Posted By: Zachary Mason               (February 28, 2010)

Team Braves had 16 wrestlers make the trip to Casper, Wy. to wrestle in the 2010 Jake Larson Memorial. 13 of our 16 wrestlers placed, five of them came home champions.

Results

• Angelo Lanhert - PeeWee - 45 lbs - 2nd Place
• Keagen Bartlett - PeeWee - 55 lbs - 4th Place 
• Bradley Whitright - Bantam - 60 lbs - 3rd Place
• Damien Mason - Intermediate - 55 lbs - 5th Place
• Gunner Bartlett - Intermediate - 65 lbs - Champion 
• Tommy Neal - Intermediate - 95 lbs - 2nd Place
• Justin Skarohlid - Novice - 65 lbs - Champion
• Jake Seidel - Novice - 85 lbs - 3rd Place
• Andrew Nicholson - Novice - 90 lbs - 2nd Place
• Terrence McDonough - Schoolboy - 77 lbs - Champion
• Steven Lanhert - Schoolboy - 84 lbs - 2nd Place
• Isaac Garcia - Schoolboy - 112 lbs - Champion
• Tevis Bartlett - Schoolboy - 144 lbs - Champion

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (February 27, 2010)

4 of the 5 Team Braves wrestlers that wrestled in the 2010 Scottsbluff Bearcat
Brawl on Saturday, February 27th 2010.

Team Braves had five wrestlers in attendance at the 2010 Bearcat Brawl in Scottsbluff, Ne. All five of the Team Braves wrestlers placed, four of them came home champions.

Results

• Keagen Bartlett - 6U - 53 lbs - Champion
• Damien Mason - 8U - 50 lbs - Champion
• Tommy Neal - 10U - 95 lbs - Champion
• Gunner Bartlett - 10U - 65 lbs - 2nd Place
• Conrad Near - 12U - 65 lbs - Champion

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (February 20, 2010)

This past weekend Team Braves was represented in Kansas City, Mo. by five wrestlers, two of them finished on the podium in the end.

Results

Tevis Bartlett - Champion - 12 & Under - 140 lbs.
Terrance McDonough - 4th Place - 12 & Under - 75 lbs.

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (February 20, 2010)

On Saturday Team Braves had 13 wrestlers brave the weather and icy roads to wrestle in the 14th Annual Laramie Wrestling Club Tournament. The tournament was a success for Team Braves, nine of our wrestlers placed and two of them came home champions.

Results

Damien Mason - Intermediate - 50 lbs. - Champion
Tommy Neal - Intermediate - 95 lbs. - Champion

Tobiah Marvici - Pee-Wee - 35 lbs. - 4th
Keagen Bartlett - Pee-Wee - 55 lbs. - 2nd
Justin Skarohlid - Novice - 65 lbs. - 3rd
Conrad Near - Novice - 70 lbs. - 4th
Jake Seidel - Novice - 80 lbs. - 3rd
Nate Parris - Novice - 85 lbs. - 2nd
Tyler Tirevold - Novice - 85 lbs. - 4th

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (January 23, 2010)

Over the last weekend Team Braves wrestler Tevis Bartlett made the trip to Tulsa, Oklahoma to compete in the Cliff Keen Tulsa Nationals. After 2 long days of wrestling Tevis came home with a Third Place finish.

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (January 09, 2010)

On Saturday, January 9th approximately 300 wrestlers from 8 teams, age 4 to 14 gathered at Storey Gymnasium for the Metro Junior Wrestling League, district 4 championship tournament.

For more Information, Results or to view brackets Click Here!

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (January 02, 2010)

January 2nd was a great day for wrestling. Team Braves had 15 wrestlers in atendance at the 2010 Who's Bad National Classic put on by Rocky Mountain Nationals. This tournament brings wrestlers from all over the country to compete, and it is tough. of the 15 Team Braves wrestlers that started the day 8 of them made it to the medal rounds.

Throughout the day the wrestlers had the chance to meet Strikeforce MMA Fighter and Pro Wrestler, Bobby Lashley.

