Two champions headline seven state qualifiers

GODDARD – Great Bend’s No. 5 ranked Wyatt Weber upset Maize High’s No. 2 ranked Cayden Hughbanks (3:54) and captured the 5A substate wrestling championship. After Weber shocked Hughbanks, he finished the job with a 6-2 victory over Andover’s Gabe Maki in the finals.

Great Bend’s runner-up No. 2 Kaden Spragis (35-3, 106) and third-place finisher No. 5 ranked Avery Wolf (36-6, 113) also advance to the 5A state wrestling tournament Feb. 26 at Park City.

Newton’s No. 1 ranked Nick Treaster defeated Spragis 4-1 in the championship match. Wolf defeated Andover’s Landry Root 6-3 for third place.

John Szot (20-10, 120) placed sixth and Keyven Schroeder (26-12, 195) also competed.

5A GODDARD SUBSTATE

GREAT BEND RESULTS

106—No. 2 Kaden Spragis, GB, 35-3, 2nd; Spragis pinnned Alfers, Andover, 0:20; Spragis def. Newcomb, AC, 15-2; 1ST—No. 1 Treaster, Newton def. Spragis, 4-1

113—No. 5 Avery Wolf, GB, 36-6, 3rd; Wolf pinned Steinmetz, Newton, 0:52; No. 1 Nakaylen Shabazz, Maize pinned Wolf; Wolf pinned Phimvongsa, SC, 0:49; 3RD—Wolf def. Landry Root, Andover, 6-3

120—John Szot, GB, 20-10, 6th; Bybee, Newton def. Szot, 16-1; Szot def. Vajnar, Hays, forfeit; Gomez, Maize def. Szot, 13-4; 5TH—Maki, Andover pinned Szot, 4:27

138—No. 5 Wyatt Weber, GB, 29-3, 1st; Weber def. No. 2 Cayden Hughbanks, Maize, 3:54; 1ST—Weber def. Maki, Andover, 6-2

195—Keyven Schroeder, GB, 26-12; Eastman, Wichita Carroll pinned Schroeder, 3:27; Schroeder pinned Putz, Hays, 1:46; Sparks, Andover pinned Schroeder, 0:20