WAKEENEY – The Plainville Cardinals qualified five wrestlers for next week’s state 3-2-1A State Wrestling tournament next week in Hays with top-four finishers at the Trego regional tournament in WaKeeney.
The Cardinals had two individual champions and two runner-up finishers.
At 113 pounds Jesse Mackey defeated Breckin Sauvage of Decatur Community with a fall in the second period fall in the championship match.
Jordan Finnesy defeated Oakley’s Morgan Rains in an 11-7 decision to win the championship at 170 pounds.
Brandon Rohr lost an 11-8 decision to Aidan Baalman of Hoxie in the championship match at 145 pounds to finish runner-up.
At 195 pounds Ryan Junkermeier finished second after losing a 5-4 decision to Hagan Booi of Colby.
Ben Hansen finished fourth at 152 pounds after losing a 6-4 match to Cade Lanning of Colby.
The Hoxie Indians qualified four wrestlers for the state tournament with four individual champions.
At 120 pounds Drew Bell captured the individual title with a 7-0 win over Garin Cooper of St. Francis.
Dylan Weimer picked up a 3-0 win over Tiernan Poling to claim the 132 title.
Baalman earned the individual title at 145 with the win over Rohr.
At 170 pounds Dayton Porsch picked up the individual championship at 160 pounds with a first-period fall over Tate Seabolt.
Ellis had three wrestlers qualify for the state tournament including Konnor Pfeifer who earned the individual title at 152 pounds with a 3-2 win over Jesse Gardner of Wichita County in the championship match.
Sam Pyle also qualified for the state tournament with a third place finish at 113 pounds after picking up a first period fall over Brody Kaup of Goodland.
Mason Gottschalk placed third at 145 pounds with a second period fall over Norton’s Dylan Goss in the third-place match.
Trego had two wrestlers finish qualify for state with a pair of top four finishes.
Parker Opat finished runner-up at 285 after a losing by a second period fall to Hadley Panzer of Lakin in the championship match.
At 220 pounds Dillon Dunn finished fourth with a 6-0 loss to Reegon Witt of Decatur Community.
BELOIT – At the Beloit Regional tournament Stockton had two individual qualifiers.
Markeis Spiller finished second at 112 pounds after losing by injury default to Colton Shoemaker.
At 132 Trenton Howell finished fourth after losing a third-place match, 3-0 to Austin Niblock of Phillipsburg.
Smith Center won the Beloit Regional and had seven wrestlers qualify for state and Phillipsburg placed sixth as a team and qualified five for the state tournament.