We just lost a hotly contested, frustrating duel to Illinois by about 25 points. We had several kids with opponents on their back and could not get fall calls from the officials and ended up losing those matches. Now we wrestle Indiana Gold for 7th place. Still here and still proud.

Tom Williams

Final Score:

Kansas 30 Illinois 56

Match Summary IL KS
70 Zac Gentzler (Kansas) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 0 5.00
75 Tommy Williams (Kansas) over Zach Synon (Illinois) Dec 3-1,4-0 1 3.00
80 Brett Lunn (Illinois) over Tim Prescott (Kansas) Pin 0:42 5.00 0
85 Bo Pursel (Kansas) over Josh Bennett (Illinois) Dec 5-1,3-0 1 3.00
90 Eddie Klimara (Illinois) over Dane Norris (Kansas) Dec 8-1,4-0 3.00 1
95 Tyler Nagel (Illinois) over Hunter Stalford (Kansas) Pin 0:14 5.00 0
100 Brady Kolb (Illinois) over Colton Eck (Kansas) Dec 1-5,3-2,2-2 3.00 1
105 Edwin Cooper (Illinois) over Ulysses Deshazer (Kansas) Dec 7-1,7-6 3.00 1
110 Zane Richards (Illinois) over Symon Seaton (Kansas) Dec 3-0,2-2 3.00 1
115 Chase Woofter (Kansas) over Steve Burling (Illinois) Dec 8-7,6-0 1 3.00
120 Sam Brooks (Illinois) over Spencer Blew (Kansas) Pin 0:53 5.00 0
125 O`Shea Smith Traylor (Illinois) over Chase Sanchez (Kansas) Dec 4-0,1-1 3.00 1
130 Matt Reed (Kansas) over Zach Patterson (Illinois) Pin 3-2,1:11 0 5.00
145 Brian Strenk (Illinois) over Tyler Baughman (Kansas) Dec 4-4,8-0,5-3 3.00 1
165 Dylan Reel (Illinois) over Jared McComb (Kansas) Pin 0:50 5.00 0
185 Cody Weaver (Illinois) over Evan Habluetzel (Kansas) Pin 6-0,1:57 5.00 0
205 Shaquille McMurtry (Illinois) over Darrien Willis (Kansas) Pin 0:15 5.00 0
225 Eric Mason (Kansas) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf 0 5.00
250 Wren Goff (Illinois) over Jessie Austin (Kansas) Pin 0:45 5.00 0
Dual Meet Score 56.0 30.0


Illinois Kansas
Wins 13 6
Pins 7 1
Technical Falls 0 0
Major Decisions 0 0
Match Points 76 59
Pin Time 5:36 1:11
Tech Time 0:00 0:00

Kansas will now wrestle their final Greco Dual for 7th/8th place against Indiana Gold. They only lost by one point to Michigan, so this will also be a very tough match. A great opportunity for Kansas to wrestle the best in the nation!

And doing a great job!

Kansas leads Indiana after 8 matches, 20-17.

Match Summary KS IN-G
70 Austin Hood (Kansas) over Michael Venezia (Indiana-Gold) Dec 3-1,6-2 3.00 1
75 Tommy Williams (Kansas) over Nathan Carmichael (Indiana-Gold) Pin 0:45 5.00 0
80 Jacob Fix (Indiana-Gold) over Tim Prescott (Kansas) Pin 1:57 0 5.00
85 Jared McKinley (Indiana-Gold) over Bo Pursel (Kansas) Dec 6-0,0-6,4-1 1 3.00
90 Dane Norris (Kansas) over Conner Mullins (Indiana-Gold) Forf 5.00 0
95 Devon Jackson (Indiana-Gold) over Dane Norris (Kansas) Dec 7-4,0-3,1-1 1 3.00
100 Brenden Campbell (Indiana-Gold) over Colton Eck (Kansas) Pin 7-0,0:52 0 5.00
105 Dylan Penka (Kansas) over James Frascella (Indiana-Gold) Pin 1:07 5.00 0

It's Indiana 36 Kansas 22 now. Baughman is wrestling now at 145.

