Emporia Winter Wrestlng Classic - 2008!

The link above is for the Emporia Winter Wrestling Classic. The plan is to provide tournament updates on the website.

The links on the web page are not yet active due to weigh-in not occurring until Saturday morning.

Emporia Winter Wrestling Classic - 2008

Updated Link.

Tournamnet has been seeded and brackets are posted.

Place Team Score
1. Emporia High School 280.00
2. Maize High School 176.00
3. Hutchinson High School 160.50
4. Lansing High School 150.00
5. Juction City High School 139.00
6. Turner High School 114.50
7. McPherson High School 105.50
8. Eudora High School 102.00
9. North Kansas City High School 89.00
10. Wichita Southeast High School 75.50
11. Basehor-Linwood High School 68.50
12. Seaman High School 63.00
13. Washburn Rural High School 60.00
14. Topeka High School 42.00
15. Lawrence Free State High School 32.00
16. JC Harmon High School 15.00
16. Wichita West High School 15.00

Winter Wrestling Classic All 16 Man
Emporia, Kansas
December 20, 2008
Finals
Weight: 103
5th - Mike Torrez Basehor-Linwood High School Forf Nick Fitzgerald North Kansas City High School
3rd - Colby Witten Maize High School Fall Chris Sullivan Hutchinson High School, 0:23
1st - Bo Pursel Lansing High School M-Dec Bryce Dakin Emporia High School, 10-0

Weight: 112
3rd - Tim Prescott McPherson High School Dec Camron Davis Wichita Southeast High School, 11-5
1st - Skylar Olsen Maize High School Fall Brock Stewart Hutchinson High School, 1:05

Weight: 119
5th - Hunter Garrett Seaman High School Forf James Lohman Turner High School
3rd - Jared Dakin Emporia High School Forf Jordan Ristau Juction City High School
1st - Evan Amaro Maize High School Dec Zach Ballard North Kansas City High School, 6-5

Weight: 125
5th - Kyle Baker JC Harmon High School Forf Forrest Carrol Turner High School
3rd - Jacob Ballard North Kansas City High School Forf Trever Cox Maize High School
1st - Justin Rose Emporia High School Dec Symon Seaton Basehor-Linwood High School, 9-2

Weight: 130
5th - Daniel Barker Washburn Rural High School Dec Jackson Wiley Eudora High School, 7-5
3rd - Chris John Turner High School Def Lance Maldonado Juction City High School
1st - Trent Cox Maize High School M-Dec Chase Sanchez Emporia High School, 12-4

Weight: 135
5th - Scott Wortham Washburn Rural High School Def JR Roman Hutchinson High School
3rd - Cole Schreiner Seaman High School Forf Dalton Hladky Eudora High School
1st - Sal Tovar Emporia High School Dec Dillon Scanlon Lansing High School, 8-2

Weight: 140
5th - Cody Harrison Topeka High School Forf David Miller Juction City High School
3rd - Travis Greenwood North Kansas City High School Dec Chris Boyd Hutchinson High School, 8-4
1st - Tavo Dikin Emporia High School Dec Jason Langford Turner High School, 7-2

Weight: 145
3rd - Zeb Peak Emporia High School Dec Dillon Charland Juction City High School, 4-2
1st - Colby Crank Hutchinson High School Dec Tyler Davis McPherson High School, 9-5

Weight: 152
5th - Gary Crumpton Juction City High School Forf Joe Johnson Basehor-Linwood High School
3rd - Logan Gaskill Emporia High School Dec Josh Pressgrove Washburn Rural High School, 5-2
1st - Blake Fulbright Maize High School Dec Cullen Demarest Lansing High School, 8-6

Weight: 160
5th - Dylan Barrow McPherson High School Forf Ethan Becker Eudora High School
3rd - Taylor Lee Emporia High School Forf Alex Chaparro Wichita Southeast High School
1st - Sammy Sanders Hutchinson High School Dec Evon Royal Juction City High School, 2-1

Weight: 171
5th - Malcolm Norris Hutchinson High School Dec Will Hunter Topeka High School, 4-3
3rd - Chase Ryan Juction City High School Dec Brandon Barry McPherson High School, 10-8
1st - Grant Hinckley Lansing High School Fall C.J Mosely Wichita Southeast High School, 1:38

