The Kemmerer Ranger wrestling team earned second place at the Carbon County Wrestling Invitational in Hanna on Saturday, Feb. 10. The Rangers had several individual wrestlers win their weight classes. (COURTESY PHOTO / Dave Julian)

The Kemmerer Ranger wrestling team claimed second place at the Carbon County Invitational in Hanna on Saturday, Feb. 10.

As has become tradition at wrestling tournaments this season, it was a battle between the Kemmerer Rangers and the Cokeville Panthers, who earned first place with 172.5 points.

The Ranger team racked up a total of 155.5 points at the tournament to secure the silver medal.

In the 120-pound weight class, Ranger sophomore Dawson Schramm beat Cokeville’s Wyatt Mackey, Pinedale’s Steven Metz and William Fish to earn first place in his weight division.

Colter Julian stepped up for the Rangers in the 126-pound weight class, beating Cokeville’s Eli Linford, Pinedale’s Victor Vejar and Lingle’s Gaven Niles to take home first place for the Rangers.

Sophomore Colter Julian pins an opponent at the Carbon County Invite. Julian earned first place for the Rangers in the 126-pound weight division at the tournament. (COURTESY PHOTO / Dave Julian)

Donny Proffit earned first place in the 138-pound weight class for the Rangers, beating Big Piney’s Ethan Long, Cokeville’s Matt Thompson and Rawlins’ Aragon Garro.

Proffit has won his weight class at every tournament for the Rangers this season, and Ranger fans are looking forward to seeing how he competes at the regional and state competitions.

Ranger junior Donny Proffit pins Cokeville’s Matt Thompson. Proffit took first place in the 138-pound weight division at the Carbon County Invite on Saturday, Feb. 10. (COURTESY PHOTO / Dave Julian)

Hayden Walker also won first place, beating Wright’s Zeb Goodrich, HEM’s Jon Nelsen, Big Piney’s Kyle Thuren and Cokeville’s Bentley Johnson to become the champion of the 170 division.

Carson Carlson, Josh Thatcher and Jeydon Boyd also wrestled well and earned points for the Rangers. Carlson (132) placed 2nd, Thatcher (145) placed 2nd and Boyd (195) placed 3rd.

Kemmerer junior Josh Thatcher wrestles at the Carbon County Invite. Thatcher took second in the 145 weight class. (COURTESY PHOTO / Dave Julian)

Kemmerer sophomore Carson Carlson wrestles Cokeville’s Lochlyn Teichert in the 132-pound weight class championship at the Carbon County Invite. Carlson took second in the division. (COURTESY PHOTO / Dave Julian)

The Rangers will compete at the 2A West regional wrestling tournament on Saturday, Feb. 17, at Wyoming Indian High School. Kemmerer will wrestle against Wind River, Dubois, Shoshoni, Big Piney, Cokeville, Saratoga, Greybull-Riverside, Lovell, Rocky Mountain and Wyoming Indian.

Then on Friday, Feb. 23, and Saturday, Feb. 24, the Ranger wrestlers will compete in the 3A state wrestling tournament in Casper. The Rangers earned third place at state last season and hope to continue that success at the big tournament this season.

Ranger teammates Dawson Schramm and Colter Julian take a break between matches at the Carbon County Invite on Saturday, Feb. 10, in Hanna. Both wrestlers took first in their divisions. (COURTESY PHOTO / Dave Julian)

Rayce Kindschuh pins a Pinedale wrestler at the Carbon County Invite in Hanna last weekend. (COURTESY PHOTO / Dave Julian)

Cokeville’s Bentley Johnson wrestles Kemmerer’s Hayden Walker in the 170-pound championship match of the Carbon County Invite on Feb. 10. Walker won the championship match. (COURTESY PHOTO / Dave Julian)