Match Summary KS IN-G
70 Austin Hood (Kansas) over Michael Venezia (Indiana-Gold) Dec 3-1,6-2 3.00 1
75 Tommy Williams (Kansas) over Nathan Carmichael (Indiana-Gold) Pin 0:45 5.00 0
80 Jacob Fix (Indiana-Gold) over Tim Prescott (Kansas) Pin 1:57 0 5.00
85 Jared McKinley (Indiana-Gold) over Bo Pursel (Kansas) Dec 6-0,0-6,4-1 1 3.00
90 Dane Norris (Kansas) over Conner Mullins (Indiana-Gold) Forf 5.00 0
95 Devon Jackson (Indiana-Gold) over Dane Norris (Kansas) Dec 7-4,0-3,1-1 1 3.00
100 Brenden Campbell (Indiana-Gold) over Colton Eck (Kansas) Pin 7-0,0:52 0 5.00
105 Dylan Penka (Kansas) over James Frascella (Indiana-Gold) Pin 1:07 5.00 0
110 Alex Catron (Indiana-Gold) over Symon Seaton (Kansas) Dec 1-4,6-6,3-2 1 3.00
115 Kirk Johnson (Indiana-Gold) over Chase Woofter (Kansas) TF 6-0,7-0 0 4.00
120 Quincey Richey (Indiana-Gold) over Spencer Blew (Kansas) Pin 0:28 0 5.00
125 John Sims (Indiana-Gold) over Chase Sanchez (Kansas) TF 6-0,7-0 0 4.00

130 Sean Mappes (Indiana-Gold) over Brad Wagner (Kansas) Dec 6-0,2-1 1 3.00
145 Tyler Willis (Indiana-Gold) over Tyler Baughman (Kansas) Dec 1-6,6-2,4-1 1 3.00

Dual Meet Score
Indiana Gold 39
Kansas 23

Kansas just lost 47-38. They went into the HWT match down by 4. What a great effort by our Schoolboy wrestlers! The order of finish for Greco was:

1st - Pennsylvania Blue
2nd - Minnesota Gold
3rd - Wisconsin
4th - Washington
5th - Michigan
6th - Illinois
7th - Indiana Gold
8th - Kansas
9th - New Jersey
10th - Minnesota Maroon

Missouri, Idaho, Oklahoma, Florida, North Carolina, Delaware, Wyoming, Virginia, Ohio, Georgia, New York, Pennsylvania Red and Indiana Blue did not place.

Final match summary:

Match Summary KS IN-G
70 Austin Hood (Kansas) over Michael Venezia (Indiana-Gold) Dec 3-1,6-2 3.00 1
75 Tommy Williams (Kansas) over Nathan Carmichael (Indiana-Gold) Pin 0:45 5.00 0
80 Jacob Fix (Indiana-Gold) over Tim Prescott (Kansas) Pin 1:57 0 5.00
85 Jared McKinley (Indiana-Gold) over Bo Pursel (Kansas) Dec 6-0,0-6,4-1 1 3.00
90 Dane Norris (Kansas) over Conner Mullins (Indiana-Gold) Forf 5.00 0
95 Devon Jackson (Indiana-Gold) over Dane Norris (Kansas) Dec 7-4,0-3,1-1 1 3.00
100 Brenden Campbell (Indiana-Gold) over Colton Eck (Kansas) Pin 7-0,0:52 0 5.00
105 Dylan Penka (Kansas) over James Frascella (Indiana-Gold) Pin 1:07 5.00 0
110 Alex Catron (Indiana-Gold) over Symon Seaton (Kansas) Dec 1-4,6-6,3-2 1 3.00
115 Kirk Johnson (Indiana-Gold) over Chase Woofter (Kansas) TF 6-0,7-0 0 4.00
120 Quincey Richey (Indiana-Gold) over Spencer Blew (Kansas) Pin 0:28 0 5.00
125 John Sims (Indiana-Gold) over Chase Sanchez (Kansas) TF 6-0,7-0 0 4.00
130 Sean Mappes (Indiana-Gold) over Brad Wagner (Kansas) Dec 6-0,2-1 1 3.00
145 Tyler Willis (Indiana-Gold) over Tyler Baughman (Kansas) Dec 1-6,6-2,4-1 1 3.00
165 Jared McComb (Kansas) over Andre Richards (Indiana-Gold) TF 7-0,8-2 4.00 1
185 Darrien Willis (Kansas) over Cole Warner (Indiana-Gold) Inj 5.00 0
205 Evan Habluetzel (Kansas) over Teddy O`Connell (Indiana-Gold) Dec 4-3,3-0 3.00 1
225 Eric Mason (Kansas) over Tracy Doolin (Indiana-Gold) Dec 0-3,2-1,2-1 3.00 1
250 Steven Breen (Indiana-Gold) over Jessie Austin (Kansas) Pin 0:46 0 5.00
Dual Meet Score 38.0 47.0


Kansas Indiana-Gold
Wins 8 11
Pins 2 4
Technical Falls 1 2
Major Decisions 0 0
Match Points 72 93
Pin Time 1:52 4:03
Tech Time 0:00 0:00

We got a very tough draw for the Freestyle Pools.

