Team Scores
1. Allen 0.0
1. Archer 0.0
1. Arkansas City 0.0
1. Bettendorf 0.0
1. Blue Springs 0.0
1. Canyon Randall Hs 0.0
1. CBC 0.0
1. Choctaw 0.0
1. Christian Brothers 0.0
1. Collins Hill 0.0
1. Collinsville 0.0
1. Creston Orient-Macksburg 0.0
1. Dowling Catholic 0.0
1. Edmond North 0.0
1. Excelsior Springs 0.0
1. Farmington 0.0
1. Garden City 0.0
1. Granite City 0.0
1. Holt 0.0
1. Kearney 0.0
1. Neosho 0.0
1. Nixa 0.0
1. Oak Grove 0.0
1. Omaha Skutt 0.0
1. Park Hill 0.0
1. Perry 0.0
1. Platte County 0.0
1. Ponca City 0.0
1. Ralston Valley 0.0
1. Saint James Academy 0.0
1. Sand Springs 0.0
1. Seckman 0.0
1. Southmoore 0.0
1. Staley 0.0
1. Stillwater 0.0
1. Thompson 0.0
1. Timberland 0.0
1. Tuttle 0.0
1. Waynesville 0.0

Kansas City Stampede field includes six Fab 50 teams


Josh Lowe


12/19/2013
Josh Lowe, InterMat High School Analyst
josh@intermatwrestle.com






This Friday and Saturday in Kansas City, Mo., forty of the best teams from the Midwest and surrounding areas will assemble for the Kansas City Stampede at Hale Arena. The tournament features six members of the Fab 50 national team rankings and 25 individuals in the weight class rankings. Three weight classes are projected to have three or more individuals, and another six weights have two nationally ranked individuals.


Bo Nickal is ranked No. 1 at 182 (Photo/Rob Preston)
The featured weight in the KC Stampede is the 182-pound weight class, which is anchored by a pair of Junior National freestyle champions, No. 1 Bo Nickal (Allen, Tex.) and No. 3 Michael Pixley (Blue Springs, Mo.). They are joined by another pair of nationally ranked individuals from Oklahoma: Junior freestyle All-American No. 11 Joel Dixon (Edmond North) and NHSCA Junior Nationals runner-up No. 13 Nathan Marek (Southmoore).

Seven other individuals in the top five of their respective weight classes are in the field, six of whom are in weight classes with at least one other nationally ranked wrestler. Below is a listing of the remaining nationally ranked individuals in the tournament.

106: No. 7 Matt Schmitt (Platte County, Mo.) and No. 17 Paxton Rosen (Edmond North, Okla.)

113: No. 4 Daton Fix (Sand Springs, Okla.) and No. 10 Christian Moody (Collinsville, Okla.)

120: No. 3 Sean Russell (Collins Hill, Ga.) and No. 16 Elijah Oliver (Christian Brothers, Tenn.)

126: No. 3 Ryan Millhof (Collins Hill, Ga.) and No. 6 Ke-Shawn Hayes (Park Hill, Mo.)

132: No. 6 Gary Wayne Harding (Collinsville, Okla.), No. 7 Jacob Rubio (Canyon Randall, Tex.), and No. 8 Kaid Brock (Stillwater, Okla.)

138: No. 2 Fredy Stroker (Bettendorf, Iowa) and No. 18 Brock Wingbermuehle (Seckman, Mo.)

145: No. 5 Joe Smith (Stillwater, Okla.), No. 8 Grant Leeth (Kearney, Mo.), and No. 16 Logan Ryan (Bettendorf, Iowa)

152: No. 6 Daniel Lewis (Blue Springs, Mo.)

170: No. 4 Chandler Rogers (Stillwater, Okla.) and No. 12 Lance Dixon (Edmond North, Okla.)

195: No. 4 Derek White (Edmond North, Okla.)

220: No. 10 Andrew Dixon (Edmond North, Okla.)

The first stage of the tournament has eight pools of five wrestlers each, for four matches. The second stage of the tournament has the top two in each pool competing in an upper bracket for four more matches (first round winners guaranteed top eight, second round winners top four, etc.), and the net two in each pool competing in a lower bracket for four more matches.

Fab 50 ranked teams in the field include No. 11 Edmond North, Okla.; No. 15 Stillwater, Okla.; No. 27 Bettendorf, Iowa; No. 34 Archer, Ga.; No. 40 Timberland, Mo.; and No. 44 Tuttle, Okla. Other teams to watch include Collinsville, Okla.; Neosho, Mo.; Park Hill, Mo.; Perry, Okla.; Skutt Catholic, Neb.; and Sand Springs, Okla.

