Defending champion returns to finals
BY JIM MISUNAS
PARK CITY – Defending Great Bend 6-5A state wrestling champion Bre Ridgeway (36-1, 132) earned a rematch with Dodge City’s No. 4 ranked Hailey Ramos in Thursday’s championship match. Ridgeway pinned Ramos (1:19) at last week’s Wichita North regional.
Mission Valley’s Hope Blake handed Ridgeway her only setback.
Ridgeway (36-0, 126) completed a historic perfect season with a 6-0 victory over Garden City’s Belle Hernandez. Ridgeway also won a non-sanctioned state wrestling championship in 2020 at McPherson with four pins.
No. 5 ranked Daizy Gomez (33-10, 126) meets Bonner Springs’ Emma Foya in a consolation match. Haylee Holinde (191) lost two matches Wednesday.
HOISINGTON – Hoisington’s No. 2 ranked Tally Wikum (23-1, 138) earned a rematch with Hoxie’s No. 1 ranked Marissa Posch (36-1) in Thursday’s championship match. Posch defeated Wikum 9-4 in the 3-1A regional finals.
No. 3 ranked Sheena Gocela (23-5, 101), Kiana Grandclair (19-13, 120), No. 5 ranked Emily Lovett (28-8, 126) and Daijah Jones (19-12, 132) will compete in the consolation rounds Thursday. Jones lost to Mission Valley’s No. 1 ranked Hope Blake (0:36) in the quarterfinals.
5-6A STATE, PARK CITY
126—No. 5 Daizy Gomez, GB def. Gianna Garcia-Campos, Olathe West, 0:56; Madelyn Griffin, Emporia def. Gomez, 8-1; Gomez (33-10) vs. Emma Foya, Bonner Springs
132—No. 1 Breanna Ridgeway, GB def. Alissa Harris, KC Sumner, 2:26; Ridgeway def. Olivia Randle, Andover, 0:44; Ridgeway def. No. 5 Kamalni Jackson, KC Sumner (28-8) ; 1ST--Ridgeway (36-1) vs. Hailey Ramos, DC (31-6)
191—Alex Cannon, Topeka Seaman def. No. 6 Haylee Holinde, GB, 2:59; Gabby Cheney, DeSoto def. Holinde (20-13), 3:45
4-1A STATE SALINA
101—No. 3 Sheena Gocela, Hoisington def. Wolf, Hayden, 1:09; Gocela def. Vinson, El Dorado, 0:36; Holly Thatcher, Oskaloosa def. Gocela, 6-2; Gocela (23-5) vs.
120—No. 2 Thompson, Pratt def. Kiana Grandclair, Hoisington, 3:27; Grandclair def. Darnell, Baldwin, 3:30; Grandclair (19-13) vs. Smyth, Plainville
126—No. 5 Emily Lovett, Hoisington def. No. 6 Lacock, Rossville, 10-4; Konrade, Winfield def. Lovett, 12-1; Lovett (28-8) vs. Bailey, Girard
132—Daijah Jones, Hoisington def. Kohr, Chase Co. 2:18; Jones def. Rusk, Fort Scott, 5:36; No. 1 Hope Blake, Mission Valley def. Jones, 0:36; Jones vs.
138—Tally Wikum, Hoisington def Wright, Coffeyville, 1:19; Wikum def. Ella Johnson, Marysville, 1:47; Wikum def. Cain, Wellington, 1:43; 1ST—No. 1 Marissa Posch, Hoxie (36-1) vs. No. 2 Wikum, Hoisington (23-1)
143—No. 2 Escareno, Eureka def. Morgan Gunter, St. John, 1:37; Witt, Wellington def. Gunter (8-14), 4:19
143—No. 5 Walker, Holton def. Gracyn Dombroski, Ellinwood, 16-0; Rogers, Haven def. Dombroski (14-18), 17-1
155—No. 1 King, Oskaloosa def. Lyrica Orosco, Hoisington, 6-0; Peterson, SV def. Orosco (16-10), 2:27
