321A State Predictions 2018

Here are my predictions for the 2018 321A State Tournament:

1. Hoisington
2. Smith Center
3. Scott Community
4. Hoxie
5. Eureka
6. Rossville
7. Norton
8. Silver Lake
9. Wabaunsee
10. Riverside

106
1. Kendall Beitz-11-Eureka
2. Alec Segarra-11-Hill City
3. Christopher Gleason-12-Mission Valley
4. Colton Shoemaker-10-Smith Center
5. Rathe Aschenbrenner-10-Colby
6. Brody White-10-Jayhawk-Linn

113
1. Kolby Beitz-11-Eureka
2. Ryan Ware-12-Wellsville
3. Ashten Dodson-12-Douglass
4. Zach Sherman-12-Hoxie
5. Camdyn Unterseher-10-Norton
6. Kai Allen-9-Silver Lake

120
1. Blayne Harris-12-Beloit
2. Hunter Reddick-11-Fredonia
3. Anthony King-12-St. Marys
4. Jacob Sisson-10-Phillipsburg
5. Braiden Lynn-12-Cimarron
6. Kaleb Talkington-9-Republic Co.

126
1. Justus McDaniel-10-Scott Community
2. Kel Grafel-12-Oberlin
3. Jordan Priddy-12-Silver Lake
4. Bryce Younger-12-Ellis
5. Chandler Schoenberger-11-Russell
6. Ethan Ewing-11-Wellsville

132
1. Riley Tubbs-12-Wabaunsee
2. Josh Lenker-12-Phillipsburg
3. Ryan Johnson-12-Norton
4. Kaden Wren-10-Scott Community
5. Chris Goans-11-Lyons
6. Derrick Karn-12-Riverside

138
1. Kolby Droegemeier-12-Wabaunsee
2. Luke Richard-11-Riley Co.
3. Dawson Ensign-12-Goodland
4. Zane Stanton-12-Caney Valley
5. Brennan Lowe-9-Eureka
6. Tristin Hauck-11-Minneapolis

145
1. Dayton Porsch-11-Hoxie
2. Scott Resler-12-Riverside
3. Spencer Heise-12-Osborne
4. Johnney Perez-12-Lakin
5. Ethan Hamel-12-Hill City
6. Brandon Brownlee-11-Sabetha

152
1. Christopher Ball-12-Hoisington
2. Colton Hutchinson-12-Smith Center
3. Holden Hurla-12-Rossville
4. Sean Rall-12-Colby
5. Zane Colson-11-Rock Hills
6. Rudy Rodriguez-11-Southeast of Saline

160
1. Isaiah Luellen-12-Rossville
2. Joshua Ball-9-Hoisington
3. Jarret Jurgens-12-Scott Community
4. Jordan Finnesy-10-Plainville
5. Cole Amlong-10-Norton
6. Zeb Speer-12-Doniphan West

170
1. Wyatt Hayes-11-Scott Community
2. Gable Howerton-12-Silver Lake
3. Sean Urban-12-Hoisington
4. Maverick Green-12-Rawlins Co.
5. Kory Finley-11-Colby
6. Taegan Schoenfeld-12-St Marys

182
1. Wyatt Pedigo-10-Hoisington
2. Michael Waggoner-11-Riley Co.
3. Matthew Cruickshank-12-St. Marys
4. Roxton Brown-12-Osborne
5. Coy Moran-12-Bluestem
6. Jared Miller-12-Oskaloosa

195
1. Josh Seabolt-12-Cimarron
2. Nick Davenport-11-Ell-Saline
3. Tyler Palic-12-Marion
4. Colben Dodson-12-Cherryvale
5. Hayden Wiltfong-11-Norton
6. Ryan Junkermeirer-11-Plainville

220
1. Chris Cox-12-Hoxie
2. Luis Ledesma-12-Goodland
3. Dalton Kuhn-12-Smith Center
4. Trayton Doyle-12-St. Francis
5. Charlie Nordquist-11-Marion
6. Adrian Gerber-12-Chaparral

285
1. Avery Hawkins-12-Smith Center
2. Hadley Panzer-10-Lakin
3. Jarret McLinden-12-Marion
4. Elliot Strahm-11-Sabetha
5. Jaden Eslinger-11-Chaparral
6. Chase Donovan-12-Minneapolis

Hope you're right Wyatt. However, I am going to pick Smith Center, but would really love to see Schmitty get him a title at Hoisington!

