By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
A whopping four local wrestlers garnered individual state titles in the 2024 state meet and that championship quartet headlines the TopSports.news 2024 All-Shawnee County boys wrestling team.
Washburn Rural junior 132-pounder Easton Broxterman has been named the Shawnee County boys wrestler of the year after winning his second straight Class 6A state title. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
Washburn Rural junior 132-pounder Easton Broxterman was named the Shawnee County wrestler of the year after earning his second straight Class 6A state championship in his third straight trip to the state finals.
Washburn Rural junior Kristjan Marshall has his hand raised as the 150-pound Class 6A state champion. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
Washburn Rural senior Brody Byrne (right) won the Class 6A 157-pound state title. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
Broxterman, who went 49-1 on the season, was joined on top of the 6A awards stand by junior 150-pounder Kristjan Marshall (39-4) and senior 157-pounder Brody Byrne (37-3), who both won their first state titles after posting fourth-place finishes in 2023.
Shawnee Heights senior 285-pounder Rykan Carver won a Class 5A state title in his final state meet, taking a 4-3 overtime decision in the championship match. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
Shawnee Heights senior Rykan Carver (38-8) capped his high school career with a bang, winning the 5A state 285-pound championship in overtime to capture his first state medal.
Washburn Rural wrestling coach Josh Hogan has been named the Shawnee County coach of the year after three Rural wrestlers won state titles and finished third as a team. [Photo by Selena Favela/Special to TSN]
Washburn Rural, which finished a close third in the 6A team standings, put a county-high eight wrestlers on the all-county first team, while Rural's Josh Hogan was named the county coach of the year and freshman 144-pounder Brodye Kocher-Munoz was selected as newcomer of the year.
The TopSports.news all-county team is based in part on selections made by the seven Topeka head coaches as well as at large selections for county schools Rossville and Silver Lake.
Also earning All-Shawnee County first-team honors for Rural in addition to the three state champions were sophomore 106-pounder Ryder Harrison (17-14), junior 120-pounder Walker Doyal (27-23), sophomore 126-pounder Cooper Stivers (11-5), sophomore 138-pounder Landen Kocher-Munoz (36-5) and senior 165-pounder Chase Calhoon (28-15).
Seaman and Shawnee Heights both put three wrestlers on the All-Shawnee County first team.
Seaman is represented by 144-pound senior Colin Little (40-10), 190-pound junior Deyton Mentzer (24-12) and 215-pound senior Hunter Reno (44-12) while Heights is represented by Carver, 138-pound senior Andrew Bonebrake (34-8) and 175-pound senior Allen Baughman (30-8).
Bonebrake and Baughman are both first-team repeat picks.
Rossville is represented on the first team by Class 3A-1A 215-pound senior state runnerup Barret Lietz (36-9) while Topeka High put 113-pound sophomore Luis Morones (19-10) on the first team.
ALL-SHAWNEE COUNTY BOYS WRESTLING
First team
Name, school Class Wt.
Allen Baughman, Shawnee Heights Sr. 175
Andrew Bonebrake, Shawnee Heights Sr. 138
Easton Broxterman, Washburn Rural Jr. 132
Brody Byrne, Washburn Rural Sr. 157
Chase Calhoon, Washburn Rural Sr. 165
Rykan Carver, Shawnee Heights Sr. 285
Walker Doyal, Washburn Rural Jr. 120
Ryder Harrison, Washburn Rural So. 106
Landen Kocher-Munoz, Washburn Rural So. 138
Barret Lietz, Rossville Sr. 215
Colin Little, Seaman Sr. 144
Kristjan Marshall, Washburn Rural Jr. 150
Deyton Mentzer, Seaman Jr. 190
Luis Morones, Topeka High So. 113
Hunter Reno, Seaman Sr. 215
Cooper Stivers, Washburn Rural So. 126
Second team
Name, school Class Wt.
Jadyn Baum, Washburn Rural Fr. 175
Brody Brown, Shawnee Heights Fr. 126
Tristan Buce, Shawnee Heights So. 106
Hunter Diederich, Hayden Jr. 285
Elijah Elliot, Topeka High Sr. 120
Nathan Hurla, Shawnee Heights Sr. 190
Detrick Johnson, Topeka High Jr. 215
Evan Johnson, Shawnee Heights So. 157
Brodye Kocher-Munoz, Washburn Rural Fr. 144
Jacob Reyes, Shawnee Heights Fr. 113
Samson Tootle, Seaman Jr. 165
Michael Weatherly, Topeka High So. 132
Rehabiah Williamson, Topeka High So. 150
Honorable mention
Cair Paravel: Jacob Waldy, so. Hayden: Broderick Desch, jr.; Tyler Hopper, so.; Yanni Jimenez, so.; Jude Krentz, so.; Caleb Menke, fr.; Matthew Samich, jr. Highland Park: Reign Baggett, sr.; Adrian Burney, jr.; Jordan De La Torre, sr.; Cortez Johnson, jr.; Jayden Kelso, jr.; Samuel Portlock, so.; Decon Rice, jr.; Philiciano Rice, so. Seaman: Gabe Brannick, jr.; Deegan Frazier, fr.; Aaron Haynes, fr.; Maddox Malone, fr.; Michael McCullough, fr.; Henry Reichart, fr.; Ross Shipley, fr. Shawnee Heights: Carson Anderson, jr.; Gavin Hartman, so.; Christian Labrador, fr. Emilio Morgan, so. Noah Neil, fr.; Kael Westgate, jr. Silver Lake: Bryce Cormier, so.; Trent Harris, jr.; Garrett Holmes, so.; Blake Redmond, sr.; Blake Rodenbaugh, sr. Topeka High: Raul Arriola, sr.; Brandon Blancas, so.; Nick Davis, jr.; Jesus Morales, so.; Jordan Stiner, so. Topeka West: Kyren Padilla, sr.; Vince Redmond, sr. Washburn Rural: Baron Blankenship, jr.; Brody Haas, so.; Nathan Miller, sr.
Wrestler of the year -- Easton Broxterman, Washburn Rural.
Newcomer of the year -- Brodye Kocher-Munoz, Washburn Rural.
Coach of the year -- Josh Hogan, Washburn Rural.
