Greene County went 3-0 in wrestling dual meets on Thursday night at Ogden. First year head coach Zach Beekman’s Rams capped the evening with a 43-42 eighth criteria victory over Southeast Valley (Gowrie). After the Rams and Jaguars tied 42-42, coaches and officials went to the rulebook to the criteria page and it wasn’t until the eighth criteria, the most first points scored, that the tie was broken and the Rams were declared the winners. Greene County scored 16 first points while SEV scored eight.

The other two victories weren’t nearly so close. The evening started with a 54-27 victory over Ogden, then the Rams rolled to a 72-12 win vs. Audubon. Greene County is now 13-7 in dual meets. SEV went 2-1 on the night and is 15-5. Ogden was 1-2 and is now 2-11, while Audubon was 0-3 and is 3-15 in dual meets.

Six Rams went unbeaten last night led by junior Will Hansen at 145 lbs. He was 3-0 with three first period falls. Other Rams that went 3-0 and their results are: Brenner Gallagher 106/113 (2 falls, one forfeit), Brady Stauffer 132/138 (2  falls, 1 forfeit), Joel Ward 160 (2 falls, 1 forfeit), and Clint Dennhardt 182 (2 falls, 1 forfeit). Braden Gallagher was 2-0 with a fall and a collected forfeit.

The action was the first of 2019 for the Rams, who are right back at it today at 5 p.m. at North Polk High School in Alleman in a six-team tournament.