Cardinal Wrestling
2007-2008 Roster

Name Weight Class Hometown
Cody Aldridge 125 Fr. Fort Gibson, OK
Wyatt Bechtel 133 Fr. Eureka, KS
Dustin Berens 157 RS So. Blanchard, OK
Scott Berens 133 RS So. Blanchard, OK
Sonny Biggoose HWT Fr. Ponca City, KS
Brandon Bober 184/197 RS Fr. Burlington, KS
Nash Burtin 125 RS Fr. Eureka, KS
Cass Cagle 125 Fr. Wagoner, OK
Dustin Clark 165 Fr. Jay, OK
Joseph Cornejo 157/165 RS So. Haysville, KS
Jason Corwin 174 Fr. Silver Lake, KS
Jared Denler 125 Fr. Choctaw, OK
Aaron Ellison 125/133 RS Fr. Columbus, KS
Anthony Enyobi 174 RS So. Broken Arrow, OK
Jesse Hardy 184/197 Fr. Lawrence, KS
Chandler Hart 174 RS So. Hutchison, KS
Joshua Hinman 141 Fr. Parsons, KS
Ben Hohensee HWT RS Fr. Monett, MO
Aaron Hynick 149/157 Fr. Rose Hill, KS
Matt Jaramillo 157 Fr. Owasso, OK
Aaron Kuhlmann 197 Fr. Augusta, KS
Mickey Morgan 157/165 RS So. Berryhill, OK
Colt Nickell 149 Fr. Fontana, KS
Rowdy Palmer 141 So. Berryhill, OK
Willy Pendleton 149 So. Lemoore, CA
Alex Polzin 149 RS Fr. Emporia, KS
Chance Rencountre 184 RS So. Pawhuska, OK
Clay Robinson 157 Fr. Bixby, OK
Allen Rutherford 184 Fr. Palm Coast, FL
Adam Schwandt 141 Fr. Perry, OK
Zac Shoulders 141 Fr. Houston, TX
Ed Shuss 141 RS Fr. Emporia, KS
Joe Snedden 141/149 RS Fr. Vinita, OK
Caleb Stapleton HWT Fr. Jay, OK
Jimmy Stewart 184/197 Fr. Paola, KS
Raufeon Stots 149 Fr. Houston, TX
Daniel Utley 149/157 Fr. Havensville, KS
Eliu Virgil 133 So. Choctaw, OK
Jared Wall 184 Fr. Silver Lake, KS
John Walsh 184 Fr. Bixby, OK
Derek Ward 141 Fr. Locust Grove, OK
Austin Workman 149 Fr. Perry, OK
Joe Yust 174/184 So. Seneca, MO

2007-2008 Labette Wrestling Schedule

Date Event Location Time Results
Oct. 27th Alumni Dual Parsons, KS 10:00 am
Nov. 3rd Cameron Bradshaw Takedown Tournament Parsons, KS 9:00 am
Nov. 8th Neosho Dual Chanute, KS 7:00 pm
Nov. 14th Pratt Dual Pratt, KS 7:00 pm
Nov. 17th Ryan Kauffman Omaha Open Omaha, NE 9:00 am
Nov. 24th Oklahoma Open Norman, OK 9:00 am
Nov. 27th Lancer/Cardinal JR High Tourney Parsons, KS 3:30 pm
Dec. 1st Bob Smith Fort Hays State Open Hays, KS 9:00 am
Dec. 8th University of Nebraska @ Kearney Open Kearney, NE 9:00 am
Dec. 8th Newman Open Wichita, KS 9:00 am
Jan. 10th Neosho Dual Parsons, KS 7:00 pm
Jan. 12th National Duals Cedar Falls, IA TBA
Jan. 13th National Duals Cedar Falls, IA TBA
Jan. 14th North Iowa Area Dual Mason City, IA 6:00 pm
Jan. 17th Lincoln Dual Lincoln, IL 6:00 pm
Jan. 19th Brand Omaha Open Omaha, NE 9:00 am
Jan. 19th Central Missouri State Open Warrensburg, MO 10:00 am
Jan. 22nd Pratt Dual Parsons, KS 7:00 pm
Jan. 26th Ellsworth Duals Ellsworth, IA 10:00 am
Feb. 9th North Central District Qualifier Rock Springs, WY 10:00 am
Feb. 22nd NJCAA National Tournament Rochester, MN 9:30 am
Feb. 23rd NJCAA National Tournament Rochester, MN 10:30 am

Labette wins first dual of year

In a showdown between the fourth- and 12th-ranked wrestling programs in the country, the No. 4 Labette Community College wrestlers traveled to Chanute to take on No. 12 Neosho County in their first official dual of the year. Labette fell behind early, but rallied to pull out a 22-15 dual victory.

"It was a very intense and wild atmosphere," said LCC coach Joe Renfro. "It was packed, with half the crowd cheering for Labette and the other half cheering for Neosho."

