Thought it would be nice to have a thread leading up to this event. Thoughts, comments on this tourney?

If you have the date open - bring your high school and kids clubs teams to watch. Come watch some college guys battle.



Kansas Cup - All Kansas colleges/universities
smokeycabin
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Loc: Shawnee Kansas 1/29/12

Kansas Cup

Location Baker University - All Kansas Colleges it is a Sunday
so bring your high school and kids clubs teams to watch.

9 a.m.

Baldwin City, Kan.

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#195683 - December, 24 2011 05:51 AM Re: Kansas Cup - All Kansas colleges/universities [Re: smokeycabin]
smokeycabin
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Loc: Shawnee Kansas Sunday - January 29, 2012 - 9:00 am start time

If you have the date open - bring your high school and kids clubs teams to watch. Come watch some college guys battle.

Are these all of the colleges?


Labette CC
Baker University
Fort Hays State
Pratt
Neosho County CC
Newman
Colby CC
Northwest Technical College

I am trying to find out if Benedictine will be going to this tournament.

Bethany (NAIA)should be on that list too.

I don't think Benedictine is competing in any competitions until next season.

Correct - 9 schools this year 10 next year.

Bethany (NAIA)should be on that list too.

I don't think Benedictine is competing in any competitions until next season.

Labette CC
Baker University
Fort Hays State
Pratt
Neosho County CC
Newman
Colby CC
Northwest Technical College

Teams
• Labette Community College (NJCAA #3 with nine ranked wrestlers)
• Fort Hays State University (NCAA DII #15 with two ranked wrestlers)
• Baker University (NAIA #10 with three ranked wrestlers)
• Colby Community College (NJCAA #10 with four ranked wrestlers)
• Neosho County Community College (NJCAA #13 with four ranked wrestlers)
• Newman University (NCAA DII not ranked with 1 ranked wrestler)
• Pratt Community College (NJCAA #18 with two ranked wrestlers)
• Bethany College (NAIA not ranked with zero ranked wrestlers)
• Northwest Kansas Technical College (NJCAA not ranked with one ranked wrestler)
Weight by weight:
125
• Jeff Vesta Ranked (NCCC)- Ranked #2 NJCAA, 2011 NJCAA All-American (4th Place)
• Colin Hase (FHSU)- 2010 NJCAA All-American (5th Place)
• Marco Tamayo (CCC)- Ranked #4 NJCAA
• Garrett Jones (LCC)- Ranked #5 NJCAA, 2011 NJCAA All-American (7th Place)
• Zach Newport (Baker)-Ranked #7 NAIA
133
• Eric Hughes (LCC)- Ranked #5 NJCAA
• Leroy Barnes (NCCC)- Ranked #7 NJCAA
141
• Jordan Basks (LCC)- Ranked #3 NJCAA
• Mitch Arnold (Newman)- Ranked #7 NCAA DII
• Jace Campbell (CCC)- Ranked #6, 2011 NJCAA All-American (8th Place)
• CJ Napier (FHSU)
149
• Mitch Means (FHSU)- Ranked #3 NCAA DII, 2010 NCAA DII All-American (4th Place)
• Jeromy Davenport (LCC) – Ranked #6 NJCAA
• Jarell Price (Baker) – Ranked #3 NAIA
• Joey Dozier (FHSU)
157
• Devin Aguirre (LCC)- Ranked #5 NJCAA
• Derek Koehn (FHSU)
165
• Ethan Orr (LCC)- Ranked #2 NJCAA
• Cody Hill (NCCC)- Ranked #6 NJCAA
174
• Ray Hall (LCC)- Ranked # 3 NJCAA, 2011 NJCAA All-American (4th @184)
• Landon Keiswetter (PCC)- Ranked #5 NJCAA
• Parker Owen (Baker)- Ranked #8 NAIA
• Edwin Gutierrez (NCCC)- Ranked #11 NJCAA
184
• Walker Clarke (FHSU)- Ranked #1 NCAA DII, 2011 NJCAA All-American (2nd @197), 2010 NJCAA National Champion @197
• John Hambelton (LCC)- Ranked #7 NJCAA
• Tyler Hassenback (Newman)
• Alex Levtushenko (NWKTC)- Ranked #5 NJCAA
• Jarid Price (Baker)
197
• Zach Anderson (LCC)- Ranked #5 NJCAA
• Tanner Kriss (FHSU)
• Blake Steiert (CCC)- Ranked #7 NJCAA
• Lorenzo Serna (Newman)
HWT
• Dylan Berg (Baker)- Ranked #2 NAIA
• Justin Glenn (FHSU)
• Fabian Guerrero (CCC)- Ranked #5 NJCAA
• Zotiah Tuaquoi (PCC)- Ranked #6 NJCAA
*Rankings cited above are from NJCAA Rankings 1/2/12, NCAA DII Rankings 1/11/12, NAIA Rankings 1/11/12
DII Rankings: http://www.bronchosports.com/sports/2012/1/11/WREST_0111123339.aspx?id=196
NJCAA Rankings: http://www.njcaa.org/sports_polls.cfm?category=Polls&sid=40&divid=0&slid=22
NAIA Rankings: http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-wrestl/spec-rel/011112aae.html