Pool D:
Minnesota Gold (2nd in Greco)
Illinois (6th/GR)
Kansas (8th/GR)
New Jersey (9th/GR)
Indiana Blue
Virginia

Absolutely!

Let the momentum carry over to freestyle!

Congratulations to all team members and coaches!

Rd 1 - New Jersey
Rd 2 - Illinois
Rd 3 - Minnesota Gold
Rd 4 - Indiana Blue
Rd 5 - Virginia

Greco wrapup from Indy:

Lost by 9 to Indiana for 7th place to finish 8th. Our goal was to place, but an exciting and wild finish by almost coming from behind to win the duel. We were 4 points behind going into the heavyweight match and had to pin to win outright. Not really fair for Jessie Austin from Baldwin, but he went out like a stallion against a HW his own size and did what he could, knowing we needed the fall to win the duel. Jessie got us in the medal round by winning the deciding match by fall against NJ, but this time he came up short, slipping out of a headlock and getting pinned. Heartbroken but elated to place, the kids all showed guts and class. We had people congratulate us on the way we handled adversity- Bo Pursel had Indiana's 85 on his back for maybe 30 seconds with all 3 refs signalling a fall, but the "head official" overruled the fall saying the signalling was not simultaneous. That would have put us in the lead going into the HW match, needing only a decision to win. The way Mike Pursel and Charlie Knox handled that was a lesson to the kids. Now on to freestyle with NJ first- another tough test. Tired but ready to roll- Go Team Kansas!

Tom Williams

1st round of Freestyle started out tough with a loss to New Jersey, 55-32.

Match Summary NJ KS
70 Austin Hood (Kansas) over Alec Huxford (New Jersey) Dec 5-2,6-1 1 3.00
75 Jalen Ramos (New Jersey) over Tommy Williams (Kansas) Dec 1-2,4-1,4-2 3.00 1
80 Tyler Frakey (New Jersey) over Tim Prescott (Kansas) Pin 7-0,0:56 5.00 0
85 Mark Grey (New Jersey) over Bo Pursel (Kansas) TF 6-0,7-0 4.00 0
90 Joe Orecchio (New Jersey) over Dane Norris (Kansas) Dec 2-1,4-1 3.00 1
95 Lou Mascola (New Jersey) over Hunter Stalford (Kansas) TF 7-0,7-1 4.00 1
100 Anthony Parrotti (New Jersey) over Colton Eck (Kansas) Pin 0:42 5.00 0
105 Michael Stepien (New Jersey) over Brandon Charbonneau (Kansas) Dec 5-0,1-1 3.00 1
110 Dylan Penka (Kansas) over Nicholas Baranello (New Jersey) Pin 0-1,0:44 0 5.00
115 Dan Ries (New Jersey) over Symon Seaton (Kansas) Pin 7-0,1:11 5.00 0
120 Michael Shaughnessy (New Jersey) over Spencer Blew (Kansas) Dec 8-1,7-2 3.00 1
125 Chase Sanchez (Kansas) over Matthew Dickman (New Jersey) Dec 4-7,6-2,6-0 1 3.00
130 Devin Geoghegan (New Jersey) over Matt Reed (Kansas) Pin 1:32 5.00 0
145 Nick Pursel (Kansas) over Dillon Geoghegan (New Jersey) Pin 6-1,0:50 0 5.00
165 Anthony PaFumi (New Jersey) over Jared McComb (Kansas) Pin 0:48 5.00 0
185 Evan Habluetzel (Kansas) over Lex Knapp (New Jersey) Pin 6-0,0:33 0 5.00
205 Anthony Miciche (New Jersey) over Darrien Willis (Kansas) Pin 3-0,6-6,0:15 5.00 0
225 Will Wilson (New Jersey) over Eric Mason (Kansas) Dec 6-1,0-3,1-0 3.00 1
250 Jessie Austin (Kansas) over Kenny Taffur (New Jersey) Pin 0:51 0 5.00
Dual Meet Score 55.0 32.0

New Jersey Kansas
Wins 13 6
Pins 6 4
Technical Falls 2 0
Major Decisions 0 0
Match Points 107 61
Pin Time 5:24 2:58
Tech Time 0:00 0:00

Illinois is up first this morning for Kansas. Both teams are 0-1 in FS.

