4A Rankings - January 20th

TEAMS
1 Barack Obama
2 Colby
3 Clay Center
4 Andale
5 Abilene
6 Scott City
7 Chanute
8 Wichita Independant
9 Columbus
10 Ulysses
11 Pratt

103 Luke Cole Abilene 12
103 Austin Hood Louisburg 9
103 Konnor Kriss Colby 9
103 Hunter Stalford Caney Valley 9
103 Alex Wolf Smokey Valley 9
103 Ty Kolterman Clay Center 9

112 Alan Callhan Baldwin 12
112 Kenneth Ornales Chanute 12
112 Taylor Moeder St. James 10
112 Nathan Reed Colby 11
112 Paco Antillon Scott City 11
112 Bo Newport Prairie View 10

119 Zac Sparr Rose Hill 11
119 Logan Singular Clay Center 11
119 Nathan Furches Clearwater 12
119 Robbie Hines Ulysses 10
119 Travis Janzen Hesston 12
119 Tim Wrestler Chanute 10

125 Derrick Weller KC Piper 11
125 Symon Seaton Basehor-Linwood 10
125 Tyson Schmidtberger Russell 11
125 Kyle Johnson Columbus 10
125 Alex Bontz Wichita Independent 9
125 Brandon Charbonneau Clay Center 9

130 Ryne Cokeley St. James 10
130 Derek Schittker Hugoton 11
130 Trevor Williamson Wichita Independent 12
130 Nick Collins Augusta 10
130 Jayde Kolterman Clay Center 10
130 Colton Duhr Andale

135 CJ Napier Columbus 12
135 James Medlin Hesston 12
135 Tyler Anderson Clay Center 11
135 Bryce Hood Louisburg 11
135 Matt Grier Wichita Independent 12
135 Seth Hadley El Dorado 12

140 Cameron Jesseph Chanute
140 Cody Bontz Wichita Independent
140 Cody Hill Hugoton
140 Matt Brock Tonganoxie
140 Zach Reeb Jeff West
140 Chris Coover Ottawa

145 J. Hattabaugh Andale 10
145 Quinton Wuthnow Abilene 12
145 Jessie Gibbens Royal Valley 12
145 Morgan Numrich Scott City 11
145 Josh Rodriguez Ulysses 11
145 Trent Robb Perry-Lecompton 10

152 Derek Newell Ulysses 12
152 Nathan Sommer Prairie View 12
152 Willie Eck Andale 12
152 Derek Soucie Wichita Independent 12
152 Colten Picking Abilene 10
152 Ethan Stickle Colby 11

160 Benny Armstrong Andale 11
160 Ryan Wuthnow Abilene 12
160 Cameron Leupold Hiawatha 10
160 Zach Anderson Clay Center 11
160 John Hambleton Labette Co. 11
160 Jess Lemon Chapman 12

171 Breck Arnberger Colby 12
171 Tyler Hassenbank Concordia 12
171 Jake Price Caney Valley 12
171 Chaston Hoeme Scott City 12
171 Cole Geison Holton 12
171 Noel Richardson Chapman 12

189 Joel Marrs Clay Center 12
189 Darnell Bortz Pratt 12
189 Treat Bugbee Colby 12
189 Taylor Wuthnow Abilene 11
189 Dylon Walker El Dorado 12
189 Dylan Bowman Wellington 12

215 Tanner Kriss Colby 12
215 Michael Patenaude Clay Center 12
215 Kendall Pierce Circle 12
215 Levi Kindel Concordia 12
215 Chase Kreutzer Pratt 12
215 Adam Waymaster Rusell 12

285 BJ Finney Andale 11
285 Tank Burns Columbus 11
285 Tyler Gjerstad Abilene 11
285 Dennis Devader Holton 12
285 Zach Wamego Royal Valley 12
285 Garry Wilson Osawatomie 11

duhr (130) is a freshman

Thanks, I think the Basehor bracket said (10), I will make the change.

Coach Dewitt, as much good that you do for this site, and all the effort, is much appreciative, but please leave politics off this site.

