The
20th Annual Metro Classic
March 6th, 2012
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| Wt. | Kansas Wrestler | School | Record |
State Place |
Missouri Wrestler | School | Record |
State Place |
Match | Team | 170 | Blaine Hill | Shawnee Mission East | 38-3 | 3rd | Chase Wrisinger | Oak Grove | 49-3 | 1st | 7-0 | 3-0 | 182 | Reece Wright-Conklin | Lawrence | 38-2 | 1st | Nick Gillespie | Park Hill South | 47-8 | 5th | 13-3 | 7-0 | 195 | Alex Stockton | Gardner | 42-5 | 4th | Hashem Omari | Oak Park | 39-0 | 1st | 2-5 | 7-3 | 220 | Colton Bonner | Baldwin | 44-4 | 1st | Danny Klick | William Chrisman | 49-4 | 3rd | 5-2 | 10-3 | 285 | Eric Mason | St. Thomas Aquinas | 38-1 | 1st | Evan Boehm | Lee's Summit West | 22-2 | 2nd | Fall | 10-9 | 113 | Taylor Smith | Spring Hill | 32-10 | SQ | Kyle Montalto | Blue Springs South | 35-17 | SQ | 3-4 | 10-12 | 120 | Austin Hood | Louisburg | 40-0 | 1st | Jeremy Krout | Winnetonka | 35-11 | SQ | Fall | 16-12 | 126 | Andrew Morgan | Baldwin | 43-9 | 1st | Will Thomas | Lee's Summit North | 29-14 | SQ | 2-1 | 19-12 | 132 | Bo Pursel | Lansing | 44-0 | 1st | Chad Homan | Lee's Summit North | 38-9 | 5th | 7-6 | 22-12 | 138 | Christian Service | Mill Valley | 26-10 | 5th | Tanner Minder | Kearney | 53-3 | 1st | 0-10 | 22-16 | 145 | Rory Haug | Olathe North | 27-3 | 1st | Greg Hegarty | Blue Springs | 48-1 | 1st | 5-11 | 22-19 | 152 | Conner Middleton | Olathe Northwest | 41-1 | 1st | Josh Thomson | Odessa | 48-4 | 1st | 3-2 | 25-19 | 152 | Trever Hendrickson | Blue Valley | 35-7 | 3rd | Mike Lemanowicz | Lee's Summit West | 52-2 | 5th | 3-4 | 25-22 | 160 | Jesse LaMay | Wellsville | 40-3 | 2nd | Morgan Fitzgerald | Kearney | 54-3 | 1st | 2-5 | 25-25 |
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Kansas Coaches: Kit Harris--Baldwin Travis Keal--Mill Valley Chip Ufford--Shawnee Mission East Tucker Woofter--Spring Hill |
Missouri Coaches: Dan Dunkin--Park Hill South Chad Hopkins--Kearney Bobbe Lowe--Oak Grove |
Well, here we go again, the meet that everybody has been
waiting for. The loud, ruckus, foot stomping battle at the border is
coming to the Kansas City, Kansas Community College Coliseum at 6:30 pm March 6.
Get ready for two of the best high school teams ever assembled. Two teams
of high school seniors containing 14 state champions, 24 state placers, and 28
state qualifiers. Missouri, having won 12 of the 19 past confirmations
will be trying to hold to their recent domination with 6 high school state
champions on the mat. The Kansas team 8 state champions.
State champions match up at the 145 pound weight class with Olathe North’s Rory
Haug (27-3) wrestling Blue Springs’ Greg Hegarty (48-1). Also, at the 152
pound weight class with Missouri’s Josh Thomson (48-4) from Odessa High School
goes against Olathe Northwest’s Connor Middleton (41-1). Wow! What
match ups.
Kansas’ team will possess the likes of Bo Pursel from Lansing High School a four
time state champion at the 132 pound weight class, and Reece Wright-Conklin from
Lawrence High School a three time state champion in the 182 pound weight
division. Missouri, dominated by teams in the Kansas City area, will put
on the mat state champions in the 138, 145, 152, 160, 170, and 195 pound weight
classes.
This event has become the premiere high school athletic competition in the
Kansas City area. Each year over 3,000 fans come to watch two states
battle it out for bragging rights. All profits for the meet go to
wrestling programs at the University of Central Missouri, Fort Hays State
University, and the Jeff Wicina Scholarship Fund.
Pre-sale tickets can be had for $8 at Nill Bros. Sporting Goods, Varsity Sports,
Jay Greco’s Farmer’s Insurance, Blue Chip Wrestling, or the Raytown-Lee’s Summit
Community Credit Union, or on line with American Leather Works. You can
also order off facebook by searching for the Kansas City Metro Classic on fb.
They also can be purchased at the door for $10.