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Three Panther wrestlers place first
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Gage Fritz

BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com

SALINA — State-ranked Drew Liles (113, 14-2), George Weber (132, 17-2) and Gage Fritz (152, 17-2) captured first place at the Salina South Wrestling Tournament. Salina Central (162) placed first and Great Bend (126.5) placed runner-up.
Liles won three matches. Weber won five matches and beat Junction City’s Max Bazan 4-0 in the finals. Fritz won five matches and defeated Colby’s Sean Rall 5-2 in the finals.
Panther Carsyn Schooler (120, 12-7) placed runner-up with a 4-0 loss to Salina Central’s Julion Falco in the championship match.
Panthers Jeffrey Spragis (160, 11-4) and Jacob Meeks (182, 10-6) each finished third.
“We started the day off real sluggish but finally started picking things up by round 3,” said Great Bend coach Nathan Broeckelman. “We’re battling a little bit of sickness but no excuses on go we performed. “
Great Bend competes at Garden City on target for a WAC dual championship. The panthers travel to Kapaun-Mt. Carmel next Saturday for five more duals. No. 10 ranked 6A Dodge City defeated No. 7 Garden City 33-27 in this week’s dual match.
“We’re hoping we are 7-0 in duals come this time next week,” Brockelman said.

SALINA SOUTH TOURNAMENT
TEAM TOTALS—1—Salina Central 162; 2—Great Bend 126.5; 3—Junction City 109; 4—Colby 97.5; 5—Plainville 96; 6—Salina South 93.5; 7—Ottawa 58.5; 8—Wichita West 54
GREAT BEND RESULTS
106—Brantley Baldwin, GB (3-11); Lane, Ottawa def. Baldwin, 6-2; Adam, Salina-Central pinned Baldwin, 0:42
113—Drew Liles, GB (14-2), first; Liles pinned Wiedeman, Salina Central, 1:25; Liles pinned Tubbs Colby, 2:43; Liles def. Copeland Salina South, 11-0
120—Carsyn Schooler, GB (12-7), second; Schooler pinned Thorton, Junction City, 3:51; Schooler pinned Gonzales, Junction City, 5:06; Schooler pinned Zwigart, Salina-South, 7-0; Schooler pinned Reed, Colby, 4-1; first –Julion Falco, Salina-Central def. Schooler, 4-0
126—Skylar Burkes, GB (10-9), fifth; Whitton, Junction City def. Burkes, 18-3; Burgoon, Salina Central pinned Burkes, 1:54; Fifth Place—Burkes pinned Kennington, Ottawa, 3:34
132—George Weber, GB (17-2), first; Weber pinned Harder Salina Central, 11-0; Weber pinned Metcalf Colby, 4:29; Weber pinned Lee Ottawa,, 0:31; Weber def. Fiedler Wichita-West, 6-1; First Place—Weber def. Max Bazan, Junction City, 4-0
138—Braxton Schooler, GB (7-10), seventh; Roether, Junction City def. Schooler, 17-2; Sutton, Salina Central def. Schooler, 7-3; Schroeder, Colby def. Schooler, 12-5; Schooler pinned Hemans Wichita-West 2:22; Seventh Place—Schooler pinned Morris Ottawa, 1:26
145—Alex Randolph, GB (10-9), fifth; Randolph pinned Atkins, Salina South, 0:31; Normandin Plainville def. Randolph, 11-9; Sherwood, Salina South pinned Randolph, 3:37; Randolph pinned Konnor Griffin, Colby, 0:57; Fifth Place—Randolph pinned Basgall Colby 2:22
152—Gage Fritz, GB (17-2), first; Fritz def. Parenti, Ottawa, 12-5; Fritz pinned McCullough, Plainville 1:18; Fritz pinned Zwigart Salina-South 1:56; Fritz def. Wilkey, Junction City, 9-1; First Place--Fritz def. Sean Rall Colby, 5-2
160—Jeffrey Spragis, GB (11-4), third; Rushin, Wichita-West pinned Jeffrey Spragis, 0:35; Spragis def. Daidrien Aho, Ottawa, 8-7; Spragis pinned Isaac Beckman, Salina-South, 3:03; Spragis pinned Peyton Rathbun Plainville, 2:59; Third Place—Spragis def. Cayman Munson Salina-Central, 10-2
170—Eli Witte, GB (6-10), fifth; Witte pinned Spielman Ottawa; Smith, Junction City def. Witte, 9-2; Hansen, Plainville pinned Witte, 1:41; fifth Place—Witte def. Caio Lemos, Wichita West, 22-5
182—Jacob Meeks, GB (10-6), third; Meeks pinned Webb, Wichita-West; Adeleye Junction City def. Meeks, 11-6; Peters Salina-Central HS pinned Meeks, 0:45; Meeks pinned Gomez, Ottawa, 2:43; Meeks pinned Booi, Colby, 2:57
195—Ever Chavez, GB (4-12), fifth; Ferguson, Ottawa pinned Chavez, 1:05; DeShazer, Wichita-West def. Chavez, 8-3; Junkermeir, Plainville pinned Chavez, 1:21; Chavez, Junction City pinned Chavez, 5:31
220—Andrew Wettengel, GB (1-15); Dixon, Wichita-West def. Wettengel, 6-2; Davison, Salina-South def. Wettengel , 4-2; Henderson, Junction City pinned Wettengel, 0:37; Espinosa, Ottawa pinned Wettengel, 10-1
285—Barrett Lutt, GB (1-14), fifth; Mendez, Salina-South pinned Lutt, 4:27; Morrow, Salina-Central pinned Lutt, 0:17; Lutt pinned Ostrom, Plainville, 2:41; Wienke, Junction City pinned Lutt, 2:34; Hempel, Ottawa def. Lutt, forfeit