2013 Kansas City Stampede Results for Arkansas City
106 - Dakota Taylor (2-2) placed 32nd and scored 8.00 team points.
Round 1 - Dakota Taylor (Arkansas City) 2-2 won by fall over Trevor Marlin (Creston Orient-Macksburg) 1-3 (Fall 2:51)
Round 2 - Cody Randall (Sand Springs) 2-2 won by major decision over Dakota Taylor (Arkansas City) 2-2 (MD 8-0)
Round 3 - Matthew Schmitt (Platte County) 4-0 won by tech fall over Dakota Taylor (Arkansas City) 2-2 (TF-1.5 0:00 (22-3))
Round 5 - Dakota Taylor (Arkansas City) 2-2 won by fall over Bradly Harman (Farmington) 1-3 (Fall 6:00)

113 - Logan Terrill (3-0) placed 16th and scored 15.00 team points.
Round 2 - Logan Terrill (Arkansas City) 3-0 won by fall over Brandon Bright (Edmond North) 0-3 (Fall 2:37)
Round 3 - Logan Terrill (Arkansas City) 3-0 won by major decision over Tanner Tidswell (Christian Brothers) 1-2 (MD 8-0)
Round 4 - Logan Terrill (Arkansas City) 3-0 received a bye () (Bye)
Round 5 - Logan Terrill (Arkansas City) 3-0 won by fall over Mike Brown (Holt) 6-2 (Fall 3:06)

126 - Marco Perez (2-1) placed 16th and scored 11.50 team points.
Round 1 - Marco Perez (Arkansas City) 2-1 won by tech fall over Keith Enney (Ralston Valley) 0-3 (TF-1.5 0:00 (16-0))
Round 2 - Marco Perez (Arkansas City) 2-1 received a bye () (Bye)
Round 4 - Marco Perez (Arkansas City) 2-1 won by fall over Alex Fargo (Creston Orient-Macksburg) 1-2 (Fall 1:32)
Round 5 - Cody Karstetter (Sand Springs) 3-0 won by major decision over Marco Perez (Arkansas City) 2-1 (MD 13-2)

132 - Joey Defore (3-1) placed 16th and scored 14.00 team points.
Round 2 - Beau Bratcher (Sand Springs) 4-0 won by decision over Joey Defore (Arkansas City) 3-1 (Dec 4-3)
Round 3 - Joey Defore (Arkansas City) 3-1 won by fall over Rafael Roman (Granite City) 2-2 (Fall 1:18)
Round 4 - Joey Defore (Arkansas City) 3-1 won by fall over Luke MacNaughton (Edmond North) 0-4 (Fall 3:40)
Round 5 - Joey Defore (Arkansas City) 3-1 won by fall over Joe King (Blue Springs) 1-3 (Fall 3:12)

138 - Jesse Milliron (0-4) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Round 1 - Lucas Reifsteck (Allen) 2-2 won by fall over Jesse Milliron (Arkansas City) 0-4 (Fall 0:57)
Round 2 - Josh Nunley (Edmond North) 4-0 won by fall over Jesse Milliron (Arkansas City) 0-4 (Fall 4:20)
Round 3 - Bailey Vanderpool (Omaha Skutt) 3-1 won by tech fall over Jesse Milliron (Arkansas City) 0-4 (TF-1.5 2:46 (17-1))
Round 5 - Ben Daly (Holt) 5-7 won by fall over Jesse Milliron (Arkansas City) 0-4 (Fall 4:28)

145 - Bryson Nuckles (2-2) placed 32nd and scored 8.00 team points.
Round 1 - Sky Darrah (Timberland) 3-1 won by decision over Bryson Nuckles (Arkansas City) 2-2 (Dec 10-6)
Round 2 - Bryson Nuckles (Arkansas City) 2-2 won by fall over Issa Grimes (Ralston Valley) 0-4 (Fall 1:14)
Round 4 - Bryson Nuckles (Arkansas City) 2-2 won by fall over Codie Bell (Blue Springs) 1-3 (Fall 1:37)
Round 5 - Will Steltzlen (Collinsville) 4-0 won by decision over Bryson Nuckles (Arkansas City) 2-2 (Dec 4-3)

