TOPEKA — The Great Bend Wrestling Club featured three state champions in the recent USAWKS 2019 State Folkstyle Championship Wrestling at the Topeka Expocentre. 

The Great Bend team finished with a top 10 team finish with 190.5 points. 

Great Bend’s state qualifier George Weber earned the high school 145-pound title after outscoring his competition 20-3, plus a victory on a pin. Weber defeated Mark Butcher 4-2 in the finals. Webber permitted three points in his matches.

Breanna Ridgeway captured the 14-and-under 129-137 girls division. Ridgeway dominated her division with a pin in all of her matches.

Cal Schartz captured the 8-and-under 61-pound division. Schartz won the championship match 8-1 over Hunter Pankey of Mill Valley Kids. Schartz outscored his opponents at the state meet 44-4. 

Eleven wrestlers fought their way to a medal, including three who earned the top spot. 

USAWKS 2019 STATE FOLKSTYLE

GREAT BEND RESULTS

8 UNDER

1—Cal Schartz (61)

3—Stryker Avery (58)

3—Drake Martin (67)

12 UNDER

3—Jace Schartz (92)

5—Cooper Liles (100)

14 UNDER

1—Breanna Ridgeway (129-137)

3—Wyatt Weber (110)

3—Scott Heilman (160)

4—Kaden Spragis (100)

6—Skyler McMullen (90)

HIGH SCHOOL

1—George Weber (145)

5—Marissa Hanrahan (129-139)