PARK CITY — Three Great Bend High School wrestlers lost their quarterfinal matches after winning their first matches at Friday’s Class 5A State Tournament at Hartman Arena in Park City. The top two finishers will meet for the state championship Saturday night.
No. 4 ranked Keaton Sander (126) beat Pittsburg’s Wes Jameson, 5-2. Sander pushed No. 2 ranked Christian Bowen of Goddard (36-7), but lost 7-3 in the quarterfinals.
Great Bend’s 160-pound Christian Rivas beat Lansing’s Juston Smith in 4:39. Rivas (17-8) lost to No. 4 ranked Jacob Smith (34-8) of KC Turner 4-2 in a hard-fought quarterfinal match.
Unranked Eric Vazquez pulled off a major upset with an injury default against No. 5 ranked Jaelynn Gay of Topeka Seaman (32-11).  Vazquez (14-17) was pinned in 46 seconds by No. 2 ranked Logan Terrill (34-7) of Arkansas City.
All six of the Great Bend wrestlers will compete in consolation round matches.
Great Bend’s No. 3 ranked Cody Liles (35-10) lost a tough 4-2 decision against No. 6 ranked Conor Murphy of Wichita Carroll in Friday’s opening round.
No. 2 ranked Kendall Frame of Goddard (31-4) pinned Great Bend’s Hunter Gregg (145) in 1:24. KC Schlagle’s No. 3 ranked Mason Turner pinned Eusebio Sierra (113) in 45 seconds.

GREAT BEND MATCHES
113— No. 3 KC Turner’s Mason Turner (41-1) pinned Eusebio Sierra (4-12), 0:45.
120—Eric Vazquez, Great Bend (14-16) def. No. 5 Seaman’s Jaelynn Gay (32-11), 3:45, injury default; Quarterfinal—No. 2 Logan Terrill (34-7) Arkansas City pinned Vazquez (14-17), 0:46.
126—No. 4 Keaton Sander, Great Bend (32-11) def. Pittsburg’s Wes Jameson (26-18), 5-2; Quarterfinal—No. 2 Christian Bowen (37-7) Goddard def. Sander (32-12), 7-3.
132—No. 6 Conor Murphy, Wichita Carroll (29-10) def. No. 3 Cody Liles (35-10), 4-2.
145—No. 2 Goddard’s Kendall Frame (31-4) pinned Hunter Gregg, Great Bend (20-15)  1:24
160—Christian Rivas, Great Bend (17-7) pinned Lansing’s Justion Smith (19-18), 4:39; Quarterfinal—No. 4 Jacob Smith (33-8) KC Turner def. Christian Rivas (17-8), 4-2.
CLASS 5A
At Hartman Arena
Quarterfinals
Park City
106 — Dawson Podlena (35-8) Topeka Seaman vs. Riley McCall (32-10) BV Southwest;  Marcus Robinson (38-11) Arkansas City vs. Hunter Williams (23-15) Emporia; Dylan Gowin (33-9) Mill Valley vs. Adrian Orozco (32-14) Liberal;  Jayson West (28-13) Maize South vs. Carter Guyer (29-11) Andover.

113 — Adam Ayala (36-6) Kapaun Mount Carmel vs. Michael Turkali (28-6) Valley Center; Conner Ward (38-2) Mill Valley vs.  Isaac Williams (19-22) Emporia;  Logan Treaster (30-1) Newton vs. Lane Glover (25-4) Goddard;  Mason Turner (41-1) KC Schlagle vs.  Gunnar Gentzler (24-4) Andover Central.

120 — Marty Verhaeghe (30-4), BV Southwest vs. Brody Roberson (26-14) Newton; Paul Stuart (37-0) Andover vs. Nick Romig (30-10) Valley Center;  Rylan Kasitz (37-10) Maize South vs. Will Spexarth (37-11) Goddard;  Eric Vazquez (14-16) Great Bend vs. Logan Terrill (33-7) Arkansas City.

126 — Sean Deshazer (39-0) Wichita Heights vs. Jake Beeson (35-10) Arkansas City; Jarrett Bendure (30-11) Mill Valley vs. Griffin Bossingham (31-7) Andover;: Christian Bowen (36-7) Goddard vs. Keaton Sander (32-11) Great Bend;  Kahmin Crow (34-12) Topeka Seaman vs. Ryan Delforge (34-13) Valley Center.

