BY JIM MISUNAS
jmisunas@gbtribune.com
PARK CITY — Great Bend Panthers Camdyn Post and Brooklynn Kelly learned battling for an elusive state wrestling championship is a constant challenge.
Panther finalists No. 1 ranked Post (110) and No. 5 ranked Kelly (125) both earned runner-up silver medals in Saturday's 5A state wrestling championship matches.
Post was tied 8-8 with KC Sumner's No. 2 ranked Angie Mensa. But Mensa earned eight points in the third period for a 16-8 victory. It marked the second consecutive year Post lost in the finals.
The championship was similar to Post's semifinal where she outlasted Basehor's No. 5 ranked Miley Locke 17-15. Post earned a takedown and near fall in the final seconds to earn the victory.
Kapaun Mt. Carmel's No. 1 Courtney Nye (39-2) faced a much tougher challenge from Kelly after beating her 15-0 in last week's 5A regional. Nye led 2-0 in the third period when she overpowered Kelly for a winning pin (5:11).
Kelly was the Panthers' biggest surprise with a 5-0 victory over Salina Central's No. 2 ranked Abbie Slothower and a semifinal pin over Spring Hill's Sadie Dickie (4:27).
Panther Micah Ellegood (130) pinned Hays High's Reese Vehige (2:50) for third place. Ellegood was pinned by KC Washington's state champion Reddi Johnson (1:28) in the semifinals.
No. 5 ranked Keira Leyva lost to St. Thomas Aquinas; Keila Cisper 6-4 to place sixth. Kapaun Mt. Carmel's state champion Hailey Estrada pinned Leyva (1:43).
Fifth-place medalist Kayle Baldwin (115) edged Lansing's Baylee Baragay 3-2.
The Panthers scored 101 points to finish sixth with Hays (96) placing seventh. Basehor-Linwood (2001/2) won the 5A team title with Wichita Kapaun-Mt. Carmel (157) runner-up.
5A GIRLS, PARK CITY
100—No. 4 Sophia Bauer, GB def. Martin, KC Washington, 1:01; No. 2 Audrey Yarmer, Hays def. Bauer; 13-2; Bauer def. Ladd, KC Harmon, 0:46; Gomez, New def. Bauer, 5-1
105—No. 5 Keira Leyva GB def. Chavez, KC Sumner, 2:31; No. 4 Estrada, KMC def. Leyva, 1:43; Leyva def. Vaillancourt, DeSoto, 1;43; Leyva def. Belote, Hutchinson, 2:06; Galvan, BL def. Leyva, 0:53; 5TH—Cisper STA def. Leyva, 6-4
110—No. 1 Camdyn Post, GB def. Bruce, KC Piper, 0:41; Post def. No. 6 Giles, New, 0:21; Post def. No. 5 Locke, Basehor, 17-15; 1ST—No. 2 Angie Mensa, KC Sumner def. Post, 16-8
115—Kayle Baldwin, GB def. Vega, KC Sumner, 15-4; No. 3 Hinojos, New def. Baldwin, 7-1; Baldwin def. Gallo Macedo, Andover, 4-2; Baldwin def. Locke, Basehor, 7-6; Saylor, SH def. Baldwin, 1:32; 5TH—Baldwin def. Baragay, Lansing, 3-2
125—No. 5 Brooklynn Kelly, GB def. Harris, Lansing, 1:58; Kelly def. No. 2 Slothower, SC, 5-0; Kelly def. Dickie, SH, 4:27; 1ST—No. 1 Nye, KMC def. Kelly, 5:11
130—No. 4 Micah Ellegood, GB def. Nyland, Basehor, 1;37; Ellegood def. No. 5 James, New, 0:38; No. 1 Johnson, KC Washington def. Ellegood, 1:28; Ellegood def. Lerch, KMC, 11-8; 3RD—Ellegood def. Vehige, Hays, 2:50
170—Rydlie Swanson, GB def. Sullivan KC Piper, 5:09; Lara, VC def. Swanson, 1:44; Watson, SH def. Swanson, 2:47; Frazier, DeSoto def. Swanson, 6-2
