PHILLIPSBURG — No. 6 ranked 5A Great Bend finished runner-up (136) sparked by second-place medalists Kaiden Hoffman (27-7, 132) and Jace Schartz (32-5, 157) at the Phillipsburg Wrestling Tournament. No. 1 ranked 3-1A Hoxie (166) finished first.
In championship matches, No. 6 ranked St. Francis' Shane Todd downed No. 6 Hoffman 10-3; and No. 1 ranked Hoxie's Duncan Bell, Hoxie pinned No. 2 ranked Schartz (5:52).
The Panthers met state-ranked wrestlers in every weight category.
Earning third-place medals were No. 5 Triston Tomlinson (19-14, 120); No. 6 Aidan Davidson (17-5, 175); No. 4 Trenton Kern (25-5, 190); No. 5 Matthew Johnson (24-10, 215); and Brody Schnoebelen (16-3, 285).
In third-place matches, Tomlinson, GB (19-14), 3RD; 3RD—Tomlinson def. over Ayston Kats, Norton, 6-1; Davidson def. Phillipsburg's Carsen Meitl, 5-2; Kern def. Norton's No. 5 Logan Willour, 7-2; Johnson pinned Norton's No. 4 Colton Stover (1:45); and Schnoebelen pinned Hoxie's No. 3 Gavin Schippers (1:49).
Panther Hayden Liles (19-12, 126) placed fourth with a pin against to Minneapolis' No. 5 Brayton Peters (1:18).
TEAM SCORES—1—Hoxie 166; 2—Great Bend 136; 3—Phillipsburg 130; 4—Norton 121; 5—Abilene 120; 6—Hill City 63; 7—Beloit 54; 8—Minneapolis 49; 9—Russell 46; 10—St. Francis 45
GREAT BEND RESULTS
106—Alexis Reyes (2-11); No. 1 Keiswetter, Norton pinned Reyes, 2:19; Wente, Hoxie pinned Reyes, 2:39
113—Ambrose Kramer, GB (10-19); Kramer def. Lacock, Rossville, 18-4; Monty, Beloit pinned Kramer, 0:53; No. 5 Hamel, Hill City pinned Kramer, 2:06
120—No. 5 Triston Tomlinson, GB (19-14), 3RD; No. 2 Johnson, Minneapolis def. Tomlinson, 7-0; Tomlinson def. Yanez, SF, 11-9; Tomlinson def. Driggs, Phillipsburg, 7-4; 3RD—Tomlinson def. over Kats, Norton, 6-1
126—Hayden Liles, GB (19-12), 4TH; No. 2 Sisson, Phillipsburg def. Liles, 1:12; Liles def. Meyer, Hoxie, 4-2; Liles def. No. 6 Weigel, Norton, 5-4; 3RD—No. 5 Peters, Minneapolis pinned Liles, 1:18
132—No. 6 Kaiden Hoffman, GB (27-7), 2ND; Hoffman def. Juennemann, Hoxie, 1:06; Hoffman def. Sisson, Phillipsburg, 8-1; Hoffman def. Casteel, Abilene, 17-3; 1ST—Shane Todd, SF def. Hoffman, 10-3
138—Hayden Kelly, GB (20-10); Kelly pinned Binder, Norton, 1:52; Moreno, Hoxie def. Kelly, 6-3; Kelly pinned Fry, Osborne, 2:45; Zorn, Russell def. Kelly, 8-3
144—Blake Stein, GB (14-16); No. 2 Pfannenstiel, Norton pinned Stein, 2:56; Stein def. Lowry, Stockton, 6-5; No. 3 Rohr, Hill City pinned Stein, 2:47
157—No. 2 Jace Schartz, GB (32-5), 2ND; Schartz def. Dougherty, Phillipsburg, 19-2; Schartz def. Foster, Oakley, 18-3; Schartz pinned Schultze, Osborne, 0:41; 1ST—No. 3 Bell, Hoxie pinned Schartz, 5:52
175—No. 6 Aidan Davidson, GB (17-5), 3RD; Davidson def. Galvan, Ellsworth, 8-2; No. 5 Suchy, Russell def. Davidson, 9-3; Davidson pinned Wilkerson, Plainville, 0:53; 3RD—Davidson def. Meitl, Phillipsburg, 5-2
190—No. 4 Trenton Kern, GB (25-5), 3RD; Kern pinned Christy, Phillipsburg, 0:33; Kern pinned Seifried, Osborne, 0:29; Caruthers, CC def. Kern, 7-2; Kern pinned Huck, Russell, 1:44; 3RD--Kern def. No. 5 Willour, Norton, 7-2
215—No. 5 Matthew Johnson, GB (24-10), 3RD; No. 4 Stover, Norton def. Johnson, 13-5; Johnson pinned Ervin, Russell, 0:41; Johnson pinned Johnson, Minneapolis, 0:49; Johnson pinned Bethel, Plainville, 0:38; 3RD—Johnson pinned No. 4 Stover, Norton, 1:45
285—Brody Schnoebelen, GB (16-3), 3RD; Schnoebelen pinned Mongeau, Stockton, 1:33; No. 1 Puga, Norton pinned Schnoebelen; Schnoebelen def. Hanback, Abilene, 6-4; 3RD—Schnoebelen pinned No. 3 Schippers, Hoxie, 1:49
