By Rick Peterson
TopSports.news
Two-time defending state champion Washburn Rural girls wrestling rolled up 388.5 points Saturday en route to the team title in the 12-school Lady Vikes Invitational at Seaman.
Molly Spader (middle) reached the 100-win milestone Saturday as Washburn Rural captured the team title in the Lady Vikes Invitational at Seaman. [Washburn Rural wrestling]
Rural easily out-distanced runnerup Gardner-Edgerton, which had 198 points, while Hays finished third as a team (178) and host Seaman fourth (157.5).
Junior Blue senior star Molly Spader won the 105-pound title while reaching the 100-win milestone for her career while Rural also got individual championships from 120-pound junior Lacey Middleton, 140-pound junior Madison Blanco, 145-pound junior Madison Blanco, 155-pound senior Ashley Schwarz, 170-pound junior Elia Smith and 235-pound sophomore Eve Luea.
Spader, a state runnerup last season, improved to 18-2 with a 1:26 pin over Lansing freshman Baylee Baragary in the 105 final.
Middleton (18-3) out-dueled Seaman senior star Taylie Heston (12-2) in the 120 final, taking an 8-4 decision.
M. Blanco (15-2) won with a 5:21 pin, while E. Blanco (17-4) clinched her title with a 3:40 pin, Schwarz (16-4) took a 15-0 technical fall, Smith (15-4) needed just 11 seconds for a win by fall in her final and Luea (11-3) recorded her fourth pin of the day, which all came in the first period.
Rural also got second-place finishes from senior Maddy Blow (110), senior Annie Gallegos (125), sophomore Leah MacPherson (155) and freshman Janiah Matthie-Johnson (190).
In addition to Heston's runnerup finish, Seaman also got second-place finishes from senior Natalie Smith (110) and freshman Hollister Olson-Thomas (130).
Shawnee Heights' girls earned the team title in the T-Birds' home invitational. [Shawnee Heights wrestling]
Heights girls claim crown in home invite
Shawnee Heights' girls wrestling team claimed a 49-point team championship in Saturday's Shawnee Heights Girls Invitational, with the T-Birds earning five individual titles.
Heights, which won the team crown by a 209-160 margin over Spring Hill, got wins from 120-pound sophomore Audrey Hinkly, senior Reece Taylor (125), senior Isabel Reyes (130), senior Madison Freeland (140) and junior Cianna Graves (155).
Hinkly won her title with a 1:01 win by fall over Hayden junior Katie Mead, while Taylor won with her fourth first-period pin of the the tournament and Reyes, Freeland and Graves also clinched titles with first-period pins.
Santa Fe Trail finished third as a team with 140.5 points, getting individual wins from junior Audrey Johnson-Wood (105), sophomore Makenzie Roberts (110), sophomore Sydnee Sleichter (115) and junior Morgan Pickering (135).
Mead, now 9-3 on the season, led Hayden to an eighth-place team finish with her second-place finish while sophomore Lilly Charvat (115) posted a fourth-place showing.
Shawnee Heights got runnerup individual finishes from freshman Ava Gutierrez (100), junior Olivia Stevens (145), sophomore Brooklyn Binkley (170) and junior Shelby Watson (190).
Four city wrestlers claim titles at Heights
Host Shawnee Heights and Hayden combined to capture four individual championships in the Heights Invitational on Saturday.
The T-Birds, who finished third as a team, got wins from 150-pounder Gavin Hartman and 165-pounder Kael Westgate while fourth-place Hayden got victories from Jude Krentz at 175 pounds and Broderick Desch at 190.
Hartman posted four first-period pins on the day in 31 seconds, 1:05, 35 seconds and 1:15 while Westgate posted a pair of pins and Krentz and Desch went 3-0 with three pins apiece.
The T-Birds got runnerup finishes from Jacob Reyes (113), Brody Brown (138) and Carson Anderson (144) while Hayden got a second-place finish from Caleb Menke (157).
Spring Hill won the team title with 200 points, followed by Santa Fe Trail (186), Shawnee Heights (168.5) and Hayden (96.5).
The Chargers, coached by former Shawnee Heights state champ Tyler Gonzales, got individual wins from Tanner Bolt (106), Tanner Sleichter (120), Drake Kirby (126), Blake Slavin (132) and Atticus Guenther (138).
Eagles win 19-school Burlington meet
Silver Lake's boys wrestlers earned three individual titles on the way to the team championship in the 33rd Burlington Invitational.
The Eagles got individual wins from junior Garrett Holmes (132 pounds), freshman Chase Cormier (138) and freshman Carter Spreer (215) while junior Tristan Atkins (126), sophomore Kayden Clelland (165), senior Trent Rollenhagen (175) and freshman Kendrick Vande Velde (285) all posted second-place finishes.
Silver Lake won the team title by a 252-213.5 margin over McPherson, followed by Caney Valley (165.5) in third place.
Silver Lake girls fourth at Burlington
Senior 140-pound champion Kyra Garcia led Silver Lake's girls wrestling team to a fourth-place team finish in the Burlington Lady Cat Invitational.
Garcia, now 7-9 on the season, clinched her championship with a 2:23 win by fall over Baldwin's Gwendalyn Troth.
The Eagles also got second-place finishes from sophomore Kamiryn Clark (100) and junior MaKayla Connor (155).
Fort Scott won the team title with 184 points, followd by Wellsville (159.5), McPherson (155.5) and Silver Lake (130.5).
Glinka, Rural pace city bowlers
Washburn Rural senior Logan Glinka finished fourth individually to lead the Junior Blues to a runnerup team finish in Thursday's 18-school Free State Invitational at Lawrence.
Glinka posted a three-game 708 series, rolling games of 248, 247 and 213 while Rural posted a team score of 3,346 (including Baker games) to finish second to Olathe Northwest (3,492). Rural's Tyler Faurot placed 19th (603) while Logan Sparks was 23rd (595).
Hayden finished third as a team at 3,304, led by Kelton Meier, who finished sixth individually with a 676 series (232, 243, 201) while the Wildcats also got a 17th-place finish from Chase Blaser with a 606 series.
Defending Class 5A state champion Shawnee Heights finished fifth as a team (3,207), with Trey Donath finishing 13th (643), Cooper Brown 18th (605) and Henry Schattilly 22nd (598).
Seaman finished 11th as a tem (2,956).
Friday's girls tournament was postponed due to inclement weather and is scheduled for Friday.
