OMAHA, Neb. (KMTV) — Day one of the Nebraska high school state wrestling tournament is in the books in Class A:
AT 106 POUNDS, OMAHA BRYAN SENIOR MOHAMUD ABDI IS SEMIFINAL BOUND FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER A FIVE-THREE WIN THE QUARTERFINALS.
Abdi: It's like very emotional cause I started wrestling my freshman year. It's amazing how far I've come to become a wrestler and an individual. That's really all I care about my senior year, just placing at state. It's amazing. I didn't know I would feel this good honestly.
TWO-TIME DEFENDING CLASS A CHAMP MILLARD SOUTH LEADS G-I BY 38 POINTS AFTER DAY ONE, THANKS IN PART TO SEMIFINAL BOUND CALEB COYLE AT 120 POUNDS....
STATE WRESTLING BRACKETS/STANDINGS
FELLOW FORMER CHAMP ANTRELL TAYLOR STAYING PERFECT AT 160...AND PATRIOTS SOPHOMORE AIDEN ROBERTSON...WHO PICKED UP A PIN IN HIS QUARTERFINAL MATCH.
Robertson: I'm grateful to be here. I've got great coaches, great partners. I'm just going to do my best out there.
AT 120, BELLEVUE EAST'S GABE GRICE IS GOING TO THE FINAL FOUR FOR THE 3RD TIME IN HIS CAREER AFTER A PIN IN HIS QUARTERFINAL...
AT 113, PAPIO SOPHOMORE JACOB CAMPBELL ADVANCES TO THE SEMIS WITH A PIN IN HIS 2ND MATCH OF THE DAY....
Campbell: It means everything to me man. I've worked up, sat an entire season. I've been grinding every single day.
GRANT KINGSTON IS GOING TO THE SEMIFINALS FOR THE FIRST TIME AFTER THE ELKHORN SOUTH SENIOR EARNED A 16-TO-FOUR MAJOR DECISION IN HIS 138 POUND QUARTERFINAL MATCH...
Kingston: Right now I'm pretty that I got a spot on the medal stand. But there's more work to do, more matches to be won.
ANOTHER SENIOR EARNING HIS FIRST SEMIFINAL APPEARANCE, MILLARD NORTH'S LUCAS NIGH...THE 182 POUNDER PICKED A NINE-SIX DECISION IN THE QUARTERS...
Nigh: I wasn't suppose to be here man. No one thought I was coming here. I went out there I got the job done. I wrestled some more. I did what I needed to do and here I am. That's it baby....whoo!!
OMAHA WESTSIDE BROTHERS COLE AND CADE HABERMAN KEEP THEIR SEASONS ALIVE WITH 2ND ROUND PINS AT 195 AND 285 RESPECTIVELY...
AT 220, GRETNA'S BREKEN HEIMAN IS HEADED TO THE SEMIS AFTER THE SENIOR EARNED A LAST SECOND TAKEDOWN IN HIS 2ND ROUND MATCH.
HEIMAN WILL FACE OMAHA NORTH SOPHOMORE TYLER STEWART IN THE FINAL FOUR...
FINALLY AT 285, MILLARD NORTH'S ZEPHANIAH SIVELS STAYED UNDEFEATED WITH A PAIR OF PINS ON WEDNESDAY...
THE MUSTANGS SENIOR WILL FACE MILLARD WEST SENIOR RYAN KOCOVSKY, WHO WON WITH A LATE SCORE IN THE 3RD PERIOD....
Kocovsky: It's huge. I didn't make state my sophomore year, went 0-and-2 last year so this is a big deal.
THURSDAY'S SEMIFINALS ARE SET FOR 9 A-M WITH THE CHAMPIONSHIPS SCHEDULED 7 P-M.
