3-1A wrestling: Francka reverses regional setback
Posted: February 23, 2012 - 2:49pm
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Chase County's Trey Francka tries to manuever Norton's Branson Addington into a pinfall position during the quarterfinals of the Class 3-2-1A state wrestling tourney Thursday at Gross Memorial Coliseum in Hays. Francka eventually won the match by pinfall.
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By Nick Schwien
SPECIAL TO THE CAPITAL-JOURNAL
HAYS — Something unusual happened at the regional meet last weekend in Council Grove.
That deviation from the norm surprised Chase County’s Trey Francka.
When you have the resume the junior has on the mat, one can understand his puzzlement.
“I just got up and was like, ‘I really lost,’ ” Francka said about a 4-2 overtime loss to Silver Lake’s Khamin Crow at the regional. “That loss pushed me to work harder.”
Francka was pushed Thursday during the first round of the Class 3-1A state wrestling tournament at Gross Memorial Coliseum on the Fort Hays State campus. But this time, he didn’t let one slip away.
Francka broke open a scoreless match in the 106-pound semifinals against Marysville junior Josh Goepfert for a 6-0 victory to reach a title match for the third consecutive year.
“I was looking, for myself, to get back here,” Francka said. “If I got there my freshman and sophomore year, I knew I could go back there. I knew there would be a target on my shoulders. I was No. 1 coming in. Everybody wants to beat me.”
Crow did stun Francka at the regional, but the two-time state runner-up at 103 pounds wasn’t at 100 percent because of an illness that hit him earlier in the week.
And Crow didn’t follow up his upset of top-ranked Francka with another Goliath-slaying performance at state. Instead, he lost in the first round 12-11 to Ellsworth’s Ty Nienke.
“When (Francka) was a freshman, it as a surprise,” Chase County coach Derick Budke said about his wrestler’s third trip to a title match. “Last year, he pinned his way to the finals. This year, it was different. He was sick last week, but he was able to fight it off.”
It wasn’t sickness he had to fight off Thursday, but nerves. Still, he pinned his first two opponents before battling Goepfert to a scoreless tie entering the final period.
“The book on Trey is people try to slow him down, and they know it,” Budke said. “They think if they can keep it close, they can steal one from him. That’s what happened at regionals, basically.”
But Francka, who rode out all two minutes of the second period on top, started on top again in the third and put Goepfert on his back for three nearfall points with 1:01 remaining.
He gained three more nearfall points as time wound down in the period to win 6-0.
“When I’m on top, I can be dominating,” said Francka, who improved to 37-2 and will face Nienke (31-6) of Ellsworth in Saturday’s finals. “I love leg riding. That’s one of the things I’ve done all year long. Not a lot of people can beat me at that.”
Francka beat Goepfert in last year’s semifinals as well, although it was by pinfall.
Burlington’s Colt Skillman, the school’s first state champ, beat Francka 4-0 in last year’s title match, while Francka lost by pinfall to Norton’s John Risewick as a freshman.
“It’s great for him,” Budke said about Francka making the finals. “It’s even better because all year long, people expected it of him. Obviously this weekend, he’s stepped up.”
TEAM SCORES
Scott City 751/2, Hoisington 57, Marysville 531/2, Goodland 52, Hoxie 49.5, Douglass 38, Burlington 35, Rossville 35, Oakley 33, SE-Saline 30, Sabetha 29, Eureka 271/2, Central-Burden 26, Caney Valley 26, Doniphan West 25, Pleasant Ridge 25, TMP-Marian 23, Norton 23, Obelin 221/2, Ellis 22, Chase County 22, Wellsville 22, Smith Center 211/2, Atchison County 21, Fredonia 201/2, Beloit 20, Sacred Heart 20, Dexter 20, Marion 20, Horton 20, Ellsworth 18, Republic County 17 Lyons 15, Rock Creek 15, Phillipsburg 141/2, Plainville 14, Chaparral 13, Silver Lake 13, Council Grove 12, St. Marys 11, Holcomb 9, Halstead 9, Atwood 7, Russell 6, Herington 5, Centralia 4, Troy 0.
