ARKANSAS CITY — Great Bend's No. 2 ranked Jace Schartz (37-5, 157) led 10 Panthers who qualified for the 5A state wrestling tournament at Park City. First-place finisher Schartz pinned Goddard's Eastyn Vieyra (5:33) in the championship match.

Schartz earned his 100th career victory and edged Hutchinson's No. 1 ranked Kade Smith 3-2 in the 157-pound semifinals. Schartz earned 1-point escapes to reach overtime and win the match.

"Jace wrestled a 'technical' match and finished it," said Great Bend coach Gannon Reichert. "He kept attacking."  

Placing third with bounce-back wins were No. 6 Kaiden Hoffman (32-8, 132); Hayden Kelly (26-11, 138); No. 3 Cooper Liles (26-3, 150); No. 6 Aiden Davidson (23-6, 175); and No. 3 Trenton Kern (30-6, 190).

"You've got to take it one match at a time," Reichert said. "The guys looked forward to the next match. That's the best Hayden has wrestled all year. He needs to bring that same kind of attitude to state. We expect strong finishes at state."  

In third-place matches Hoffman pinned Salina Central's No. 4 Julian Glover (1:57); Kelly defeated Newton's No. 6 Nate Barron, 2-1; Liles pinned Salina Central's Abram Owings (0:46); Davidson defeated Hays High's No. 5 Jon Rigler, 5-1; and Kern avenged an earlier loss by pinning Valley Center's No. 5 Steel Schomaker (3:58).

Hoffman lost to Andover's No. 1 ranked Luke Potter 7-4 in the quarterfinals. No. 2 ranked Wichita Carroll's Brady Duling pinned Cooper Liles (4:26) in the semifinals.

No. 5 Triston Tomlinson (23-16, 120) placed fourth with a 6-5 overtime loss to Arkansas City's Carlos Leyva.

Other state qualifiers were Matthew Johnson (28-12, 215), fifth; Michael Montoya (24-16, 165), seventh; and Hayden Liles (22-15, 126), eighth.

No. 1 ranked Goddard (207) placed first and No. 7 ranked Great Bend (163.5) finished runner-up. 

ARKANSAS CITY REGIONAL

TEAM SCORES—1—Goddard 207.5; 2—Great Bend 163.5; 3—Andover 161.5; 4—Valley Center 151; 5—Newton 145.5; 6—Wichita Carroll 137; 7—Salina Central 118.5; 8—Hays High 110; 9—Hutchinson 109.5; 10—Arkansas City 88

GREAT BEND RESULTS

106—Alexis Reyes (2-13); Luck, Hays pinned Reyes, 0:59; Wyatt, Emporia pinned Reyes 4:01

113—Ambrose Kramer (11-21); No. 6 Munoz, MS pinned Kramer, 1:07; Ven, AC def. Kramer

120—No. 5 Triston Tomlinson (23-16), 4TH; No. 4 Landers, Carroll pinned Tomlinson, 3:26; Tomlinson pinned Quach, Hays, 0:59; Tomlinson pinned Maciel, Hutchinson, 1:29; Tomlinson def. Glover, Goddard, injury; 3RD—Leyva, Ark City def. Tomlinson, 6-5 (OT)

126—Hayden Liles (22-15), 8TH; Liles pinned Martinez, Hutchinson, 5:04; No. 2 Adam, SC pinned Liles, 0:26; Liles pinned Thomas, KMC, 3:59; No. 5 Denton, Carroll def. Liles, 10-4; 7TH—Morales, Emporia def. Liles, 17-4

132—No. 6 Kaiden Hoffman (32-8), 3RD; Hoffman pinned Myers, Hays, 0:30; Hoffman Miller, Goddard, 7-5; No. 1 Potter, Andover def. Hoffman, 7-4; Hoffman pinned Kerr, MS 0:25; 3RD—Hoffman pinned No. 4 Glover, SC, 1:57

