No. 1 Bronchos Head To Midwest Duals

Central Oklahoma Takes on Northern State and Western Colorado in Nebraska

KEARNEY, Neb. - Top-ranked Central Oklahoma opens a four-match road-swing this weekend when the Bronchos travel to the Midwest Duals at the Buffalo County Fairgrounds.

UCO, 7-0 on the season and riding a 14-match winning streak, takes on No. 18 Northern State (6-6) at 10 a.m. Saturday before facing Western Colorado (6-2) at 11:30 a.m.

"We're going to have to be ready for two tough duals," said head coach Todd Steidley, whose team has won 39 of their last 40 duals. "Northern and Western both have solid teams and their guys don't back down. We need to be focused."

The Bronchos will also compete in two junior varsity matches, meeting NSU's JV at 10 and Nebraska-Kearney's JV at 11:30.

"It's going to be great for some of our other guys to get outside competition," Steidley said. "We're fortunate that we have good depth at every weight and it's a perfect opportunity for us to get some extra matches in."

UCO heads to Colorado next weekend for back-to-back duals against Adams State and Colorado State-Pueblo before hosting No. 19 Central Missouri on Feb. 4.

ABOUT THE BRONCHOS: UCO won its 15th straight home dual Sunday, romping past Maryville 42-4. The Bronchos racked up seven bonus-point wins in the rout, including first-period falls from 133 Shaun Muse, 141 Dylan Lucas and 149 Bam West.

UCO wrestled five redshirt freshman in the match – Muse, West, 125 Guy Clevenger, 174 Jaxon Randall and 184 Garrett Wells. Clevenger had a technical fall, Randall a major decision and Wells a 5-0 shutout.

Wells leads the Bronchos with 20 wins, including nine bonus victories. Clevenger and Lucas have both won 19 matches, with Lucas having racked up 13 bonus wins and Clevenger 11.

Defending heavyweight national champion Shawn Streck tallied a 15-4 major decision in moving to 5-0 with five bonus wins. He's piled up 24 takedowns already and is averaging 17.4 points a match.

Two-time 197 national champion Dalton Abney and 174 All-American Anthony DesVigne both sat out Sunday's dual, but each is expected to return to the lineup this weekend.

UCO LINEUP: Here's a look at who the Bronchos are taking to the Midwest Duals for the varsity and junior varsity matches.

125 – Guy Clevenger, RS Fr. (19-8); Garrett Steidley, So. (1-2) and Aden Sanders, RS Fr. (6-5); 133 – Shaun Muse, RS Fr. (2-2) and Leyton Manley, So. (0-0); 141 – Dylan Lucas, Jr. (19-3) and Ryder Ramsey, So. (5-2); 149 – Dylan Brown, Jr. (9-2) and Bam West, RS Fr. (7-3); 157 – Gabe Johnson, So. (13-4) and Jose Flores, RS Fr. (4-7); 165 – Hunter Jump, Jr. (12-6) and Jaxon Randall, RS Fr. (16-6); 174 – Anthony DesVigne, Sr. (12-1) and Aidan Boline, RS Fr. (0-0); 184 – Garrett Wells, RS Fr. (20-6), Barrett Haemker, So. (0-2) and Seth Sarasua, Jr. (4-1); 197 – Dalton Abney, Sr. (5-0), Emmanuel Skillings, So. (18-7) and Kohner Gallagher, So. (1-1); Hvy – Shawn Streck, Sr. (5-0) and Braden Morgan, Jr. (6-3).

ALUMNI DAY SET: UCO will host its annual Alumni Day dual on Feb. 4, taking on Central Missouri at 2 p.m.

The 1983-84 and 1993-94 national championship teams will be recognized during an intermission and a reception will be held after the dual for all former wrestlers, coaches and trainers.

Click here to register for the event.

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Players Mentioned

Dalton Abney: 6' 1"; Junior; 197

Anthony DesVigne: 5' 11"; Junior

Barrett Haemker: 5' 11"; Redshirt Freshman

Gabe Johnson: 5' 8"; Redshirt Freshman

Hunter Jump: 6' 2"; Sophomore

Leyton Manley: 5' 5"; Redshirt Freshman

Braden Morgan: 6' 2"; Sophomore

Ryder Ramsey: 5' 8"; Redshirt Freshman

Emmanuel Skillings: 6' 1"; Redshirt Freshman

Garrett Steidley: 5' 5"; Redshirt Freshman

Players Mentioned

Dalton Abney
: 6' 1"; Junior; 197

Anthony DesVigne
: 5' 11"; Junior

Barrett Haemker
: 5' 11"; Redshirt Freshman

Gabe Johnson
: 5' 8"; Redshirt Freshman

Hunter Jump
: 6' 2"; Sophomore

Leyton Manley
: 5' 5"; Redshirt Freshman

Braden Morgan
: 6' 2"; Sophomore

Ryder Ramsey
: 5' 8"; Redshirt Freshman

Emmanuel Skillings
: 6' 1"; Redshirt Freshman

Garrett Steidley
: 5' 5"; Redshirt Freshman