Hoisington’s returning state runner-up Christopher Ball (145, 33-0) is ranked second in the latest Class 3-1A Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association state rankings.
Cardinal Landen Urban (285, 32-1) is ranked third and Austin McHenry (195, 26-7) is ranked fourth. Hoisington is ranked eighth in Class 3-1A.
Larned’s freshman Kristopher Nolde is ranked sixth after winning two tournament titles.
State rankings
CLASS 3-1A
Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association
Team rankings—1. Rossville; 2. Norton; 3. Scott City; 4. Marysville; 5. Silver Lake; 6. St. Marys; 7. Hoxie; 8. Hoisington; 9. Oakley; 10. Alma-Wabaunsee
106—1. Luke Richard, Riley County, fr.; 2. Jordan Priddy, Silver Lake, so.; 3. Ashten Dodson, Douglass, so.; 4. Ryan Ware, Wellsville, so.; 5. Kendall Beitz, Euereka, fr.; 6. Kristopher Nolde, Larned, fr.
113—1. Skylar Johnson, Norton, sr.; 2. Zachery Tucker, Scott City, sr.; 3. Holden Butler, Council Grove, jr.; 4. Zane Stanton, Caney Valley, so.; 5. Estin Slack, Oakley, jr.; 6. Kolby Beitz, Eureka, fr.
120—1. Alex Cavanaugh, Rossville, sr.; 2. Dayton Porsch, Hoxie, fr.; 3. Tyler Kester, Southeast-Cherokee, jr.; 4. Bryce Younger, Ellis, so.; 5. Kel Grafel, Oberlin, so.; 6. Ryan Johnson, Norton, so.
126—1. Riley Tubbs, Wabaunsee, so.; 2. Bryce Gfeller, Rossville, jr.; 3. David Hileman, Smith Center, jr.; 4. Trevor Compton, Jayhawk Linn, jr.; 5. Dalton Goans, Lyons. sr.; 6. Colton Steele, Council Grove, jr.
132— 1. Chris Deters, Marysville, sr.; 2. Hunter Ostertag, Effingham, jr.; 3. Tucker Rhoades, TMP, jr.; 4. Colton Hutchinson, Smith Center, so.; 5. Taylor Wilmarth, Wellsville, sr.; 6. Jack Thomas, Scott City, fr.
138—1. Tristan Porsch, Hoxie, jr.; 2. Carter Wessling, Beloit, sr.; 3. Dalton Dultmeier, Silver Lake, jr.; 4. Scott Resler, Riverside, so.; 5. Rickey Hockett, TMP, sr.; 6. Gunner Kerns, Plainville, sr.
145—1. Corey Tyler, St. Marys, sr.; 2. Chris Ball, Hoisington, so.; 3. Kolby Droegemeier, Wabaunsee, so.; 4. Jarret Jurgens, Scott City, so.; 5. T.J. Ragnoni, Bennington, sr.; 6. Dalton Hensley, Ellis, jr.
152—1. Isaiah Luellen, Rossville, so.; 2. Hunter Howerton, Silver Lake, sr.; 3. Chase Prester, Russell, sr.; 4. Clay DeWaal, St. Francis, sr.; 5. Corbin Schoenthaler, Wakeeney-Trego, sr.; 6. Rudy Rodriguez, SE Saline, fr.
160—1. Kyler Mick, Bennington, sr.; 2. Derek Gentry, Rossville, sr.; 3. Jayson Failer, St. Marys, sr.; 4. Jacob Stryker, Marysville, jr.; 5. Garret Dunlap, Doniphan West, sr.; 6. Mike Kasson, Norton, sr.
170—1. Lucas McMichael, Central-Burden, sr.; 2. Chuck Schmidt, Eureka, sr.; 3. Jacob Mintzmyer, Marysville, jr.; 4. Bryson Wesley, Oberlin, sr.; 5. Lane Moran, Bluestem, sr.; 6. Colben Dodson, Cherryvale, so.
182—1. Isaac Luellen, Rossville, sr.; 2. Gavin Lively, Norton, sr.; 3. Matthew Cruickshank, St. Marys, so.; 4. Jacob Jenkins, Chaparral, jr.; 5. Kody Collins, Doniphan West, sr.; 5. Macoy Rains, Oakley, sr.
195—1. Cooper Griffith, Scott City, sr.; 2. Adrian Gerber, Chaparral, so.; 3. Dustin Graham, Pleasant Ridge, sr.; 4. Austin McHenry, Hoisington, sr.; 5. Tyler Palic, Marion, so.; 6. Levi Mendoza, Hillsboro, sr.
220—1. Chris Cox, Oakley, so.; 2. Abel Alvarez, Salina Sacred Heart, jr.; 3. Kole Davoren, Rossville, sr.; 4. Jonah Nowak, Garden Plain, sr.; 5. Quentin Lara, Onaga, jr.; 6. Trasyton Doyle, St. Francis, so.
285—1. Mikel Cottenmyre, Republic Co., jr.; 2. Collyn Auker, Norton, so.; 3. Landen Urban, Hoisington, jr.; 4. Taye Washington, Hoxie, fr.; 5. Donovan Lumpkin, Phillipsburg, sr.; 6. Jared Plante, Plainville, sr.
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