BY JIM MISUNAS
ANDOVER — Great Bend's wrestling team qualified 10 of 14 wrestlers for the 5A state tournament Friday.
No. 4 ranked Triston Tomlinson (30-11, 106), No. 5 Kaiden Hoffman (24-15, 126); Hayden Kelly (18-21, 132); No. 6 Skyler McMullen (32-11, 138), No. 5 Jace Schartz (38-8, 144), No. 3 Cooper Liles (34-8, 150), Matthew Johnson (32-11, 175), Trenton Kern (27-20, 190), Keyven Schroeder (37-11, 215) and Brody Schnoebelen (25-19, 285) qualified for the 5A state wrestling championship.
Panthers Tomlinson and Schartz placed third. Tomlinson defeated Hays High's No. 5-ranked Grady Lind 5-4. Schartz defeated Andover's No. 3 ranked Bradley Trimmell, who forfeited.
McMullen and Johnson earned fourth-place medals. Wichita Carroll's No. 4 Brady Duling defeated McMullen, 8-2. Andover's No. 6 Tate Hutchinson defeated Johnson 9-2 for third plsace.
When Great Bend competes at the 5A wrestling regional Friday, coach Nathan Broeckelman realizes the challenge where the regional will eliminate numerous top 10 wrestlers. The top eight regional finishers reach the state tournament at Park City.
The Andover western regional features 10 of the 14 top-ranked wrestlers and 64 of the 84 state-ranked wrestlers. In the lowest 10 weights, the Andover regional has 52 of 60 ranked wrestlers, 87%.
Great Bend’s No. 3 ranked Cooper Liles (31-6, 150) placed fifth last year and Matthew Johnson (29-9) finished sixth last year.
Other returning state qualifiers are No. 6 Skyler McMullen (29-10, 138), No. 5 ranked Jace Schartz (34-7, 144); Keyven Schroeder (33-9, 215) and Brody Schnoebelen (22-17, 285).
“We’d love to get nine or 10 guys qualified. It’s hard in the super regional,” Broeckelman said. “Eight of the top 10 teams will compete. The West dominates when it comes to medals. The 5A regional will be brutal unless the KSHSAA changes how they place teams.”
LARNED 3-1A REGIONAL — Area teams will compete at Saturday’s Larned regional. The top four qualifiers advance to the state tournament at Hays.
Hoisington's CKL league champions No 3 ranked Josiah Ball (24-3, 132), Teron Kraft (19-6, 152) and Cole Gilliland (26-3, 285) join CKL runner-up No. 4 ranked Eastin Redetzke (15-4, 126) and Deryk Yott (34-10, 150) are returning state qualifiers.
Larned's CKL champion No. 3 ranked Luke Fischer (24-3, 190) and CKL runner-up No. 3 ranked Carter Atteberry (26-7, 215) are returning state qualifiers.
WRESTLING REGIONALS
5A ANDOVER TEAM SCORES—1—Maize 228.5; 2—Newton 220.5; 3—Valley Center 146; 4—Great Bend 144; 4—Goddard 144; 6—Andover High 142; 7—Wichita Carroll 139.5; 7—Hays High 12.5; 9—Arkansas City 108.5; 10—Emporia 95
GREAT BEND RESULTS
106—SQ No. 4 Triston Tomlinson, GB (30-11), 3RD; Tomlinson pinned Lamkin, Goddard; No. 2 Verbeck, Maize def. Tomlinson, 7-2; Tomlinson def. No. 6 Quint, AC; 3RD—No. 4 Tomlinson def. No. 5 Grady Lind, Hays, 5-4
113—Ambrose Kramer, GB (8-23); Moody, VC pinned Kramer, 1:05; Kramer pinned Phelps, TWest, 2:01; No. 6 McCullough, Hays pinned Kramer, 4:03
120—Aaron Ramirez, GB (3-9); No. 4 Rieschick, Andover pinned Ramirez, 0:58; Nguyen, KMC def. Ramirez, 6-4 (OT)
126—SQ No. 5 Kaiden Hoffman, GB (24-15), 6TH; Hoffman pinned Robidoux, Hutchinson; Potter, Andover def. Hoffman, 9-0; Hoffman pinned Kuebler, TWest, 3:13; Hoffman pinned Coultis, Andover Central, 1:29; No. 3 McElwain, Goddard; def. Hoffman, 4-0; 5TH—No. 6 Vajnar, Hays pinned No. 5 Hoffman, 4:36
132—SQ Hayden Kelly, GB (18-21), 8TH; Sherrow, Andover def. Kelly, 8-1; Kelly pinned Wohletz, E, 4:24; Kelly def. Helmers, Goddard, 4-2 (OT); No. 5 Owings, SC def. Kelly, 12-1; 7TH—Henning, Andover Central pinned Kelly, 2:29
138—SQ No. 6 Skyler McMullen, GB (32-11), 4TH; McMullen pinned McDonald, SS, 1:01; McMullen pinned No. 5 Hainline, Emporia, 5:38; No. 1 Maki, Andover def. McMullen, 15-7; McMullen pinned Boone, VC, 0;46; 3RD—No. 4 Brady Duling, Carroll def. No. 6 McMullen, 8-2
