HOISINGTON – Great Bend’s unbeaten Cody Liles (132), Eric Vazquez (120) and Keaton Sander (138) placed first at the Cardinal Classic Wrestling Tournament.
Liles defeated Marysville’s Chris Deters 8-2 in the finals. Vazquez defeated Marysville’s EthAn Crownover 12-1 in the finals. Sander downed Dodge City’s Tylor Garcia 3-1 in the championship match.
Ben Witte (152) placed second, losing to Marysville’s Matt Lindhorst with a pin in 4:38 in the finals.
Panthers Jose Batres (182) and Sam Witte (220) placed third and Keegan Bowman (160) finished fourth.
Great Bend finished third just two points out of second place. Liles (14-0) and Sander (14-0) stayed unbeaten.
“We gained a ton of momentum going into the winter break with eight varsity wrestlers having winning records,” said Great Bend coch Nathan Broeckelman. “We looked a little tired from the night before, but wrestled well considering we had to make weight two days in a row. Noah Presson and Sebastian Sanchez both picked up their first wins of the season.
Great Bend travels to the Derby Tournament in January.

CARDINAL CLASSIC
113—Sebastian Sanchez, GB, 7th; Chris Chandler, Holcomb pinned Sanchez, 1:40; Chance Hight, Marysville pinned Sanchez, 2:39; Dylan Carrier, Hoisington pinned Sanchez, 2:59; Zach Strait, Concordia pinned Sanchez, 0:32; 7th Place—Sanchez pinned Carrier, Hoisington, 5:51
120—Eric Vazquez, GB, 1st; Vazquez pinned Josh Hibbs, Cimarron,0:58; Vazquez pinned Marino Lujano, Wichita North, 1:13; Vazquez def. Brenton Edwards Concordia, 10-2; 1st Place—Vazquez def. Ethan Crownover Marysville, 12-1
132—Cody Liles, GB, 1st; Liles pinned Karis Jackson Wichita North, 1:47; Liles pinned Dustin Edmonson Hoisington, 2:30; Liles pinned Kyler Caspers, Concordia, 0:44; Liles pinned Jorden Drimmel, Larned, 1:23; 1st Place—Liles def. Chris Deters, Marysville, 8-2
138—Keaton Sander, GB, 1st; Sander def. Derek Roever Marysville, 7-1; Sander pinned Jalen Kraisinger ,Larned, 1:57; Sander pinned Tanner Johnson, Holcomb, 3:13; Sander def. Dylan Newton, Cimarron, 11-0; 1st Place—Sander def. Tylor Garcia, Dodge City, 3-1
145—Jeffrey Spragis, GB, 7th; Isaac Gomez, Wichita North def. Jeffrey Spragis, injury default; Gabe Capp, Marysville pinned Spragis, 1:20; Howard Johnson pinned Spragis, 3:27; Gary Barker Larned, pinned Spragis, 0:58
152—Ben Witte, GB, 2nd; Witte def. Carlos Rojas, Dodge City, 11-2; Matt Lindhorst, Marysville pinned Witte, 3:24; Witte pinned Jacob Alcantar, Wichita North, 1:38; Witte pinned Tanner Dewey, Cimarron, 1:12; 1st Place—Matt Lindhorst, Marysville pinned Witte , 4:38
160—Keegan Bowman, GB, 4th; Bowman pinned Preston Moon, Dodge City, 1:46; Jacob Stryker Marysville over Keegan Bowman, 0:39; Sean Urban, Hoisington def. Bowman, 3-1; Chance Rodriguez Holcomb def. Bowman, 6-0
170—Christian Rivas, GB, 2nd; Rivas pinned Joe Sanchez Dodge City, 1:51; Jacob Mintzmyer, Marysville def. Rivas, 13-4; Rivas pinned Jeremy Breit, Hoisingto, 4:26; Rivas def. Terron Doole, Larned, 9-0; Rivas def. Isaac Doell, Wichita North, injury default
182—Jose Batres, GB, 3rd; Batres pinned Ben Schneider Hoisington, 4:34; Nick Ackerman, Marysville pinned Batres, 4:56; Josh Seabolt Cimarron pinned Batres, 3:39; Batres def. Cole Trent, Dodge City, forfeit
220—Sam Witte, 3rd; Justin Bradley, Hoisington def. Witte, 3-1; Witte pinned Jaylan Howard, Wichita North, 2:51; Witte pinned Brent Beaumont, Concordia, 2:45; Zerek Rodriguez Dodge City def. Witte, 8-5; 3rd Place—Witte def. Zerek Rodriguez Dodge City, forfeit
285—Noah Presson, GB, 6th; Presson pinned Jamie Bourgeois, Cimarron, 4:37; Presson def. Edgar Garcia, Larned, 6-0; Aaron Hernandez, Holcomb pinned Presson, 2:21; Alexis Granados, Wichita North pinned Presson, 1:27
5th Place—Austin Higbee, Concordia pinned Presson, 5:51

