Rose Hill holds off Labette for title
BY KRISTIN MEHLER
Wichita Eagle correspondent
DOUGLASS - Rose Hill's lower and midweight wrestlers rolled through the finals of the Class 4A regional wrestling tournament to overcome a Labette County surge for the title.
"Labette County made an incredible comeback and they gained about 30 points on us," Rose Hill coach Darian Eshelman said. "They had me real worried. But we had 4 seniors and a freshman in the finals. They've been a spark plug for us and they really came through for us."
Zac Sparr started the Rose Hill effort by pinning Labette's Phillip Martin in the 103-pound weight class. From there, Ryan Canale, who placed third at state last year in the 112-pound class, went on to clinch his match against Zach Peters of Augusta in the third period.
In the 125-pound weight class, Rose Hill's Dustin Bowen won by decision in overtime against Cameron Jesseph of Chanute. Rose Hill followed it up with another win in the 145-class from Aaron Hynick.
With Labette not having any finalists in the upper weights, Rose Hill's push was enough to eke out a claim on the title.
"I'm happy about this, but next week is what really matters at state," Eshelman said. "To be honest, I'd rather have first place at state than first place here."
The night was not limited to Rose Hill and Labette's struggle for the title. Augusta had a total of four finalists to finish third in the tournament, including a narrow victory by Chris Stuart in the 171-pound weight class.
In the 152-weight class, Tyler Koehn went on to a 34-0 record as the Pittsburg junior pinned Faron Rodriguez of Coffeyville in the first minute of the match.
Andover's Austen Hybsha lost to Atticus Disney by pin in the 285-weight class. It was the second such loss to Disney on his now 26-3 record. Disney heads into state with just one loss on the season.
For Labette, spirits remain high. Despite narrowly losing first place by less than two points, Labette remains confident heading into the state tournament next week.
"It was a good match and a good tournament. Rose Hill did a great job," Labette County coach Brian Olivera said. "It was nice that we were able to be in there with them. They were tough last year and they were tough this year."
Team Finals: 1.Rose Hill 160.0, 2.Labette County 158.5, 3. Augusta 149.5, 4. Chanute 121.5, 5. Andover Central 98.0, 6. Pittsburg 95.0, 7. Circle 87.0, 8. Douglass 86.0, 9. Columbus 61.0, 10. Coffeyville 58.5, 11. Independence 54.0, 12. Andover 49.5, El Dorado 49.5, 14. Mulvane 48.0, 15. Parsons 32.0.
Championship: 103 Zac Sparr, Rose Hill Fall Philip Martin, Labette County, FT 3:16; 112 Ryan Canale, Rose Hill Dec Zach Peters, Augusta 5-3; 119 Zach Jesseph, Chanute Dec Aaron Hamilton, Augusta 8-7; 125 Dustin Bowen, Rose Hill Dec Cameron Jesseph, Chanute, 9-7 TO; 130 Josh Hinman, Labette County Fall Mark Haynes, Andover, FT 0:59; 135 C.J. Napier, Columbus Dec Ryan Salyer, Towanda-Circle, 9-5; 140 Derek Koehn, Pittsburg Dec Chris Watson, Andover Central, 6-3; 145 Aaron Hynich, Rose Hill Dec Jordan Brown, Pittsburg, 7-4; 152 Tyler Koehn, Pittsburg Fall Faron Rodriguez, Coffeyville, FT 1:00; 160 Joey Hambleton, Labette County Dec Ben Forsberg, Rose Hill. 5-2; 171 Chris Stuart, Augusta Dec Andrew Potter, Andover Central, 12-6; 189 Aaron Kuhlmann, Augusta Dflt Steven Plummer, Circle, INJURY; 215 Jaydan Bird, Andover Central Fall Jordon McRay, Parsons, FT 4:13; 285 Atticus Disney, Andover Central Fall Austen Hybsha, Andover, FT 4:32.