FIRST-ROUND
106 — Nienke, Ellsworth, dec. Crow, Silver Lake, 12-11; Migchelbrink, Atwood, pinned Shay, Fredonia, 5:37; Lowell, Republic County, pinned Swartz, Council Grove, 3:12; Hoffman, St. Francis, dec. Janzen, Marion, 9-3; Addington, Norton, pinned Gassmann, Garden Plain, 1:28; Francka, Chase County, pinned Frieling, Smith Center, 5:42; Stalford, Caney Valley, dec. Juenemann, Oberlin, 12-3; Goepfert, Marysville, dec. Bowen, Atchison County, 7-5.
113 — Defore, Dexter, pinned Keller, St. Francis, 1:33; Wessling, Beloit, dec. Weber, Pleasant Ridge, 13-3; Amos, Holcomb, pinned Duran, Chaparral, 5:34; Thomas, Rock Creek, pinned Rogers, Smith Center, 2:13; Schaefer, Silver Lake, pinned Baldwin, Russell, 0:54; Jurgens, Scott City, dec. Emerson, Moundridge, 4-3; Schottler, Lyons, pinned Harris, Riverside, 2:33; Cook, Cherryvale, dec. Solko, Atwood, 4-3.
120 — Ball, Hoisington, pinned Murphy, Oakley, 1:06; Graham, Pleasant Ridge, won by forfeit over Fisher, Eureka; Risewick, Norton, pinned Weller, SE-Saline, 3:04; Beck, Centralia, pinned Regnier, Marion, 1:11; Elbrader, Burlington, pinned Allen, Sabetha, 0:21; Avelar, Goodland, pinned Arnold, Lyons, 3:52; Riess, Rock Creek, pinned Juby, Flinthills, 0:58; Kough, Scott City, pinned Conn, Beloit, 3:52.
126 — Schumacher, TMP-Marian, pinned Eckert, Minneapolis, 1:03; Melcher, Herington, pinned Kinder, Caney Valley, 0:50; Axelson, Plainville, dec. Knight, SE-Saline, 11-8; Wagner, Atchison County, dec. Hamill, Chaparral, 10-2; Speer, Horton, pinned Parker, Fredonia, 2:37; Dreher, Oberlin, won by tech fall over Krause, Russell, 15-0; Jo. Schroeder, Silver Lake, dec. Burch, Douglass, 5-2; Hager, Norton, pinned Havenstein, Riley County, 4:17.
132 — Rodriguez, Caney Valley, pinned Watts, Beloit, 5:21; Studley, Phillipsburg, dec. Calhoon, Maur Hill, 4-3; Humphrey, Fredonia, won by tech fall over Rockwell, Marysville, 16-1; Juenemann, Oberlin, dec. Hollands, Atchison County, 7-0; Ja. Schroeder, Silver Lake, dec. Jones, Hoxie, 3-2; Soward, Halstead, pinned Kuder, Minneapolis, 4:23; Mulligan, Scott City, pinned Schaake, Rock Creek, 3:28; Biddle, Central-Burden, won by default over Boatman, Riley County.
138 — Carroll, Marion, pinned Fischer, Smith Center, 1:42; Wilson, Rock Creek, dec. Dusin, Phillipsburg, 7-6; Landoll, Marysville, won by tech fall over Lahey, Erie, 14-1; Miller, Riverside, pinned Hefner, Oakley, 3:00; Ochs, Hoxie, pinned Birkinsha, Atchison County, 1:33; Sanders, Hoisington, dec. Gillespie, West Elk, 7-4; Hurla, St. Marys, dec. Leibbrandt, St. Francis, 4-3; Trahan, Minneapolis, dec. Castlebury, Douglass, 7-1.
145 — Duwe, Chaparral, pinned Walter, St. Marys, 1:23; Demel, Hoisington, dec. Coomes, Phillipsburg, 6-2; Lambotte, Rossville, pinned Wood, Caney Valley, 3:02; Behymer, Beloit, dec. Younger, Ellis, 7-4; Creek, Marysville, pinned Iman, Elkhart, 3:50; Bloomer, Onaga, dec. McCune, Douglass, 7-5 (OT); Weiss, Russell, dec. Brown, Oberlin, 16-6; Schuetz, Atchison County, dec. Weidmeyer, Fredonia, 5-0.
