JHS JV team finishes 2nd at West Region

Eathan Gumke led the Jamestown High School junior varsity wrestling tournament with a second-place finish at the West Region JV Tournament.

Gumke, an eighth-grader, finished with a season record of 13-3 at 140 pounds.

Joe Zimmerman, Donovan Zuck, Cory Arneson and Nate Purcell each placed third.

Zimmerman had 7 JV wins and a team-leading 19 reversals at 125 pounds.

Zuck closed at 16-5 in his junior season at 189.

Arneson went 15-5 at 215. The junior also had a team-best 15 pins.

Purcell finished with a team-best 17-2 record at heavyweight, including a team-leading 14 takedowns.

Fellow heavyweight Clay Greenwood went 14-5, leading the Jays in 2-point near falls (5), 3-point near falls (10) and takedowns (26).

Also for the JV team, Alex Baumgarten and Alek Dallmann had 9 wins, Cullen Goter collected 7 and Collin Crabtree had three wins and a team-beat 10 escapes.

The JHS JV team is coached by Larry Eslick.

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