The Ellis Railroads had three individual wrestlers qualify for the 3-2-1A State Tournament next weekend in Hays after finishing in the top four at the Goodland Regional on Saturday.

Freshman Sam Pyle finished fourth at 106 pounds. Pyle lost to eventual champion Alex Segarra of Hill City in the semifinals but bounced back with a first-period fall over TMP’s Kooper Hudsonpillar to advance to the third-place match and guarantee a trip to state.

In the third-place match Pyle lost to Aaron Lenker of Phillipsburg by a fall in the second period.

Senior Bryce Younger qualified for the state tournament for the fourth year in-a-row with a third-place finish in Goodland.

Younger’s only loss of the Regional tournament was to Oberlin’s Kel Grafel in the championship semifinals. It was a second-period fall.

Younger was 4-1 at regionals with all four wins coming by fall, three of them in the first period.

At 138 pounds freshman Konnor Pfeifer also qualified for state with a fourth-place finish.

After a first-period fall in his first match Pfeifer lost a 4-2 decision to Kurt Schoeder of Colby and was forced to wrestle on the consolation side of the bracket.

There Pfeifer earned a first-period fall, a 7-6 decision and a first-period fall to get to the third-place match. In the match he would again face Schroeder and drop a 1-0 decision on the rematch.

Trego had one wrestler finish in the top four and earn a trip to state.

Sophomore Dillon Dunn finished fourth at 220 pounds.

Dunn earned back-to-back falls to open the tournament before losing, by a first-period fall to Chris Cox of Oakley in the championship semifinals.

In the consolation semifinals Dunn got a first-period fall to advance to the third-place match. In the match he fall to Trayton Doyle of St. Francis 7-2.