With all eight Great Bend High School wrestlers advancing to today's portion of the Class 5A state tournament, the Panthers only have one going for a state championship in Park City.
Chris Burley, who won the state crown last season as a sophomore at 112 pounds, is back in the state finals for the second straight season. Burley will face Isaac Dulgarian of St. Thomas Aquinas in the championship match of the 120 weight class tonight.
Greg Burley (132) has two wrestlers between him and third place. He lost to Bo Pursel of Lansing by major decision, 11-1, in the semifinals.
Great Bend is in 14th place in the standings after the first day with 44.5 points. Arkansas City is in first place with 111.5 points.
HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING
Class 5A state tournament
At Hartman Arena
Park City
Friday
Team standings
1. Arkansas City, 111.5; 2. Goddard, 98.5; 3. St. Thomas Aquinas, 97.5; 3. Newton, 97.5; 5. Andover Central, 92.5; 6. Hays, 62; 7. Shawnee-Mill Valley, 58; 7. Seaman, 58; 9. Lansing, 56.5; 10. Wichita-Kapaun Mt. Carmel, 48; 10. Shawnee Heights, 48; 12. Emporia, 46; 13. Salina South, 45.5; 14. Great Bend, 44.5; 15. Valley Center, 29.5; 16. Wichita-Bishop Carroll, 27.5; 17. Overland Park-Blue Valley Southwest, 20; 17. Andover, 20; 19. Stilwell-Blue Valley, 19; 20. Kansas City-Turner, 15; 21. Goddard-Eisenower, 9; 22. Liberal, 8; 23. KC Washington, 7; 24. Topeka Highland Park, 6; 25. KC Schlagle, 4; 26. Winfield, 3; 27. Salina-Central, 2.5; 28. Kansas City-JC Harmon, 2; 28. Shawnee Mission-Bishop Miege, 2; 28. Kansas City-Wyandotte, 2; 31. Topeka West, 1; 32. Wichita West 0.
Friday's Great Bend results
106 — Ryan DesLauriers lost to Logan Terrill, Arkansas City by fall; def. Trevor Wathke, Shawnee Heights; vs. Landon Scott, Mill Valley (Saturday)
120 — Chris Burley def. Daniel Gray, Mill Valley major decision 15-1; def. Isaac Russell, Emporia by fall; def. Patrick Durrus, Kapaun Mt. Carmel decision 9-7; vs. Isaac Dulgarian, St. Thomas Aquinas (Saturday)
126 — Brett Roberts lost to Sawyer Like, Blue Valley Southwest decision 7-2; def. Alan Smith, Shawnee Heights, decision 5-3; vs. Brett Woodruff, Goddard (Saturday)
132 — Greg Burley def. Dalton Mulligan, Shawnee Heights, by fall; def. Bryan Burnett, Mill Valley, decision 4-0; lost to Bo Pursel, Lansing, major decision 11-1
138 — Brodie Bretz lost to Brandon Charbonneau, Emporia, major decision 10-0; def. Scott Meyer, Bishop Carroll, default; vs. Christian Frame, Goddard (Saturday)
152 — Emerson Campbell lost to Trever Hendrickson, Blue Valley, by fall; def. John McCune, Valley Center, decision 3-2; vs. Ethan Deterding, Hays (Saturday)
160 — Darian Yager lost to Tyler Kimple, Goddard, by fall; def. Jackson Macoubrie, Blue Valley, by fall; vs. Devin Ellison, Mill Valley (Saturday)
170 — Bryce Hofmeister lost to Tyler Kruskamp, KS-Turner, decision 3-1; def. Lucas Hockenbury, Arkansas City, by fall; vs. Nick Nolting, Bishop Carroll (Saturday)
