HAYS — Put it down as a three-peat.
Hoisington High School’s Brandon Ball is a Class 3-1A State Wrestling Tournament champion — again.
Brandon roared through the 132-pound weight class to lead Hoisington, which finished in fifth place with 75 points.
Norton won the team title with 127 points. Rossville finished in second place at 81, and Beloit scored 80 points for third place.
Brandon Ball went 4-0 in the two-day competition, getting three pins.
He topped T.J. Ragnoni of Bennington in the championship match, getting the pin in 38 seconds.
His only non-fall win was a 9-0 major decision in the semifinal round against Silver Lake’s Hunter Howerton.
Avery Urban (195) fell against Quentin Clark of Minneapolis 3-2 in a third-place match.
Jonathan Ball, in his first state tournament, finished in fifth place at 138, defeating Willy Dieckmann of Atchison 5-2.
— Kevin Price
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Class 3-1A State Tournament
Friday-Saturday
At Hays
Fort Hays State University
Team scores
Norton 127, Rossville 81, Beloit 80, Atchison County 78, Hoisington 75, Phillipsburg 67, Silver Lake 66, Fredonia 63, Smith Center 56, Marysville 54, Oberlin 49.5, Marion 41.5, Hoxie 37, Plainville 35.5, Ellsworth 32, St. Marys 32.5, Sylvan-Lucas 30, SE-Saline 28, Minneapolis 28, Bennington 27, Riley County 27, Sacred Heart 27, Atwood 26, Doniphan West 26, Troy 26, Oakley 25, Chaparral 23, Lyons 22.5, Rock Creek 22, Ellis 21, Eureka 21, Centralia 20, Leoti 20, South Gray 20, Cimarron 19, Bluestem 19, Sabetha 19, Pleasant Ridge 17, Central-Burden 16, Council Grove 15.5, Sterling 15, Wellsville 15, Onaga 14, Caney Valley 13.5, TMP-Marian 11, Erie 9, Halstead 8, Central Heights 7, Lakin 6, Burlingame 5, Osage City 5, St. Francis 4, Wabaunsee 4, Cherryvale 3, Douglass 3, Hill City 3, Oskaloosa 3, Republic County 3, Stafford 3, Sublette 3, Tribune 3, West Elk 3, Hesston 2.5, Herington 2, Cheney 1
Hoisington results
120 — Landon Harmon lost to Wilmarth, Wellsville, 6-4; lost to Ricky Hockett, TMP-Marian, 3-2
132 — Brandon Ball def. Robert Hutchins, Burlingame, pin; def. Jake Gentry, Rossville, pin; def. Hunter Howerton, Silver Lake, 9-0; Championship — def. TJ Ragnoni, Bennington, pin
138 — Jonathan Ball def. Taylor Murphy, Oakley, 12-1; def. Willy Dieckmann, Atchison, 2-1; lost to Brogan Humphrey, Fredonia, 3-2; lost to Colton Stafford, Caney Valley, 4-3; Fifth-place — def. Dieckmann, Atchison, 5-2
170 — Austin McHenry lost to Cole Renner, Norton, 10-4; def. Logan Litke, Council Grove, pin; def. Dalton Langham, Beloit, pin; lost to Scott Birkinsha, Atchison, pin
195 — Avery Urban def. Kolton Harting, Norton, 1-0; def. Brandon Harrell, Sabetha, pin; lost to Tristan Speer, Troy, 5-2; def. Kolton Harting, Norton, pin; Third-place — lost to Quentin Clark, Minneapolis, 3-2
220 — Kagan Blackwell def. Jacob Handke, Atchison, pin; lost to Dylan Gassmann, Oakley, 11-6; def. John Mosher, Beloit, pin; lost to Skyler Tebo, Ellis, 3-2
285 — Chance Boor def. Jacob Anderson, Richmond, 7-1; def. Lumpkin, Phillipsburg, 1-0; lost to Fritz Berger, Sylvan-Lucas, pin; lost to Zach Cruck, South Gray, pin; Fifth-place — lost to Quade McCoy, Eureka, pin