152 - Kendall Biddle (2-1) placed 16th and scored 11.00 team points.
Round 1 - Kendall Biddle (Arkansas City) 2-1 won by major decision over Cooper Coil (Edmond North) 1-2 (MD 12-0)
Round 2 - Kendall Biddle (Arkansas City) 2-1 won by fall over Jonathan Ghering (Nixa) 0-3 (Fall 1:44)
Round 4 - Kendall Biddle (Arkansas City) 2-1 received a bye () (Bye)
Round 5 - Colton Looper (Perry) 3-0 won by decision over Kendall Biddle (Arkansas City) 2-1 (Dec 4-3)

160 - Chris Smith (3-1) placed 16th and scored 10.00 team points.
Round 1 - Chris Smith (Arkansas City) 3-1 won by decision over Louden Bredeson (Platte County) 1-3 (Dec 7-5)
Round 3 - Chris Smith (Arkansas City) 3-1 won by decision over Josh Arnold (Collinsville) 2-2 (Dec 8-2)
Round 4 - David Thomas (Perry) 4-0 won by major decision over Chris Smith (Arkansas City) 3-1 (MD 9-1)
Round 5 - Chris Smith (Arkansas City) 3-1 won by fall over Maverick Cowens (Nixa) 0-4 (Fall 1:54)

170 - Alex Breckenridge (2-2) placed 32nd and scored 7.00 team points.
Round 1 - Alex Breckenridge (Arkansas City) 2-2 won by major decision over Chase White (Christian Brothers) 0-4 (MD 15-1)
Round 2 - Cee Monsivais (Holt) 4-8 won by decision over Alex Breckenridge (Arkansas City) 2-2 (Dec 3-0)
Round 4 - Alex Breckenridge (Arkansas City) 2-2 won by fall over Corey Cash (Collinsville) 1-3 (Fall 1:27)
Round 5 - Nick Hollins (Omaha Skutt) 4-0 won by fall over Alex Breckenridge (Arkansas City) 2-2 (Fall 0:38)

182 - Zach Combs (0-4) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Round 1 - Tanner Matthews (Choctaw) 2-2 won by fall over Zach Combs (Arkansas City) 0-4 (Fall 1:45)
Round 2 - Christian Lance (Nixa) 3-1 won by tech fall over Zach Combs (Arkansas City) 0-4 (TF-1.5 0:00 (17-1))
Round 3 - Bo Nickal (Allen) 4-0 won by fall over Zach Combs (Arkansas City) 0-4 (Fall 1:10)
Round 5 - Alex Lopez (Bettendorf) 1-3 won by fall over Zach Combs (Arkansas City) 0-4 (Fall 0:56)

220 - Malcolm Pink (3-1) placed 16th and scored 10.00 team points.
Round 1 - Malcolm Pink (Arkansas City) 3-1 won by fall over Bryan Trompeter (Southmoore) 0-4 (Fall 3:00)
Round 2 - Cyntrell Carden (Stillwater) 4-0 won by decision over Malcolm Pink (Arkansas City) 3-1 (Dec 6-2)
Round 4 - Malcolm Pink (Arkansas City) 3-1 won by decision over Logan Shinneman (Staley) 1-3 (Dec 3-2)
Round 5 - Malcolm Pink (Arkansas City) 3-1 won by decision over Payton Napoli (Farmington) 2-2 (Dec 5-1)
2013 Kansas City Stampede Results for Garden City
106 - Efrain Sanchez (2-1) placed 16th and scored 8.00 team points.
Round 1 - Efrain Sanchez (Garden City) 2-1 won by decision over Patrick Felkins (Excelsior Springs) 5-3 (Dec 9-8)
Round 2 - Efrain Sanchez (Garden City) 2-1 won by decision over Greylin Powers (Granite City) 1-2 (Dec 1-0)
Round 3 - Tyler Dieringer (Stillwater) 3-0 won by decision over Efrain Sanchez (Garden City) 2-1 (Dec 7-1)
Round 5 - Efrain Sanchez (Garden City) 2-1 received a bye () (Bye)

113 - Michael Prieto (11-0) placed 16th and scored 14.50 team points.
Round 2 - Michael Prieto (Garden City) 11-0 won by fall over Austin Burdick (Ponca City) 1-2 (Fall 3:36)
Round 3 - Michael Prieto (Garden City) 11-0 won by tech fall over Jet Tryon (Oak Grove) 0-3 (TF-1.5 2:10 (17-0))
Round 4 - Michael Prieto (Garden City) 11-0 received a bye () (Bye)
Round 5 - Michael Prieto (Garden City) 11-0 won by major decision over Charles McNeal (Waynesville) 2-1 (MD 8-0)

