Where is the toughest regionals going to be held at this year?

-I say 4A regionals in Goodland, b/c the 6 of the top 10 teams in 4A are going to be there.

The Goodland Regional is a load of crap. That is by far the toughest regional in any class, in the whole state. There will be kids who would place at state getting beat out at regionals. Who decides what teams go where anyway?

Goodland will be a outstanding reg. Some of the weights are just full of talented wrestlers.weights that should be great 112,119,125,130,152,160. I agree there will proably be some guys beat out that could place at state.

I agree that the Western Regional is going to be tough. But the regional assignments are based on proximity not popularity. Each regional is assigned a given number of teams, based on the location of the regional the closest teams go there. In the case of the Western Regional, when it was in Larned, Clearwater was closer than Abilene. Now that it is in Goodland, due to I-70 Abilene is closer than Clearwater. The same goes for others around the state. It is a tough draw, but given the limited number of 4A size schools in Western Kansas, there are very few options for regionals that have sufficient accomodations for fans. At 119, it will be extremely tough, at one time 5 different people were ranked in the top 6, someone gets to sit out state, but it can happen in other areas as well.

The El Dorado regional currently has 23 of the 84 wrestlers ranked in 4A

103
1st DeVoe - Columbus
2nd Hamilton - Chanute
3rd Friesburg - Caney
5th Carillo - Parsons

112
5th Cillesen - Mulvane

119
4th Heersche - Mulvane

125
5th Hagerman - Mulvane

130
1st Jones - Coffeyville
2nd Bowman - Columbus

135
2nd Terrell - Rosehill
3rd Struble - Douglas
4th Galemore - Chanute

140
3rd Zahm - Columbus
6th Chenowith - Clearwater

145
none

152
none

160
1st Clark - Wellington

171
1st Davis - Rosehill
2nd Baylor - Columbus

189
4th Peterie - El Dorado
6th Whitehead - Douglas

215
2nd Greer - El Dorado
3rd Petrosky - Rosehill
5th Demicollo - Mulvane

275
6th Scott - Wellington

The Goodland regional currently has 29 of the 84 wrestlers ranked in 4A

103-tibbles-colby 6th

112-gennette-con 2nd
caldwell-clay 3rd
deeds-goodland 4th
peterson-abilene 6th

119-kriegbaum-abilene 1st
bahe-goodland 2nd
ortiz-ulysses 3rd

125-close-clay 1st
geske-abilene 2nd
wisdom-con 3rd

130-prater-pratt 3rd
tibbles-colby 4th
mckinney-scott city 5th

135-pruser-clay 1st
R.prater-pratt 5th

140-grater-clay 2nd

145-luedke-colby 1st
eckert-abilene 3rd

152-taplin-abilene 1st
frank-scott city 2nd
sharpe-colby 3rd

160-brack-goodland 4th
corral-clay 5th
kearn-con 6th

171 none

189-strait-con 1st

215-bedore-goodland 1st

HWT-lewis-ulysses 2nd
lovoie-con 3rd

So, :rolleyes: who's going to post the 5A regional at Valley Center and lay claim. Opps, my bad, we have a tie. 29

Valley Center is probably the toughest regional.. It sounds like all classes have lopsided regionals... will be interesting to see how the medal counts come out from each regional in state... Good luck everyone.

The Sante Fe Trails regional currently has 18 of the 84 wrestlers ranked in 4A

103: Josh Sharp -4th- Fort Scott

112: nobody

119: Ben Smith -5th- Chapman

125: Marc Dunn -4th- Osawatomie

130: Dustin Harper -6th- Fort Scott

135: nobody

140: Nathan Allison -1st- Fort Scott
Chad Schmale -4th- Sante Fe Trails

145: Neil Erisman -2nd- DeSoto
Justin Stirling -4th- Spring Hill
Travis Eden -5th- Sante Fe Trails

152: Justin Wiscomb -4th- Sante Fe Trails
Alvin Metcalf -6th- Fort Scott

160: Joseph Lattimer -3rd- Fort Scott

171: Kyle Flory -2nd- Baldwin
Luke Powers -5th- Eudora
Brandon Sommer -6th- Prarie View

189: Dan Hamilton -5th- Baldwin

215: Mike Paxton -4th- Eudora

275: Shane Grant -2nd- Eudora

I would just like to add that the Sante Fe Trails regional could easily have more guys ranked at state. These are a few guys who could place at state from this regional that are not ranked:

112:

Bonner---baldwin
Bloodgood---Spring Hill

135:

Roberts---Spring Hill

140:

Roberts---Louisburg
Gatlin---Anderson County
Trammel---Spring Hill

145:

maybe the kid from Anderson County

160:

Lang---Baldwin
Sheets---Chapman
possible Hudgins---Spring Hill

189:

maybe the Ottawa kid

I fully admit that im am biased becuase i am from Spring Hill!

What is the toughest 6A regional?

5A Regionals Currently there are

20 ranked wrestlers in the Hays Regional.

29 ranked wrestlers at Valley Center.

15 ranked wrestlers at Bishop Miege

19 ranked wrestlers at Gardner Edgerton.

Here are the top 6 as it now stands at each regional. They are organized by regional BM = Shawnee Mission Bishop Miege, GE = Gardner-Edgerton, HY = Hays, and VC=Valley Center. There are of course several kids that are not in the top six that will impact some of these weights.

