HOISINGTON — Two-time state champion Christopher Ball of Hoisington (12-0, 152) is top-ranked in the 3A state rankings provided by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association. Christopher Ball won the Hoisington Cardinal Classic title.
The Cardinals are ranked third behind defending state champion Norton and Scott City. Other Cardinals state-ranked are third-ranked Sean Urban (11-0, 170); fourth-ranked Tanner Cassity (11-1, 138), third-ranked Wyatt Pedigo (10-2, 182) and sixth-ranked Joshua Ball (10-2, 160). Urban placed fifth, Cassity finished sixth and Pedigo was a state qualifier last year.
Urban and Cassity placed first at the Hoisington Cardinal Classic. Pedigo and Joshua Ball finished second.
3A TEAM RANKINGS—1—Norton; 2—Scott City; 3—Hoisington; 4—Hoxie; 5—Smith Center; 6—Eureka; 7—Alma-Wabaunsee; 8—Riley County; 9—Silver Lake; 10—Beloit
106—1—Kendall Beitz, Eureka; 2—Chris Gleason, Mission Valley; 3—Colton Shoemaker, Smith Center; 4—Alec Segarra, Hill City; 5—Aaron Lenker, Phillipsburg; 6—Rathe Aschenbrenner, Colby
113—1—Kolby Beitz, Eureka; 2—Ashten Dodson, Douglass; 3—Ryan Ware, Wellsville; 4—Braiden Lynn, Cimarron; 5—Peyton Young, Lyons; 6—Zach Sherman, Hoxie
120—1—Blayne Harris, Beloit; 2—Anthony King, St. Marys; 3—Hunter Reddick, Fredonia; 4—Caleb Farmer, Remington; 5—Dalton Ware, Royal Valley; 6—Jacob Sisson, Phillipsburg
126—1—Jordan Priddy, Silver Lake; 2—Bryce Younger, Ellis; 3—Justus McDaniel, Scott City; 4—Caden Emmot, Beloit; 5—Drew Juenemann, Oberlin; 6—Zeb Turner, SE Saline
132—1—Riley Tubbs, Wabaunsee; 2—Ryan Johnson, Norton; 3—Dominick Bailey, Eureka; 4—Kel Grafel, Oberlin; 5—Josh Lenker, Phillipsburg; 6—Kaden Wren, Scott City
138—1—Kolby Droegemeier, Wabaunsee; 2—Luke Richard, Riley Co.; 3—Zane Stanton, Caney Valley; 4—Tanner Cassity, Hoisington; 5—Dawson Ensign, Goodland; 6—Joaquin Castillo, Leoti
145—1—Dayton Porsch, Hoxie; 3—Scott Resler, Riverside; 4—Spencer Heise, Osborne; 5—Ethan Hamel, Hill City; 6—Isiaha Mason, Oberlin; 6—Nate Normandin, Plainville
152—1—Christopher Ball, Hoisington; 2—Colton Hutchinson, Smith Center; 3—Jalen Kruep, Rawlins Co.; 4—Scott Kuder, Minneapolis; 5—Rudy Rodriguez, SE Saline; 6—Holden Hurla, Rossville
160—1—Isaiah Luellen, Rossville; 2—Jarret Jurgens, Scott City; 3—Jordan Finnesy, Plainville; 4—Trenton Chisham, Norton; 5—Layne Wilton, Minneapolis; 6—Joshua Ball, Hoisington
170—1—Wyatt Hayes, Scott City; 2—Gable Howerton, Silver Lake; 3—Sean Urban, Hoisington; 4—Maverick Green, Rawlins Co.; 5—Kory Finley, Colby; 6—Coy Moran, Bluestem
182—1—Michael Waggoner, Riley Co.; 2—Matt Cruickshank, St. Marys; 3—Wyatt Pedigo, Hoisington; 4—Roxton Brown, Osborne; 5—Jared Miller, Oskaloosa; 5—Dagen Goodner, Humboldt
195—1—Josh Seabolt, Cimarron; 2—Tyler Palic, Marion; 3—Adrian Gerber, Chaparral; 4—Hayden Wiltfong, Norton; 5—Cauy Rokey, Sabetha; 6—Colben Dodson, Cherryvale
220—1—Chris Cox, Hoxie; 2—Dalton Kuhn, Smith Center; 3—Luis Ledesma, Goodland; 4—Trayton Doyle, St. Francis; 5—Isaac Helms, Chaparral; 6—Charlie Nordquist, Marion
285—1—Collyn Auker, Norton; 2—Taye Washington, Hoxie; 3—Daylan Fell, Bluestem; 4—Avery Hawkins, Smith Center; 5—Hadley Panzer, Lakin 6—Jaden Eslinger, Chaparral