120 - Mark Perez (7-5) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Round 1 - Jake Andrews (Farmington) 1-3 won by decision over Mark Perez (Garden City) 7-5 (Dec 9-7)
Round 2 - Sean Russell (Collins Hill) 4-0 won by fall over Mark Perez (Garden City) 7-5 (Fall 2:15)
Round 3 - John Jimenez (Sand Springs) 3-1 won by fall over Mark Perez (Garden City) 7-5 (Fall 1:28)
Round 4 - Jeremy King (Blue Springs) 2-2 won by decision over Mark Perez (Garden City) 7-5 (Dec 6-0)

126 - Cris Vividor (5-7) placed 32nd and scored 4.00 team points.
Round 1 - Josh Rozell (Granite City) 3-1 won by fall over Cris Vividor (Garden City) 5-7 (Fall 2:33)
Round 3 - Cris Vividor (Garden City) 5-7 won by fall over Curt Randall (Omaha Skutt) 1-3 (Fall 1:01)
Round 4 - Blake Dauphin (Tuttle) 4-0 won by fall over Cris Vividor (Garden City) 5-7 (Fall 1:45)
Round 5 - Nickolas Baxter (Nixa) 1-3 won by major decision over Cris Vividor (Garden City) 5-7 (MD 15-4)

145 - Chris Adler (12-0) placed 16th and scored 13.00 team points.
Round 1 - Chris Adler (Garden City) 12-0 won by decision over Lane Turner (Tuttle) 2-2 (Dec 7-2)
Round 2 - Chris Adler (Garden City) 12-0 won by fall over Alex Svec (Dowling Catholic) 1-3 (Fall 0:48)
Round 4 - Chris Adler (Garden City) 12-0 won by major decision over Cody Rains (Neosho) 0-4 (MD 14-6)
Round 5 - Chris Adler (Garden City) 12-0 won by decision over Bryce Mercer (Oak Grove) 3-1 (Dec 2-1)

152 - Jesse Nunez (9-3) placed 32nd and scored 6.00 team points.
Round 1 - Jesse Nunez (Garden City) 9-3 won by fall over Christian Ryan (Seckman) 7-4 (Fall 1:10)
Round 2 - Joseph Smith (Stillwater) 4-0 won by decision over Jesse Nunez (Garden City) 9-3 (Dec 8-2)
Round 3 - Jesse Nunez (Garden City) 9-3 won by decision over Ben McLuen (Dowling Catholic) 0-4 (Dec 9-2)
Round 4 - Trey Watson (Thompson) 2-2 won by decision over Jesse Nunez (Garden City) 9-3 (Dec 6-3)

160 - Isac Goytia (0-4) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Round 1 - Collin Pickens (Stillwater) 1-3 won by fall over Isac Goytia (Garden City) 0-4 (Fall 2:45)
Round 2 - Jayden Bears (Staley) 4-0 won by fall over Isac Goytia (Garden City) 0-4 (Fall 0:25)
Round 3 - Philip Kranovich (Bettendorf) 2-2 won by decision over Isac Goytia (Garden City) 0-4 (Dec 7-3)
Round 4 - David Hawk (Waynesville) 3-1 won by fall over Isac Goytia (Garden City) 0-4 (Fall 1:59)

170 - Matt Marez (7-5) placed 32nd and scored 8.00 team points.
Round 1 - Garrett Miller (Archer) 21-3 won by fall over Matt Marez (Garden City) 7-5 (Fall 1:41)
Round 3 - Matt Marez (Garden City) 7-5 won by fall over Gunner Harris (Nixa) 1-3 (Fall 1:27)
Round 4 - Dustin Gray (Timberland) 4-0 won by fall over Matt Marez (Garden City) 7-5 (Fall 1:10)
Round 5 - Matt Marez (Garden City) 7-5 won by fall over Conner Frame (Ponca City) 0-4 (Fall 1:03)

182 - Peyton Hill (7-5) placed 16th and scored 14.00 team points.
Round 1 - Peyton Hill (Garden City) 7-5 won by fall over Jared Jaeger (Dowling Catholic) 1-3 (Fall 3:02)
Round 2 - Peyton Hill (Garden City) 7-5 won by fall over Austin Fry (Ponca City) 0-4 (Fall 3:12)
Round 4 - Peyton Hill (Garden City) 7-5 won by fall over Zac Courtoise (Kearney) 2-2 (Fall 1:46)
Round 5 - Quinn Miller (Archer) 11-1 won by major decision over Peyton Hill (Garden City) 7-5 (MD 8-0)