103
BM 3 Aaron Bird, fr. KC Turner
GE 5 Cody Wasson, so. Seaman
HY 6 Mark Shulz, sr. McPherson
VC 1 Conner Crumbliss, so. Ark City
VC 2 Tristan Deshazer, fr. Wichita West
VC 4 Seth Metzler, so. Newton

112
BM and GE---no ranked wrestlers
HY 3 Tommy Edgeman, so. Goddard
HY 4 Nick Nothern, fr. Salina South
VC 1 Garret Harding, jr. Winfield
VC 2 Tim Elliot, so. Campus
VC 5 Shane Manis, fr. Valley Center
VC 6 Gabe Metzler, jr. Newton

119
BM no ranked wrestlers
GE 1 Tanner Gardner, sr. Shawnee Heights
GE 7 Luke McKee, so. Seaman
HY 4 Ryan Madden, jr. Liberal
HY 5 Paul Ferrell, sr. McPherson
HY 6 Russell Freeman, Goddard
VC 2 Karl Brown, jr. Bishop Carroll
VC 3 Charles Knox, jr. Wichita West

125
BM 5 Billy Jones, sr. KC Turner
GE no ranked wrestlers
HY 4 Chris Curl, sr. McPherson
VC 1 Josh Baldridge, so. Haysville-Campus
VC 2 Joseph Cornejo, so. Wichita West
VC 3 Levi Anstine, so. Ark City
VC 6 Josh Burgess, sr. Winfield

130
BM 5 Matt Middleton, jr. Bonner Springs
GE No ranked Wrestlers
HY 3 Erik Rogers, sr. Salina South
HY 6 Kyle Michelstetter, jr. Buhler
VC 1 Jake Ashpole, jr. Valley Center
VC 2 Kyle Lewis, sr. Ark City
VC 4 Derrick McCreary, sr. Winfield

135
BM 3 Josh Flamez, sr. KC Turner
BM 6 Chad Vandenberg, sr. Bonner Springs
GE no ranked wrestlers
HY 1 Lukas Zouzas, jr. Salina South
HY 2 Josh Pfannenstiel, jr. Hays
VC 4 Casey Bruce, Ark City

140
BM 3 Spencer Buck, sr. Bonner Springs
BM 6 Matt Bailes, KC Turner
GE 4 Paul Oliphant, sr. Paola
HY 1 Trent Swanson, jr. McPherson
HY 2 Darcy Riley, jr. Salina South
VC 5 Jake Johnston, jr. Bishop Carroll

145
BM 5 Justin Beatty, sr. KC Washington
GE 1 Josh Miller, sr. Seaman
GE 2 Eric Harris, sr. Paola
GE 3 Nick Spaht, Augusta
HY no ranked wrestlers
VC 4 Andy Loos, sr. Bishop Carroll
VC 6 Frank Jonas, fr. Kapaun Mt. Carmel

152
BM 1 Dane Hammett, jr. Blue Valley
GE 2 Shane Reedy, jr. Shawnee Heights
GE 5 David Mullins, sr. Gardner Edgerton
GE 6 Jesse Smith, sr. Augusta
HY 3 Sean Pietrzyk, so. Salina South
VC 4 Gavin Jonas, jr. Kapuan Mt. Carmel

160
GE 1 Phillip Hart, sr. Shawnee Heights
BM 3 Nick Figge, jr. KC Turner
BM 5 Patrick Jackson, jr. KC Washington
GE 2 Jimmy Stewart, jr. Paola
GE 4 Josh Krahn, so. Seaman
HY 6 Kyle McConnell, sr. McPherson
VC no ranked wrestlers

171
BM 4 Mike Steinmetz, jr. KC Turner
GE 1 Nathan Payne, jr. Paola
GE 3 Blake Malloy, so. Shawnee Heights
HY 5 Brandon Hancock, jr. Goddard
HY 6 Joe Zackary, sr. Salina South
VC 2 John Sponsel, sr. Bishop Carroll

189
BM 3 Adam Monks, jr. Blue Valley
BM 6 Jeff Burns, sr. Bonner Springs
GE no ranked wrestlers
HY 4 Russell Porter, sr. Salina Central
HY 5 Blake Wasinger, sr. Hays
VC 1 Ty Richardson, sr. Ark City
VC 2 Keith Sponsel, sr. Bishop Carroll

215
BM 5 David Bass, sr. Bonner Springs
GE 1 Matt Crosson, sr. Shawnee Heights
GE 2 Steve Cullor, sr. Paola
GE 6 David Henning, sr. Augusta
HY no ranked wrestlers
VC 3 Mitch Bruce, sr. Ark City
VC 4 Tony Hernandez, sr. Kapaun

275
BM no ranked wrestlers
GE 2 Caleb Payne, fr. Paola
GE 3 Sean Hoffman, so. Shawnee Heights
HY 5 Jason Duffy, sr. Salina Central
VC 1 Jacob Voegeli, sr. Kapaun Mt. Carmel
VC 4 Jesse Gray, Bishop Carroll
VC 6 Russell Cole, jr. Ark City

Emporia regional looks tough 30 ranked kids in all. Lot of good teams there