Young Panthers still learning; good performances

RANGELY I Thirty-seven Rangely youth wrestlers competed in Hayden on Saturday and almost half placed in the top three. But coach Jeff LeBleu was disappointed with how some of them reacted after losing.
“We wrestled well, but we still have a lot of learning to do and No. 1 on the list is learning how to lose,” LeBleu said. “We had some of our kids lose their composure after losing, and it needs to be corrected this week. We had some good performances and we had some not-so-good performances.”
Kobe Chism, Dylan Smuts and Clavin Bishop all performed well and earned gold medals in their respective brackets. Kenney Hensen, JR Landon, Carlson Braden, Braden Lucas, Jeren Blankenship, Joe McKay and Zane Varner all won silver medals while Christian Fortunato, Jaden Heredia, Charley Martin, Stephen Koenig, Justin Allred, Dontea Pearce and Corbin Lucero owned their consolation brackets and earned bronze medals. The young Panthers will wrestle in Craig on Saturday.