Damien with Strikeforce MMA Fighter Bobby Lashley

Results

• Keagen Bartlett - 6th - 6 & Under - 52 Lbs.
• Dayton Jiminez - 3rd - 10 & Under - 100 Lbs.
• Tommy Neal - 4th - 10 & Under - 100 Lbs.
• Conrad Near - 6th - 10 & Under - 65 Lbs.
• Tevis Bartlett - Champion - 12 & Under - 146 Lbs.
• Terrence McDonough - 3rd - 12 & Under - 74 Lbs.
• Josh Roberts - Champion - 15 & Under - 186 Lbs.
• Bryce Merideth - 4th - 15 & Under - 95 Lbs.

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (December 05, 2009)

Tommy Neal and Gunner Bartlett after the Salt Lake Slam

On Saturday, December 5th Team Braves had 2 wrestlers make the trip to Heber City, Utah for the Salt Lake Slam. The Salt Lake Slam is the first tournament in the "Folkstyle Tour of America" series.

Tommy Neal - Intermediate 95 Lbs - Champion

• Intermediate 95 - Tommy Neal's place is 1st and has scored 10.00 team points.
• Round 1 - Tommy Neal (Team Braves) received a bye (Bye)
• Round 2 - Tommy Neal (Team Braves) received a bye (Bye)

Gunner Bartlett - Intermediate 60 Lbs - 2nd Place

• Intermediate 60 - Gunner Bartlett's place is 2nd and has scored 23.00 team points.
• Champ. Round 1 - Gunner Bartlett (Team Braves) won by major decision over Kade Thompson (Throwdown Elite Wrestling Club) (Maj 9-0)
• Quarterfinal - Gunner Bartlett (Team Braves) won by pin over Trevor Clyde (Wasatch Wrestling Club) (Pin 0:14)
• Semifinal - Gunner Bartlett (Team Braves) won by pin over Stockton Obrien (Throwdown Elite Wrestling Club) (Pin 0:54)
• 1st Place Match - Zach Schroeck (USA Cobra Montana) won by decision over Gunner Bartlett (Team Braves) (Dec 9-2)

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (November 08, 2009)

On Sunday, November 8th Team Braves had 13 wrestlers at the Budweiser Events Center in Loveland, Colorado. Big Horn Nationals is one of the most challenging youth tournaments in the country. Team Braves wrestlers had a very long, very tough, challenging, and fun day of wrestling.

Results:

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (October 31, 2009)

On Halloween Team Braves had 10 wrestlers in attendance at Monster Match Nationals in Denver, Colorado.

After a very hard day of wrestling 5 wrestlers from Team Braves had worked thier way into the medal rounds of the tournament.

Results

Bryce Meredith- Champion - 15 & Under 88lb. Division
Tevis Bartlett - Champion - 12 & Under 146lb Division
Steven Lahnert - 2nd Place - 12 & Under 70lb. Division
Tommy Neal - 3rd Place - 10 & Under 100lb. Division
Gunner Bartlett - 6th Place - 10 & Under 61lb. Division

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (July 01, 2009)

Tevis and Gunner Bartlett were 2 of 24 representatives to wrestle for the Wyoming National Team in Orem, UT on July 1st and 2nd.  500 wrestlers competed for national titles in Greco-Roman and Freestyle wrestling. 

Tevis wrestled in the 12-Under Novice Division at 130 lbs. and took second in both competitions.  He was the only Wyoming athlete to make the finals in both styles.  He went 4-2 over the course of the two days, with 2 pins.  Gunner wrestled in the 10-Under Intermediate 55 lb. division and took 8th in freestyle.  Both wrestlers achieved All-American status by placing in the top 8.  This rounded out a 10 day stretch where the wrestlers competed in 5 tournaments in 10 days.

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (June 21, 2009)

The Team Braves Wrestling Club completed in the Kids West Regional tournament in Pocatello, ID on June 21st-27th.  Alaska, Hawaii, Montana, California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Idaho, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming were all represented in the tournament.  Wrestlers had to place in the top 8 at their state tournament to qualify.  The Kids West Tournament had three tournaments during the week:  Freestyle, Greco-Roman and Folkstyle.  There were over 3100 registered for the three tournaments, approximately 1000 for each style.  Wyoming had 110 wrestlers complete, Team Braves had 5.