195 - Sam Reyes (10-1) placed 16th and scored 11.00 team points.
Round 2 - Sam Reyes (Garden City) 10-1 received a bye () (Bye)
Round 3 - Sam Reyes (Garden City) 10-1 won by decision over Brandon Adams (Kearney) 2-1 (Dec 6-3)
Round 4 - Sam Reyes (Garden City) 10-1 won by decision over Alexander Chivetta (Holt) 4-7 (Dec 7-2)
Round 5 - Sam Reyes (Garden City) 10-1 won by major decision over Devin Savage (Farmington) 0-3 (MD 9-0)

220 - Benny Hernandez (6-5) placed 32nd and scored 2.00 team points.
Round 1 - Andy Allen (Kearney) 1-2 won by decision over Benny Hernandez (Garden City) 6-5 (Dec 7-3)
Round 2 - Kyler Childers (Sand Springs) 3-0 won by decision over Benny Hernandez (Garden City) 6-5 (Dec 12-5)
Round 3 - Benny Hernandez (Garden City) 6-5 received a bye () (Bye)
Round 4 - Luis Martinez (CBC) 2-1 won by fall over Benny Hernandez (Garden City) 6-5 (Fall 1:22)

285 - Aaron Lozano (8-3) placed 32nd and scored 6.00 team points.
Round 1 - Dallas Campbell (Choctaw) 2-1 won by fall over Aaron Lozano (Garden City) 8-3 (Fall 2:33)
Round 2 - Aaron Lozano (Garden City) 8-3 received a bye () (Bye)
Round 4 - Aaron Lozano (Garden City) 8-3 won by fall over Dillion Grimme (Kearney) 0-3 (Fall 2:32)
Round 5 - Tim Gant (CBC) 3-0 won by fall over Aaron Lozano (Garden City) 8-3 (Fall 1:01)
2013 Kansas City Stampede Results for Saint James Academy
120 - Max Goode (0-4) place is unknown and scored 0.00 team points.
Round 1 - Wyatt Thompson (Creston Orient-Macksburg) 1-3 won by decision over Max Goode (Saint James Academy) 0-4 (Dec 5-4)
Round 2 - Beau Guffey (Tuttle) 3-1 won by fall over Max Goode (Saint James Academy) 0-4 (Fall 1:01)
Round 3 - Devan Richter (Timberland) 4-0 won by fall over Max Goode (Saint James Academy) 0-4 (Fall 0:32)
Round 5 - Naseeph Al-Roubaie (Nixa) 2-2 won by fall over Max Goode (Saint James Academy) 0-4 (Fall 1:20)

126 - Reese Cokeley (3-0) placed 16th and scored 16.00 team points.
Round 2 - Reese Cokeley (Saint James Academy) 3-0 received a bye () (Bye)
Round 3 - Reese Cokeley (Saint James Academy) 3-0 won by fall over Joseph Byrd (Canyon Randall Hs) 1-2 (Fall 3:36)
Round 4 - Reese Cokeley (Saint James Academy) 3-0 won by fall over Ryan Butler (Ponca City) 0-3 (Fall 4:43)
Round 5 - Reese Cokeley (Saint James Academy) 3-0 won by fall over Sam Paneitz (Timberland) 2-1 (Fall 4:29)

132 - Zak Hensley (3-0) placed 16th and scored 12.00 team points.
Round 1 - Zak Hensley (Saint James Academy) 3-0 received a bye () (Bye)
Round 2 - Zak Hensley (Saint James Academy) 3-0 won by fall over Cameron Shadmani (CBC) 4-8 (Fall 1:39)
Round 4 - Zak Hensley (Saint James Academy) 3-0 won by decision over Brik Filippo (Tuttle) 2-1 (Dec 5-2)
Round 5 - Zak Hensley (Saint James Academy) 3-0 won by decision over Jaden Hunter (Thompson) 1-2 (Dec 5-1)

138 - Clay Lautt (3-1) placed 16th and scored 10.00 team points.
Round 1 - Clay Lautt (Saint James Academy) 3-1 won by decision over Nicholas Simmons (Sand Springs) 0-4 (Dec 7-0)
Round 2 - Fredy Stroker (Bettendorf) 4-0 won by fall over Clay Lautt (Saint James Academy) 3-1 (Fall 0:35)
Round 3 - Clay Lautt (Saint James Academy) 3-1 won by fall over Caelan Locke (Canyon Randall Hs) 1-3 (Fall 2:32)
Round 4 - Clay Lautt (Saint James Academy) 3-1 won by decision over Jason Box (Neosho) 2-2 (Dec 6-4)

