Kansas High School Wrestling State Placer website

Wanted to share a website I've been working on.

http://mcbeims.wix.com/kansasstateplacers

I was working on the history of my hometown's state placers last winter in Atwood. Decided to do the whole state history on one website which has never been done. This project has taken much more time than anticipated. I'm sure there are mistakes, misspelled names, omitted names, etc. My email is mcbeims@gmail.com
I would like first names of wrestlers that are not on the site and Coaches names of State Champion Teams.
I will change state placers if you send me documented proof - most of the info I used was from KSHSAA, which I'm sure made misstakes.

Some really great stuff on our state's rich wrestling history.

A fantastic start on this Mitch. Many have commented about the need, thanks for taking the initiative!

Great Job - I can only imagine the time you put in gathering this data and putting it in one location.

Wow. Great idea and nice work!

Bump

Correct me if I am wrong, but I believe 4a State in 1984 was at Russell High School. 4a went to the coliseum the following year.

Mitch,

I sent you an excel spreadsheet that has most of the champions.

Let me know if you didn't get it.

Will

Awesome Mitch! I have state and regional brackets from 1956 and 1957. They were filled out by my mom (Janet Thrasher at the time). If you know somebody who would enjoy those brackets I would be glad to send them to you. And if you were the guy my mom was watching from Oakley, go ahead and send me your address!!!!!!! Meet ya out at the shed! The brackets are cool, mimeograffed and very simple. They also have so many of the same names of kids still wrestling today!

The 1980's are finished.

Emporia, Kapaun Mt. Carmel, and Beloit all won 6 State Titles in 1980's.

Here's a quick observation about Beloit - They had a heck of a run! - LOL

Beloit won 6 titles in a row (1980-1985)
I didn't matter which classification - they dominated.
4A State Champs (1980-1984-1985)
3-2-1A State Champs (1981-1982-1983)

1980 - 4A
State Placers = 6
State Finalists = 5
State Champions = 2

1981 - 3-2-1A
State Placers = 7
State Finalists = 7
State Champions = 5

1982 - 3-2-1A
State Placers = 6
State Finalists = 4
State Champions = 4

1983 - 3-2-1A
State Placers = 8
State Finalists = 7
State Champions = 5

1984 - 4A
State Placers = 9
State Finalists = 7
State Champions = 6

1985 - 4A
State Placers = 6
State Finalists = 4
State Champions = 3

BELOIT TOTALS (1980-1985)
State Placers = 42
State Finalists = 34
State Champions = 25

That is impressive.

What makes this even more impressive is that back in those days there were only 12 weight classes, and only 4 placers per weight class!!!

Thanks Mitch for your work! Very familiar with Beloit program during the dynasty run. Had never really looked at it from the perspective that Beloit alone had almost half the state finalists (34 of 72) during that 6 yr. stretch. The 1984 team had the 3rd ever 4 time state champion in Ks. Matt Treaster. Also the 1984 team owns the largest margin of victory (team pts.) ever at a State tournament any class 193 to 81.5 over runner-up Columbus, this happening with just 12 wts., 6 state champions also still a record (almost 7, other guy lost by 1 pt.), also had there been 6 medals/wt. class all 12 from Beloit would have placed at state. We often thought that we had other potential state champions on our jv team, for sure state placers. We would send our jv to varsity tournaments and win them. Often our toughest matches were during the challenge matches in the practice room. I of many highlights in 1984 was lining up 12 wrestlers (12 wts.) at BOTH the 1984 Norton Invitational, AND the Norton 4A substate tournament, Beloit took the whole side of the mat during finals introductions, fun times! 1985 team lost a state champion from 1984 due to a knee injury, or we could have had 1 more state champion quite possibly. He won his state championship match in 1984 15-1, and the wrestler he defeated in 1984 won state in 1985 in his weight class. Many were disappointed when the 1986 team didn't make that streak 7 straight! They certainly had the potential to do that. As I recall our dual steak during that stretch was about 120-130 straight dual wins and no tournament losses. It was actually ended when our jv lost to a varsity team, which counted as a varsity match on the schedule. Again thanks for the work on this. Always wished someone would write a book about these years at Beloit! TONS of storylines!

FINISHED!

What a project...very glad it is done!

You can see many fascinating things about our state's rich wrestling history by looking at everything all together. I would really like any omitted first names on the list and ALL state champion coaches names!
Send me any corrections big or small that you see.
I hope you all enjoy.

I'll leave with this...

Schools with the most State Champions ALL-TIME (1930-now)
(Top Ten)

101 - St. Francis
95 - Arkansas City
95 - Norton
79 - Oberlin
74 - Hoxie
74 - Kapaun Mt. Carmel
70 - Wichita East
61 - Colby
59 - Goodland
55 - Newton

Great job Mitch, I know I have cruised through your site several times and really like what you did.