Tevis Bartlett went 9-0 on the week, finishing with 6 pins and three technical falls.  He won outstanding wrestler honors, winning all three tournaments.  He was the only Wyoming wrestler to earn the Western Regional Triple Crown, wrestling in the Novice Division (12-under) at 130 lbs.  Desmend Martinez finished 2nd in Folkstyle, and 3rd in Freestyle and Greco-Roman at in the Novice Division at 120 lbs.  Arsenio Lemus finished 3rd in Folkstyle in the Intermediate Division (10-under) at 60 lbs.  Gunner Bartlett wrestled in the Intermediate Division at 55 lbs. and went 2-2 in Folkstyle and 1-2 in both Greco-Roman and Freestyle.  Tommy Neal wrestled in the Intermediate Division at 87 lbs. in all three styles. 

This is the largest of the 6 regional tournaments in the nation.  All wrestlers who complete in a regional tournament qualify to compete in the USA Wrestling National Tournament which will be held in Orem, UT on July 1-2.  All 5 wrestlers competed extremely well.  With brackets of up to 28 wrestlers in them and some having up to 8 state champions in them.  Below are the individual placing results.

Tevis Bartlett -Novice 130

• Folkstyle - Champion
• Greco-Roman - Champion
• Freestyle - Champion

Desmend Martinez - Novice 120

• Folkstyle - 2nd
• Greco-Roman - 3rd
• Freestyle - 3rd

Arsenio Lemus - Intermediate 60

• Folkstyle - 3rd

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (May 03, 2009)

Team Braves Wrestling Club participated in the Wyoming Amateur Wrestling Association's State Greco-Roman and Freestyle Tournaments on May 1-3 in Casper, WY. Team Braves had 11 wrestlers entered for Greco-Roman placing 9 in the top six; as a team they finished 4th in the 47 team field. In freestyle, the Braves had 12 wrestlers compete, placing 9 in the top six.

Greco-Roman Results:

Nathan Parris with a reverse body lock at the 2009 W.A.W.A. state Greco-Roman tournament

Intermediate (9-10)

55 lbs. Gunner Bartlett 3rd
60 lbs. Arsenio Lemus 4th
87 lbs. Tommy Neal 3rd

Novice (11-12)

70 lbs. Ryder Jones 5th
75 lbs. Terrance McDonough 2nd
80 lbs. Nate Parris 6th
120 lbs. Desmend Martinez Champion
130 lbs. Tevis Bartlett Champion

School Boy (13-14)

84 lbs. Bryce Meredith Champion

Freestyle Results:

Gunner Bartlett getting a single leg takedown at the 2009 W.A.W.A. state Freestyle tournament

Intermediate (9-10)

55 lbs. Gunner Bartlett 4th
60 lbs. Arsenio Lemus 5th
65 lbs. Conrad Near 2nd
87 lbs. Tommy Neal 2nd

Novice (11-12)

70 lbs. Ryder Jones 6th
75 lbs. Terrance McDonough 3rd
120 lbs. Desmend Martinez Champion
130 lbs. Tevis Bartlett Champion

School Boy (13-14)

84 lbs. Bryce Meredith Champion

Team Braves 2009 Triple Crown Winners

Bryce Meredith, Tevis Bartlett, and Desmend Martinez
The three Team Braves winners of the 2009 W.A.W.A. Triple Crown award.

Tevis Bartlett (Novice 130)
Desmend Martinez (Novice 120)
Bryce Meredith (Schoolboy 84)

This was Meredith's 6th triple crown and Bartlett's 5th consecutive triple crown.

Triple Crown honors are awarded only to wrestlers who win a state title in all three styles in a single season: Folkstyle, Freestyle and Greco-Roman. The state Folkstyle tournament was held in Laramie on March 21st and 22nd

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (April 17, 2009)

This past weekend five Team Braves wrestlers made the trip from Cheyenne to Torrington for the Torrington Open / Southeastern Wyoming 8 - Under Championships.

