Thank you to all the teams that attended our tournament and for making it a great day! Congratulations to all of the teams and wrestlers!
If there are any additions or corrections, please feel free to contact me or post them. Thanks! Angie

TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS RESULTS

1st - Caney
2nd - Eureka
3rd - ElDorado
4th - Burlington
Sportsmanship - Burlington

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

6 & UNDER
37 lbs.
1st Christian Solano, Burlington
2nd Jacob Hogge, Independence
3rd Hannah Burnett, Independence

40 lbs.
1st Brock Hazelton, Chase Co.
2nd Trenton Johnson, Independence
3rd Jakob Fiscus, Chanute
4th Parker Town, Elk Co.
5th Jacob Woodburn, Eureka

43 lbs. - Bracket #1
1st Walker Wise, Fredonia
2nd Isaac Gutsch, Burlington
3rd Keyden Berry, Central

43 lbs. - Bracket #2
1st Chance Montgomery, Herington
2nd Malachi Hise, Caney
3rd Levi Sharp, Chase Co.

46 lbs. - Bracket #1
1st Tanner Smith, Derby
2nd Braden Lowe, Eureka
3rd Evan Gofouth, Altamont
4th Nickolas Alfers, Burlington

46 lbs. - Bracket #2
1st Cal Bloomfield, Independence
2nd tie - Grant Hall, Burlington
2nd tie- Chase Mayes, Herington
4th Dylan Brown, Eureka

46 lbs. - Bracket #3
1st Chage Martinez, ElDorado
2nd Jacob Sharp, Chase Co.
3rd Jayden Payne, Burlington
4th Matthew Mason, Independence

46 lbs. - Bracket #4
1st Tucker Whitworth, Burlington
2nd Nathan Hogge, Independence
3rd Rod Brown, Elk Co.

49 lbs. - Bracket #1
1st Josh Kopplemann, Central
2nd Trevor Glasgow, Burlington
3rd Ben Thornton, Caney

49 lbs. - Bracket #2
1st Nick Ornelas, Chanute
2nd Kyler Sanders, Independence
3rd Micah King, Cherryvale
4th Pale Stephens, Central
5th Kolltan Gibson, Eureka

52 lbs. - Bracket #1
1st Dallas Winter, ElDorado
2nd Colby Johnson, Burlington
3rd Sara Brown, Elk Co.

52 lbs. - Bracket #2
1st Scout Tee, SEK
2nd Reno Hughey, ElDorado
3rd Rheet Greggs, Caney
4th Connor Jeffers, Burlington

55 lbs. - Bracket #1
1st Connor Fielder, Herington
2nd Chuckie Schmidt, Eureka
3rd Levi Fritz, Burlington
4th Kordel Nordquist, Elk Co.

55 lbs. - Bracket #2
1st Conagher Welch, Independence
2nd Jacob McComb, SEK
3rd Izzy Thorp, Burlington
4th Coty Costigan, Herington
5th Adam Pinkerton, Caney

58 lbs. - Bracket #1
1st Aaron Cortez, ElDorado
2nd Timmy Stack, Eureka
3rd Donovan Casteel, Bulldog
4th Bryce Warfield, Caney
5th Kaitlyn Meats, Burlington

58 lbs. - Bracket #2
1st Colton Timms, ElDorado
2nd Lucas McMichael, Central
3rd Lane Wunderlich, Elk Co.
4th Thomas Yurko, Burlington
5th Quentin Wiegle, Bulldog

61 lbs.
1st Seth Burnett, Herington
2nd Christopher Ray, Eureka
3rd Noah Neel, Eureka
4th Hannah Burnett, ElDorado

65-70 lbs.
1st Curtis Rylant, Chanute
2nd Gage clark, Chanute
3rd Melody Winters, Elk Co.

73-83 lbs.
1st Evan Phillips, Chanute
2nd Kolvin Berry, Central
3rd Nathan Fowler, ElDorado


8 & UNDER
46 lbs.
1st Bailey Lott, Independence
2nd Andrew Egan, ElDorado
3rd Kaylee Schoaf, Fredonia
4th Jewl Schroeder, Elk Co.

49 lbs.
1st Chase Cole, SEK
2nd Curtis Bennett, Independence
3rd Eric Whittaker, Elk Co.

52 lbs.
1st Charlie Romero, Altamont
2nd Grant Shell, Burlington
3rd D.J. Cook, Independence
4th Levi Higgins, Independence
5th Tiffany Sharp, Chase Co.