24 out of 56 semi finalists (43%), and 10 out of 28 finalists (36%) all came from the Goodland regional.

Goodland Regional Production:
Team Champion: Scott City
6 of the top ten teams: 1 Scott City, 3 Hoxie, 6 Norton, 7 Colby, 9 Phillipsburg, and 10 Goodland
6 of the 14 Individual champions and 34 of the 84 state placers.
I do believe Western Kansas represented itself very well this weekend.

Prolly the best regional that has ever been wrestled (sarcasm)

Majority of the teams are Western Kansas teams at 321 A

#1 Wrong in regards to the Western Kansas having more schools than the east.

#2 There has been a major population shift in the past 30+ years from the West to the East.

#3 The domination by Western Kansas used to be even greater. Prior to the expansion to 6 places, it was not unusal for over half the State Medals to be won by wrestlers from the Western Kansas Regional.

As the population continues to shift, there will be a continued lessening of Western Kansas wrestling domination. When was the last time a school smaller than 3A won the 321A Tournament. . .

Most 2a and 1a schools in the Northeast area don’t have wrestling programs. Takes away from shooting hoops!

Most? 1A. . . maybe, but more 2A do than don't; esp.when co-op agreements are considered

Northeast Schools currently without wrestling...Horton, Hiawatha, Jackson Heights, Jefferson County North, Kansas City Christian, Maranatha, Valley Falls, McLouth, Axtell, Blue Valley - Randolph, Centralia, Clifton - Clyde, Frankfort, Hanover, Linn, Northern Heights, Troy, Valley Heights, Washington County, West Franklin, Wetmore. I’m not sure about the Southeast area of KS.

When did Horton and Hiawatha drop wrestling?

From 2007-09 Smith Center won three consecutive titles in wrestling as a 2A.

Prior to that Hoxie won back-to-back titles in 2002 and 2003, and in 1998 and 1999 as a 2A.

Going back even further St. Francis in 1996 and 1997, Stockton in 1993 and Atwood in 1989 all won titles as 2A programs.

No 1A programs have won a team title in the past 30 years.

And no non-3A has won it in the past ten years.

Also, Classification sizes are not static. If you go back 10, 20 years ago you will see tne cutoff between 2A and 3A were larger than tney are today.

My point is that there has been, and will continue to be, a population shift; and I am speaking basically to 321A. The schools with bigger populations will have a statistical advantage in competing for State titles. The wrestling culture and tradition will keep Western Kansas, and especially Northwest Kansas, competitive. . .but it will be a numbers game.

Good list; Do any of those schools co-op with others.

I am not sure what happened to Smith Center's 220 pounder that was ranked number #1 but sure looks like with him they would have been in real contention for the title

He did not make weight. I've heard more than one story of what happened, and i hope that one of the stories i heard is not true. He is a nice kid, and i felt bad for him.

Kyle, I believe Horton’s final season was 2013-14 and Hiawatha’s was 2016-17. Hard to believe with the state placers they produced over the last 25 years.

Greg, a few of these schools did co-op in the past briefly but none were represented this year. No kids program = no future.

I feel for Kuhn. That had to have been difficult for him to watch the whole weekend. Would his points been the difference from 1st to 4th? Hard to tell. They would have been in the top two for sure.

Congratulations to Scott City and Coach Jon Lippelmann on his fifth state championship! They held off good runs from Hoisington and Hoxie in the end.

This story is from his father. I was told he checked on the check scale and was on weight. Went over to the official weigh room and was .2 over. He checked on a couple scales and they told him if he wants to challenge the scale he needed to get his coach. He went to grab his coach amd when he came back they told him that was disqualified for leaving the weigh in area. If this is true l, i really feel bad for him. After speaking to him, he seems like a nice kid that made a mistake and it is something he will have to live with forever. Good luck to Dalton at FHSU next season on their football team.