I would like to thank all of the wrestlers, coaches and parents who made Cadet National Duals 2015 a great experience for all involved. This year Team Kansas fielded two teams and both teams represented our state with class and great competitive spirit that was noticed by others around the country. Team Kansas finished 4th in Greco and 8th in Freestyle.

A big thanks to our Coaches:
Jacob Beck
Travis Phippen
Cody Parks
Ryne Cokeley
Tate Lowe

A big thanks to the following parents for their help:
Tami Porsch- made sure our wrestlers were feed daily during the tournament, volunteered to keep score and took care of our laundry.
Matt Treaster- Supervision in hotel and tournament volunteer
Jay Irwin- Tournament Volunteer
George Gaona- Tournament Volunteer and helped get groceries.
Will Cokeley- Going to store and laundry.
Scott Ward- Checking Team Kansas in at the airport.
Emily Gaona, Tina Bendure, Dana Ward and other families who hosted Cadet wrestlers at their homes during camp.

Thanks to the wrestlers who competed and represented Team Kansas
Braiden Lynn
Jace Koelzer
Cody Phippen
Brian Gates
Logan Treaster
Conner Ward
Joey Hancock
Thomas Fehlhafer
Jarrett Bendure
Jake Beeson
Jalen Harper
Jake Patterson
Sammy Cokeley
Nick Jouret
Cordel Duhart
Mark Coomes
Clay Lautt
Jacob Mintzmyer
Dylan Servis
Anthony Gaona
Jordan Beehler
Christopher Cox
Tyler Shannon
Gabe Buckbee
Brett Bober
Joseph Irwin
Marcus Robinson
Boo Dryden
Dayton Porsch
Drew Ernsdorff
Colton Hutchinson
Isaiah Luellen
Hayden Keopke
Tucker Wilson
Ryan Tiers
Hunter Norris
Jake Miller

Thank you to all the coaches and parents for their help. The kids did a great job. They wrestled very tough, were respectful and well behaved the entire trip.

The national dual events are very demanding on the kids - physically and mentally. It is just tough wrestling kids at that level for four days in a row. However, in the end, the wins and losses are not what is important, it is going through the process that is important. Of course that is much easier said than done for both wrestlers and parents.

By then end on Saturday each of the boys was clearly better than when they started. They may have not felt that better about thier wrestling, but you could see they were better. Everyone of these boys competed to their utmost during the four days. The wrestlers, coaches and parents have every right to feel proud of how they represented Kansas.

Matt Treaster

I want to thank all the coaches for working so hard with little to no pay or recognition. I also want to thank Tami Porsch and Matt Treaster for filming matches. Additionally, I want to point out two kids that I hosted at my house Braiden Lynn and Brett Bober. Both were very polite kids.... they wrestled great ... their parents should be doubly proud.

Jay Irwin