Match #2 Round 2: Illinois defeated Kansas 60-23
70 - Zac Gentzler (Kansas) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
75 - Tommy Williams (Kansas) over Zach Synon (Illinois) Dec 5-4,3-3
80 - Brett Lunn (Illinois) over Unknown (Unattached) Forf
85 - Josh Bennett (Illinois) over Bo Pursel (Kansas) Dec 2-1,1-0
90 - Eddie Klimara (Illinois) over Dane Norris (Kansas) TF 6-0,5-0
95 - Tyler Nagel (Illinois) over Hunter Stalford (Kansas) TF 6-0,6-0
100 - Kylor Sorenson (Illinois) over Colton Eck (Kansas) Pin 6-0,1:50
105 - Edwin Cooper (Illinois) over Dylan Penka (Kansas) Pin 6-3,2-8,0:28
110 - Zane Richards (Illinois) over Symon Seaton (Kansas) Dec 3-3,8-0,3-3
115 - Chase Woofter (Kansas) over Steve Burling (Illinois) Dec 3-10,5-3,7-1
120 - Sam Brooks (Illinois) over Spencer Blew (Kansas) Dec 8-4,9-3
125 - Matt Reed (Kansas) over Zach Patterson (Illinois) Dec 5-4,9-2
130 - O`Shea Smith Traylor (Illinois) over Brad Wagner (Kansas) TF 7-1,8-0
145 - Brian Strenk (Illinois) over Tyler Baughman (Kansas) Dec 4-4,6-1
165 - Mason Wright (Illinois) over Jared McComb (Kansas) Dec 7-5,8-0
185 - Cody Weaver (Illinois) over Darrien Willis (Kansas) Pin 0:18
205 - Evan Habluetzel (Kansas) over Austin Marsden (Illinois) Dec 4-2,7-3
225 - Shaquille McMurtry (Illinois) over Eric Mason (Kansas) TF 6-0,5-0
250 - Wren Goff (Illinois) over Jessie Austin (Kansas) Pin 0:30

Kansas Illinois
Dual Meet Score 23.0 60.0
Wins 5 14
Pins 0 4
Technical Falls 0 4
Major Decisions 0 0
Match Points 84 154
Pin Time 0:00 3:06
Tech Time 0:00 0:00

Pool Standings after Round Two
Pool D
Team - Win - Loss
Minnesota-Gold - 2 - 0
New Jersey - 2 - 0
Illinois - 1 - 1
Indiana Blue - 1 - 1
Kansas - 0 - 2
Virginia - 0 - 2

Round Three

New Jersey (2-0) vs. Indiana Blue (1-1)

Kansas (0-2) vs. Minnesota-Gold (2-0)

Virginia (0-2) vs. Illinois (1-1)

Kansas vs Minnesota-Gold

Match Summary KS MN-G
70 Sam Brancale (Minnesota-Gold) over Austin Hood (Kansas) TF 7-0,6-0 0 4.00
75 Juan Torres (Minnesota-Gold) over Austin Hood (Kansas) TF 6-0,7-0 0 4.00
80 Eric Bauer (Minnesota-Gold) over Tim Prescott (Kansas) TF 8-0,10-4 1 4.00
85 Jake Short (Minnesota-Gold) over Bo Pursel (Kansas) Dec 3-0,6-0 0 3.00
90 Trey Hable (Minnesota-Gold) over Dane Norris (Kansas) Dec 3-1,6-2 1 3.00
95 Dakota Trom (Minnesota-Gold) over Hunter Stalford (Kansas) Pin 7-0,0:26 0 5.00
100 Eric Devos (Minnesota-Gold) over Colton Eck (Kansas) TF 7-0,6-0 0 4.00
105 Matt Keliher (Minnesota-Gold) over Ulysses Deshazer (Kansas) TF 6-0,7-0 0 4.00

Dual Meet Score
Kansas 2.0
Minnesota-Gold 31.0

Kansas Minnesota-Gold
Wins 0 8
Pins 0 1
Technical Falls 0 5
Major Decisions 0 0
Match Points 7 95

110 Ben Morgan (Minnesota-Gold) over Brandon Charbonneau (Kansas) TF 6-0,7-0 0 4.00

Dual Meet Score
Kansas 2.0
Minnesota-Gold 35.0


Kansas Minnesota-Gold
Wins 0 9
Pins 0 1
Technical Falls 0 6
Major Decisions 0 0
Match Points 7 108
Pin Time 0:00 0:26
Tech Time 0:00 0:00