144—SQ No. 5 Jace Schartz, GB (38-8), 3RD; Schartz def. Perez, Hutchinson, 8-0; Schartz def. No. 3 Trimmell, Andover, 6-4; No. 2 Padgett, Maize def. Schartz, 3-0; Schartz def. Blasi, GE, 9-0; 3RD—No. 5 Schartz def. No. 3 No. 3 Bradley Trimmell, Andover, forfeit
150—SQ No. 3 Cooper Liles, GB (34-8), 4TH; Liles pinned Cooper, TWest, 0:22; Liles def. Sample, Goddard, 10-9; No. 2 Bowers, Maize def. Liles, 14-3; Liles pinned Gann, Carroll, 0:58; 3RD—Kade Smith, Hutchinson pinned Liles, 2:24
157—Trevin Maciel (7-15); No. 5 Duling, Carroll pinned Maciel; Schmidt, Newton pinned Maciel, 2:03
165—Michael Montoya (18-17); No. 4 Edwards, Newton pinned Montoya, 0:46; Montoya pinned Traglia, KMC, 1:47; McElwain, Carroll pinned Montoya, 2:12
175—SQ Matthew Johnson, GB (32-11), 4TH; Johnson pinned Fritzler, Hays, 0:58; Johnson def. Schomaker, VC, 11-3; No. 1 Connor Padgett, Maize pinned Johnson, 4:55; Johnson pinned Arredondo, Carroll, 1:35; 3RD—No. 6 Tate Hutchinson, Andover def. Johnson, 9-2
190—SQ Trenton Kern, GB (27-20), 8TH; Kern pinned Marr, AC, 1:43; No. 5 Buchanan, Newton pinned Kern, 1:57; Kern pinned Schoenberger, Hays, 4:57; Eastman, Carroll def. Kern, 5-3; 7TH—Young, SC def. Kern, 3-2
215—SQ Keyven Schroeder (37-11); Schroeder pinned McCutheon, TW, 1:33; Hippen, Hutchinson def. Schroeder, 5-4; Schroeder pinned. Rageth, SC, 1:19; Schroeder pinned Bowyer, VC, 2:09; Gonzalez, Newton def. Schroeder, 6-5; 5TH—Schroeder pinned Brungardt, Hays, 3:40
285—SQ Brody Schnoebelen, GB (25-19), 7TH; Schnoebelen def. Nichols, Hays, injury; No. 2 Rio Gomez, Newton pinned Schnoebelen, 1:02; Schnoebelen pinned Redmond, TW, 0:35; Jensen, Hutchinson pinned Schnoebelen, 3:30; 7TH—Schnoebelen pinned Aguilar, SC
3-1A LARNED—Chaparral, Cimarron, Ellinwood, Ellis, Garden Plain, Haven, Hoisington, Hoxie, Ingalls, Kingman, Lakin, Fairfield, Larned, Leoti, Lyons, Medicine Lodge, Oakley, Quinter, St. John, Stafford, Sterling, Greeley County, WaKeeney-Trego
HOISINGTON—106—Kalob Lamb, H (9-19); Blackwill, Quinter vs. Lamb; 113—Jhadyn Turner, H (14-12); Turner vs. Almanza, Lyons; 120—Nolan Jacobs, H (2-8); Moore, Haven vs. Jacobs; 126—Eastin Redetzke, H (15-4); Redetzke vs. Younkin, Oakley; 132—Josiah Ball, H (24-3); Ball vs. Alexander, Greeley Co. Ball vs. Kelley, GP; 138—Michael Hipp, H (19-13); Hipp vs. Plummer, Oakley; 144—Taylen Morales, H (16-17); Bell, Hoxie vs. Morales; 150—Deryk Yott, H (34-10); Yott vs. Porter; 157—Teron Kraft, H (19-6); Kraft vs. Figger, Larned; 165—Alex Mater, H (11-17); Bretz, Hoxie vs. Mater; 215—Elliot Copp, H (15-20); Price, Leoti vs. Copp; 285—Cole Gilliland, H (26-3); Gilliland vs. Yingling, WTC; Ortiz, Stafford
LARNED—106—Jai-Sean George, L (7-7); Benavidez, Lyons vs. Sean George; 138—Cade Parr, L (18-18); Parr vs Smith;. 144—Jameson Smith (16-16); 157—Matthew Figger, L (10-28); Kraft, Hoisington vs. Figger; 165—Jacob Colglazier, L (12-20); Lee, GP vs. Colglazier; 175—Landon Haney, L (11-19); vs. Haney; 190—Luke Fischer, L (34-3); Fischer vs. Silba, Kingman/Logan, Haven; 215—Carter Atteberry, L (26-7); Atteberry vs. Chavira, Lakin/Loehr, Haven; 285—Joseph Wilder, L (6-25); vs. Wilder
STAFFORD—165—Zander Nickelson, S (2-11); 285—Axel Ortiz, S (7-16); Yingling, WTC vs. Ortiz
FAIRFIELD—138—Lukas Schwab, F (6-30); Plummer, Oakley vs. Schwab; 144—Lane Schwab, F (11-26); Gardner pinned Schwab; 165—Dylan Metzger, F (1-9); Reyes, vs. Metzger
ST. JOHN—157—Abe Llanas, SJ (12-21); Johnson, Hoxie pinned Llanas; 175—Caden McCandless, SJ (27-11); McCandless vs.Hammeke, Ellinwood
ELLINWOOD—132—Adam Hayes, E (6-15); Moore, Haven vs. Hayes; ;150—Matthew Cook, E (25-11); Cook vs. Lastinger, Haven; 157—Rylan Wirtz, E (13-11); Helten, GP vs. Wirtz; 165—Cooper Gunn, E (8-14); Lee, GP vs. Gunn; 175—Nathan Hammeke (9-16); McCandless, St. John vs. Hammeke; 190—Ethan Schlotermeier, E (2-17); vs. Schlotermeier; 285—Jonathan Mason, E (28-6); Mason vs. Lilly, GP