Thank you for taking your time to do this. This is awesome but i found one error. In 2007 at 135 lbs in 321a the 2nd place guy is supposed to be Pat Mosley from Wichita Independent not Heath May(Maley) from WaKeeney. Once again thank you and this is very cool

Fine bit of work putting this together. Not complaining here just trying to add to the posterity. Could you possibly add the other schools who attended the tournaments in the early years but were not mentioned. I think it would add to the historical aspect of the tournaments showing how the teams developed around the state. Maybe a future project? Anyway it stands tall as is, just being creative with it. Thanks, Troy Fowler

Troy,
Every team entered or recorded by KSHSAA in the state tournament is listed from 1930-1965. I switched to top ten after that to save space. I agree it shows alot about how wrestling evolved. It looks as if HS wrestling in Kansas started in two distinct areas or bubbles. One in the NW corner of Kansas (Oberlin, Atwood, , Hoxie, St. Francis, Norton, Colby) and the Wichita area (Wichita schools, Douglass, Wellington, Hutch). Then as you get into the late forties after WWII and into the 1950's, wrestling really began to spread from those two bubbles.

Great work, Mitch! I've added a link to your site on the USAWKS high school championships page (www.usawks.org/page/show/948392-kshsaa-state-championships).

1997 5a 3rd place is Brandon Engstrom I believe Brian was his twin brother. Brian might of weighed 150 lbs. Brandon was a beast his first and only loss came at state that year.
215 lbs.
1st – Andy Brenn (Winfield)
2nd – Matt Sleder (Goddard)
3rd – Brian Engstrom (Salina Central)
4th – James Kinney (KC-Schlagle)
5th – Josh Hays (Fort Scott)
6th – Jeremy Magee (Salina South)

Might check the coach for 1968. I think Dee Gard was at Heights not East.

You might also check that Dale guy from Ark City in the early 80'stages I think he was a 7x state championship and 3x world champ. Hehehe

Thank you for posting the website. It will provide me with some quality Kansas State Tournament wrestling history as I have time. It is really awesome! Thanks again for your exceptional efforts in putting this together.

Mitch,
Jerry is right for a change. I was coaching at Wichita Heights from 1962-1978.

Dee Gard

Thanks. Does anyone know who the coach was at Wichita East in 1968?

Updated on: http://mcbeims.wix.com/kansasstateplacers

Kansas Coaches with the most State Championships

13 - Wayne Jackson (Arkansas City - 1982, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000)

10 - Duwayne Miller (Kapaun Mt. Carmel - 1975, Grand State 1975, Grand State 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986)

 9 - Rocky Welton (Goodland - 1972, 1974, 1976)
                          (Garden City - 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998)

 8 - Billy Johnson (Norton - 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015)

 7 - Kirk Baker (Hoxie - 1990, 1991, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003)

 6 - Larry Gable (St. Francis - 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1996, 1997)

 6 - Pat Sands (Emporia - 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989)

 5 - Dennis Charbonneau (Clay Center - 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008) (Emporia - 2010)

4 - Jake Durham (Norton - 1965, 1968, 1970, 1973)

 4 - Buzz Matson (Oberlin - 1971, 1975, 1976, 1977)

 4 - Ken Piazza (Beloit - 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983)

 4 - Ken Jones (Columbus - 1986, 1987, 1989, 1992)

 4 - Jon Lipplemann (Scott City - 1990, 1994, 2004, 2012)

 4 - John Flores (Leoti - 1995, 1996) (Atchison Co. - 2000, 2001)

 4 - Brett Means (Goddard - 2008, 2009, 2010, 2015)

 3 - Bunt Speer (Arkansas City - 1964, 1969, 1970)

 3 - Delbert Erickson (Newton - 1973, 1974, 1977)

 3 - Ben Bennett (Junction City - 1979, 1980, 1982)

 3 - Curtis Simons (Emporia - 1995, 1996, 2000)

 3 - Bill Christner (Abilene - 1998, 1999, 2003)

 3 - Brock Hutchinson (Smith Center - 2007, 2008, 2009)

 3 - Carlos Prieto (Garden City - 2013, 2014, 2015)

 2 - Bill Pickinpaugh (Hoxie - 1971, 1972)

 2 - Lyle Neville (Hutchinson - 1973, 1981)

 2 - Darol Rodrock (SM-West - 1974, 1977)

 2 - Jim Noel (Derby - 1975, 1976)

 2 - Larry Tilton (Atchison Co. - 1982, 1983)

 2 - Chris Sones (Beloit - 1984, 1985)

 2 - Dewitt Phillips (Derby - 1985, 1986)

 2 - Doug Moore (Concordia - 1988, 1995)

 2 - Brad Fredrickson (Plainville - 1988, 1992)

 2 - Bob Gonzales (Manhattan - 2007, 2012)

 2 - Cully Jackson (Holton - 2013, 2014)

6 - Pat Sands (Emporia - 1980, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989)

Double ** on that one!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Dennis Charbonneau win a Championship his 1st year at Emporia as well? I think he's a 4xer.

