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Four Panthers earn first place medals

HAYS – Four Great Bend Middle School wrestlers captured first-place medals at the Hays Bob Threlkel Wrestling Invitational. Great Bend coach Norbert Muth coaches the wrestlers.

Earning first-place medals were Cal Schartz (90), Hayden Liles (115), Kale Kern (180) and Josue Bustamante (265). In championship matches, Schartz pinned Hays’ Mason Simmons (0:32); Liles defeated Hays’ Brant Pfannenstiel, 8-6; Kern pinned Dodge City’s Dan Rodriguez (0:44) and Bustamante pinned Dodge City’s Rafa Ojeda (3:50).

Earning runner-up medals were Konner Mills (75), Noah Kaiser (85), Corbyn Holinde (134), Blake Stein (141) and Slayde Apley (165).

Others placing were Braxton Richter (95), third; Brady Mendez, (155), third; Alexis Reyes (80), fourth; Abel Spencer (100), fourth;  and Gavynn Maddox (215), fourth.

BOB THRELKEL INVITATIONAL

TEAM TOTALS—1—GC Horace Good 2251/2; 2—Dodge City 2251/2; 3—Great Bend 2111/2; 4—Hays 156; 5—Goddard Eisenhower 125; 6—Dodge City Comanche 811/2; 7—GC Ken Henderson 81; 8—Liberal Seymour 23

GREAT BEND RESULTS

75—Konner Mills, GB, 2ND; Mills pinned Moo, HG, 0:29; 1ST—Luck, Hays def. Mills, 3-1

80—Alexis Reyes, GB, 4TH; Reyes def. Roehr, GE, 11-4; Luck, pinned Reyes, 1:47; Reyes def. Gutierrez, Seymour, 11-2; 3RD—Carlisle, Comanche pinned Reyes, 2:32

85—Noah Kaiser, GB, 2ND; Kaiser pinned Conner, Comanche, 1:28; 1ST—Deneault, Hays pinned Kaiser, 2:15

90—Cal Schartz, GB, 1ST; Schartz pinned Waller, HG, 0:52; 1ST—Schartz pinned Simmons, Hays, 0:32

95—Braxton Richter, GB, 3RD; Richter def. Covarrubias, GE, 18-2; Bell, DC def. Richter, 5-0; Richter pinned Torres, Seymour, 1:37; 3RD—Richter pinned Martinez, Comanche, 1:21

100—Abel Spencer, GB, 4TH; Rueda def. Spencer, 5-3; 3RD—Burillo, DC pinned Spencer, 1:20

115—Hayden Liles, GB, 1ST; Liles pinned Juan, Seymour, 0:30; Liles def. Garcia, HG, 13-0; 1ST—Liles def. Pfannenstiel, Hays, 8-6

134—Corbyn Holinde, GB, 2ND; Holinde def. Gomez, DC, 12-8; Holinde pinned Ortiz, KH, 1:22 1ST—Fitzgerald, GE def. Holinde, 12-0

141—Blake Stein, GB, 2ND; Stein pinned Duarte, KH; 1ST—Santana, DC def. Stein, 9-3

148—Prough, Hays pinned Julian Galindo, GB, 0:50; Bradshaw, KH pinned Galindo, 1:35

155--Brady Mendez, GB, 3RD; Castrellon, HG def. Mendez, 8-1; Mendez def. Ramirez, Comanche, 7-0; 3RD—Mendez pinned Gutierrez, GE, 2:00

165--Slayde Apley, GB, 2ND; Apley def. Velador, DC, 7-2; 1ST—Norez, GE def. Apley, 12-0

180—Kale Kern, GB, 1ST; Kern pinned Spray, Hays, 0:21; Kern pinned Leyva, GE, 0:23; 1ST—Kern pinned Rodriguez, DC, 0:44

215—Gavynn Maddox, GB, 4TH; Maddox pinned Vega, GE, 1:00; Morales, DC pinned Maddox, 0:56; Maddox pinned Witt, Hays, 0:41; 3RD—Gonzalez, Seymour pinned Maddox, 0:52

265—Josue Bustamante, GB, 1ST; Bustamante pinned Cintora, KH, 1:30; 1ST—Bustamante pinned Ojeda, DC, 3:50