152 — Biddle, Central-Burden, pinned Fee, Doniphan West, 1:47; Peden, Goodland, dec. Ussrey, Lincoln, 9-7 (OT); Smith, Rossville, pinned Cranmer, Douglass, 1:52; Pickel, Smith Center, dec. Wiesner, Plainville, 7-5; Snyder, Hoxie, dec. Manka, Hoisington, 15-4; Mayfield, Eureka, dec. Chew, Atchison County, 3-2; Clarke, Lyons, dec. Wolaver, St. Francis, 15-3; Johnson, Pleasant Ridge, pinned Watt, Caney Valley, 1:58.
160 — Johnson, Marion, pinned Renner, Norton, 3:34; Setter, Wabaunsee, won by tech fall over Lott, Minneapolis, 15-0; Albers, Oakley, pinned Housel, Cherryvale, 1:26; Nelsen, Marysville, pinned Aberle, Sabetha, 5:09; Tyler, St. Marys, dec. pinned Walker, Russell, 0:27; Stalford, Caney Valley, pinned Yergey-Dible, Hoxie, 5:43; Wuthnow, Sacred Heart, pinned Gillis, Herington, 5:44; Schneider, Phillipsburg, dec. Jones, Hillsboro, 9-3.
170 — LaMay, Wellsville, pinned Ackerman, Douglass, 1:22; Turner, Scott City, dec. Brazzle, Riley County, 6-3; Bayless, Caney Valley, pinned Blow, Onaga, 0:36, Berkgren, Oakley, pinned Frazier, Smith Center, 3:11; Thyfault, Plainville, dec. Cosand, Rock Hills, 4-2; Sutton, Rock Creek, dec. Palic, Marion, 4-1; Hunsicker, Ellis, won by tech fall over Hanzlick, Hoisington, 18-3; Hoch, Burlington, pinned Martinez, Troy, 5:02.
182 — Gastineau, Goodland, won by tech fall over Hodges, Cherryvale, 15-0; Hellerud, Hoisington, dec. Sommer, Mission Valley, 16-3; Lowe, Eureka, pinned Gienger, St. Francis, 1:31; Atwood, Smith Center, dec. Swartz, Council Grove, 9-1; Long, SE-Saline, pinned Lockhart, Silver Lake, 2:15; Heimann, TMP-Marian, dec. Daignault, Douglass, 10-5; Huneke, Sabetha, dec. Dyke, Republic County, 11-1; Salmans, Hoxie, won by forfeit over Plummer, Fredonia.
195 — Anderson, Council Grove, pinned Rizzuto, West Elk, 3:24; Shaw, Oberlin, pinned Brazzle, Riley County, 2:26; Castlebury, Douglass, pinned Smallwood, Mission Valley, 2:33; Janousek, Hoisington, pinned Winters, Stockton, 3:03; Herl, Goodland pinned Hershberger, Stafford, 3:03; Speer, Doniphan West, dec. McCoy, Eureka, 12-4; McDowell, Smith Center, dec. Faulkender, Oakley, 9-1; Schmidt, Bluestem, dec. Edelman, Sabetha, 10-0.
220 — Bahia, Republic County, dec. Johnson, Horton, 12-2; Greenbaum, Douglass, dec. McEachern, Scott City, 3-2; Veach, Doniphan West, pinned Serviss, Fairfield, 2:57; Slater, Marion, dec. Fortin, Oberlin, 7-2; Taylor, Burlington, dec. Washington, Hoxie, 5-4; Batt, Hoisington, pinned Callahan, Silver Lake, 2:28; Oharah, Goodland, pinned Capul, Garden Plain, 0:43; Elias, Council Grove, pinned Coomes, Thunder Ridge, 1:08.
285 — Edelman, Sabetha, pinned Kaylor, Douglass, 0:53; Chard, Plainville, pinned Moore, Hoisington, 4:43; Wilcox, Chaparral, dec. Kolterman, Onaga, 7-5; Besher, SE-Saline, pinned Fuller, Lakin, 2:22; Hayes, Scott City, pinned Berger, Sylvan-Lucas, 0:18; Cooper, Rossville, pinned Thiessen, Hillsboro, 4:46; English, Beloit, pinned Zahn, Quiner, 2:41; Farthing, Burlington, pinned Hoffman, Atchison County, 2:24.
