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Cooper Liles places third at Garden City
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GARDEN CITY — No. 3 state-ranked 5A Cooper Liles (20-2, 150) earned a third-place finish with a pin over Wichita County's Wyatt Gardner (0:20) at the Garden City Rocky Welton Wrestling Tournament. No. 2 6A Mill Valley's pinned Liles (4:11) in the semifinals.

No. 3 ranked Trenton Kern (18-4, 190) lost 8-7 to Andale's No. 5 ranked Isaiah Wilson and also lost to No. 4 Goddard's Preston Hale (0:16).

No. 4 Kaiden Hoffman (22-6, 132) and Aidan Davidson (13-4, 175) each placed eighth; Hayden Kelly (16-8, 138) and Michael Montoya (18-12, 165) both placed 10th; No. 5 Matthew Johnson (19-8, 215) placed 11th; and No. 5 Triston Tomlinson (16-12, 120) finished 16th.

The No. 6 ranked Panthers finished eighth with 121 points. The multi-state tournament was loaded with state-ranked wrestlers and featured teams from Nebraska, Colorado and Texas. Rose Hill (176.5) placed first.

GARDEN CITY ROCKY WELTON

TEAM SCORES—1—Rose Hill 176.5; 2—Pueblo, Colo. 162.5; 3—Maize 160; 4—Garden City 147.5; 5—Millard, Neb. 135.5; 6—Kearney, Neb. 128; 7—Pine Creek, Colo. 125; 8—Great Bend 121; 9—Andale 115.5; 10—Valley Center 112.2

PANTHER RESULTS

106—Alexis Reyes, GB (3-5); Ortega, Lewis-Palmer pinned Reyes, 0:27; Clark, Pine Creek pinned Reyes, 1:34

113—Ambrose Kramer, GB (8-14); No. 3 Richwine, RH pinned Kramer, 0:51; Peachey, Hugoton pinned Kramer, 4:43

120—No. 5 Triston Tomlinson, GB (16-12), 16TH; Haynes, Millard West pinned Tomlinson, 0:51; Tomlinson pinned Gaines, GC, 4:43; No. 5 Cox, Andale def. Tomlinson, 5-2; Gamez, La Junta pinned Tomlinson, 3:30; 15TH—Miller, Kearney pinned Tomlinson , 1:41

126—Hayden Liles, GB (15-7); Kowalek, Kearney pinned Liles, 1:27; Liles pinned Rosales, Ulysses, 3:38; Barela, La Junta def. Liles, 4-2

132—No. 4 Kaiden Hoffman, GB (22-6), 8TH; Hoffman pinned Zuniga, Hutchinson, 2:49; Goodman , Kearney def. Hoffman, 16-5; Hoffman pinned Whisler, Mill Valley, 1:38; Hoffman pinned Kerr, MS, 0:53; Hoffman def. Heredia, Ulysses, 5-4; No. 4 Blake Samuelson, ONorth, def. Hoffman , 11-4; 7TH—Banks, Pine Creek def. Hoffman, 9-1

138—Hayden Kelly, GB (16-8), 10TH; Kelly pinned Ines, Republic Co. 4:54; Kerr, MS def. Kelly, 11-3; Kelly def. Rojas, VC, 6-2; Kelly pinned Vetter, Hutchinson; Rodriguez, SC pinned Kelly, 3:20; Kelly def. Barron, Newton, ijury, 9TH—Kerr, MS def. Kelly, 9-3

144—Blake Stein, GB (13-13); Coker, Woodward def. Stein, 8-5; Stein def. Cline, Mill Valley, 9-5; Lowry, Stockton def. Stein, 5-4 (OT)

150—No. 3 Cooper Liles, GB (20-2), 3RD; Liles pinned Bledsoe, Randall, 0:25; Liles pinned Wise, Newton, 0:50; Liles pinned Herrera, Pine Creek, 0:42; No. 2 Mason, Mill Valley pinned Liles, 4:11; Liles pinned Owings, SC, 2:25; 3RD—Liles pinned Wyatt Gardner, Wichita Co. 0:20

157—No. 3 Jace Schartz, GB (28-4), 9TH; Schartz def. Jackson, Millard West, 17-2; No. 5 Tyren Emberson, RH pinned Schartz, 4:23; Schartz def. Jordan, Bennett , 15-0; Schartz def. Perez, GC, 18-3; Jackson, Millard West pinned Schartz, :57; Schartz def. Couchman, SC, 19-4; 9TH—Schartz def. Cruz, Pueblo West, 7-5

165—Michael Montoya, GB (18-12), 10TH; No. 1 Colin McAlister, Mill Valley pinned Montoya, 0:41; Montoya pinned Reffel, Doherty, 2:33; Montoya pinned Baeza, Woodward; Goerzen, Maize def. Montoya, 5-4; Montoya pinned Wilson, Kearney, 3:47; 9TH—Gossman, SC def. Montoya , 11-0

175—Aidan Davidson, GB (13-4), 8TH; Davidson pinned Espinoza, Mountain View, 0:45; Davidson pinned Horton, Newton, 1:12; Trevino, Scottsbluff def. Davidson, 17-7; Davidson pinned Saner, VC, 4:45; No. 2 Jacob Vasquez, ONorth pinned Davidson, 0:44; 7TH—Rigler, Hays def. Davidson, 8-4

190—No. 3 Trenton Kern, GB (18-4), 4TH; Kern def. Jokerst, ONorth, 10-0; Kern pinned Tinoco, Hugoton, 1:33; No. 4 Hagel, Goddard pinned Kern, 0:16; Kern pinned Meyers, Hays, 4:26; 3RD—No. 5 Wilson, Andale def. Kern, 8-7

215—No. 5 Matthew Johnson, GB (19-8), 11TH; Johnson pinned Baca, Pueblo East, 0:44; Johnson pinned Chartier, Hays, 1:47; No. 2 MJ Wash, Mill Valley pinned Johnson, 2:53; Gooden, SC pinned Johnson, 2:17; Boudreaux, Beloit def. Johnson, 2-0; 11TH—Johnson def. No. 3 Orosco, Ulysses, injury

285—No. 6 Brody Schnoebelen GB (20-5); Schnoebelen pinned Guzman, Ulysses, 0:31; Johnson, Millard West pinned Schnoebelen, 1:15; Linenberger, Hays pinned Schnoebelen, 1:22