Weight: 189
5th - Caleb Clayton-Molby Eudora High School Forf Spencer Chestnut Lawrence Free State High School
3rd - Dakota Sherry Hutchinson High School M-Dec Riley Williams Topeka High School, 9-1
1st - Mark Kolmer Emporia High School Dec Nathan Wessel Lansing High School, 9-6

Weight: 215
3rd - Gage Knudson Juction City High School Fall Luciano Gutierrez Turner High School, 4:36
1st - Boomer Mays Eudora High School Dec Jordan Barr Emporia High School, 10-4

Weight: 285
3r - Travis Tuiloma Washburn Rural High School Fall Austin Penca Turner High School, 0:28
1st - Lorenzo Serna Emporia High School Dec John Close Maize High School, 1-0

Winter Wrestling Classic
Emporia, Kansas
December 20, 2008

Weight: 103
1st: Bo Pursel, Lansing High School 9 16- 0
2nd: Bryce Dakin, Emporia High School 9 8- 4
3rd: Colby Witten, Maize High School 10 3- 1
4th: Chris Sullivan, Hutchinson High School 9 6- 7
5th: Mike Torrez, Basehor-Linwood High School 10 8- 3
6th: Nick Fitzgerald, North Kansas City High School 9 6- 5

Weight: 112
1st: Skylar Olsen, Maize High School 9 4- 0
2nd: Brock Stewart, Hutchinson High School 11 2- 1
3rd: Tim Prescott, McPherson High School 9 7- 1
4th: Camron Davis, Wichita Southeast High School 10 7- 3
5th and 6th: Tyler Simpson, Basehor-Linwood High School and Robert Arzola, Maize High School Double Forfeit (6th match for both)

Weight: 119
1st: Evan Amaro, Maize High School 12 3- 0
2nd: Zach Ballard, North Kansas City High School 11 13- 2
3rd: Jared Dakin, Emporia High School 12 8- 5
4th: Jordan Ristau, Juction City High School 11 9- 4
5th: Hunter Garrett, Seaman High School 11 10- 5
6th: James Lohman, Turner High School 10 11- 3

Weight: 125
1st: Justin Rose, Emporia High School 12 11- 1
2nd: Symon Seaton, Basehor-Linwood High School 10 9- 1
3rd: Jacob Ballard, North Kansas City High School 9 12- 4
4th: Trever Cox, Maize High School 9 4- 1
5th: Kyle Baker, JC Harmon High School 11 8- 5
6th: Forrest Carrol, Turner High School 10 8- 6

Weight: 130
1st: Trent Cox, Maize High School 12 4- 0
2nd: Chase Sanchez, Emporia High School 10 10- 2
3rd: Chris John, Turner High School 10 11- 3
4th: Lance Maldonado, Juction City High School 12 10- 2
5th: Daniel Barker, Washburn Rural High School 10 3- 2
6th: Jackson Wiley, Eudora High School 12 9- 6

Weight: 135
1st: Sal Tovar, Emporia High School 12 11- 1
2nd: Dillon Scanlon, Lansing High School 10 13- 1
3rd: Cole Schreiner, Seaman High School 10 12- 3
4th: Dalton Hladky, Eudora High School 11 11- 5
5th: Scott Wortham, Washburn Rural High School 12 6- 5
6th: JR Roman, Hutchinson High School 10 7- 6

Weight: 140
1st: Tavo Dikin, Emporia High School 12 11- 1
2nd: Jason Langford, Turner High School 12 13- 1
3rd: Travis Greenwood, North Kansas City High School 12 15- 1
4th: Chris Boyd, Hutchinson High School 12 8- 5
5th: Cody Harrison, Topeka High School 11 8- 5
6th: David Miller, Juction City High School 10 6- 11

Weight: 145
1st: Colby Crank, Hutchinson High School 12 11- 1
2nd: Tyler Davis, McPherson High School 11 5- 2
3rd: Zeb Peak, Emporia High School 12 11- 2
4th: Dillon Charland, Juction City High School 11 10- 6
5th and 6th: Kevin Rupp, North Kansas City High School and Jesse Estrada, Turner High School Double Forfeit (6th match for both)

Weight: 152
1st: Blake Fulbright, Maize High School 12 4- 0
2nd: Cullen Demarest, Lansing High School 11 14- 3
3rd: Logan Gaskill, Emporia High School 11 11- 2
4th: Josh Pressgrove, Washburn Rural High School 11 11- 5
5th: Gary Crumpton, Juction City High School 12 8- 8
6th: Joe Johnson, Basehor-Linwood High School 11 9- 3