145 - Andrew Tujague (4-0) placed 16th and scored 13.00 team points.
Round 2 - Andrew Tujague (Saint James Academy) 4-0 won by decision over Derrick Sax (Waynesville) 2-2 (Dec 9-2)
Round 3 - Andrew Tujague (Saint James Academy) 4-0 won by major decision over Tyler Szala (Allen) 1-3 (MD 10-0)
Round 4 - Andrew Tujague (Saint James Academy) 4-0 won by fall over Michael Singleton (Sand Springs) 0-4 (Fall 5:39)
Round 5 - Andrew Tujague (Saint James Academy) 4-0 won by decision over Johnny Blankenship (Platte County) 3-1 (Dec 3-2)

160 - Ben VanLerberg (2-1) placed 16th and scored 10.00 team points.
Round 1 - Ben VanLerberg (Saint James Academy) 2-1 won by fall over Emilio Monsivais (Holt) 3-8 (Fall 0:34)
Round 2 - Ben VanLerberg (Saint James Academy) 2-1 won by decision over Lane Lettich (Sand Springs) 1-2 (Dec 7-5)
Round 4 - Ben VanLerberg (Saint James Academy) 2-1 received a bye () (Bye)
Round 5 - Sam Williams (Neosho) 3-0 won by decision over Ben VanLerberg (Saint James Academy) 2-1 (Dec 4-0)

170 - Matt Pratt (4-0) placed 16th and scored 18.00 team points.
Round 2 - Matt Pratt (Saint James Academy) 4-0 won by fall over Eli Gaul (Dowling Catholic) 2-2 (Fall 1:38)
Round 3 - Matt Pratt (Saint James Academy) 4-0 won by fall over Clay Lester (Choctaw) 1-3 (Fall 1:32)
Round 4 - Matt Pratt (Saint James Academy) 4-0 won by fall over Andrew Jiminez (Park Hill) 4-6 (Fall 1:11)
Round 5 - Matt Pratt (Saint James Academy) 4-0 won by fall over Kyle Hostetter (Neosho) 3-1 (Fall 0:50)

Moving day by the teams will be today today.


Team Scores
1. Stillwater 174.5
2. Archer 167.5
3. Bettendorf 152.5
4. Tuttle 151.0
5. Perry 136.0
6. Neosho 131.0
7. Timberland 126.5
8. Collinsville 124.0
9. Edmond North 123.0
10. Seckman 111.5
11. Waynesville 104.0
12. Holt 103.0
13. Creston Orient-Macksburg 102.0
13. Staley 102.0
15. Omaha Skutt 101.5
16. Collins Hill 100.5
17. Allen 98.0
18. Sand Springs 97.5
19. Arkansas City 94.5
20. Thompson 92.0
21. Nixa 91.5
22. Southmoore 90.0
23. Platte County 89.5
24. Garden City 86.5
25. Granite City 85.5
26. Park Hill 84.5
27. Canyon Randall Hs 83.0
27. Kearney 83.0
29. Choctaw 82.0
29. Oak Grove 82.0
31. Saint James Academy 79.0
32. Blue Springs 71.0
33. Farmington 70.5
34. Christian Brothers 69.5
35. Ponca City 66.0
36. CBC 64.0
36. Dowling Catholic 64.0
38. Ralston Valley 50.0
39. Excelsior Springs 40.0

Team Scores
1. Archer 488.5
2. Stillwater 465.0
3. Tuttle 398.0
4. Bettendorf 381.5
5. Edmond North 374.5
6. Perry 322.5
7. Collinsville 313.5
8. Timberland 303.0
9. Sand Springs 274.5
10. Park Hill 272.0
11. Staley 271.0
12. Collins Hill 254.5
13. Neosho 253.0
14. Holt 248.5
15. Allen 243.0
16. Omaha Skutt 235.5
16. Waynesville 235.5
18. Thompson 219.5
19. Blue Springs 199.5
20. Seckman 198.5
21. Kearney 196.5
22. Garden City 193.0
23. Arkansas City 191.0
24. Nixa 190.0
25. Canyon Randall Hs 187.0
26. Saint James Academy 186.0
27. Southmoore 177.5
28. Creston Orient-Macksburg 171.0
29. Platte County 169.0
30. Choctaw 152.5
31. Granite City 140.0
32. CBC 130.0
33. Farmington 124.5
34. Christian Brothers 120.0
35. Dowling Catholic 118.0
36. Ponca City 108.5
37. Oak Grove 108.0
38. Ralston Valley 80.0
39. Excelsior Springs 50.0

This is not fair St. James did not bring their whole squad. They should not be allowed to go to anymore tournaments without a full squad. Is there any way to punish them for making this tournament weak and meaningless?

