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Great Bend wrestlers place at Hoisington
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HOISINGTON  — Great Bend featured a trio of runner-up finishers at the Hoisington Cardinal Classic wrestling tournament. The Panthers scored 97.5 points to finish fourth.
Placing second were Eric Vasquez (120); Cody Liles (138); and Jose Batres (160). In the championship matches, Vasquez lost 13-2 to Hoisington’s Landon Harmon. Liles lost 13-0 to three-time Hoisington High state champion Brandon Ball. Batres was pinned in 1:14 by Dodge City’s Nick Killion.
Great Bend’s third-place finishers were Keaton Sander (126) and Brady Michel (152). Sander pinned Concordia’s Isaac Sprague in 5:22. Michel defeated Holcomb’s Chance Rodriguez 5-1.
Other place-winners were fourth place, Christia Rivas (170); fifth place, Conrad Montoya (132) and Mason Torrez (220); and sixth-place, Ben Witte (145) and Sam Witte (220).

HOISINGTON CARDINAL CLASSIC

Team scores—1. Dodge City 190; 2. Hoisington 180; 3. Marysville 118.5; 4. Great Bend 97.5; 5. Concordia 93.5; 6. Wichita North 89.5; 7. Larned 46.5; 8. Holcomb 45.5; 9. Cimarron 44.5.
Great Bend results
120—Vasquez,  GB pinned Clark, DC, 4:56; Vasquez pinned Ballman, Marysville, 3:09; Vasquez def. Edwards, Concordia, 6-0; First place—Harmon, Hoisington def. Vasquez, 13-2
126—Sander, GB pinned Griffin, Cimarron, 0:59; Sander pinned Nolde, Larned, 0:18; Deters, Marysville def. Sander, 8-0; Third place—Sander pinned Sprague, Concordia, 5:22
132—Montoya, GB pinned Kraisinger, Larned, 5:50; Miller, Concordia pinned Montoya, 3:45; Widmer, Marysville pinned Montoya, 1:41: Montoya def. Edmondson, Hoisington, 8-0; Fifth place—Montoya def. Contreras, WNorth, 17-4
138—Liles, GB def. Johnson, DC, 8-0; Liles pinned Easley, Larned, 1:31; Liles def. Gomez, WNorth, 15-0; Liles def. Smith, Marysville, 8-0; First place—Ball, Hoisington def. Liles, 13-0.
145—Garcia, Dodge City pinned Witte, GB, 0:21; Workman, Concordia pinned Witte, 3:12; Witte pinned Price, WNorth, 2:18; Fifth place—Sandoval, Cimarron def. Witte, 10-3.
152—Michel, GB pinned Dorman, Concordia, 1:44; Michel pinned Terriquez, DC, 4:00; Ball, Hoisington def. Michel, 5-0: Mintzmyer, Marysville pinned Michel, 4:25; Third place—Michel def. Rodriguez, Holcomb, 5-1.
160—Batres, GB, def. Eisenbise, Holcomb, 3-0; Batres pinned Walker, Hoisington, 0:22;  Batres def. Doell, WNorth, 11-0;  Batres def. Heck, Marysville, 6-0: First place—Killion, DC pinned Batres, 0:14
170—Rivas, GB pinned Hammond, Holcomb, 0:18; Nelsen, Marysville def. Rivas, 5-0: Rivas pinned Higbee, Concordia, 1:59; Servis, DC def. Rivas, 7-0: Third place—Hanzlick, Hoisington def. Rivas, forfeit.
195—Stephens, Hoisington pinned Witte, GB, 1:22; Vogelberg, Marysville pinned Witte, 0:51; Trent, DC pinned Witte, 1:22; Witte def. Beaumont, Concordia, 8-6; Fifth place—Volgelberg, Marysville pinned Witte, 0:16.
220—Torrez, GB, pinned Blackburn, Holcomb, 1:56; Cooper, Cimarron pinned Torrez, 2:17; Rodriguez, DC def. Torez, 7-0: Fifth place—Torrez pinned Brown, Larned, 0:35.