I enjoyed the humor of your post. Given the amount of time you invest in our great sport, having a little fun, even if political, does not really distract from the greater whole.
Keep on posting your way.

I just saw the joke!

What ever your political stripe, yesterday was a great day to be an American!

I was talking with a customer of Asian decent from Texas when the National Anthem was sung. We both stopped talking and stood up and sang along. Amazing moment for me.

Ha! I love it. I guess we can take a back seat to the President of the United States if you insist!

I agree that yesterday was a great day to be an American as was every peaceful exchange of power that has occurred over the past couple centuries in this great nation. Let us not forget how lucky we are that we live in a nation where the ballot speaks louder than violence in our politics! Many people in the rest of the world are not so lucky.

By the way, does anyone know if Obama will be at Beloit this weekend? Colby, Clay Center, and Abilene would like to get a chance to move up in the rankings by defeating him head to head!

Keep up the good work Red Storm!

130 Ryne Cokeley St. James 10
130 Derek Schittker Hugoton 11
130 Trevor Williamson Wichita Independent 12
130 Nick Collins Augusta 10
130 Jayde Kolterman Clay Center 10
130 Colton Duhr Andale

Is Kolterman wrestling @ 130 or is McGee for Clay Center?

Trust me when I say that, considering my voting history, it was a very humbling experience to make that post last night. Now seriously, you can't let a little humor slide on a day like yesterday? Sheeeesh!!

and while we are being honest, IT IS A CAPITAL "W" IN MY LAST NAME!

I thought he was a basketball player?

I think bringing basketball up in the forum is far worse than politics isn't it?

First time back on the talk page for a while but surprised to see Columbus ranked as a team and Augusta not. Augusta was second by 5 points to Newton at their tournament on Jan 10th. Columbus was nearly 80 some points back. Andover Central was 3rd. If everyone stays healthy Augusta has power at State contenders at 125, 130, 135, 140, 171 and others possible if they get thru regional. (Simply an observation)

No you are right on your observation, I think that they will be moving up soon. Columbus as the rankings look now could have two finalists which counts for a lot of points at state, but are they in the same regional? They will sort it out there. Email some records and head to head for me so I can be sure that they are getting their fair due.

Considering Stephens from Colby has beaten Cody Hill everytime they have wrestled at 140, where do you put Stephens on that list? Are you just considering the fact that Hill placed 6th at state last year?

Yes, there is some weight to his placing last year. The Colby coaches do an excellent job of updating me each week. I know Heath beat Cody 5-4 at Liberal in a very good match and they have wrestled close every time. I don't think he minds flying under the radar right now, but won't for long.

140 Cameron Jesseph Chanute 12 2nd
140 Cody Bontz Wichita Independent 11 2nd
140 Cody Hill Hugoton 10 6th
140 Matt Brock Tonganoxie 12 4th
140 Zach Reeb Jeff West 12 1-2
140 Chris Coover Ottawa 11 4th
140 Dakota Hayes Scott City 11 2-2
140 Heath Stephens Colby 12 1-2

And O'Hara beating Reeb at state 5-4?

What about it? B.T. is a great wrestler and only a sophomore, is does not surprise me that he was able to beat Reeb last year at state.

Remember, Democrats are allowed to make jokes about themselves, but when a Republican takes a stab at the coronation of the almighty Obama, he gets taken to task.

Come on, lighten up. If you can't see the overdoing of the "Obama is our savior" from the media, you are blind.

He is now our president, so we have to hope for the best, even though I didn't support him on election day. But that doesn't mean I can't make fun of him, just like I made fun of Carter, Reagan, Bush 41, Clinton, and Bush 43.

The presidential limo email going around with the lift system, curb feelers, etc is pretty funny.

I always figured Redstorm for a Republican, isn't that why he is beating that donkey?

Maybe I was mistaken, I took it as a Hail to the Chief, hooray for Obama kind of thing. If you were posting it tongue and cheek, as a laugh, I am right there with you.

I am as neutral to politics as I am to the rankings

why is garry wilson 285 pounder ranked 6 when he has lost 5 matches this season? he hasn't won a tourney this season.

