HOISINGTON — Two-time state champion Christopher Ball of Hoisington (152) is top-ranked in the 3A state rankings provided by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association.
The Cardinals are ranked third behind defending state champion Norton and Scott City. Other Cardinals state-ranked are third-ranked Sean Urban (170); third-ranked Tanner Cassity (138), third-ranked Wyatt Pedigo (182) and sixth-ranked Joshua Ball (160). Urban placed fifth, Cassity finished sixth and Pedigo was a state qualifier last year.
3A TEAM RANKINGS—1—Norton; 2—Scott City; 3—Hoisington; 4—Hoxie; 5—Smith Center; 6—Eureka; 7—Riley County; 8—Silver Lake; 9—Alma-Wabaunsee; 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—Kaden Wren, Scott City; 6—Josh Lenker, Phillipsburg
138—1— Luke Richard, Riley Co.; 2—Zane Stanton, Caney Valley; 3—Tanner Cassity, Hoisington; 4—Dawson Ensign, Goodland; 5—Luke Oatney, Pleasant Ridge; 6—Joaquin Castillo, Leoti
145—1— Dayton Porsch, Hoxie; 2—Kolby Droegemeier, Wabaunsee; 3—Scott Resler, Riverside; 4—Spencer Heise, Osborne; 5—Ethan Hamel, Hill City; 6—Isianha Mason, Oberlin
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—Cauy Rokey, Sabetha; 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—Matthew 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—Hadley Panzer, Lakin
285—1— Collyn Auker, Norton; 2—Taye Washington, Hoxie; 3—Daylan Fell, Bluestem; 4—Avery Hawkins, Smith Center; 5—Logan Gugelmeyer, Lakin; 6—Jaden Eslinger, Chaparral