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BURLEYS LEAD GBHS
Burleys take second, third in Park City
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Great Bends Chris Burley grapples with Isaac Dulgarian of St. Thomas Aquinas in the first-place match of the 120-pound weight class at the Class 5A state tournament on Saturday at Hartman Arena. - photo by Kevin Price Great Bend Tribune

PARK CITY — It wasn’t the outcome that he was looking for, but Great Bend High School wrestler Chris Burley took second place at the Class 5A state wrestling tournament on Saturday in the 120-pound weight class.
Burley blew through the first two rounds and got a two-point win to advance to the final match, but Isaac Dulgarian of St. Thomas Aquinas beat Burley by a major decision of 15-2 at Hartman Arena.
“He was the kid that we knew he was going in,” GBHS head coach Norbert Muth said. “It would have been a tough order with two arms. With one, it’s just not easy.”
Burley was down 2-0 in the first round before a timeout was called for by the referees. Burley injured his elbow, but after more than a minute of talking with the trainers, he continued to compete.
“When he came out of bounds in that first period, he tweaked it a little bit,” Muth said. “I don’t know what’s wrong with it. We’ll have to have it evaluated, but obviously that doesn’t help much.”
Burley beat Daniel Gray of Mill Valley by major decision 15-1 to start things on Friday. He followed that up by pinning Isaac Russell of Emporia and beating Patrick Burrus of Kapaun Mt. Carmel by a 9-7 decision to move on to the first-place match.
Chris’ little brother Greg finished in third place, improving on last year’s sixth-place finish.
“Last year, I placed sixth,” Greg Burley said. “It’s a big improvement. I think every year it’s about improvement. Taking third at state after you got sixth, it’s climbing the ladder. Hopefully, I can get that big one here soon.”
Greg beat Anthony Monares of Newton by a 4-2 decision in the third-place match of the 132 weight class. The GBHS sophomore was up 4-0 in the second round.
“I knew he was a really good guy, and I was just trying to keep from not doing anything crazy,” Greg said. “I wanted to really control the match. I felt great (after scoring the first two points). I felt like I just had to make sure he didn’t score.”
All eight wrestlers made it to the second day of competition.
Darian Yager (160) was the only other wrestler to win a match on Saturday, pinning Devin Ellison of Mill Valley before losing to Arkansas City’s Trey Dice by an 8-3 decision. Yager finished 2-2 at the state tournament.
Ryan DesLauriers (106), Brett Roberts (126), Brodie Bretz (138), Emerson Campbell (152) and Bryce Hofmeister (170) were each 1-2.
“I can’t say that our kids disappointed me,” Muth said. “I think we did about what I thought we would do. Few of our kids, it’s the first time they’ve been here, and they’re new to it. The excitement of it all kind of gets to them.”
Of the eight that qualified, seven will return for next season. Bretz is the lone senior among the wrestlers at state.
Great Bend finished in 15th place as a team with 54.5 points.

 

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Class 5A state tournament

At Hartman Arena
Park City

Friday-Saturday

Team standings
1. Arkansas City, 153.5; 2. Newton, 147.5; 3. Goddard, 130.5; 4. St. Thomas Aquinas, 126.4; 5. Andover Central, 125.5; 6. Topeka Seaman, 115; 7. Mill Valley, 87; 8. Emporia, 86; 9. Hays, 82.5; 10. Kapaun Mt. Carmel, 82; 11. Lansing, 71.5; 12. Valley Center, 70.5; 13. Shawnee Heights, 66; 14. Salina South, 59.5; 15. Great Bend, 54.5; 16. Bishop Carroll 40.5; 17. KC-Turner, 36; 18. Blue Valley-Stilwell, 32; 19. Blue Valley Southwest, 24; 20. Andover, 20; 21. Goddard-Eisenhower, 18; 22. Liberal, 13; 23. Topeka Highland Park, 9; 24. KC Washington, 7; 25. KC Schlagle, 4; 26. Winfield, 3; 27. Salina Central, 2.5; 28. Kansas City-JC Harmon, 2; 28. Bishop Miege, 2; 28. KC-Wyandotte, 31. Topeka West, 1.

Great Bend results
106 —
Ryan DesLauriers lost to Logan Terrill, Arkansas City by fall; def. Trevor Wathke, Shawnee Heights; lost to Landon Scott, Mill Valley decision 6-2
120 — Chris Burley def. Daniel Gray, Mill Valley major decision 15-1; def. Isaac Russell, Emporia by fall; def. Patrick Durrus, Kapaun Mt. Carmel decision 9-7; lost to Isaac Dulgarian, St. Thomas Aquinas, major decision 15-2
126 — Brett Roberts lost to Sawyer Like, Blue Valley Southwest decision 7-2; def. Alan Smith, Shawnee Heights, decision 5-3; lost to Skyler Carlson, Emporia, decision 3-1
132 — Greg Burley def. Dalton Mulligan, Shawnee Heights, by fall; def. Bryan Burnett, Mill Valley, decision 4-0; lost to Bo Pursel, Lansing, major decision 11-1; def. Luke Lee, Andover Central, decision 8-5; def. Anthony Monares, Newton, decision 4-2
138 — Brodie Bretz lost to Brandon Charbonneau, Emporia, major decision 10-0; def. Scott Meyer, Bishop Carroll, default; lost to Christian Frame, Goddard, decision 7-4
152 — Emerson Campbell lost to Trever Hendrickson, Blue Valley, by fall; def. John McCune, Valley Center, decision 3-2; lost to Ethan Deterding, Hays, decision 8-1
160 — Darian Yager lost to Tyler Kimple, Goddard, by fall; def. Jackson Macoubrie, Blue Valley, by fall; def. Devin Ellison, Mill Valley, by fall; lost to Trey Dice, Arkansas City, decision 8-3
170 — Bryce Hofmeister lost to Tyler Kruskamp, KS-Turner, decision 3-1; def. Lucas Hockenbury, Arkansas City, by fall; lost to Nick Nolting, Bishop Carroll, by fall