Weight: 160
1st: Sammy Sanders, Hutchinson High School 12 8- 3
2nd: Evon Royal, Juction City High School 11 2- 1
3rd: Taylor Lee, Emporia High School 12 8- 5
4th: Alex Chaparro, Wichita Southeast High School 11 8- 2
5th: Dylan Barrow, McPherson High School 11 3- 3
6th: Ethan Becker, Eudora High School 12 10- 4

Weight: 171
1st: Grant Hinckley, Lansing High School 12 15- 1
2nd: C.J Mosely, Wichita Southeast High School 12 4- 2
3rd: Chase Ryan, Juction City High School 11 7- 8
4th: Brandon Barry, McPherson High School 12 5- 3
5th: Malcolm Norris, Hutchinson High School 11 4- 8
6th: Will Hunter, Topeka High School 10 6- 5

Weight: 189
1st: Mark Kolmer, Emporia High School 11 12- 0
2nd: Nathan Wessel, Lansing High School 10 13- 1
3rd: Dakota Sherry, Hutchinson High School 12 7- 6
4th: Riley Williams, Topeka High School 11 6- 2
5th: Caleb Clayton-Molby, Eudora High School 10 14- 4
6th: Spencer Chestnut, Lawrence Free State High School 11 6- 4

Weight: 215
1st: Boomer Mays, Eudora High School 10 16- 2
2nd: Jordan Barr, Emporia High School 12 8- 4
3rd: Gage Knudson, Juction City High School 10 5- 2
4th: Luciano Gutierrez, Turner High School 12 11- 3
5th and 6th: Julian Kuszmaul, Lawrence Free State High School and Rick Singe, Seaman High School Double Forfeit (6th match for both)

Weight: 285
1st: Lorenzo Serna, Emporia High School 11 9- 2
2nd: John Close, Maize High School 12 3- 1
3rd: Zach Peterson, McPherson High School
4th: Zach Hammer, Lansing High School
5th: Travis Tuiloma, Washburn Rural High School 11 7- 3
6th: Austin Penca, Turner High School 12 12- 3

Is Ruiz (last year's 03 pound 6a state champ) from JC hurt? I didn't see him in the mix. Just curious. Thanks.

What happend to Baughman at 160?

160 Tyler Baughman Record: 13- 2

Result - Opponent - School - How
Won - Andy Davison - Maize High School - Fall
Lost - Sammy Sanders - Hutchinson High School - DQ
Lost - Sam Blindt - Seaman High School - DQ

He was shammed by a fraudlent claim of biting! Davison "fish hooked" Baughman while being pinned inflicting teeth marks on ONE side of his finger. He then claimed he was bitten. A good official should ask himself, why would a wrestler who is dominating and then pinning an opponent bite? It is simple HE WOULDN't! Just another overzealous official not letting the wrestling decide who wins... We are in sore need of an officials evaultion system. We need to mirror the NCAA's system so we can start cycling new faces into our available officials pool and put an end the "good ole boy" network fostered by the current recommendation system.

Thanks Will...Richard, why do you have to be a smart arse? I'm pretty sure I can read a bracket. I just wanted to know why he was DQ'd.

Your original post was:
And I replied appropriately by providing his results.
I am not in a position to judge one way or the other.
But that is not what you asked.

one time when I was a young man, my mom asked me to paint the picnic table.

She didn't tell me what color- she just said "Paint the Picnic table". I went to the store and purchased a quart of case yellow paint and a quart of flat black paint. It was a stunning picnic table with yellow and black slats. What could my mom say? I did what she asked!

We need to be more specific when asking questions because some of us don't play well with others!

Wrestlers reach milestone at winter classic

Wrestlers reach milestone at winter classic

By Joey Berlin
Monday, December 22, 2008

The cards held aloft by Emporia High’s wrestling fans said it all: “100 Wins.”

It was a milestone only a handful of Spartans had achieved — the school record is Dusty Spaulding’s 131 victories — and Greg Buckbee had yet to have a wrestler hit the century mark in his five years as EHS coach.

So Sal Tovar and Justin Rose, needless to say, have joined some exclusive company.