I am not familiar with any of these guys outside of BJ but you don't have to win a tournament to be ranked 6th. That is basically say that Ole Horsebeater thinks he is going to finish 6th at 4A state. Pretty simple.

from the looks of his performance last night im not sure how picking is ranked.

Rank heavyweight for me will you. I don't have a clue as to who's out there, obviously. Wilson's coach told me that he has five losses (some not so good) but he has beaten the kid from Caney twice who is a 321A medalist. I know he lost to the Anderson Co kid, who beat he Holton kid, who beat the Osaw kid. I am sure there is a heavy kid out west somewhere who will be a bracket buster. The problem here is that it is hard to rank a bunch of kids who like to "get one to one and see what happens."

New Rankings
285 BJ Finney Andale 11
285 Tank Burns Columbus 11
285 Tyler Gjerstad Abilene 11
Get 1 to 1 and see what happens

oh sorry sorry. i was referring to cody picking at 152;
sorry about that redstorm. he got manhandled by a concordia kid last night.

as to your heavyweight situation, your on your own there

I will look in to those results from last night, do you have them by chance?

i found myself without a pen last night, so no im sorry i dont. although i can tell you concordia wrestled there butts off and pulled out a big win over abilene.

PIN TO WIN!!!!

Concordia remains unbeaten in NCKL
Last Updated: January 23, 2009

Avenging an earlier loss to Abilene, the Concordia High School wrestling team remained unbeaten in the North Central Kansas League by knocking off the Cowboys 40-32 in a dual, Thursday night, in the Concordia Junior-Senior High School gymnasium.

Concordia had lost to Abilene 45-27 in the Wamego Invitational, back in December.

Winning six matches by fall, the Panthers turned the tables on the Cowboys in a league dual.

“This was a very exciting dual. Both teams won seven matches; however, the turning point for us was we scored bonus points through pins,” Concordia coach Kevin Brown said.

The Panthers are now 11-5 overall in duals and 3-0 in the NCKL.

“I am proud of these young men. We are coming together as a team,” Brown said, “We had some young men who fought hard in a loss to be sure and not give up the fall.”

Concordia fell behind 6-0 when Derek Mead lost by fall to Luke Cole in the 103-pound class.

The Panthers then posted four straight wins.

Taelor Mendenhall pinned Marcus Ruiz in the 112-pound class.
Wyatt Brichalli, 119, pinned C.J. Millard, and Concordia had a lead it would not relinquish.

Dalton Fraser won a 9-1 major decision over Cody Neff in the 125-pound class.

“Our lower weight classes got us started on a roll by picking up falls in three out of the first four matches,” Brown said, “This really helped to create some momentum for the rest of the dual.”

Dylan Moore, 130, lost by technical fall, 15-0, to Courtney Strauss.

Concordia then won the next two matches.

Alec Champlin pinned Ryan Daly in the 135-pound class.

Brandon Anguish, 140, stuck Hayden Karraker.

Lex Deal was pinned by Quinton Wuthnow in the 145-pound class.

The Panthers got those points right back when Brice Loeffler pinned Cody Riffel in the 152-pound class.

Concordia was open at 160, and Chase Champlin dropped an 11-5 decision to Jordan Ward in the 171-pound class.

Tyler Hasenbank secured the victory for Concordia by pinning Casey Dickerson in the 189-pound class to put the Panthers up 40-26.

Levi Kindel, 215, lost a 6-3 decision to Taylor Wuthnow.

Jordan Brown, 285, was beaten 3-1 by Tyler Gjersted.

Concordia is competing in the Beloit Invitational today and Saturday.

A small amount of research or even listening to the announcer would have given you a clue that Colten Picking was not even in the line up last night.

Thank you Richard!

im man enough to admit if i would have done extensive research i would have indeed known he didnt wrestle last night. guess i was just blinded by the big win. thanks for pointing that out greatplns, i can now sleep tonight.

thanks Richard, your the man.

by the way!!! colby has 8 in the semis and are still behind clay centre by 3 points!!!