HAYS — Hoisington’s High’s two-time defending state champion Christopher Ball (40-1, 152) and his five teammates will wrestle first-round matches Friday at Fort Hays State University. No. 1 ranked Christopher Ball meets Hoxie’s Wylie Weems (16-17). Ball beat Smith Center’s No. 2 ranked Colton Hutchinson 2-0 in the regional finals. Ball would be paired with Colby’s No. 4 ranked Sean Rall (36-4) in the semifinals.
Wrestling starts at 10 a.m. Friday and 9 a.m. Saturday. No. 1 ranked Hoisington lost to No. 2 ranked Smith Center in the wrestling regional. The Redmen qualified 10 wrestlers for 3A state.
Hoisington’s other first-round matches pit Cole Steinert (18-11, 120) versus Cimarron’s No. 5-ranked Braiden Lynn (28-4); No. 5 Tanner Cassity (34-3, 138) meets Ellis’ Konnor Pfeifer (30-13); No. 3 Joshua Ball (36-4, 160) wrestles Douglass’ Kyiowa Greenfield (18-18); No. 3 Sean Urban (37-1, 170) wrestles SE Saline’s Sterling Harp (17-19); No. 1 Wyatt Pedigo (34-3, 182) meets Goodland’s Evan Peter (33-12).
Cassity would meet Caney Valley’s No. 4 ranked Zane Stanton (25-6) in the quarterfinals and No. 1 ranked Wabaunsee’s Kolby Droegemeier (39-4) in the semifinals.
Joshua Ball is seeded to meet Plainville’s No. 4 ranked Jordan Finnesy (34-2) in the semifinals. Urban is seeded to meet Silver Lake’s Gable Howerton (37-1) in the semifinals. Pedigo is seeded to face St. Marys’ Matt Cruiskshank (29-3) in the quarterfinals.

3A STATE WRESTLING
AT FORT HAYS STATE
106—Beitz, Eureka (40-0) vs. Archer, Rossville (26-15); Aschenbrenner, Colby (15-6) vs. Schneider, Ell-Saline (22-15); Gleason, Mission Valley (47-2) vs. Cokeley, Douglass (30-14); Baldwin, Russell (26-8) vs. Lenker, Phillipsburg (31-10)
Segarra, Hill City (38-1) vs. Fuller, Beloit (13-7); White, Jayhawk-Linn (29-8) vs. Vanvanlenburg, White City (30-4); Shoemaker, Smith Center (34-7) vs. Pyle, Ellis (20-14); Ragland, Pleasant Ridge (27-6) vs. Travnichek, Flinthills (17-15)
113—Allen, Silver Lake (29-7) vs. Saksit, Norwich (11-20); Unterseher, Norton (26-9) vs. Dodson, Douglass (27-6); Roth, Minneapolis (26-9) vs. Dillon, Sabetha (37-4); Beitz, Eureka (30-2) vs. Eskew, Oberlin (21-19); Sherman, Hoxie (25-7) vs. Holle, Remington (14-13); Jackson, Riley Co. (17-10) vs. Sayles, Salina St. John’s (17-12); Ware, Wellsville (31-1) vs. Roberts, Scott City (18-18); Lee, Smith Center (18-17) vs. Hurla, Rossville (34-12)
120—King, St. Marys (29-4) vs. Small, Douglas (14-20); Talkington, (29-14) vs. Weimer, Hoxie (32-12); Reddick, Fredonia (31-2) vs. Scholz, Atchison Co. (16-16);
Cole Steinert, Hoisington (18-11) vs. Lynn, Cimarron (28-4); Harris, Beloit (29-4) vs. Reed, Colby (22-19); Archer, Rossville (25-15) vs. Farmer, Remington (12-5);
Sisson, Phillipsburg (31-9) vs. Stocker, Smith Center (19-19); Rogers, Chase Co. (18-13) vs. Stafford, Central Hts. (29-9)
126—McDaniel, Scott City (25-3) vs. Hecht, Hesston (27-13); Schoenberger, Russell (28-9) vs. Metcalfe, Perry-Lecompton (26-12); Ewing, Wellsville (31-6) vs. Stephenson, Oakley (23-15); Horn, Riverton (37-4) vs. Emmot, Beloit (27-13);
Rundus, Belleville (29-9) vs. King, St. Marys (23-9); Grafel, Oberlin (30-4) vs. Bachman, Hillsboro (29-8); Priddy, Silver Lake (30-2) vs. Randall, Minneapolis (9-22); Elder, Humboldt (20-7) vs. Younger, Ellis (33-4)
132—Wade, (18-5) vs. Anderson, Bennington (16-12); Lenker, Phillipsburg (34-5) vs. Cook, Silver Lake (19-16); Goans, Lyons (24-3) vs. Bownes, Jayhawk-Linn (14-18); Karn, Wathena-Riverside (35-6) vs. Wren, Scott City (29-2); Johnson, Norton (32-3) vs. Bridgman, Mission Valley (14-16); Jennings, Fredonia (22-11) vs. Prochaska, Beloit (20-14); Tubbs, Wabaunsee (41-3) vs. Baalman, Hoxie (17-21);
Atwood, Smith Center (26-22) vs. Darnall, Marion (19-15)
