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Three Panther wrestlers state-ranked
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Panther Drew Liles

Great Bend’s Gage Fritz is third-ranked in the Class 5A state wrestling rankings provided by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association. Fritz placed second at the Hoisington Cardinal Classic, losing 7-1 to Hoisington’s Christopher Ball, a two-time state champion.
Other Panthers ranked are No. 3 George Weber (132) and No. 4 ranked Drew Liles (113). Weber and Liles placed first at the Hoisungton Cardinal Classic.
5A STATE RANKINGS
1—Goddard; 2—Maize; 3—Blue Valley Southwest; 4—Valley Center; 5—Mill Valley; 6—Newton; 7—Shawnee Heights; 8—St. Thomas Aquinas; 9—Emporia; 10—Wichita Carroll
INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
106—1—Freddy Maisberger, Shawnee Hts; 2—Jason Henschel, Goddard; 3—Zach Keal, Mill Valley; 4—Daniel McMullen, BVSW; 5—Malachi Vann, Aquinas; 6—Ian DeMoss, Maize South

113—1—Grant Treaster, Newton; 2—Justin Williams, BVSW; 3—Lucas Glover, Goddard; 4—Drew Liles, Great Bend; 5—Austin Keal, Mill Valley; 6—Logan Elbrader, Aquinas

120—1—Michael Spangler, KMC; 2—Bret Minor, Aquinas; 3—Brandon Madden, BVSW; 4—Carter Nold, Valley Center; 5—Barrett Stickelman, Shawnee Hts; 6—Julion Falco, Salina Central

126—1—Mason Turner, KC Schlagle; 2—Drew Burgoon, Salina Central; 3—Mike Turkali, Valley Center; 4—Jayson West, Maize South; 5—Drew Ernsdorff, St. James; 6—Joseph Dennison, BVSW

132—1—Aidan Campbell, Maize; 2—Logan Pirl, Goddard; 3—George Weber, Great Bend; 4—Bryson Markovich, Mill Valley; 5—Nilton Sandoval, Emporia; 6—Johnny Akin, Aquinas

138—1—Devin Gomez, Valley Center; 4—Joe Irwin, Lansing; 3—Seth Nitzel, BVSW; 4—Cayleb Atkins, Goddard; 5—David Green, Pittsburg; 6—Kray True, Salina Central

145—1—Conner Ward, Mill Valley; 2—Nolan Craine, Goddard; 3—Dallas Boone, Valley Center; 4—Riley McCall, BVSW; 5—Isaac Williams, Emporia; 6—A.J. Lair, Pittsburg

152—1—Jarrett Bendure, Mill Valley; 2—DuWayne Villalpando, Maize; 3—Gage Fritz, Great Bend; 4—Trevor Dopps, Goddard; 5—Joey Hancock, Leavenworth; 6—Hunter Williams, Emporia

160—1—Garrett Lange, Goddard; 2—Jake Patterson, Shawnee Hts; 3—Chase Gumeringer, Andover; 4—Anthony Delgado, Emporia; 5—Carson Wheeler, Eisenhower; 6—Dante Harper, Newton

170—1—Troy Fisher, Goddard; 2—Tyler Boone, Valley Center; 3—Chase Reynolds, Shawnee Heights; 4—Talon Fitzmier, Maize; 5—Ryan Murphy, Carroll; 6—Nick Arend, BVSW

182—1—Austin Andres, Goddard; 2—Cade Lautt, St. James; 3—Kyle Haas, Maize; 4—Taylon Peters, Salina Central; 5—Ricardo Yanez,, KC Turner; 6—Hayden Koepke, Mill Valley

195—1—Wyatt Hendrickson, Newton; 2—Anthony Gaona, Aquinas; 3—Brady Bookover, Carroll; 4—DeJuan Scott, Wichita Heights; 5—Cameron Hughbanks, Maize; 6—Cayden Akins, Goddard

220—1—Cordel Duhart, BVSW; 2—Cyle Gautschi, Newton; 3—Jacob Quiggle, Maize; 4—Trenton Willert, Goddard; 5—Tyler Wilson, Aodover; 6—Jordan Goff, KC Turner

285—1—Tylen Wallace, KC Schlagle; 2—Elwin Trejo, Liberal; 3—Nick Lowe, KMC; 4—Braiden McKee, Lansing; 5—Tony Caldwell, Valley Center; 6—Peyton Reeves, St. Thomas Aquinas