Ike - nice summary!

Ike, Derek Koehn is the 157 @ FHSU. Tyler is wrestling 174 for Nebraska. I Cant wait to see all the Ks kids in action.


Kevin Seybold

Thanks Ike!

Question for anyone that might know...Any chance the host school will be doing streaming of the finals or anything.

Thanks for letting me know Kevin...fixed.

There may be a few other contenders but that is the majority.

125 will be an exciting weight. There will be very good wrestlers that don't place.

I really hope they get a webcast going too...I can't make it up there either.

Last Years Brackets:
http://fhsuathletics.com/documents/2011/1/30/Final%20Kansas%20Cup%202011%20Results.pdf?id=293

One week from today in Baldwin - take your teams to watch some college wrestling if you can.

Came up with this site with bracket updates etc. from last year when searching for this year's. Hope they can something similar up this year.

http://fhsuathletics.com/news/2011/1/28/WREST_0128110314.aspx?path=wrestling

Predictions??? Who win's as a team? Who win's each weight? Anybody?

This is the only thing online that I can find associated with this tournament other than what we posted on this thread.

http://www.thebakerorange.com/events/2012/jan/29/100/

This coming Sunday in Baldwin - take your teams to watch some college wrestling if you can.

125...Gut says Vesta...I seriously think there are 3-5 guys that could win it though. If you're there...watch all of the 125 matches you can.

133...Hughes vs. Barnes in the finals...they've both beat each other this year and learned each others strengths.

141...Basks over Napier in the finals.....Basks has been wrestling really well this year and Napier struggled early but is turning it up lately.

149...Davenport gives Means a run for his money in the finals. Davenport hitting his stride and Means not wrestling his best lately. This will be a great match! Means is the favorite.

157...Koehn

165...Orr

174...Hall

184...Clarke

197...Anderson over Kriss in a tight final. Kriss the favorite...but Anderson will be game. Muscle will be on display!

HWT...Hmmm....Glenn probably the favorite. I don't know much of anything about the Baker heavy. Anything can happen at HWT.

With all that said. I'm guessing there are a few Baker guys that will challenge, Colby has some challengers, Crank at Bethany is good. Pratt has Keiswetter that is good.

There will be surprises...that's why they wrestle the matches.

Great event, the Kansas Cup! Great for our state! Go check it out if you can.

Here’s my best shot…


125-1.Vesta, 2.Tamayo, 3.Hase, 4.Jones
*Obviously Newport could factor into the mix here.

133-1.Hughes, 2. Barnes, 3.Johnson, 4.Martinez

141-1.Napier, 2.Basks, 3.Campbell, 4.Arnold
*Basks comes in as the hotter wrestler and is the definite favorite on paper. Just going with a hunch here though that CJ wins a close one.

149-1.Means, 2.Davenport, 3.Price, 4.Lovorn

157-1.Koehn, 2.Crank, 3.Marshall 4.
*If Aguirre was in for LCC, the placing wouldn't change IMO.

165-1.Orr, 2.Thoman, 3.Hill, 4. Lewis

174-1.Hall, 2.Owen, 3.Kieswetter(sp), 4.Armstrong

184-1.Clarke, 2.Hambleton, 3.Hasenbank, 4.Braun

197-1.Kriss, 2.Anderson, 3.Steiert(sp), 4.Grist
*Not sure how close it will be, but if it is, Kriss has strong advantages on the mat IMO.

Hwt-1.Glenn, 2.Berg, 3. Guerrero, 4. Tuaquoi

The Tigers take the title, followed closely by the hard nosed Red Birds, with the Colby Trojans, and Baker Wildcats coming in a distant 3rd & 4th. Should be a lot of fun!

Live Video link for tomorrow is up on Baker's schedule now. That's a big step towards giving this even the kind of coverage it should be getting. I'll keep my fingers crossed for regularly updated brackets tomorrow.