We had 27 state champs in it this year. I was going to total the placers but haven't gotten around to it yet. I am pretty certain no tourney matched that total this year. Newton and Garden are very tough but not any tougher than the Bobcat. It is a tester that is for sure.
That is kids who have won a state championship at some point in their career including this past year.
Here is a list of 24 current or previous state champions who participated at Newton:
1. Dustin Reed of Colby
2. John Risewick of Norton
3. Josh Walker of Tulsa Union
4. Dane Norris of Manhattan
5. Cody Beasley of Campus
6. TJ Stokes of Gardner-Edgerton
7. Konnor Kriss of Colby
8. Troy Bainter of Norton
9. Daniel DeShazer of Wichita Heights
10. Brandon Charbonneau of Emporia
11. Trey Dice of Arkansas City
12. Bradley Little of Derby
13. Kyle Ash of Tulsa Union
14. Chase Sanchez of Emporia
15. Matt Reed of Wichita Heights
16. Landon Keiswetter of Norton
17. Reece Wright-Conklin of Lawrence
18. Spencer Shirk of Norton
19. Kyle Crutchmer of Tulsa Union
20. Zach Anderson of Clay Center
21. Hunter Jameson of Wichita-Heights
22. Justin McPhail of Liberal
23. Nathan Butler of Leavenworth
24. Jesse Trent Dodge City
There were also 2 wrestlers who have titles to their name who did not participate:
Devon Keith of Carroll
Anthony Calderon of Garden City
I would say Newton is right on par with the Bobcat Classic and especially when you consider that Bobcat has 10 more teams that participate.
I might do some research for the Garden City tournament, which is also pretty salty.
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