Dodge City Dual, Thursday
The Panthers pulled off a 32-30 victory over No. 3 ranked Class 6A Dodge City. Dodge City featured eight state-ranked wrestlers and Great Bend had four state-ranked wrestlers.
“It was great to see how mentally tough and competitive our kids were against Dodge City,” Broeckelman said. “Our conditioning, heart, and the fact that we did not back down is what won us this dual. Big props to our student section for coming out and supporting us. The chants and cheers helped us pull out the upset. Our kids came out to compete and show Kansas that we are on our way to climb back to the top.”
The dual match started at 145 pounds to have the final two matches
having 132-pound state-ranked Cody Liles versus Clay Weil and state-ranked 138-pound Keaton Sander versus Tylor Garcia.
“Montoya pulled out a victory with about 10 seconds left to put us within seven team points going into the final dual,” he said. “Liles and Sander pulled off big wins for the team. Liles picked up a fall over Wiel and Sander won in the final seconds 3-1.”
The Panthers squeezed out a victory.
“This dual was an all around team effort. We knew it was could be a tight dual if we could get some wins and bonus points in the upper weights.”
Great Bend won 10 of 15 junior varsity matches.
“Our junior varsity wrestled well and set the tone,” he said. “
They gained some great experience and won some hard fought battles. Our mental toughness won a lot of these matches in the 3rd period and in overtime.”

GREAT BEND 32, DODGE CITY 30
106—Joel Ostrom, DC pinned Natalie Garza, GB 0:33
113—Couy Weil, DC, forfeit
120—Eric Vazquez, GB def. Devon Griego, DC, 4-1
126—Conrad Montoya, GB def. Juan Chavez, DC. 7-6
132—Cody Liles, GB pinned Clay Weil, DC, 5:15
138—Keaton Sander, GB def. Tylor Garcia, DC, 3-1
145—Howard Johnson, DC pinned Jeffrey Spragis, GB, 3:07
152—Ben Witte, GB def. Carlos Rojas, DC, 11-6
160—Andrew Reed, GB def. Preston Moon, DC, 10-2
170—Christian Rivas, GB pinned Joseph Sanchez, DC, 5:45
182—Jose Batres, GB def. Lucio Montiel, DC, 9-1
195—Ansony Quezada, DC forfeit
220—Zerek Rodriguez, DC def. Sam Witte, GB, 8-5
285—Evan Darville, DC def. Noah Presson, GB, 7-4

GREAT BEND VS. DODGE JV
132—Braxton Schooler, GB def. Carlos Marquez, DC, 8-6
132—Kaleb Vasque, GB def. Blake Casper DC, 16-9
132—Carlos Marquez, DC pinned Quan Garcia, GB, 0:46
138—Tyler Epp GB over Collin Clark DC, 2-1
138—Collin Clark, DC pinned Jacob Hanrahan, GB, 4:29
145—Jose Vargas, DC pinned Hunter Britt GB, 1:23
145—Jacob Meeks, GB pinned Jose Vargas DC, 3:21
160—Keegan Bowman, GB def. Jonathan Ayala, DC, 8-1
160—Aron Reyes, GB pinned Jose Cuevas DC, 0:29
160—Braulio Vargas, GB pinned Ayala, DC, 0:34
160—Josh Hamilton, GB pinned Cuevas, DC, 1:31
170—Blake Ridgel, GB def. Weston Moon DC, 10-8
170—Trey Hurd, GB pinned Moon, DC, 0:58
285—Osbaldo Mendez, DC pinned Tre Stevenson GB, 5:09
285—Jose Carbajal, DC pinned Tristan Heine, GB, 0:46