Hoisington dominates at Stafford
STAFFORD - The Hoisington J.V. wrestling team participated at the Stafford J.V. Tournament this past Saturday and were impressive to say the least. The team took 12 wrestlers to the event and placed all but two in the top four. Leading the way for the Cards were sophomore Brinttain Noah, 138 lbs.; freshman Rudy Gearhart, 145 lbs.; sophomore Ben Schneider, 170 lbs.; and sophomore Justin Bradley, 195 lbs., whom all won first place medals. Sophomore Jeremy Breit, 170 lbs., only loss came to teammate Ben Schneider and finished second. Sophomore Dylan Carrier, 106 lbs.; freshman Jack Williams, 138 lbs.; freshman Jake Curtis; 152 lbs.; freshman Eric Barrett, 160 lbs.; and junior Brody Nicholas, 285 lbs., all brought home top four medals. “It was a real reward to get to watch and coach the young kids in our program today,” said a very pleased Coach Dan Schmidt. “They get you so excited about the future of Hoisington wrestling as you watch and see just how good these kids are. I cannot say enough about the importance these kids play in the success of our varsity program.”
Next action for the Hosington J.V. Wrestlers will come this Saturday when they travel to Larned for the Larned J.V. Tournament scheduled to start at 9 a.m. at the Middle School Gym at Larned.
The Hoisington High School varsity wrestling team participated in the Bob Kuhn Sr. Prairie Classic Wrestling Tournament this past weekend at Hays. The team sent five wrestlers to the finals where senior Brandon Ball at 138 lbs. won the Championship match to help propel him to win the Tournaments Most Outstanding Wrestler Award. Sophomore Jonathan Ball, 145 lbs.lbs.; freshman Christopher Ball, 152 lbs.; senior Chance Boor, 195 lbs.; and sophomore Landen Urban, 285 lbs., all finished second. Senior Landon Harmon, 120 lbs., and junior Austin McHenry, 182 lbs., finished in fifth place. Collectively with teammates freshman Tanner Cassity, 113 lbs.; junior Kody Lang, 126 lbs.; fresman Sean Urban, 160 lbs.; sophomore Hunter Hanzlick, 170 lbs.; and KC Stephens 220 lbs., the Cardinals won their first ever Bob Kuhn Classic Tournament. The team scored 160 points to outdistance the field of 23 teams by 29 points. Coming in second was the defending champions, the Goodland Cowboys, with 131 points; followed by Salina Central, 129.5; Kapaun Mt. Carmel, 127.5; Haysville Campus, 114; Oakley, 111; Ulysses, 106.5; Maize South, 83; Hays, 82; McPherson, 70; Spring Hill, 68.5; Russell, 68; Weld Central Colorado, 64; Hugoton, 59.5; Phillipsburg, 58.5; Ellis, 57; St. Thomas Aquinas, 52.5; Buhler, 48; Riley County, 37; Thomas More Prep, 23.5; Ellsworth, 17; Trego Community, 11.5; and St. Francis, 10.
Next action for the team will come this Friday when the varsity will participate in the Cardinal Classic Varsity Tournament at the Hoisington Activity Center slated to start at 3 p.m. The team will celebrate Senior Night as well with the Senior activities to begin at about 5:45 p.m.
Coach Schmidt’s comments about the Bob Kuhn Classic: “Our kids over the years have been able to win every tournament on our schedule with one exception, we have never been able to win the Bob Kuhn Sr. Prairie Classic Tournament. We now have done so. We used to be happy to get a kid into the finals of this tournament, tonight we had five in the finals. The past couple of years our kids have proven to the this years team we that we could win this event, but to do so would take a total team effort. This weekend we got a total team effort, and are now able to take home the championship trophy and display to those coming up in the program that it is possible for a small town such as ours to win even at the biggest stage. Our coaching staff reminded our kids that as big an accomplishment that this is there is still tons of improvements that we must make if we are to bring home hardware from the State Tournament.”