Consolation: 103 Kenneth Ornelas, Chanute Fall Jake Hayden, Coffeyville, FT 2:10; 112 Adam Leedy, Chanute Dec Taylor Dwyer, Altamont-Labette County, 7-5; 119 Anthony Whittley, Labette County Fall Kyle Burton, Columbus, FT 3:41; 125 Andrew Hoyt, Circle Dec Steven Shields, Mulvane, 3-0; 130 Cain McEwen, Augusta Fall Andrew Shaft, Douglass, FT 3:24; 135 Charlie Wagner, Douglass M-Dec Aaron Arb, Labette County, 17-4; 140 Lukas Long, El Dorado Dec Brad Finley, Chanute 4-3; 145 Ethan Bogner, Labette County Dec Corbin Reichard, Augusta, 5-2; 152 John Hambleton, Labette County Dec Garrett Mitchell, Rose Hill, 5-3; 160 Clay Shaft, Douglass M-Dec Brad Sommerfeldt, Pittsburg, 10-2; Clint Rapp, Douglass Fall Brandon Craft, El Dorado, FT 0:49; 189 Dante Johns, Mulvane Dec Jason Swearingen, Independence, 11-5; 215 Kendall Pierce, Circle fall Todd Martin, Douglass, FT 2:09; 285 Cody Moore, Columbus Dec Lee Dunham, Independence, 5-1.
Class 4A
Baldwin
103--1. Slyter, Paola, 38-5; 2. Shay, Osawatomie, 22-3; 3. Hanson, Baldwin, 31-12; 4. Cole, Abilene, 23-9. 112--1. Callahan, Baldwin, 37-4; 2. Weaver, Santa Fe Trail, 30-10; 3. Moylan, Prairie View, 24-15; 4. Poland, Chapman, 20-18. 119--1. Rockhold, Baldwin, 30-12; 2. Kunc, Council Grove, 25-9; 3. Shorter, Chapman, 23-15; 4. Dunn, Osawatomie, 23-17. 125--1. Wells, Santa Fe Trail, 29-9; 2. Hopkins, Garnett, 20-6; 3. Hayes, Spring Hill, 18-17; 4. Mosley, Paola, 11-20. 130--1. Callahan, Baldwin, 41-3; 2. Clarke, Eudora, 38-10; 3. Winter, Garnett, 23-8; 4. Q. Wuthnow, Abilene, 22-10. 135--1. Sommer, Prairie View, 34-7; 2. Lemon, Chapman, 28-10; 3. Thurlow, Baldwin, 22-14; 3. Naylor, Spring Hill, 34-11. 140--1. Kramer, Ft. Scott, 32-6; 2. Cauthon, Santa Fe Trail, 30-7; 3. R. Wuthnow, Abilene, 32-8; 4. Nickell, Prairie View, 30-7. 145--1. Arveson, Chapman, 33-3; 2. Pruitt, Ft. Scott, 25-11; 3. Hermreck, Paola, 28-17; 4. Busby, Baldwin, 19-17. 152--1. Hudgins, Spring Hill, 39-2; 2. Renfro, Ft. Scott, 19-9; 3. Holland, Prairie View, 28-12; 4. Wilson, Baldwin, 23-14. 160--1. Hall, Ft. Scott, 36-2; 2. Owings, Prairie View, 27-5; 3. Love, Eudora, 37-13; 4. Yingling, Spring Hill, 24-15. 171--1. Irvine, Chapman, 37-1; 2. Gettler, Ft. Scott, 25-5; 3. Randall, Prairie View, 26-2; 4. Ewing, Santa Fe Trail, 24-12. 189--1. Meyers, Eudora, 34-9; 2. Grant, Ft. Scott, 23-17; 3. Stanton, Prairie View, 29-12; 4. Wood, Baldwin, 12-6. 215--1. Kober, Santa Fe Trail, 15-0; 2. Durkin, Eudora, 35-7; 3. Hamm, Spring Hill, 30-14; 4. Tech, Abilene, 34-7. 285--1. Payne, Paola, 35-4; 2. Shively, Santa Fe Trail, 32-7; 3. Espeseth, Chapman, 29-7; 4. Wilks, Eudora, 19-18.