Labette started off in a hole in the 125-pound match when Neosho's Donte Butler scored a fall on Labette's Jared Denler for a quick 6-0 lead. The Cardinals fell further behind in the next match at 133 pounds as Neosho's Jared Spoon scored a 3-2 decision over Scott Berens to make the score 9-0.

Labette roared back to win three straight, including a major decision at 149 pounds. Labette's Willy Pendleton netted the Cardinals four points for his 20-8 win over Neosho's Ty Jaquess. Joseph Cornejo followed that up with a pin in the 157-pound match over Neosho's Dustin Burton to give Labette the lead for the first time at 13-9.

Labette would extend the lead to 16-9, only to see Neosho close the gap to 16-15 with two straight decisions. Then Chance Recountre and Ben Hohensee closed the night out with two decisions for the Cardinals.

"Our boys wrestled hard," Renfro said, "but there is definitely room for improvement. This was our first official dual of the year and we certainly proved it by some of the mistakes we made, but we will correct them and move on."

Labette will travel to Pratt to take on 11th-ranked Pratt Community College on Wednesday.

Labette 22 Neosho 15

125 - Donte' Butler, NCC, Fall 4:46, Jared Denler, LCC
133 - Jared Spoon, NCC, Dec. 3-2, Scott Berens, LCC
141 - Derek Ward, LCC, Dec. 7-6, Jeremy Lawley, NCC
149 - Willy Pendleton, LCC, MD 20-8, Ty Jaquess, NCC
157 - Joseph Cornejo, LCC, Fall 3:36, Dustin Burton, NCC
165 - Mikey Morgan, LCC, Dec. 8-5, Kenny Carney, NCC
174 - Jason Green, NCC, Dec. 5-4, Joe Yust, LCC
184 - Tim Cross, NCC, Dec. 6-5, Aaron Kuhlmann, LCC
197 - Chance Rencountre, LCC, Dec. 6-4, Daunte Nixon, NCC
HWT - Ben Hohensee, LCC, Dec. 3-2, Christian Wintons, NCC-

11/09/2007; 1:16:41 PM

It's great having Cornejo back in Kansas!

LCC wrestlers dominate Pratt

The Labette Community College wrestling team lived up to its new No. 3 national ranking Wednesday, traveling to No. 16 Pratt and delivering a convincing 38-3 victory.

"That's the kind of separation you're going to see," said Cardinal coach Joe Renfro, "between the top three or four teams and the rest."

The Cardinals definitely separated themselves from Pratt Wednesday, despite illness taking a toll on some of the wrestlers.

"We had a couple of guys with the flu," Renfro said, "but they went out and competed hard. You can't expect anything less at this level."

Renfro said Chance Rencountre, wrestling at 197 pounds, even had to come off the mat to vomit. Rencountre, ranked fifth in the country by the NJCAA, scored a 7-5 decision over Carl Wilkinson.

Renfro was pleased by the effort in the Cardinal's lone loss, a 5-4 decision by Tommy Edgmon, who is ranked eighth at 125 pounds, over Labette's Jared Denler.

"He (Edgmon) is better than us, and Jared still went out and competed hard," Renfro said.

Joe Yust's efforts also drew praise from Renfro. Renfro Yust scored a pinfall over his opponent, Jake Thomas, at 174 pounds.

"Joe had been struggling a little bit," Renfro said. "He went out and attacked and got after it with a fire in his belly."

The Cardinals depart today for the prestigious Kaufman-Brand tournament hosted by the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The tournament is the collegiate world's largest single-day wrestling meet, and it draws traditional NCAA Division I powerhouses like Iowa and Oklahoma State.

Labette County is one of only six junior colleges to enter this year.

"It's a big deal," Renfro said. "And it's long. By the end of the day, some of our guys will have wrestled nine or ten matches."

The tournament is split into two divisions, amateur and elite. The elite division is intended for wrestlers with college experience. Renfro said most of the Cardinals will compete in the elite division.

Labette 38 Pratt 3

197 Chance Rencountre LCC, Dec 7-5 Carl Wilkinson PCC
HWT Ben Hohensee LCC, MD 12-1 Matt Mock PCC
125 Tommy Edgmon PCC, Dec 5-4 Jared Denler LCC
133 Scott Berens LCC, MD 9-1 Kyle Beebe PCC
141 Derek Ward LCC, Dec 9-4 Andrew Carrillo PCC
149 Willy Pendleton LCC, Dec 4-1 Zack Hentzen PCC
157 Joseph Cornejo LCC, Fall 1:12 Scott Markey PCC
165 Mikey Morgan LCC, Fall 0:45 Kieren Schmult PCC
174 Joe Yust LCC, Fall 1:49 Jake Thomas PCC
184 Aaron Kuhlmann LCC, Dec 5-2 Michael Malay PCC

11/16/2007; 1:32:14 PM

KAUFMAN BRAND OPEN

Here are some of the notable results from the Labette Wrestlers. I believe that the Kaufman Brand Open is still the largest one day tourney in the country...it is still extremely tough competition.

