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Four Panther girls win Hoisington titles
Lady Panther wrestler Daizy Gomez jumped in the air
Lady Panther wrestler Daizy Gomez jumped in the air with a celebration after pining Dodge City's Ariana De La Rosa, fitting for a potential state wrestling champion. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez

Four Panthers place first

HOISINGTON — Great Bend’s Kaylea McMullen (13-2, 125); Daizy Gomez (16-1, 130); Kirra Stevens (14-2, 170) and Sariah Cox (4-2, 140/145 JV) placed first to help the Panthers place first (172) in the Cardinal Corner Wrestling Classic.

In championship matches, McMullen pinned Eureka’s Maela Neill (1:37); Gomez pinned Hoisington’s Daijah Jones (1:30); Stevens pinned teammate Lea Nokes (0:24) and Cox won three matches.

Runner-up finishers were Camdyn Post (10-5, 10-5); Keira Leyva (6-6, 110); and Natalee Daniels (190).

In championship matches, Liberal’s Isabella Gutierrez pinned Post (4:48); Larned’s Liliana McKenna pinned Leyva (3:29); and Liberal’s Hayleen Martinez defeated Daniels, 6-4.

Panthers Shatarah Newton (140) and Josephine Blevins (145) each placed third.

CARDINAL CORNER CLASSIC

TEAM TOTALS—1—Great Bend 172; 2—Scott City 131; 3—Liberal 125.5; 4—Hoisington 121; 5—Holcomb 84.5; 6—Larned 635; 7—Plainville 62.5; 8—Eureka 44; 9—Concordia 35; Ellinwood; 11—Russell 33; 127—Cimarron 31.5; 13—Stafford 4.5

GREAT BEND RESULTS

100—Trinaty Aumiller, GB (9-7), 4TH; Aumiller pinned Sneath, HHS, 1:16; Aumiller def. King, Russell, forfeit; Ortiz, SC pinned Aumiller, 1:18; Carlile (L) pinned Aumiller, 2:50; 3RD—Klein, Plainville pinned Aumiller, 1:00; Kayle Baldwin, GB (9-9), 5TH; Walker, Larned def. Baldwin, forfeit; Carlile def. Baldwin, 8-1; Klein def. Baldwin, 6-0; Baldwin pinned Sneath, HHS, 0:45; 5TH—Baldwin pinned Walker, 4:48

105—Camdyn Post, GB, (10-5), 2ND; Post pinned McDaniel, SC, 2:52; Post pinned Raybern, Russell, 0:48;  Post pinned George, HHS, 0:14; 1ST—Gutierrez, L pinned Post, 10-5, 4:48)

110—Keira Leyva, GB, (6-6), 2ND; Leyva pinned Bailey, HHS, 1:55; Leyva pinned Penick, Holcomb, 2:58;Leyva pinned Metro, Concordia, 0:24; Leyva pinned Czarnek, HHS, 0:34; 1ST—McKenna, Larned pinned Leyva, 3:29

120—Braelyn Turner, GB (6-8), 5TH; Schwartz, SC pinned Turner, 0:31; Turner pinned Koch, Concordia 2:43; Turner pinned Kolas, HHS, 0:24; Lopez, Holcomb pinned Turner, 0:50; 5TH—Turner pinned Luna, L, 0:21

125—Kaylea McMullen, GB (13-2), 1ST; McMullen pinned Stevenson, HHS, 0:25; McMullen pinned Cofer, Cimarron, 0:58; McMullen pinned Feil, GB, 0:16; 1ST—McMullen pinned Neill, Eureka, 1:37; Amy Feil, GB (4-11), 5TH; Feil pinned Stevenson, 5:23; Cofer pinned Feil,  0:35; 5TH—Feil pinned Johnson, Concordia, 0:41

130—Daizy Gomez, GB (16-1), 1ST; Gomez pinned Turner, SC, 0:49; Gomez pinned Padilla, Holcomb, 0:54; Gomez pinned Lange, Concordia, 1:04; Gomez pinned Santiago, L, 0:29; 1ST—Gomez pinned Jones, HHS, 1:30

135—Kaydence Demel, GB (7-9), 9TH; Birzer, HHS pinned Demel, 2:39; Haskins, Stafford Demel, 2:24; Quezad,, L pinned Demel, 2:18; Demel pinned Genereux, Concordia, 0:23; 9TH— Demel pinned Hahn, Ellinwood, 0:45

140—Shatarah Newton, GB (4-6), 3RD; Newton def. Valenzuela, L, 10-8; Jantz, Cimarron pinned Newton, 1:04; Newton pinned Rugg, Concordia, 1:06; 3RD—Newton pinned Speer, SC, 1:40

145—Josephine Blevins, GB (7-7), 3RD; Blevins pinned Murguia, Holcomb, 0:39; Jimenez, SC pinned Blevins, 0:38; Orosco, HHS pinned Blevins, 0:58; Blevins pinned Barr, Concordia; Blevins def. Hemken, Larned, forfeit

140/145 JV—Sariah Cox, GB (4-2), 1ST; Cox pinned Kaiser, HHS, 0:21; Cox pinned Weber, Concordia,0:28; Cox pinned Kasselman, SC

155—Marissa Esparza, GB (9-6), 4TH; Rodriguez, Holcomb def. Esparza, 7-3; Esparza def. Dombroski, Ellinwood, 10-4; Esparza pinned Kolas, HHS, 0:57; Esparza def. Schneider, HHS, 10-6; 3RD—Lillian Garcia, Plainville def. Esparza, 6-5; Danica Cline, GB (7-6), 5TH; Garci, Plainville def. Cline, 9-7; Cline pinned Lizarranga, L, 1:41; Pazdernik, SC pinned Cline, 0:41; Cline pinned Hernandez, Concordia, 3:20; 5TH—Cline def. Dombroski, Ellinwood, 8-6

170—Kirra Stevens (14-2), 1ST; Stevens pinned Nieto, Holcomb, 1:28; Stevens pinned Valcoure, Concordia, 2:15; Stevens pinned Graves, HHS, 0:43; Stevens pinned Urban, HHS, 0:32;  1ST—Stevens pinned Lea Nokes, GB, 0:24; Nokes (11-7); Nokes pinned Pope, Stafford, 4:26; Nokes pinned Jones, SC, 0:56; Nokes pinned Orosco, HHS; Nokes pinned Atteberry, Larned, 1:53

190—Natalee Daniels, GB, 2ND; Daniels  pinned Carter, Plainville, , 1:59; Daniels  pinned Duarte, Holcomb, 1:04;Daniels  pinned Becker, Cimarron, , 0:32; Daniels  pinned Owings, Eureka, 0:40; 1ST—Martinez, L def. Daniels, 6-4