PLATTSMOUTH — The South Sioux City girls wrestlers punched six tickets to state and claimed team honors in the A-3 district tournament Saturday at Plattsmouth High School.
The Lady Cardinals put five wrestlers in the finals and claimed a pair of district champions, as defending state champions Madelynn Bohnet and Caitlyn Sohm won title at 105 and 235 pounds, respectively.
Both wrestlers won on first period falls. Bohnet pinned Drea Kruse of Omaha Skutt at the 1:43 mark, while Sohm need just 74 seconds to take care of Sandra Akou of Buena Vista.
Ariadne Rocha (115), Lysandra Torres (155) and Zulema Godinez (190) were all district runner-ups. Stephanie Selgado claimed consolation honors at 145 pounds to earn a spot in the girls state tournament, which runs Feb. 18-19 at the CHI Health Center in Omaha.
A-3 District at Plattsmouth
Team Standings
South Sioux City 156, Ralston 140.5, Bellevue East 133.5, Nebraska City 127, York 127, Fremont 111, Papillion-LaVista 98, Omaha Benson 84.5, Plattsmouth 81, Omaha Skutt 68.5, Omaha Buena Vista 61 Gretna 26, Omaha Burke4 22, Lincoln Southwest 5.
SSC State Qualifiers
105: 1. Madelyn Bohnet, SSC, pinned Drea Kruse, Skutt, 1:43.
115: 1. Oliviana Medina, Ralston, pinned Ariadne Rocha, SSC, :54.
145: 3. Stephanie Selgado, SSC, pinned Riley Ruff, Gretna, 2:29.
155: 1. Olivia Garrean, Plattsmouth, pinned Lysandra Torres, SSC, 1:28.
190: 1. Makayla Vasser, NC, pinned Zulema Godinez, SSC, 2:33.
235: 1. Caitlyn Sohm, SSC, pinned Sandra Akou, OBV, 1:14.