Great work on this!

Coach Welton has two more: 1998 and 1999 for Garden City.

4 - Greg Buckbee (Ark City - 2003, 2012, 2013) (Emporia - 2009)

4 - Dennis Charbonneau (Clay Center - 2002, 2005, 2008)(Emporia - 2010)

3 - Curtis Simons (Emporia - 1995, 1996, 2000)

Buckbee was at Ark City, then Emporia, then back to Ark City?

Yep! We got him back from his hometown, and so glad we did.

A lot of great coaches that built fantastic programs....nice walk down memory lane!

Emporia has 11 titles under four different head coaches. That shows that they have a strong youth program and supportive community.

Coach Durham of Norton should have 6 State Titles (1959, 1962, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1973).

In 1990, or 1991 the kid from Andover was stripped of his State Title.

Coach Alley would know the exact weight and year. But this is what the list has for 1991:

112 lbs.
1st – Wade Bullard (Andover High)
2nd – Randy Myers (Columbus)
3rd – Chris Tenan (Russell)
4th – Jason Soloman (Chanute)

Got it Coach Johnson. How many years was Quentin Horning a state champion?

Updated


http://mcbeims.wix.com/kansasstateplacers

Quentin Horning won 3 state Titles, was 2nd as a Freshman.

Mitch here's some corrections and typos. 1979 4A 105 Greg Heidrick Beloit has a typo. 1980 4A 112 3rd Blaise Klenda has a typo. 1981 321A 138 2nd is Craig Dietz, not Deitz. 1984 4A site was Russell HS not Wichita. 1994 321A 160 Aaron Snyder has a typo. 1998 4A 112 6th Tom Kirkpatrick is not from Beloit, neither is 119 5th Andy Morgan. Don't know where either are from. 2005 321A 125 2nd Esterl has a typo. Thanks Mitch!

Thank you thank you thank you!!!
I was hitting the sauce pretty hard in high school, but I KNEW my sophomore year state was at Russell High School. When Mitch didn't respond to my notes, I began to think I was imagining things.

Help me out with names of the head coaches of these state champion teams:

1993
Clearwater
Stockton

1996
Ulysses

1997
Blue Valley High
Goodland

2000
Goodland

2001
Wichita West
Paola

2002
Hutchinson
Bishop Carroll

2003
Hutchinson

2004
Manhattan
KC Turner

2005
St. Thomas Aquinas
Bishop Carroll

2006
Bishop Carroll
Andale

2007
St. Thomas Aquinas

2008
Bishop Carroll

2011
Wichita Heights
Andover Central
Andale

2012
Andale

The ones I know off the top of my head:

1997- Blue Valley- Scott Bacon
2002 & 2003- Hutchinson- Mike Garcia
2004- Turner- Peter Sierant
2004- Manhattan- Lee Woodford
2005 & 2007- STA- Lorne Parks

1993 Clearwater was Drew Harris

1993 Stockton Keith Hall

I believe 2011 Wichita Heights was Mike Church

2001 West High was Coach Jeff Watkins
2002 Bishop Carroll was Mark Stovall

2011 Andover Central was Coach Terry Alley
2008 Bishop Carroll was Coach Darian Eshleman I think he was also the coach in 2005 and 2006 (but I'm not 100%)

I also believe 2011 and 2012 Andale was Coach Brad Lies

Was 1996 Ulysses Rick Cue?

2005 & 2007 Aquinas, Lorne Parks

2003 Hutchinson, Mike Garcia

2001 Paola, Steve Gorsuch

Yes Kit, Rick Cue from Ulysses.

Can anyone confirm 05 - 06 Bishop Carroll coach?
Was it Eschelman?

Also
Goodland 1997

Need names of St. Francis head coaches:
1938
1949
1953
1954
1955
1956
1966
1967

Salina head coaches in 1949 and 1967

Need Oberlin head coaches:
1937
1943
1957
1961

Bishop Carroll, either Todd Porter or Mark Stovall, I think. I think Coach Eschelman was after 05-06. Could be wrong, though.

It's not Porter, he was quite a bit earlier. It might have been Jamie Finkeldei. He was after Stovall, I think.

2005 Jamie Finkeldei
2006 Jamie Finkeldei

2008 Darian Eshelman

Info from daughter's yearbooks.

Mitch can you check 1996 321A 171# 4th place. I have it as Matt Thompson Beloit. Thanks.

Is there a replacement link with the information?

Updated; https://www.kansashswrestling.com/1990-1999