Below is the listing of all the Kansas side 1st team, 2nd team and Honorable Mention KC STAR 2010 All Metro Team Selections. Congratulations to all of you and your coaches on a great season.
All-Metro wrestling team
Source: The Star
112 POUNDS
•Second team: Bo Pursel, Lansing, sophomore
•Honorable mention: Trevor Boyer, Mill Valley, senior;
119 POUNDS
•Honorable mention: Tre’ Humphrey, Shawnee Mission South, junior; Caleb Seaton, Bonner Springs, junior
125 POUNDS•
•Honorable mention: Symon Seaton, Basehor-Linwood, junior
130 POUNDS
•First team: Taylor Moeder, St. James Academy, junior. Record: 40-1. Moeder capped season with his second Kansas 4A state championship. Among Moeder’s wins this season were victories over state champions from Kansas, Missouri, Colorado and Oklahoma.
135 POUNDS
•First team: Zack Tanenbaum, Blue Valley North, junior. Record: 40-1. He won his second straight Kansas 6A state championship. In state quarterfinal, he trailed 6-4 with 20 seconds left, then put opponent in cradle and won 9-6.
••Honorable mention: Garret Hinckley, Lansing, junior
140 POUNDS
•Second team: Spencer Blew, Lansing, junior
•Honorable mention: Bryce Hood, Louisburg, senior
145 POUNDS
•Second team: Ryne Cokeley, St. James Academy, junior
152 POUNDS
•First team: Jake Walker, St. Thomas Aquinas, senior. Record: 44-2. He rebounded from a serious knee injury last year to place second at Kansas 5A state tournament, losing 3-2 in title match. He also finished with wins over Kansas 6A state champion Trip Hiller.
•Second team: Trip Hiller, Olathe South, senior
•Honorable mention: Cullen Demarest, Lansing, senior
160 POUNDS
•First team: Reece Wright-Conklin, Lawrence, sophomore. Record: 34-2. Wright-Conklin won his first Kansas 6A state championship with a convincing 7-1 victory in the state final. He also finished season with 20 pins.
•Honorable mention: Todd Curtis, Gardner Edgerton, senior
171 POUNDS
•First team: Parker Madl, Blue Valley, senior. Record: 47-0. He won his second Kansas 6A state title, pinning three of his four opponents at state tournament. Madl broke the state record for pins in a season with 40. He’ll wrestle at Oklahoma.
189 POUNDS
•Honorable mention: David Blazevic, Olathe North, senior
285 POUNDS
•Honorable mention: Ryan Kincaid, Bishop Miege, senior