after losing a bout at 150 pounds and winding up third.
Brodersen dropped his opening match of the day, after receiving a first-round bye, to Sender Escobar of Omaha Buena Vista by major decision, 13-5.
Brodersen would avenge the loss later in the tournament.
After the loss, he used a pin and a medical forfeit to find himself in a bout with Escobar again.
Brodersen took care of his business with a pin over Escobar in the thirdplace match at the 2:02 mark of the bout.
Elijah Bermel also placed third in his weight class.
He won his first match by fall then ran into a buzzsaw from Westwood, getting pinned early.
He responded with a win and another pin to bring the bronze medal back to Randolph.
In the L&C Conference Duals, the Cards ended up third overall with a 4-2 record for the day.
Randolph edged Winside 27-26 in the Cardinals opening match in the event, then defeated Osmond-Wausa 33-24.
Tri County Northeast slipped past the Redbirds 24-22 before Randolph answered with a 36-18 win over Homer.
Creighton defeated the Cards 38-30 in round five and Randolph took care of Winnebago in round seven 35-24.
The Cards were set to host Laurel- Concord-Coleridge in a Parent’s Night dual on Jan. 29 before heading to Norfolk for the Norfolk Catholic Invitational on Jan. 31. Then hit the wakefield Invitational on Feb. 7.
OAKLAND-CRAIG BOYS and GIRLS WRESTLING INVITATIONAL Team Results: 1. Westwood (IA) 185.5; 2. South Sioux City (Girls) 166.5; 3. Pender 145.5; 4. West Pt-Beemer 136.5; 5. Lyons- Decatur (Girls) 125; 6. Omaha Buena Vista 104.5; 7. North Bend 96; 7.Tri County NE 96; 9. Randolph 91; 10. Winnebago 90; 11. North Bend (Girls) 82; 12. Winnebago (Girls) 73; 13. Howells-Dodge 70; 14. Tri County NE (Girls) 57; 15. Archbishop Bergan (Girls) 56; 16. Randolph (Girls) 48; 17. Newman Grove/St. Edward (Girls) 46; 17. Winside (Girls) 46; 19. Lyons-Decatur 40; 20. Winside (Girls) 38; 21. Oakland-Craig 36; 22. Homer 31; 23. Oakland-Craig (Girls) 20; 24. Bancroft-Rosalie 15.5; 25. Newman Grove/St. Edward 10; 26. Homer (Girls) 0.
Randolph Boys Individual Results: 113- Bentley Reimers (2nd, 34-2) defeated Drake Griffin (WINN) by fall, 0:35; defeated Dalton Brichacek (H-D) by technical fall-1.5, 18-0, 1:57; defeated Moises Lopez (OBV) by technical fall-1.5, 19-3, 2:31. Was defeated by Brady Burton (WW) by technical fall-1.5, 16-0, 1:52.
138 - Cole Jensen (1st, 34-7) defeated Patrick Rayburn (O-C) by fall, 0:54; defeated Wyatt Miserez (WP-B) by fall, 2:00; defeatedTate Mahnke (WP-B) by fall, 3:02; defeated Kolt Smith (PEN) by decision, 4-3.
144- TreyTjaden(1-2,10-25)wasdefeated by EJ LaTray (WINN) by fall, 1:41; defeated Jacob Findlay (LDNE) by fall, 2:50; was defeated by Henry Figueroa (WP-B) by major decision, 11-2.
150 - Tate Brodersen (3rd, 32-8) was defeated by Sender Escobar (OBV) by major decision, 13-5; defeated Drayden Nielsen (TCNE)byfall,1:43;defeatedOwenLarsen (PEN) by medical forfeit; defeated Sender Escobar (OBV) by fall, 2:02.
157 - Elijah Bermel (3rd, 18-14) defeated Ayden Armell (WINN) by fall, 1:44; was defeated by Boston Peters (WW) by fall, 0:09; defeated Keegan Fischer (WP-B) by decision, 7-2; defeated Landon Carlson (WIN) by fall, 2:18.
157 - Josh Miller (0-4, 15-22) was defeated by Michael Beeks (WP-B) by fall, 1:42; was defeated by Ayden Armell (WINN) by technical fall-1.5, 19-4, 3:00.