132 — Garrett Whitson (34-4) Emporia vs. Jake Willson (24-13) BV Southwest;  Garrett Lange (38-9) Goddard vs. Ryan Anderson (17-16) Mill Valley;  Zak Hensley (46-3) St. James Academy vs. Conor Murphy (29-10) Wichita Carroll;  Sky Summers (38-5) Lansing vs. Jack Maki (30-7) Andover.

138 — Stephen Tujague (30-7) St. James Academy vs. Dakota Rodd (33-4) Andover Central;  Logan Marx (33-14) Mill Valley vs.  Greg McClurg (35-10) Liberal;  Kameron Frame (27-0) Goddard vs. Steven Martinez (14-16) Leavenworth;  Issac Russell (30-9) Emporia vs. Ben Harmon (26-14) BV Southwest.

145 — Jordan Girard (30-6) Lansing vs. Joel Sponsel (31-7) Wichita Carroll;  Hayden Keopke (22-6) Mill Valley vs. Don Boone (37-12) Valley Center;  Kendall Frame (31-4) Goddard vs. Michael Stack (16-8) BV Southwest; Kevin Kissane (40-0) Maize South  vs. Tyler Hensley (39-13) St. James Academy.

152 — Kendall Biddle (39-4) Arkansas City vs. Sammy Cokeley (39-16) St. James Academy;  Daemeion Gay (27-11) Topeka Seaman vs. Sam Kissane (28-6) Maize South;  Bryan Burnett (36-3) Mill Valley vs. Austin Andres (34-14) Goddard;  Garrett Haskins (21-8) Wichita Heights vs. Isaac Carrillo (27-9) Wichita Carroll.

160 — Tucker Lee (23-22) Emporia vs. Jace Brown (25-17) Andover Central;  cChristian Rivas (17-7) Great Bend vs. Jacob Smith (33-8) KC Turner;  Brett Woodruff (26-6) Goddard vs. Daniel Butler (35-5) Leavenworth;  Clay Lautt (39-9) St. James Academy vs. Blake Younger (26-12) Shawnee Heights.

170 — Dalton Peters (36-2) Salina Central vs. Seth Burnett (29-9) Mill Valley;  Carter Hall (33-3) Shawnee Heights vs. Chris Boman (31-5) Liberal; Matt Pratt (26-2) St. James Academy vs. Brett Hilkemann (16-10) Salina South;  Cale Davidson (35-9) Goddard  vs. Jake Harrington (21-10) Leavenworth.

182 — Tyler Harris (43-8) St. James Academy vs. Alex Breckenridge (19-9) Arkansas City; Kyle True (37-5) Salina Central vs. Nick Nece (36-5) Kapaun Mount Carmel; Alex Diaz (18-8) Lansing vs. Dylan Prince (32-10) Pittsburg; Dakota Driskill (22-3) Goddard vs. Peyton Bendure (38-10) Mill Valley.

195 — Caleb Ward (35-1) Lansing vs. Victor Monarrez (37-7) Liberal; Tristen Killman (10-10) Shawnee Heights vs. Nick Kirmer (36-12) Emporia; Tommy Marquez (28-3) Wichita Carroll vs. Bailey Kelly (35-6) Topeka Seaman; Jared Langley (35-0) Newton vs. Austin Tresner (31-11) Leavenworth.

220 — Ben Ewing (24-0) St. Thomas Aquinas vs. Shawn Dent (20-17) Arkansas City; Michael McMullen (34-5) Salina Central vs. Cory Atkins (36-8) Goddard;  Chris James (25-7) Highland Park vs. Kayne Hutcheson (35-5) Pittsburg;  Nick Nolting (37-0) Bishop Carroll vs. Griffin Berrigan (29-9) BV Southwest.

285 — Alex Parker (24-9) Salina South vs. Nick Ufford (13-16) St. Thomas Aquinas; Sergio Borjas (23-2) Liberal vs. Alec Derritt (9-11) Mill Valley;  Ian Hall (26-6) Topeka Seaman vs. Hayden Perry (31-10) Emporia;  Deveron Duncan (20-8) Pittsburg vs. Bennett Powers (36-3) Kapaun Mount Carmel .