Greco-Roman Results

Ryder Wrestling Greco-Roman at the Torrington Open

Damien placed 3rd in the Bantam 50lb bracket
Tommy placed 1st in the Intermediate 87lb bracket
Ryder placed 1st in the Novice 75lb bracket

Freestyle Results

Damien with his 3rd Place trophy from the "Southeastern Wyoming 8 - Under Championships" and his Greco-Roman Medal from the Torrington Open

Slater placed 6th in the Pee Wee 45lb bracket
Damien placed 3rd in the Bantam 50lb bracket
Tommy placed 1st in the Intermediate 87lb bracket
Conrad placed 2nd in the Intermediate 60lb bracket
Ryder placed 1st in the Novice 75 bracket

Great Job Team Braves Wrestlers!

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (April 03, 2009)

This past weekend 5 Team Braves wrestlers made the trip from Cheyenne to Casper for the Sarah Tolin memorial tournament despite the blizzard-like conditions. We had three wrestlers compete in the Greco-Roman tournament Friday night, and five wrestle Freestyle on Saturday.

Greco-Roman Results

Damien Mason - 4th Place in the Bantam 50lb. Division
Mikey Fischer - 5th in the Intermediate 55lb. Division
Nathan Parris - Champion in the Novice 85lb. Division

Freestyle Results

Damien Mason - 5th Place in the Bantam 50lb. Division
Conrad Near - Champion in the Intermediate 60lb. Division
Tommy Neal - 2nd in the Intermediate 87lb. Division
Mikey Fischer - 6th in the Intermediate 55lb. Division
Nathan Parris - Champion in the Novice 80lb. Division

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (March 28, 2009)

Ryder, Seth, Nate, and Damien Friday night with thier
awards from the Greco-Roman tournament

This weekend was the beginning of the W.A.W.A. Freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestling season. Friday night Team Braves had 4 wrestlers travel from Cheyenne to Douglas to take part in the 2009 Casey Uhlich memorial tournament. All 4 of our wrestlers took part in the Greco-Roman wrestling on Friday night.

On Saturday we only had 3 wrestlers participating in the freestyle event.

Saturday - Freestyle Results
Ryder Jones - Champion
Nathan Parris - Champion
Damien Mason - 5th Place

Great Job in Douglas!

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (March 28, 2009)

A nice shot of Gunner wrestling at the Midwest Classic in Kearney, Ne.

The Midwest Classic, hosted by the University of Nebraska at Kearney, is a Folkstyle tournament featuring approximately 1500 wrestlers from Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, and South Dakota. Team Braves had 4 wrestlers in attendance for this tournament.

Gunner Bartlett - 8U - 55 - Champion
Arsenio Lemus - 8U - 58 - 3rd Place
Tommy Neil - 8U - Lt. Heavyweight - 5th Place
Tevis Bartlett - 12U - 120 - 5th Place

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (March 22, 2009)

Team Braves Wrestling Club had 29 wrestlers make the drive from Cheyenne to Laramie for the Wyoming Amateur Wrestling Association's 2009 state folkstyle tournament. Team Braves kids did a really good job this weekend, 18 of our wrestlers placed.

In the Bantam (7-8) division:
Isaac Lopez placed 1st in the 45 lb. bracket

In the Intermediate (9-10) division:
Gunner Bartlett placed 1st in the 55 lb. bracket
Conrad Near placed 2nd in the 60 lb. bracket
Dayton Jiminez placed placed 2nd in the 95 lb. bracket
Jake Fogg placed 3rd in the 95 lb. bracket
Arsenio Lemus placed 3rd in the 60 lb. bracket
Tommy Neal placed 3rd in the 87 lb. bracket

In the Novice (11-12 division:
Tevis Bartlett placed 1st in the 130 lb. bracket
Desmend Martinez placed 1st in the 120 lb. bracket
Steven Lahnert placed 1st in the 70 lb. bracket
Terrence McDonough placed 2nd in the 75 lb. bracket
Nathan Parris placed 2nd in the 80 lb. bracket
Giovani Trevino placed 4th in the 60 lb. bracket

In the Schoolboy (13-14) division:
Bryce Merideth placed 1st in the 84 lb. bracket
Isaac Garcia placed 2nd in the 98 lb. bracket
Damon Macleary placed 4th in the 190 lb. bracket
Andrew Snow placed 6th in the 91 lb. bracket

In the Cadet (15-16) division:
Bailey McHenry placed 5th in the 119 lb. bracket

The team points were totaled up after the last match on Sunday, 1st and 2nd place were seperated by 37 points. Team Braves came home with the 2nd place plaque with 983 team points, Camel Kids ended up with 1020 team points for the state title, and Windy City Wrestlers ended up 3rd with around 750 points.