175- EsaiWarman(5th,7-24)wasdefeated by Harlan Kolc (OBV) by fall, 3:33; was defeated by fall by Boyd Frazey (PEN) by fall,0:45;wasdefeatedbyEvanHagemann (H-D) by fall, 2:56; was defeated by Ho-Hump Snake (WINN) by fall, 1:45.
285 - Stewart Umberger (0-2, 7-15) was defeated by Jared Doxey (WINN) by fall, 1:19; was defeated by Javier Valezquez (OBV) by fall, 0:52.
Randolph Girls Individual Results: 130 - Peton Thelen (2nd, 21-13) defeated Vivian Kopietz (O-C) by fall, 1:48; defeated Quinn Taylor (AB) by fall, 1:45; defeated Jasmin Orozco (SSC) by fall, 1:56; defeated Maci Schmidt (WIN) by fall, 0:26; was defeated by Pyper Daugherty (NBC) by fall, 0:49.
135- GracieWortman(1st,31-10)defeated Jayda Stallbaum, (TCNE) by fall, 0:48; defeated Mia Caro (SSC) by fall, 2:33.
155 - Mabel Ngebeh (0-4, 12-18) was def. by fall by Ngan Le (SSC) by fall, 1:55; was defeated by Ricarda Littlewalker (WINN) by fall, 0:56; was defeated by fall by Kiya Tornez (TCNE) by fall, 1:05, was defeated by Sidney Archer (LDNE) by fall, 0:31.
235 - Khloe Weiss (3rd, 14-13) was defeated by fall by Yesenia Reyes (SSC) by fall, 5:54; was defeated by Jaeleigh Miller (LDNE) by fall, 0:41.
Lewis & Clark Conference Duals: Randolph 3rd Round 1 - Randolph def. Winside, 27-26. 120-BentleyReimersdef.BraxtonHansen by fall, 5:01; 138 - Cole Jensen def. Noah Pace by fall, 1:09. 144 - Mason Edwards def. Trey Tjaden by fall, 2:59; 150 - Tate Brodersen def. Asher Uttecht by decision, 1-0; 157 - Landon Carlson def. Elijah Bermel by decision, 7-2; 165 - Stratton Sellin def. Josh Miller by technical fall-1.5, 16-1. Round 2 - Randolph def. Osmond-Wausa 33-24; 138 - Cole Jensen def. Mason True by decision, 8-2; 144 - Caleb Vinson def. TreyTjadenbyfall,:47;157-KalebGardner def. Elijah Bermel by fall, 0:59; 285 - Tate Stolp def. Stewart Umberger by fall, 1:21. Round 3 - Tri County NE def. Randolph, 24-22; 126 - Bentley Reimers def. Landon Newton by decision, 8-3; 144 - Aidan Isom defeated Trey Tjaden by fall, :43; 150 Braxten Sebade defeated Tate Brodersen by fall, 1:59; 157 - Elijah Bermel defeated Drayden Nielsen by major decision, 10-0; 165 - Josh Miller defeated Logan Kraemer bydecision,10-7;285-NateFranzluebbers def. Stewart Umberger by fall, 1:25. Round4-Randolphdef.Homer,36-18;157 - Austin Pelster over Elijah Bermel by fall, 1:29; 175 - Nelson Inos def. Esai Warman by fall, 5:51; 285 - Colton Victor defeated Stewart Umberger by fall, 1:29. Round 5 - Creighton defeated Randolph 38-30; 144 - Ethan Kuhlman defeated Trey Tjaden, 7-0; 150 - Robinson LaDeaux defeated Tate Brodersen by technical fall-1.5, 16-1; 175 - Deric Sayers defeated Esai Warman by fall, 5:37; 285 - Lance Stage defeated Stewart Umberger by fall, 0:53. Round7-Randolphdef.Winnebago35-24. 144 - EJ La Tray def. Trey Tjaden by fall, 2:25; 150 -Tate Brodersen def. Patrick Burtt by fall, 3:38; 157 - Josh Miller def. Ayden Armell by fall, 5:07; 165 - Elijah Bermel def. Jacob Lincoln by tech fall-1.5, 23-6; 175 - Ho-Hump Snake def. Esai Warman by fall, 0:54; 285 - Jared Doxey def Stewart Umberger by fall, 1:42.