138—Droegemeier, Wabaunsee (39-4) vs. Signs, Wellsville (30-8); Hauck, Minneapolis (26-6) vs. Schroeder, Colby (29-18); Stanton, Caney Valley (25-6) vs. Oatney, Pleasant Ridge (32-9); Tanner Cassity, Hoisington (34-3) vs. Pfeifer, Ellis (30-13); Richard, Riley Co. (38-4) vs. Weilert, Fredonia (31-11); Castillo, Leoti (25-10) vs. Conrad, Smith Center (22-19); Ensign, Goodland (38-2) vs. Harris, Beloit (26-14); Lowe, Eureka (35-7) vs. Horn, Wathena-Riverside (37-4)
145—Heise, Osborne (40-1) vs. Mason, Oberlin (29-9); Brownlee, Sabetha (24-6) vs. Escareno, Eureka (26-10); Porsch, Hoxie (31-0) vs. Daerr, Garden Plain (15-14); Martinez, Remington (32-8) vs. Hopkins, Oskaloosa (31-8); Resler, Wathena-Riverside (42-0) vs. Budke, Chase Co. (28-13); Escobar, Chaparral (26-5) vs. Hamel, Hill City (21-12); Hestand-Vail, Cherryvale (24-6) vs. Kuhn, Silver Lake (29-11); Perez, Lakin (32-8) vs. Spiess, Smith Center (18-22)
152—Christopher Ball, Hoisington (40-1) vs. Weems, Hoxie (16-17); Bowman, Caney Valley (12-13) vs. Juhl, Wathena-Riverside (35-8); Rall, Colby (36-4) vs. Kuder, Minneapolis (32-8); Rodriguez, SE Saline (32-5) vs. Owen, Chase Co. (31-12); Eck, Uniontown (33-6) vs. Brownlee, Sabetha (29-11); Hutchinson, Smith Center (40-3) vs. Christiansen, Lakin (27-12); Hurla, Rossville (35-4) vs. Saunders, Remington (29-13); Kruep, Atwood (39-6) vs. Colson, Mankato-Rock Hills (36-5)
160—Joshua Ball, Hoisington (36-4) vs. Greenfield, Douglass (18-18); Speer, Doniphan West (31-7) vs. Amlong, Norton (35-8); Ellis, Caney Valley (18-9) vs. Willliamson, Minneapolis (25-11); Finnesy, Plainville (34-2) vs. Garrison, Royal Valley (34-10); Luellen, Rossville (19-0) vs. Rains, Oakley (25-11); Wilton, Bennington (26-8) vs. Noll, West Elk (26-8); Jurgens Scott City (32-1) vs. Seimears, Wathena-Riverside (35-8); Whitsitt, Hesston (31-8) vs. Stewart, Sterling (31-10)
170—Hayes, Scott City (35-3) vs. Reyes, Fredonia (11-15); Burks, Beloit (20-10) vs. Hinck, Mission Valley (35-16); Pichler, Douglass (29-12) vs. Finley, Colby (30-9); Schoenfield, St. Marys (36-6) vs. Schneider, Ellsworth (27-10); Sean Urban, Hoisington (37-1) vs. Harp, SE Saline (17-19); Green, Atwood (37-3) vs. Gillman, Cherryvale (20-17); Howerton, Silver Lake (37-1) vs. Roenne, Osborne (15-4); Moore, Caney Valley (18-10) vs. Hansen, Plainville (21-3)
182—Newton, Cimarron (25-8) vs. Topel, Smith Center (35-13); Dressler, Douglass (28-9) vs. Miller, Oskaloosa (37-2); Wyatt Pedigo, Hoisington (34-3) vs. Peter, Goodland (33-12); Cruickshank, St. Marys (29-3) vs. Goodner, Humboldt (24-8); Moran, Bluestem (34-5) vs. Allen, Central Hts. (19-5); Petrie, Norton (19-5) vs. Brown, Osborne (33-4); Waggoner, Riley Co. (33-4) vs. Addis, Cherryvale (21-12); Villalpando, Minneapolis (23-6) vs. Booi, Colby (26-15)
195—Gilbert, Council Grove (35-6) vs. Junkermeier, Plainville (30-8); Paul, Beloit (24-14) vs. Nuzum, Douglass (21-16); Seabolt, Cimarron (29-0) vs. Davoren, Rossville (33-7); Dodson, Cherryvale (30-2) vs. Simmons, Belleville (18-13); Davenport, Ell-Saline (26-0) vs. Hegwald, Humboldt (18-12); Remer, Silver Lake (29-14) vs. Branum, Colby (15-8); Palic, Marion (22-4) vs. Korinek, Minneapolis (23-20); Wiltfong, Norton (27-6) vs. MacKnight, Wathena-Riverside (37-4)
220—Ledesma, Goodland (37-3) vs. Wasson, Douglass (7-18); McCoy, Riley Co. (23-15) vs. Rodriguez, Salina St. John’s (22-5); Nordquist, Marion (30-3) vs. Dunn, Wakeeney (30-8); Gerber, Chaparral (26-7) vs. King, Oskaloosa (18-10); Whalen, Osage City (32-4) vs. Barrientes, Sylvan Grove (9-12); Cox, Hoxie (27-5) vs. Johnson, Humboldt (20-8); Kuhn, Smith Center (44-3) vs. Rossillion, Perry-Lecompton (19-15); Stout, Chase Co. (33-6) vs. Doyle, St. Francis (22-2)
285—Strahm, Sabetha (31-8) vs. Bowers, Scott City (12-7); Hebb, Fredonia (17-11) vs. Eslinger, Chaparral (22-6); Panzer, Lakin (28-5) vs. Snesrud, Burlingame (28-6); Donovan, Minneapolis (19-7) vs. Feil, Bluestem (19-4); McLinden, Marion (31-9) vs. Kisner, Salina St. John’s (23-9); Shane, Royal Valley (35-8) vs. Johnson, Brewster (23-10); Hawkins, Smith Center (42-1) vs. Turner, Eureka (15-12); Bustillos, Goodland (17-3) vs. Bonham, Perry-Lecompton (24-12)