ELITE DIVISION

Joe Cornejo (157)-Labette -Finished 2nd... Lost to CP Schlatter (Minn) in finals 6-4...Also scored a 2-0 win over N. Erisman.

Mikey Morgan (165)-Labette - went 3-2

Tim Elliot (133)-Unattached - went 3-2


AMATEUR DIVISION

Derek Ward (141)-Finished 4th (Went 4-2, lost in Semi)

Chance Rencountre (197)-Finished 3rd (Went 5-2, lost TB in Semi)

Ben Hohensee (HWT)-Finished 5th (Went 5-2)

Rafeon Stots (141-Unattached) 3-2

Erisman vs. Cornejo

That is a battle for sure!

More details on Cornejo...

Cornejo lost that finals match 6-4 in SV Overtime after fighting off a single for 30 seconds or so. His opponent CP Schlatter (Minn) is currently ranked #5 in Division 1.

Cornejo is great to watch wrestle!

Yes I totally agree with Chief Renegade--the big question is where will Joe's talents lead him next?

You have to take the opportunity to see this wrestler dominate so fluidly in the sport.

Labette didn't send all of the starters, but here are a few that placed at the Oklahoma Open.

133 Pounds
1st Jamal Parks (Oklahoma State)
2nd Tyler Shinn (Oklahoma State)
3rd Tim Elliott (Labette College-Unattached)
4th Justin Blumer (Oklahoma City)

149 Pounds
1st Seth Vernon (Oklahoma)
2nd Willy Pendleton (Labette College)
3rd Charles Skelley (Oklahoma City)
4th Clint Swango (OCU-un)

174 Pounds
1st Jeff James (Oklahoma)
2nd Chris DeVilbiss (Oklahoma)
3rd Joe Yust (Labette College)
4th John Wilcox (Oklahoma City)

HWT.
1st Nathan Fernandez (Oklahoma)
2nd Luis Hernandez (Oklahoma)
3rd Ben Hohensee (Labette College)
4th Jeremy Johnson (Oklahoma City)

I heard that Cornejo and Morgan did wrestle, but didn't place.

WOW .. nice win for Parks at 133 .. I've wrestled Shinn, Elliott, AND Parks .. didnt see him coming out on top as a freshmen... he must be REALLY blossuming at the college level

I don't know if Morgan and Cornejo wrestled or not...It would surprise me if they didn't place and they wrestled. Do you know who beat them?

I know Elliot is fat and out of shape...that helps explain his recent lackluster performances. He should be back up to speed second semester (at UCO).

Elliott is wanting to fight after college. Which explains his weight gain. But its definately not fat. But he is very out of shape since he is not part of a team and doesnt have to do everything that Labette does. But by next semester he will be a lot better

Elliott is a bad little skinny dude... I meant "fat and out of shape" as opposed to "lean and mean". He is wrestling out of shape at 133. Elliott is capable of competing with anyone in the college ranks regardless of division. In shape I don't think he is loosing the matches that I have seen he has lost...even the D1 guys. He should be at the top of the awards stand come Nationals...it's not all that far off though.

Morgan and Cornejo both wrestled, not sure on what happened though.

I am suprised then! It has sounded in recent years like the OU Open is getting watered down competition...I guess that depends on weight class and year. Cornejo beat two ranked D1 guys (13th and 14th?)and then took #4 to OT at Omaha....who beat him at the OU Open?

I hear Mikey lost to an OU guy.

Cornejo hurt his shoulder, Mikey got dq'ed, and Willie Pendleton got hit by a car while running off a few pounds and still finished 2nd. Now thats dedication.

It all makes more sense now. Pendleton got hit by a car! I guess he is okay if he made the finals. Hard nose Cards!

Three LCC wrestlers place at OU

NORMAN, Okla. - Three wrestlers from Labette Community College placed at the Oklahoma Open at the University of Oklahoma here on Saturday.

Willy Pendleton, a sophomore from Lemoore, Calif., finished second in the 149-pound weight category with a record of 3-1. Joe Yust, a sophomore from Seneca, Mo., finished third (2-1) in the 174-pound division and Ben Hohensee, a red-shirt freshman from Monett, Mo., finished third (2-1) in the heavyweight division.

The matches:

Pendleton:
Won dec. 14-9 over Clint Swango, Oklahoma City University;
Won Tech Fall 17-1 over Adam Schwandt of LCC;
Won dec. 12-3 over Aaron Hill of Newman University;
Lost dec. 9-2 against Seth Vernon from OU.

Yust:
Lost by fall against Steve Nijoka of OU;
Won dec. 9-3 over Josh Bryant, McKendree College;
Won dec. 11-5 over John Wilcox of Oklahoma City University.

Hohensee:
Lost dec. 5-0 against Luis Hernandez of OU;
Won injury default over Braden Land of University of Central Oklahoma;
Won dec. 11-6 over Jeremy Johnson of Oklahoma City University.

11/29/2007; 1:16:24 PM