138—Hayden Kelly (26-11), 3RD; Kelly def. Vetter, Hutchinson, 5-4; No. 2 Maki, Andover def. Kelly, 17-2; Kelly def. Rojas, VC, 9-7; Kelly def. Herman, SC, 8-2; Kelly def. Denton, Carroll, 7-0; 3RD—Kelly def. No.  6 Barron, Newton, 2-1

144—Blake Stein (15-18); No. 1 Zimmerman, Hays pinned Stein; Boone, VC def. Stein, 7-1

150—No. 3 Cooper Liles (26-3), 3RD; Liles pinned Cook, TW, 0:58; Liles pinned Monaco, KMC, 1:38; No. 2 Duling, Carroll pinned Liles, 4:26; Liles pinned Anderson, Hutchinson, 0:32; 3RD—Liles pinned Owings, SC, 0:46

157—No. 2 Jace Schartz (37-5), 1ST; Schartz def. McAnulty, Ark City, 11-7; Schartz def. Means, Carroll, 13-7; Schartz def. No. 1 Smith. Hutchinson, 3-2 (OT); 1ST—Schartz pinned Vieyra, Goddard, 5:33

165—Michael Montoya (24-16) 7TH; Montoya pinned Graham, Hutchinson, 5:59; No. 5 Ring, Andover def. Montoya, 15-0; Montoya def. Daniel, KMC, 4-2; Arredondo, Carroll def. Montoya, 11-5; 7TH—Montoya def. Wilson, Ark City, 5-0

175—No. 6 Aidan Davidson (23-6), 3RD; Davidson def. Munson, Ark City, 6-0; Warkentine, Andover pinned Davidson, 4:59; Davidson pinned Miller, Hutchinson, 3:52; Davidson def. Traglia, KMC, 8-1; Davidson def. Saner, VC, 8-4; 3RD—Davidson def. No. 5 Rigler, Hays, 6-1

190—No. 3 Trenton Kern (30-6), 3RD; No. 5 Schomaker, VC def. Kern, 8-7; Kern def. Padierna, Emporia, 16-0; Kern pinned Ray, Hutchinson, 0:48; Kern def. No. 3 Hutchinson, Andover, injury; 3RD—Kern pinned No. 5 Schomaker, VC, 3:58

215—Matthew Johnson (28-12), 5TH; Johnson pinned Arzate, Emporia, 1:47; Johnson pinned Freeman, GE, 2:45; No. 2 Mucker, VC def. Johnson, 9-3; No. 4 Gonzalez, Newton def. Johnson, 7-6; 5TH—Johnson pinned Freeman, GE, 2:09

285—Brody Schnoebelen (29-10); No. 5 Rageth, SC pinned Schnoebelen, 2:45; Schnoebelen pinned Redmond, TW; Hightower, SS pinned Schnoebelen, 1:26

5A STATE FIRST ROUND

120—No. 5 Triston Tomlinson (23-16) vs. Liam Bowles, St. James (19-24) 

126—Hayden Liles (22-15) vs. No. 1 Cael Puderbaugh, Basehor (35-4)

132—No. 6 Kaiden Hoffman (32-8) vs. Parker Gillen, Blue Valley (21-17)

138—Hayden Kelly (26-11) vs. Tom Barnes, St. James (9-26)

150—No. 3 Cooper Liles (26-3) vs. Eismael Hernandez, Pittsburg (17-20)

157—No. 2 Jace Schartz (37-5) vs. Gavin Puchalla, St. James (19-18)

165—Michael Montoya (24-16) vs. Noah Anderson, Highland Park (34-13)

175—No. 6 Aidan Davidson (23-6) vs. Adrian Burney, Highland Park (17-8)

190—No. 3 Trenton Kern (30-6) vs. Carlos Gallardo, KC Harmon (21-10)

215—Matthew Johnson (28-12) vs. Joaquin Capra, Blue Valley (24-14)