Bob Kuhn Prairie Classic Results for Hoisington
113 - Tanner Cassity (16-7) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Tanner Cassity (Hoisington) 16-7 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Bryce Younger (Ellis) 21-3 won by fall over Tanner Cassity (Hoisington) 16-7 (Fall 4:40)
Cons. Round 2 - Tanner Cassity (Hoisington) 16-7 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 - Bradan Slemp (Hugoton) 16-9 won by fall over Tanner Cassity (Hoisington) 16-7 (Fall 3:55)
120 - Landon Harmon (23-4) placed 5th and scored 16.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Landon Harmon (Hoisington) 23-4 won by tech fall over Rees Lehman (Oakley) 11-17 (TF-1.5 0:00 (17-1))
Quarterfinal - Braden O`Donnell (Kapaun) 21-6 won by tech fall over Landon Harmon (Hoisington) 23-4 (TF-1.5 5:48 (16-0))
Cons. Round 2 - Landon Harmon (Hoisington) 23-4 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 - Landon Harmon (Hoisington) 23-4 won by fall over Chance Sorell (Salina Central) 12-19 (Fall 0:35)
Cons. Semi - Aaron Avelar (Goodland) 25-5 won by fall over Landon Harmon (Hoisington) 23-4 (Fall 0:36)
5th Place Match - Landon Harmon (Hoisington) 23-4 won by fall over Zak Anderson (Ulysses) 15-12 (Fall 2:42)
126 - Kody Lang (12-11) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Tony Metler (Kapaun) 6-15 won by decision over Kody Lang (Hoisington) 12-11 (Dec 8-6)
Cons. Round 1 - Kody Lang (Hoisington) 12-11 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Isaac Zimmerman (Hays ) 6-7 won by fall over Kody Lang (Hoisington) 12-11 (Fall 0:00)
138 - Brandon Ball (25-0) placed 1st and scored 27.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Brandon Ball (Hoisington) 25-0 won by fall over Quentin Jiner (Weld Central) 10-12 (Fall 1:27)
Quarterfinal - Brandon Ball (Hoisington) 25-0 won by major decision over Marco Perez (Ulysses) 17-6 (MD 11-0)
Semifinal - Brandon Ball (Hoisington) 25-0 won by major decision over Sean Taborsky (Haysville Campus) 29-7 (MD 11-0)
1st Place Match - Brandon Ball (Hoisington) 25-0 won by major decision over Dalton Hensley (Ellis) 22-2 (MD 13-0)
145 - Jonathan Ball (24-1) placed 2nd and scored 23.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Jonathan Ball (Hoisington) 24-1 won by fall over Hunter Folsom (Trego Community ) 6-14 (Fall 1:18)
Quarterfinal - Jonathan Ball (Hoisington) 24-1 won by tech fall over Brad Smith (Spring Hill) 14-11 (TF-1.5 6:00 (18-3))
Semifinal - Jonathan Ball (Hoisington) 24-1 won by fall over Wyatt Murphy (Oakley) 20-11 (Fall 2:41)
1st Place Match - Kevin Kissane (Maize South) 25-0 won by decision over Jonathan Ball (Hoisington) 24-1 (Dec 7-4)
152 - Christopher Ball (23-4) placed 2nd and scored 20.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Christopher Ball (Hoisington) 23-4 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Christopher Ball (Hoisington) 23-4 won by decision over Bryce Rodriguez (Ulysses) 15-3 (Dec 7-4)
Semifinal - Christopher Ball (Hoisington) 23-4 won by decision over Sam Kissane (Maize South) 21-5 (Dec 6-4)
1st Place Match - Dayton Will (Salina Central) 27-1 won by decision over Christopher Ball (Hoisington) 23-4 (Dec 5-1)
160 - Sean Urban (13-4) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Prelim - Sean Urban (Hoisington) 13-4 won by decision over Dakota Childress (Spring Hill) 6-17 (Dec 7-5)
Champ. Round 1 - Cole Brown (Buhler) 19-14 won by fall over Sean Urban (Hoisington) 13-4 (Fall 1:59)
Cons. Round 1 - Luke Moore (Maize South) 11-13 won by decision over Sean Urban (Hoisington) 13-4 (Dec 3-2)
170 - Hunter Hanzlick (19-8) place is unknown and scored 4.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Anthony Gaona (St. Thomas Aquinas) 23-10 won by decision over Hunter Hanzlick (Hoisington) 19-8 (Dec 7-5)
Cons. Round 1 - Hunter Hanzlick (Hoisington) 19-8 won by forfeit over Allen Goff (Trego Community ) 5-16 (For.)