Looks like a hard weekend for all involved. Congrats to those who went and competed. Tough tourneys make tough wrestlers.

We could berate them for a week. Piss and moan about how much annoy us. Maybe throw rocks when we see one of them

(quote Beeson) This is not fair cry St. James did not bring their whole squad. mad They should not be allowed to go to anymore tournaments without a full squad. cry Is there any way to punish them for making this tournament weak and meaningless? wink grin(quote)


Both true statements! If SJA and Ark City had wrestled the Johnson County Classic--surely Johnson County would have let Ark City in as a visitor, than both would placed higher than their 26th an 23rd places in the Stampede.

May even have helped improve Kansas HS wrestling!

(quote Beeson) This is not fair cry St. James did not bring their whole squad. mad They should not be allowed to go to anymore tournaments without a full squad. cry Is there any way to punish them for making this tournament weak and meaningless? wink grin(quote)


Both true statements! If SJA and Ark City had wrestled the Johnson County Classic--surely Johnson County would have let Ark City in as a visitor, than both would placed higher than their 26th an 23rd places in the Stampede.

May even have helped improve Kansas HS wrestling!

Mr. Mason - as a fan of the sport your opinions deserve our respect; however, you are completely wrong here. Much has changed in the last 30 or so years. Today many kids specialize in just one sport, and they do it all year long. As such, the top kids in our sport are so much better than years ago. For these kids to be able to compete, they need to find the best competition. Instead of being criticize, they should be commended. AND, THIS HELPS THE WHOLE STATE. The additional skills these kids gain by seeking out the best coaching and competition, ultimately returns to the State of Kansas and can serve to improve the whole state. Every kid these kids wrestle has an opportunity to improve. I understand this is a strange concept to those at KSHSAA and others. They seem to believe in the 'big fish in a small pond' concept. However, that does not improve the state as a whole. That is what is really sad here, your opinions, whether they are supported or not on this forum, are widespread in Kansas. I have seen an individual criticize USA Kansas for supporting the School Boy Duals. The sad part is his kid was on the team the year earlier. I have seen the short-sighted support of KSHSSA rules on travel, etc. I believe one of the Missouri teams traveled to Ohio a few weeks ago. They did fairly well this weekend at the Stampede. It�s time to move past this attitude and see what can be done to bring the rest of the state up to the level where they can compete at tournaments like this. Mr. Mason I understand your beliefs, but it�s time to look at the other side of the argument, just like Will has been saying for years.

Sorry I was so long winded, but my day started early at Paola with my grandson. Just doing my part to improve the state. And, we travel to Missouri and Kansas for practice....

There were some awesome finals matches this evening. I wouldn't trade five Jo Co Classic championship trophies for our showing this weekend. Yes, we are banged up (two with a bad backs, another with pneumonia, bad shoulder, and today a dislocated index finger (yea, I told him to tape it up and get on the mat but he decided it was too painful) but we fought hard and battled against the best. Heck, freshman Clay Lautt got Freddy Stroker in his pool and then Gary Wayne H for his first round today! You don't get those kind of matches very many places. We have two months to get ready for state and I think this weekend let us know where we needed to improve and that is what we will focus on doing, IMPROVING! Bill, I think you should get a rule 10 coaching job somewhere and if you do I promise we will burn a comp point to dual you in your gym. Since you know so much about how this SHOULD be done, you should JUST DO IT!

Happy Holidays!

Mr. Mason I can see you do not get it. And I understand it can be confusing. It is not difficult to only hit local tournaments and look good and do well locally. But stepping outside and hitting hard tournaments in other areas test wrestlers and teams to see what's out there. And current count on college scouts at KC stampede I was told 5. How many u think were at Johnson co. Classic none. I'm guessing. Good for Kansas wrestling.. people getting out and noticed in ur home town

Mr. Mason I can see you do not get it. And I understand it can be confusing. It is not difficult to only hit local tournaments and look good and do well locally. But stepping outside and hitting hard tournaments in other areas test wrestlers and teams to see what's out there. And current count on college scouts at KC stampede I was told 5. How many u think were at Johnson co. Classic none. I'm guessing. Good for Kansas wrestling.. people getting out and noticed in ur home town

First of all...My original comments were satirical, except for last few sentences.

Second...no respect is deserved or given to Bill the Soccer Coach Mason. He does not bring up any legitimate points. He is only trying to stir the pot, or is truly an idiot. I have not figured that one out yet.