55 lbs. - Bracket #1
1st Dillon Wolverton, Chanute
2nd Lane Schicke, Independence
3rd Colt Griggs, Caney
4th Zach Belz, Bulldog

55 lbs. - Bracket #2
1st Joey Defore, Central
2nd Gray Kinder, Caney
3rd Gryphon Yergey, ElDorado
4th Tanner Kahler, Independence
5th Tina Ditto, Burlington

58 lbs. - Bracket #1
1st Sam Farmer, Bulldog
2nd Tyra Welch, Independence
3rd Cobe Garcia, Burlington
4th Dale Woodburn, Eureka

58 lbs. - Bracket #2
1st Cooper Whitworth, Burlington
2nd Cody Hockett, Independence
3rd Tyler Timms, ElDorado
4th Kendall Jeffers, Burlington

61 lbs. - Bracket #1
1st Steven Vinson, Eureka
2nd Brendon Hogge, Independence
3rd Robbie Lawson, Altamont
4th Jason Hefton, Flinthills

61 lbs. - Bracket #2
1st Black Hollandworth, Caney
2nd Landon Cuskelly, Flinthills
3rd Sage Hesse-Birmingham, Bulldog

64 lbs.
1st Brogan Humphrey, Fredonia
2nd Bryann Humphrey, Fredonia
3rd Eric Phillips, Chanute
4th Seth Daggett, ElDorado

67 lbs.
1st Chance Owen, Caney
2nd Alexis Carrasco, Eureka
3rd Bryson Meats, Burlington

70 lbs.
1st Dax Stephens, Central
2nd Josey Nordquist, Elk Co.

70-76 lbs.
1st Alex Son, SEK
2nd Charlie Samuels, Eureka
3rd Kaden Housel, Cherryvale

80-84 lbs.
1st Jordan Dennett, Caney
2nd Garrison Hiatt, Flinthills

88-95 lbs.
1st Preston Baughn, SEK
2nd Cole Peters, Chanute
3rd Gus Walker, Fredonia
4th Nathan VanderLinden, Burlington

Lt. Hwt.
1st Dustin Biggs, Bulldog
2nd Jacobb Burnett, Eldorado
3rd Scott Hazelton, Chase Co.

Hwt.
1st Casey Samuels, Eureka
2nd Trenton Swift, Chase Co.
3rd Preston Rash, Cherryvale
4th Tyler Reece, Flinthills

10 & UNDER
58-61 lbs.
1st Trey Francka, Chase Co.
2nd Cole Reinhardt, ElDorado
3rd Johnathon Trumpower, ElDorado

64 lbs.
1st Kyle Macy, ElDorado
2nd Bryce Morgan, ElDorado
3rd Jared Fiscus, Chanute
4th Chance Stanton, Caney
5th Dakota Long, Caney

67 lbs.
1st Kasey Biddle, Central
2nd John Rodriguez, Caney
3rd Chase Holt, Independence

70 lbs.
1st Austin Hughey, ElDorado
2nd Lucas Milner, Eureka
3rd Dayton Winter, ElDorado
4th Hayden Dierks, Fredonia
5th Chase Montgomery, Herington

73 lbs.
1st Nick Jacobs, Central
2nd Cody Ray, Eureka
3rd Robbie Zimmerman, Bulldog
4th Cash Holt, Independence

76 lbs.
1st Kaitlin Jacobs, Central
2nd Logan Taylor, Independence
3rd Trevor Breshears, Burlington
4th Chandler Brandon, Caney
5th Garrett Miller, Chanute

79-82 lbs.
1st Derek Bayless, Caney
2nd Tim Erbe, Independence
3rd Braxton Funk, Fredonia
4th A.J. Martinez, ElDorado
5th Kelton Hesse-Birmingham, Bulldog

85 lbs.
1st Paul Buck, Caney
2nd Kyle Call, ElDorado
3rd Sage Duran, Bulldog

90 lbs. - Bracket #1
1st Sam Son, SEK
2nd Dustin Gibson, Eureka
3rd Gabe Cremer, ElDorado

90 lbs. - Bracket #2
1st Travis Vaughn, Eureka
2nd Eric Zeller, Flinthills
3rd Chase Ward, Independence

95 lbs. - Bracket #1
1st Brace Unruh, Caney
2nd Tate McCoy, Eureka
3rd Alex Keithline, Herington

95 lbs. - Bracket #2
1st Gage Griffin, Caney
2nd Dusty Cook, Independence
3rd Matt Winn, Eureka

100 lbs.
1st Sam Watt, Caney
2nd Jaren McComb, SEK
3rd Dalton Sardou, ElDorado

110 lbs.
1st Trey Beeson, Caney
2nd Riley Denny, Caney
3rd Colt Wright, Cherryvale
4th Sarah Burnett, ElDorado

120 lbs.
1st Hunter Ackerman, Bulldog
2nd Patrick Davis, Eureka

Lt. Hwt.
1st Ryan Gean, SEK
2nd Anthony Gonzalez, Fredonia
3rd Tyler Meats, Burlington