QUARTERFINALS
106 — Nienke, Ellsworth, dec. Migchelbrink, Atwood, 6-2; Lowell, Republic County, pinned Hoffman, St. Francis, 0:37; Francka, Chase County, pinned Addington, Norton, 4:57; Goepfert, Marysville, dec. Stalford, Caney Valley, 10-2.
113 — Defore, Dexter, dec. Wessling, Beloit, 9-7; Amos, Holcomb, dec. Thomas, Rock Creek, 12-8; Jurgens, Scott City, won by default over Schaefer, Silver Lake; Schottler, Lyons, dec. Cook, Cherryvale, 4-3.
120 — Ball, Hoisington, pinned Graham, Pleasant Ridge, 2:57; Risewick, Norton, dec. Beck, Centralia, 9-3; Elbrader, Burlington, dec. Avelar, Goodland, 6-3; Kough, Scott City, dec. Reiss, Rock Creek, 6-4.
126 — Schumacher, TMP-Marian, dec. Melcher, Herington, 12-4; Wagner, Atchison County, pinned Axelson, Plainville, 2:24; Speer, Horton, dec. Dreher, Oberlin, 8-4; Hager, Norton, dec. Jo. Schroeder, Silver Lake, 1-0.
132 — Studley, Phillipsburg, dec. Rodriguez, Caney Valley, 6-2; Humphrey, Fredonia, dec. Juenemann, Oberlin, 9-2; Soward, Halstead, dec. Ja. Schroeder, Silver Lake, 6-5; Mulligan, Scott City, dec. Biddle, Central-Burden, 8-4.
138 — Carroll, Marion, dec. Wilson, Rock Creek, 8-6; Landoll, Marysville, pinned Miller, Riverside, 4:26; Ochs, Hoxie, dec. Sanders, Hoisington, 9-2; Hurla, St. Marys, dec. Trahan, Minneapolis, 3-2.
145 — Demel, Hoisington, dec. Duwe, Chaparral, 16-6; Lambotte, Rossville, dec. Behymer, Beloit, 13-8; Creek, Marsville, dec. Bloomer, Onaga, 7-2; Schuetz, Atchison County, dec. Weiss, Russell, 6-3.
152 — Biddle, Central-Burden, dec. Peden, Goodland, 16-5; Smith, Rossville, pinned Pickel, Smith Center, 1:01; Snyder, Hoxie, dec. Mayfield, Eureka, 5-2; Johnson, Pleasant Ridge, dec. Clarke, Lyons, 9-7.
160 — Johnson, Marion, dec. Setter, Wabaunsee, 7-2; Albers, Oakley, dec. Nelsen, Marysville, 4-2; Stalford, Caney Valley, dec. Tyler, St. Marys, 7-5; Wuthnow, Sacred Heart, dec. Schneider, Phillipsburg, 12-5.
170 — LaMay, Wellsville, dec. Turner, Scott City, 9-5; Berkgren, Oakley, dec. Bayless, Caney Valley, 6-5; Thyfault, Plainville, dec. Sutton, Rock Creek, 6-4; Hunsicker, Ellis, dec. Hoch, Burlington, 7-0.
182 — Hellerud, Hoisington, dec. Gastineau, Goodland, 15-12; Lowe, Eureka, 12-3; Long, SE-Saline, pinned Heimann, TMP-Marian, :59; Salmans, Hoxie, pinned Huneke, Sabetha, 2:19.
195 — Shaw, Oberlin, pinned Anderson, Council Grove, 5:16; Castlebury, Douglass, pinned Janousek, Hoisington, 5:13; Herl, Goodland, won by tech fall over Speer, Doniphan West, 17-0; McDowell, Smith Center, won by tech fall over Schmidt, Bluestem, 15-0.
220 — Greenbaum, Douglass, dec. Bahia, Republic County, 4-2; Veach, Doniphan West, pinned Evan Slater, Marion, 2:38; Taylor, Burlington, dec. Batt, Hoisington, 6-5; Oharah, Goodland, dec. Elias, Council Grove, 5-0.