Third...Teams don't get better unless they push themselves.

Lastly...I apologize for taking away from this thread. I thought poking fun would make Old Bill realize how ignorant he sounded last week from crying and complaining. I had no idea he would take me serious.

Just a side note about the Stampede... The Stillwater OK team is being coached by Neil Erisman, former Desoto KS HS State Champ. Their team is loaded and very fundamentally sound. Congrats to Neil on his team's second place finish.

Mr. Cokeley. Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me!.

MY only point is that good Kansas teams should seek to improve Kansas HS wrestling. They can best do that by wrestling--at least in season--the top local/regional/statewide tournaments--such as your hometown Johnson County Classic. Your good wrestlers can help other good Kansas wrestlers improve. All you are doing is helping wrestlers from Oklahoma, Iowa, Nebraska, etc. get better. But perhaps you do not want Kansas wrestlers to improve---you may have to face them in regionals or at state.

One of your last posts I took to be a real personal slam. I was trying to congratulate and encourage a dad and his freshman son (who had a 12-3 varsity record) and said I would see them at state. Your caustic reply was that I did not know enough about KS HS wrestling to include that the 4A State Tournament is hosted at Salina. Sir, you need to find a dictionary and learn the difference between "figurative" and "literal. I do not have to "literally" go to Salina to see this young man, I can figuratively see/track him and his success on this forum, in the newspaper, probably on Tracwrestling, and hopefully someone will stream the 4A tournament. You Must have missed word study in HS and be a product of you Liberal education.

Don' knock soccer or my coaching. First, coaching is coaching. I have coached all levels of soccer (up to competitive HS club teams), T ball, and baseball, football and basketball up to ages 14 or 15. Never wrestled, never claimed to be anything other than a fan. Up to two years ago I was a volunteer soccer coach for a U10 co-ed recreation team (that's Under age 10 for you one sport fans). I am dedicated HS sports fan and watch all HS sports year around--from FB, VB and soccer in the fall, to BB, SB and track in the spring--probably a lot more so than you who has only one interest and knows only one sport.

So good luck in your travels but thought you would have scored/placed higher than you finishes in Council Bluffs or KCMO. I think that your team and individual scores relative to the top teams in those tournaments indicates your wrestlers were mostly getting slammed by their better wrestlers/placers, and/or at least getting beat by their lesser quality wrestlers.

Anything I have said in any of my posts is not intended to attack or denigrate or criticize any of the SJA wrestlers or their accomplishments. They are all fine young athletes, do a great job, and are willing to face/wrestle anyone!

Bill, Bill, Bill,

You are truly clueless. You called the SJA competitors in Eudora "scrubs". That is not an attack?? SJA took a limited squad to both the Stampede and Council Bluffs. Since you are reading all of my posts so closely you surely saw the explanation. You cannot compete for a team championship with only half of the number of possible wrestlers scoring. Since you are SO experienced at coaching I would have assumed you could figure this out. Out of the seven wrestlers competing yesterday, six made the gold bracket, the top 16 out of 40, and five of those made the top 8. You said we got SLAMMED yet you are not criticizing or denigrating?? Are you on meds? Your wife would do you a great service to take your keyboard away. There were 30 nationally ranked wrestlers competing yesterday. There were more state champion medals in Hale arena than all of Kansas added together. If we had a tournament with EVERY Kansas team in it, all 220 or so, there would be just TWO nationally ranked wrestlers. You sir do not have a clue when it comes to wrestling. This will be the last time I even give you the respect of responding to your dribble. I would call you an idiot but that would be an insult to the true idiots out there. You cannot get better wrestling each other over and over. The best way to get better is to lose and expose yourself to the BEST competition available. The top three teams in KS did so this weekend and we didn't crack the top 10. What does that tell you Bill?

I don't like soccer and this is a wrestling talk forum so sure I am going to poke a little fun at it just like we do basketball. Both are GAMES, wrestling is a combat sport. Since you have never wrestled you can't really get it. I am glad you enjoy it so why don't you just do that and leave the rest to those who invest their time, money, and effort directly into it. I don't need your insight and my kids don't need to be criticized by you either. Go find a good soccer forum and share your ideas there.

As much we get to partake of Cokeley's expertise on this forum and hear about all they big out of state tournaments his SON's school goes to, I do not see any of their ex HS wrestlers on the lists of KS HS grads in either D1 or D2 wrestling programs (see the lists on the College Forum).

Why do we only hear from Cokeley--where is their HS coach defending his programs, wrestlers, travels?