OSBORNE — Hoisington High School got the wrestling season started off right with a first-place finish at a tournament in Osborne.
The No. 1-ranked Cardinals finished with 178 points, beating Smith Center by 16.
Hoisington had five athletes finish first in their weight class.
Returning Class 3-1A state champion in the 120-pound weight class Brandon Ball won three matches at 132.
Chance Demel (152), Darwin Brickley (126), Avery Urban (220) and Cayton Janousek (285) all finished first in their weight classes.

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTING

Saturday

At Osborne

Team standings
1. Hoisington, 178; 2. Smith Center, 162; 3. Phillipsburg, 137.5; 4. Russell, 109; 5. Red Cloud/Blue Hill, 94; 6. Minneapolis, 73; 7. Lyons, 71.5; 8. Ellis, 56.5; 9. Bennington, 37; 10. Hill City, 31; 11. Osborne, 22; 12. Stockton, 0

Hoisington results
113 — Cody Lang, 0-2
120 — Landon Harmon, 2-2, fourth place
126 — Darwin Brickley, first place, 2-0
126 — Terrance Croslin, 0-2
132 — Brandon Ball, first place, 3-0
138 — Lexi Sanders, 0-2
145 — Cameron Richter, 0-2
152 — Chance Demel, first place, 2-0
160 — Zach Sanders, third place, 3-1
170 — Austin McHenry, third place, 2-2
182 — Chris Crawford, third place, 3-1
195 — Hagen Hanzlick, second place, 2-1
220 — Avery Urban, first place, 2-0
285 — Cayton Janousek, first place, 2-0

Reed leads Indians
at Pratt tournament
PRATT — Kaiden Reed led the Larned High School wrestling team at its season-opening Pratt tournament on Saturday.
Reed finished third in the 285-pound weight class.
Gage Stude (132) finished in fourth place.

At Pratt

Larned results
132 — Gage Stude, fourth place
152 — Skylar Hoch, 0-2
160 — Jeromy Bartz, 1-2
170 — Caulan Brooks, 1-2
182 — Jake Parkins, 1-2
285 — Kaiden Reed, third place

                                                                                    — Kevin Price