Hwt.
1st Seth Eytcheson, Caney
2nd Brandon Pryce, Eureka

12& UNDER
68 lbs.
1st Tim Wrestler, Chanute
2nd Aaron Lowmaster, ElDorado
3rd Shane Erie, Eureka

72 lbs. - Bracket #1
1st Troy Clark, Chanute
2nd Nate Hudson, Caney
3rd Dallas Birk, Burlington

72 lbs. - Bracket #2
1st Michael VanderLinden, Burlington
2nd Jordan Wonder, Caney
3rd Quinten Hogue, SEK
4th Cody Fritz, Burlington

72-76 lbs.
1st Ky Biddle, Central
2nd Colt Skillman, Burlington

80-88 lbs.
1st Tyler McMichael, Central
2nd Jesse Brown, Flinthills
3rd Tyler Kidwell, Chanute
4th Israel Hesse-Birmingham, Bulldog

92-96 lbs.
1st Larry Wrestler, Chanute
2nd Cameron Wilson, Independence
3rd Drew McComb, SEK
4th Jamie Zimmerman, Bulldog
5th Drew Hall, Burlington

100 lbs. - Bracket #1
1st Nick Hockett, Independence
2nd Dakota Brubaker, Eureka
3rd Caden Dierks, Fredonia
4th Rebecca McCleary, Burlington

100 lbs. - Bracket #2
1st Bradon Melcher, Herington
2nd Brandon Ray, Eureka
3rd Dakotah Winter, ElDorado

105 lbs.
1st Lucas Cortez, ElDorado
2nd Brycen Thornton, Caney
3rd Nick Trapp, Herington
4th Noah Jones, Burlington

110-115 lbs.
1st Brandon Stein, Independence
2nd Kenny Cummings, Elk Co.
3rd Jordan Gutsch, Burlington

140-155 lbs.
1st Brock Ditto, Burlington
2nd Thomas Durham, Fredonia
3rd Jake Dillard, Bulldog
4th Anthony Thayer, Fredonia

165-174 lbs.
1st Nicholas McCall, Fredonia
2nd Dustin Bayless, Caney
3rd Matt Dixon, Fredonia


14 & UNDER
80-90 lbs.
1st Devin Frye, Eureka
2nd Dalton Smith, Fredonia
3rd Chance Hinkle, Elk Co.

105-110 lbs.
1st Cameron Jesseph, SEK
2nd Zack Jesseph, SEK
3rd Austin Birk, Burlington
4th Nick Eytcheson, Caney

120-125 lbs.
1st Ethan McCoy, Eureka
2nd Wesley Wilson, Chanute
3rd Cody Dillard, Bulldog
4th Brad Bohnenblust, Altamont
5th Rachel Durham, Fredonia

130-135 lbs.
1st C.J. Madison, Elk Co.
2nd Steven Coker, Burlington
3rd Darren Goff, Burlington
4th Jake Uden, Chanute
5th Justin Davis, Eureka

140-150 lbs.
1st Elijah Hesse-Birmingham, Bulldog
2nd Steven Gulick, Eureka
3rd Kyle Waggoner, Caney

155 lbs.
1st Ty Kemp, Flinthills
2nd Brett Fox, Eureka

175-189 lbs.
1st Gus Allen, Elk Co.
2nd Talon Nordquist, Elk Co.
3rd Michael Hays, Eureka

Hwt.
1st Scott Jones, Burlington
2nd Dakota Denny, Caney
3rd Josh Gudde, Eureka

I for one was pretty disappointed in your tournament. My son has been there many years. For one, my youngest son didn't even get to start wrestling until 2:00 in the afternoon. We didn't get out of there until 5 pm and there were still matches going on. Your club ran out of the nice 1st place medals and started substituting for old medals. One of our kids who placed 3rd received a 4th place medal because you all ran out of the 3rd place medals, and was told that was all that was left. If you want to run a tournament, you have to put alittle money into it.

