Great Bend Panthers Cooper Liles and Matthew Johnson celebrated Senior Night by capturing their 100th career high school wrestling victories. The No. 6 ranked 5A Panthers swept 12 contested matches to overwhelm Liberal 66-6 in Thursday's Western Athletic dual match.
No. 3 ranked Liles (150) pinned Wyatt Mannel (1:32). No. 5 Johnson (215) closed out Liberal's Matthew Trejo 7-0.
Great Bend's five other state-ranked wrestlers cruised to victories.
No. 5 Triston Tomlinson (120) pinned Brian Casas (2:32); No. 6 Kaiden Hoffman (132) pinned Rob Catalan (1:47); No. 2 Jace Schartz (157) defeated Bartolo Rodriguez, 19-4; No. 6 Aidan Davidson defeated Julian Harvey, 15-0; and No. 4 Trenton Kern downed Elvos Alba, 6-3.
Panthers Ambrose Kramer (113), Hayden Liles (126), Hayden Kelly (138), Michael Montoya (165) and Brody Schnoebelen (285) also earned wins. Montoya survived a wild 9-7 victory against Oscar Pablo.
PANTHERS 66, LIBERAL 6
106—Rivas, L, forfeit
113—Ambrose Kramer, GB pinned Orrantia, L, 1:54
120—No. 5 Triston Tomlinson, GB pinned Casas, L, 2:32
126—Hayden Liles, GB pinned Ortiz, L, 0:46)
132—No. 6 Kaiden Hoffman, GB pinned Catalan, L, 1:47
138—Hayden Kelly, GB def. Brockett, L, 16-0
144—Blake Stein, GB, forfeit
150—No. 3 Cooper Liles, GB pinned Mannel, L, 1:32
157—No. 2 Jace Schartz, GB def. Rodriguez, L, 19-4
165—Michael Montoya, GB def. Pablo, L, 9-7
175--No. 6 Aidan Davidson, GB def. Harvey, L, 15-0
190—No. 4 Trenton Kern, GB def. Alba, L, 6-3
215—No. 5 Matthew Johnson, GB def. Trejo, L, 7-0
285—Brody Schnoebelen, GB pinned Sandoval, L, 0:30