When Charger wrestling coach Shawn Danker was asked last week how the WCAC duals would go, his comment was, "It will be tough. There a lot of good wrestlers in the conference." He wasn't kidding. The going was pretty rough for the Charger grapplers, as they went 0-5 in their five dual matches yesterday versus the other five conference opponents. With up to seven weight classes going unfilled (and thereby giving up as many as forty two points), ACGC fell to WCV 60-24,

Van Meter 70-12, Panorama 63-16, W-G 67-9, and Ogden 49-27. In contested individual matches (where there was no forfeit) the Chargers won 13 and lost 26.

Individually, Blaine Beeler and Zach Fees had the best showing as they went 3-1 on the day, while Seth Danker and Cale Rowley each went 3-2. Those four all finished in the top three in their respective weight classes, with Beeler tying for first, Fees finishing second, and Danker and Rowley earning third place finishes.

Woodward-Granger was crowned conference champion, with Panorama finishing as runner-up.

West Central Valley placed third, with Van Meter, Ogden and ACGC finishing fourth, fifth, and sixth respectively.

Charger mentor Shawn Danker was well aware of what his team would face yesterday. "I knew our conference tournament was going to have some very tough competition. I think it was proven yesterday. At the end of the season it will be fun to see how these wrestlers finish in their sectional, district, and state meets."

"I think we wrestled pretty well," Danker went on to say. "Our guys competed and fought hard. There were some matches in which I think our guys could have performed a little better. However, with a dual tournament it takes a little different mental preparation. That is especially true if one has tough match after tough match after tough match. Some guys had five matches yesterday. That's a lot, and some weight classes were very tough."

The Chargers will wrap up their pre-holiday schedule this Thursday, Dec. 21 when they travel to Woodward for the Woodward-Granger duals where they will face East Union, Van Meter and W-G.

ACGC results are as follows (Team scores include forfeits):

WCV 60, ACGC 24 VM 70, ACGC 12 Pan. 63, ACGC 16

106: Seth Danker (ACGC) over Riley Harger over Seth Seth Danker (ACGC) over

Kiefer Wallace by fall, 1:05 Danker (ACGC) by MD, 8-0 Logan Christie by fall, 1:11

113: Caley Rowley (ACGC) over Colby Wiederholt over Cale Cale Rowley (ACGC) won Brandon Sargent by fall, 0:42 Rowley (ACGC) by fall, 3:29 by forfeit

120: Blain Beeler (ACGC) over Blaine Beeler (ACGC) over Blaine Beeler (ACGC) over

Cael Carl by fall, 3:40 Zane Dodson by fall, 0:52 Wyatt Clark by MD, 15-2

126: Justin Garcia over Joe Tyler Haynes over Joe Davis Dan Nordquist over Christian

Davis (ACGC) by fall, 0:22 (ACGC) by fall, 1:16 Nolte (ACGC) by fall, 2:39

132: Zach Fees (ACGC) over Zach Fees (ACGC) won by forfeit Wyatt Appleseth over Zach

Farrukh Azizov by fall, 2:35 Fees (ACGC) by dec, 6-1

138: Tristin Winfred over Seth Cade Cosltlow over Seth Brokaw Emry Colby over Seth

Brokaw (ACGC) by fall, 0:22 (ACGC) by fall, 1:18 Brokaw (ACGC) by fall, 2:43

145: WCV won by forfeit VM won by forfeit Pan. won by forfeit

152: WCV won by forfeit VM won by forfeit Pan. won by forfeit

160: WCV won by forfeit VM won by forfeit Pan. won by forfeit

170: WCV won by forfeit VM won by forfeit Gunnar Grunsted over Cole

Plowman (ACGC)by fall, 0:30

182: WCV won by forfeit Sam Miller over Cole Pan. won by forfeit

Plowman (ACGC) by fall, 0:31

195: Riley Algreen over Ben Noah Hale over Ben Kingery Dalton Holmes over Ben Kingery (ACGC) by fall, 2:27 (ACGC) by fall, 1:08 Kingery (ACGC) by fall, 0:53

220: WCV won by forfeit VM won by forfeit Pan. won by forfeit

285: WCV won by forfeit VM won by forfeit Pan. won by forfeit

W-G 67, ACGC 9 Ogden 49, ACGC 27

106: Hunter Pierce over Seth Danker Seth Danker (ACGC) over Dominic Degeneffe

(ACGC) by fall, 1:01 by fall, 1:38

113: Dilynn Lewiston over Cale Rowley Cale Rowley (ACGC) over Owen Van Cannon

(ACGC) by fall, 1:32 by fall, 1:02

120: Ryan Munoz over Blaine Beeler Blaine Beeler won by forfeit

(ACGC) by MB, 12-3

126: Payton Tague over Joe Davis (ACGC) Avery McCloud over Christian Nolte (ACGC)

by fall, 1:20 by fall, 2:50

132: Zach Fees (ACGC) over Colt Palmer Zach Fees (ACGC) over Wyatt Schellenberg

by dec, 10-9 by dec, 9-6

138: Jay Dorenkamp over Seth Brokaw Taylon Engleen over Seth Brokaw (ACGC)

(ACGC) by dec, 6-2 by MD, 13-0

145: W-G won by forfeit Gabe Rowley over Nicholas Aradilla Macias

by fall, 2:20

152: W-G won by forfeit Ogden won by forfeit

160: W-G won by forfeit Ogden won by forfeit

170: Cale Pritchett over Devon Jackson Justus Rude over Cole Plowman (ACGC) by

(ACGC) by fall, 1:52 dec, 4-2

182: Cole Plowman (ACGC) over Nate Garrett Bales over Devon Jackson (ACGC) by

Rosan by fall, 3:32 fall, 2:33

195: Cody Fisher over Ben Kingery (ACGC) Blake Haub over Ben Kingery (ACGC) by fall,

by fall, 1:08 2:52

220: W-G won by forfeit Ogden won by forfeit

285: W-G won by forfeit Ogden won by forfeit