285 — Edelman, Sabetha, pinned Chard, Plainville, 2:18; Wilcox, Chaparral, pinned Besher, SE-Saline, 5:25; Hayes, Scott City, pinned Cooper, Rossville, :41; English, Beloit, pinned Farthing, Burlington, 1:00.
SEMIFINALS
106 — Nienke, Ellsworth dec. Lowell, Republic Co., 11-9; Francka, Chase County, dec. Goepfert, Marysville, 6-0.
113 — Defore, Dexter dec. Amos, Holcomb, 7-6; Jurgens, Scott City won by tech. fall over Schottler, Lyons, 15-0.
120 — Ball, Hoisington dec. Risewick, Norton, 4-0; Elbrader, Burlington dec. Kough, Scott City, 8-4.
126 — Schumacher, TMP-Marian dec. Wagner, Atchison County, 5-0; Speer, Horton dec. Hager, Norton, 10-5.
132 — Humphrey, Fredonia maj. dec. Studley, Phillipsburg, 9-0; Mulligan, Scott City dec. Soward, Halstead, 7-4.
138 — Landoll, Marysville dec. Carroll, Marion, 5-4; Ochs, Hoxie pinned Hurla, St. Marys, 3:04.
145 — Lambotte, Rossville dec. Demel, Hoisington, 7-3; Creek, Marysville dec. Schuetz, Atchison County, 2-1.
152 — Biddle, Central-Burden maj. dec. Smith, Rossville, 11-1; Johnson, Pleasant Ridge dec. Snyder, Hoxie, 5-3.
160 — Albers, Oakley dec. Johnson, Marion, 10-3; Wuthnow, Sacred Heart dec. Stalford, Caney Valley, 4-2.
170 — LaMay, Wellsville pinned Berkgren, Oakley; Hunsicker, Ellis dec. Thyfault, Plainville, 4-2.
182 — Lowe, Eureka pinned Hellerud, Hoisington, 1:49; Long, SE of Saline, dec. Salmans, Hoxie, 8-1.
195 — Castlebury, Douglass pinned Shaw, Oberlin, 1:57; Herl, Goodland maj. dec. McDowell, Smith Center, 11-2.
220 — Veach, Doniphan West dec. Greenbaum, Douglass, 7-4; Oharah, Goodland dec. Taylor, Burlington, 5-1.
285 — Edelman, Sabetha, dec. Wilcox, Chaparral, 5-1; Hayes, Scott City dec. English, Beloit, 6-2.
FINALS SATURDAY
106 — Ty Nienke, Ellsworth (31-6) vs. Trey Francka, Chase County (37-2)
113 — Joey Defore, Dexter (35-0) vs. James Jurgens, Scott City (30-12)
120 — Brandon Ball, Hoisington (36-12) vs. Jake Elbrader, Burlington (39-4)
126 — Dylan Schumacher, TMP-Marian (28-3) vs. Hunter Speer, Horton (39-2)
132 — Brogan Humphrey, Fredonia (43-1) vs. Clay Mulligan, Scott City (39-2)
138 — James Landoll, Marysville (23-2) vs. Calvin Ochs, Hoxie (29-3)
145 — Tagen Lambotte, Rossville (33-1) vs. Eddie Creek, Marysville (35-4)
152 — Ky Biddle, Central-Burden (39-0) vs. Jared Johnson, Pleasant Ridge (38-2)
160 — Eric Albers, Oakley (34-0) vs. Nick Wuthnow, Sacred Heart (38-1)
170 — Jesse LaMay, Wellsville (40-2) vs. Riley Hunsicker, Ellis (27-4)
182 — Tyler Lowe, Eureka (37-1) vs. Brock Long, SE-Saline (31-1)
195 — Colt Castlebury, Douglass (42-1) vs. Laine Herl, Goodland (41-1)
220 — Austin Veach, Doniphan West (22-2) vs. Riley Oharad, Goodland (37-1)
285 — Trevin Edelman, Sabetha (33-2) vs. Luke Hayes, Scott City (35-0)
