I believe Kansas had the following reach All-American stauts:

Freshman: 22
Sophomore:19
Junior: 22

I believe that Kansas produced around 20% of the All-American wreslters at this tournament.

The state of Kansas did a wonderful job at the tournament.

I also know that there were a couple of great wrestlers from Kansas that did not make it to the final bracket because of the Pool system that they used at the tournament.

In one case they did a last second move in a pool which forced two Kansas High School State Champions and a State Champion from another state into the same pool. Unfortunatley Tyler Baker (Hoxie) did not make it out of the pool.

There is no doubt in my mind that he would have placed if they would have balanced the pools before wrestling or if it would have been a bracket to start the tournament.

There were a couple of examples of this.

Great Job Kansas!


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The Valley Center Wrestling Club took 3 wrestlers up from 3 high schools and placed all 3.

Justin Naccarato Junior Valley Center High School 215 6th Place

Steven Foster Sophomore Sedgwick High School 1st Place

Elijah Madison Freshmen Salina Central High School 1st Place