Clarkmom, I'm very sorry to hear that you were disappointed in our tournament. We had a lot of people tell us yesterday how good it was, how well it was run, and that they would be back again next year. We had more of the same today when we attended the Burlington tournament. I would like to address some of the complaints that you had directly. First, the medal situation was not because we didn't want to "put a little money into our tournament". We had almost 100 more wrestlers than we have had in past years. We also decided when we were bracketing that it was very important to us that each wrestler receive a medal for their efforts. Due to this decision and the larger number of wrestlers, we had many more brackets than we had anticipated. Since we had extended our deadline to Wednesday night to accommodate clubs unable to practice and take entries due to the weather, we did not have a true count of wrestlers and brackets until Thursday morning. We ordered stock medals from a trophy company in ElDorado, and picked them up Friday. Had I even anticipated that there would be a problem or complaint with the fact that our medals were different, I would have definitely considered trying to keep them more uniform across an age bracket or some other way. Most wrestlers are happy to have a medal, and I feel like it was more important that each wrestler got their own medal yesterday than what exactly they looked like. Secondly, we did not run out of 3rd place medals. If a wrestler that placed 3rd truly received a 4th place medal, I would like to have that person contact me so I can make arrangements to get them a 3rd place medal. I also wish I had been made aware of the fact that that happened so I could have taken care of it yesterday. I was at the head table most of the day and very accessible. Third, I'm not sure exactly who your youngest son is, so I can only guess from your post to the results from last night. If you are addressing the 12 & under 72 lbs. bracket, your son most definitely wrestled before 2 p.m. His first round he had a bye. The second round, he wrestled match number 43. On mat 4, they had 113 matches and were finished with all of their matches early enough for us to move matches from other mats to that mat. If this is not the bracket you are talking about, I apologize. Lastly, I would like to address the comment about the time the tournament was over. I believe you are mistaken about the time you left. We completed wrestling all matches by around 4 p.m. We then awarded team trophies and sportsmanship trophies. Friends of mine live an hour away, stayed for the presentation of the trophies and got home at 5:15 p.m.
We are a club that is trying to build up a nice tournament for wrestlers and their families to come to. Again I will say that we had many, many compliments on our tournament yesterday and today. Given your feelings about our tournament and how it was run, I think I would consider skipping it next year.

Is it possible to have a tournament where someone does not get on this forum and complain?

As the lady from Chanute well knows, there are many, many responsibilities with running a successful tournament, and mistakes are always made due to the "human element" being involved.

If a youngster received an incorrect medal, and the color of the medal is SO important, I am certain a simple request to the tournament director prior to leaving the tournament would have been sufficient.

First Derby, then Chanute, now Eureka!

It has been my experience tournament directors are always frazzled by tournament end due to the pressure of running a successful tournament and always attempting to accommodate a reasonable request.

Good luck in the future to all tournament directors, and I hope if all this bashing continues, we will still have tournament directors.

A big thank you to the Eureka Wrestling Club, Angie Lowe, Kim Burtin, their coaches, the parents and the faithful wrestling "family" in Eureka for a great start to our weekend! This was one of the larger tournaments that they have held in recent years, and we were impressed with how well organized and coordinated the tournament was. Everyone we came in contact with was friendly and really worked to make this a good experience for the clubs involved.

We had several "first-time on the mat" wrestlers and "first-time" parents, and I thought this tournament served as a great first experience for them. Plus, we had several experienced wrestlers that needed quality matches this early in the season. We found lots of quality opponents that have had state-level experienced and helped us get better by wrestling them!

I like the Round Robin format. Several tournaments in the state have gone to this format to "ability group" kids where-ever possible. We had a few kids that did not get to wrestle until late morning/early afternoon that is the only danger that you run into with a Round Robin bracket when a 4-man bracket becomes a 3-man bracket and the wrestler that gets the 1st Round "Bye" has to wait for Round #2 before they get to wrestle. However, we are willing to accept this when you know that you are going to get two, three, or maybe four matches in one day with opponents of about the same ability-level.

In 14 years, I have been to MANY traditional-bracket tournaments where wrestlers have one match to get to the finals or even "Bye" into the finals. So each format brings with it a unique set of problems. HOWEVER, most of these problems are based on a common factor that no tournament staff can control: Scratches on the day of the event!

With that said, you do the best you can and hope that at the end of the day you have made 90% of the folks happy!! I think that Eureka was above 90% and should feel good about all of the work they did to host a quality tournament in our area! Thanks to everyone that was involved!! Please know that there are a lot more folks that are thankful for what you have done. However, they just don't always express it in person, through a note, or on this message board!

Doug Vander Linden
Burlington Wrestling Club

p.s. Thank you for allowing us to use the "Flip and Scores" for our tournament on Sunday!! Michelle and I loaded ALL of them up in the van after the last match was done just a little before 4 p.m. on Saturday. We then waited with our club coaches for the tournament awards (which were very nice trophies by the way) and we walked out the door at about 4:15 p.m. and got back to Burlington to setup at 5:15 for our tournament. Thanks for wrapping things up quickly!!

p.s.s. Congrats to the Caney Kids Wrestling Club on winning the Club Championship on Saturday. You guys have done a great job with your kids. Keep building, and the Tri-Valley League will be even better for it down the road. Congrats to Eureka on their 2nd place showing and El Dorado on their 3rd place finish, also!!

We also want to thank the Eureka Wrestling Club. Had a great day of wrestling and will be back next year. Got plenty of mat time and wasn't there all night. Keep up the good work.

Central Wrestling Club

I would like to thank the wonderful people who put time and dedication into setting up a tournament as nice as this one was