Cons. Round 2 - Hunter Hanzlick (Hoisington) 19-8 won by decision over Grant Murphy (Russell) 5-5 (Dec 5-2)
Cons. Round 3 - Genesis Martinez (Hugoton) 22-9 won by decision over Hunter Hanzlick (Hoisington) 19-8 (Dec 8-2)
182 - Austin McHenry (22-5) placed 5th and scored 17.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Austin McHenry (Hoisington) 22-5 won by fall over Kaler Gilbert (Ulysses) 5-7 (Fall 1:12)
Quarterfinal - Kyle True (Salina Central) 26-4 won by fall over Austin McHenry (Hoisington) 22-5 (Fall 2:56)
Cons. Round 2 - Austin McHenry (Hoisington) 22-5 won by fall over Collin Sharpe (Oakley) 11-12 (Fall 0:29)
Cons. Round 3 - Austin McHenry (Hoisington) 22-5 won by fall over Brandon Groff (Ellis) 16-8 (Fall 1:28)
Cons. Semi - Nick Nece (Kapaun) 23-3 won by fall over Austin McHenry (Hoisington) 22-5 (Fall 1:48)
5th Place Match - Austin McHenry (Hoisington) 22-5 won by fall over Kaleb Jost (McPherson) 16-16 (Fall 0:36)
195 - Chance Boor (20-6) placed 2nd and scored 23.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Chance Boor (Hoisington) 20-6 won by fall over Jace Gordon (Phillipsburg) 5-7 (Fall 1:38)
Quarterfinal - Chance Boor (Hoisington) 20-6 won by fall over Ross Regier (McPherson) 19-15 (Fall 1:29)
Semifinal - Chance Boor (Hoisington) 20-6 won by major decision over Drew House (Goodland) 22-6 (MD 15-4)
1st Place Match - Jack Helvey (Salina Central) 24-2 won by fall over Chance Boor (Hoisington) 20-6 (Fall 2:36)
220 - KC Stephens (18-8) place is unknown and scored 5.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - KC Stephens (Hoisington) 18-8 won by decision over Martin Duran (Haysville Campus) 9-11 (Dec 7-1)
Quarterfinal - Dylan Gassmann (Oakley) 15-3 won by fall over KC Stephens (Hoisington) 18-8 (Fall 5:48)
Cons. Round 2 - KC Stephens (Hoisington) 18-8 won by fall over Hagan Hoss (Goodland) 11-14 (Fall 2:32)
Cons. Round 3 - Braydon Delzeit (Hays ) 20-10 won by major decision over KC Stephens (Hoisington) 18-8 (MD 9-1)
285 - Landen Urban (20-4) placed 2nd and scored 24.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Landen Urban (Hoisington) 20-4 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Landen Urban (Hoisington) 20-4 won by fall over Leo Jirak (Oakley) 9-6 (Fall 3:39)
Semifinal - Landen Urban (Hoisington) 20-4 won by fall over Bennett Powers (Kapaun) 16-2 (Fall 1:30)
1st Place Match - Tyler Bastian (Haysville Campus) 31-0 won by fall over Landen Urban (Hoisington) 20-4 (Fall 5:54)