Tovar and Rose each earned their 100th victory and a championship at the Winter Wrestling Classic on Saturday as Emporia High easily won its home holiday meet. Five Spartans in all took titles, with Tavo Dikin, Mark Kolmer and Lorenzo Serna joining Tovar and Rose as champions.

Tovar, who took home his second straight Winter Classic outstanding wrestler award, got his career accomplishment out of the way quickly. Coming into Saturday sitting on 99 career wins, he pinned Harmon’s Simeon Doe in just 21 seconds to win his first-round match in the 135-pound weight class. Spartan fans raised the “100 Wins” cards in celebration.

“It’s what I’ve always wanted to do,” Tovar said right after his first-round win. “But for my goal, I want to get the highest record — that’s 131. So it’s something to shoot for.”

He used the rest of his day making headway toward that lofty goal, picking up three more wins on his way to the 135-pound title. Tovar pinned Eudora’s Dalton Hladky in the quarterfinal round and beat Seaman’s Cole Schreiner by a 9-1 major decision in the semis before facing Lansing’s Dillon Scanlon in the final. Tovar took down Scanlon by an 8-2 score for the title.

Spartan fans at the all-day Classic had to wait until the 125-pound finals for Rose’s 100th win. Arriving at the tourney with 96 wins on his record, Rose pinned each of his first three opponents — Washburn Rural’s Alex Leeds in 34 seconds, Maize’s Trever Cox at the 4:44 mark and North Kansas City’s Jacob Ballard in 3:11 — to reach the championship match against Basehor-Linwood sophomore Symon Seaton.

“I heard he was really good on his feet,” Rose said. “So I just went out there and (took) him down and worked on top.”

After defeating Seaton 9-2, Rose had not only earned his 100th win, but the fourth Winter Classic championship of his career. Naturally, like for Tovar, the “100 Wins” cards were held up for Rose, too.

Seeing the two senior standouts reach that plateau made Saturday a special day for their coach.

“It’s just hard to do,” Buckbee said. “You’ve gotta be pretty dominating as a freshman, sophomore, junior and senior, and you’ve gotta go injury-free, and it’s very difficult to do.”

Emporia ended the Winter Classic with 280 team points, easily beating second-place Maize by 104. Spartan wrestlers finished in the top three in all but two weight classes.

At 140 pounds, Dikin took just 15 first-round seconds to pin Wichita West’s Eric Rice, then won his next two matches by technical fall and a 6-5 decision before beating Turner’s Jason Langford 7-2 for the title.

Kolmer dominated the 189-pound field on his way to the final, in which he defeated Lansing’s Nathan Wessel by a 9-6 count. Kolmer pinned his first two opponents, then defeated Eudora’s Caleb Clayton-Molloy by a 14-6 major decision in the semis. Serna, with a bye to the quarterfinals, needed just three victories for the 285-pound title. He scored pins in his first two matches and a 1-0 victory over Maize’s John Close to give him the heavyweight crown.

Three Spartans fell short in the championship match, earning second-place finishes: Bryce Dakin at 103 pounds, Chase Sanchez at 130 and Jordan Barr at 215. Two pins and a major decision got Dakin to the final, where he lost to Lansing’s Bo Pursel 10-0. Sanchez pinned three opponents, including two in the first two minutes, but lost to Maize’s Trent Cox 12-4 in the championship. Eudora’s Boomer Mays beat Barr 10-4 for the 215-pound championship after Barr earned a pin, an 11-2 major decision and a 13-7 decision on his way to the title match.

Winning their respective consolation brackets and earning third-place finishes for Emporia were Jared Dakin at 119 pounds, Zeb Peak at 145 pounds, Logan Gaskill at 152 and Taylor Lee at 160. Buckbee was impressed with the way the third-place finishers bounced back from their losses.

“The back side, a lot of times you’re wrestling for your team,” he said. “You wrestle for a championship for yourself, but you come back for the back side and wrestle for your team. And they did a great job of doing that.”

Drew Detwiler went 0-2 on the day at 112 pounds for Emporia, and Nico Rodriguez went 1-2 at 171 pounds.

The Spartans’ dominating win at the Classic gave them a nice note on which to head into holiday break.

“We usually don’t have the Classic on the finals week,” Buckbee said. “And that’s kind of rough. Those kids gotta prepare for finals, they’ve gotta take care of their weight, they’ve gotta prepare for the tournament, and that’s a lot to put on young high school guys. But they handled it pretty well.”