Great Job Team Braves wrestlers!!!

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (March 14, 2009)

12 of the 19 Team Braves kids that wrestled in wheatland at the Brady Read Memorial tournament
Back Row: Tommy, Seth, Steven, Terrence, Talon, J.J., Daniel
Front Row: Isaac, Levi, Damien, Isiah, Justin

The Brady Read memorial tournament seemed to be a good tournament for Team Braves. With the tournament being so close to Cheyenne we had a good number of kids show up to wrestle. At the end of the day 18 of the 19 Team Braves wrestlers placed, we had 6 First Place winners, 4 Second Place finishers, 6 kids got Third Place, and 2 of the kids finished 4th.

• Isiah - 1st Place
• Isaac - 1st Place
• Steven - 1st Place
• Nate - 1st Place
• Terrence - 1st Place
• Bailey - 1st Place
• Talon - 2nd Place
• Dillon - 2nd Place
• J.J. - 2nd Place
• Jordan - 2nd Place
• Levi - 3rd Place
• Justin - 3rd Place
• Tommy - 3rd Place
• Damien - 3rd Place
• Seth - 3rd Place
• Daniel - 3rd Place
• Matthew - 4th Place
• Mikey - 4th Place

All of the Team Braves kids did a great job in Wheatland. Congratulations!

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (March 07, 2009)

Tevis wrestling in Gillette at the Ironman tournament

Bryce Meredith - Ironman - won all three styles in Schoolboy 80 lbs.
Tevis Bartlett - Ironman - won all three styles in Novice 130 lbs.
Gunner Bartlett - Ironman - won all three styles in Intermediate 55 lbs.
Terrance McDonough - 3rd in Folkstyle, Novice 75 lbs.
Keagan Bartlett - 2nd in Folkstyle, 5U - 45 lbs.

Bryce, Tevis and Terrance also qualified for the Wyoming Middle Schools Duals Team that will travel to Danville, Il and Indianola, IA in March and April.

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (March 07, 2009)

The Rebel Classic in Keenesburg, Co. was a good tournament with a lot of tough kids. This tournament provided a lot of great wrestling for the 11 Team Braves wrestlers that attended, of those 11 kids 8 came home with medals.

In the 14 & Under age group we had one wrestler attend the tournament. Drew brought home a 2nd place medal at 95 lbs.

In the 12 & Under age group we had three kids place. Noah got 1st place at 120 lbs. Isaac got 2nd at 95 lbs. and Daniel got 4th at 85 lbs.

In the 10 & Under age group another three kids came home with medals. Giovanni earned 4th at 55 lbs. Nate took 2nd at 75 lbs. and Tommy finished 4th at 85 lbs.

In the 8 & Under age group two of our wrestlers came home with medals. Damien finished 4th at 45 lbs. and Tommy had another 4th place finish for the day in the 80 lbs and up bracket.

Congratulations to those kids for a job well done!

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (February 28, 2009)

Gunner - 1st Place and won the Outstanding Wrestler Award for 8 and Under
Tevis - 1st Place
Arsenio - 1st Place
Conrad - 1st Place
Chantelle - 1st Place
Justin - 1st Place
Damien - 2nd Place
Desmend - 2nd Place
J.J. - 2nd Place
Keagan - 3rd Place
Mikey - 3rd Place
Tommy - 4th Place

Great Job, Congratulations!

Posted By: Zachary Mason               (February 25, 2009)

Team Braves Wrestling Club is happy to announce that our website is now up and running. This website is here as a utility for both parents and wrestlers. As time passes there will be a lot of useful information available to you here. You can look here to find information about upcoming tournaments, important information about the team, and a lot more.

There is an image gallery that we would like to start filling with great wrestling photo's of all of the team members, so please feel free to get your pictures to us so they can be added.

If you have any questions about the website please feel free to contact us by following the link in the upper right hand side of the screen. You can find this site by going to either teambraves.com or teambraves.org

Enjoy your website!