Due to the new dates of the Rocky Mountain Nationals, I am seeing what the interest is in taking ONE DUAL TEAM to represent Kansas in Denver on June 3-5. The format is also different.

Friday and Saturday, June 3rd and 4th is the bracketed RMN Tournament. Sunday the 5th are the Team duals. We would leave on Thursday the 2nd from the Overland Park area and pick up wrestlers as we travel West toward Denver.

This event will conflict with Southern Plains. Because of this change, I am modifying my invitation process.

If you are a RANKED ALL-CLASS wrester and interested, message me here or my phone at 913-484-3624.

Let's get a NAILS TOUGH dual team to Denver in JUNE!

Chief

Already getting interest. Let me know if you want in!

FIVE State Champions are currently IN!

Eight Committed

Six Invites out

2022 TEAM KANSAS DUAL TEAM Confirmed in Bold - 11 WEIGHTS FILLED, 3 TO GO!

106 - (Invitation out to Ezekial Witt)
113 - NOLAN BRADLEY
120 - KADEN SPRAGIS
126 - BRADEN TATUM
132 - (Invitation out to Hayden Mills)
138 - JEVIN FOUST
145 - GABE MAKI
152 - XERARCH TUNGJAROENKUL
160 - DYLAN ELMORE
170 - CONNOR PADGETT
182 - (Invitation out to Austin Fager)
195 - BLAKE JOURET
220 - SEAN CARROLL
285 - BRETT CARROLL

2022 TEAM KANSAS DUAL TEAM Confirmed in Bold - 12 WEIGHTS FILLED, 2 TO GO!

106 - GRAYSON HAGAN
113 - NOLAN BRADLEY
120 - KADEN SPRAGIS
126 - BRADEN TATUM
132 - (Invitation out to Hayden Mills)
138 - JEVIN FOUST
145 - GABE MAKI
152 - XERARCH TUNGJAROENKUL
160 - DYLAN ELMORE
170 - CONNOR PADGETT
182 - (Invitation out to Jack Harvey)
195 - BLAKE JOURET
220 - SEAN CARROLL
285 - BRETT CARROLL

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Garrett Davis can do 182

182 is filled!

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We need a 132!

We need a 220!

Bronx Wood from Andover Central

Got him!

Love that Foust is getting to represent 138!!!

The competition is heating up! We have teams from California, Arizona and multiple Colorado teams signed up so far!

WE ARE SET!!!!!!!



2022 TEAM KANSAS DUAL TEAM

106 - GRAYSON HAGAN
113 - NOLAN BRADLEY
120 - KADEN SPRAGIS
126 - BRADEN TATUM
132 - EDDIE HUGHART
138 - JEVIN FOUST
145 - GABE MAKI
152 - XERARCH TUNGJAROENKUL
160 - DYLAN ELMORE
170 - AIDAN BOLINE
182 - GARRETT DAVIS
195 - BLAKE JOURET
220 - BRONX WOOD
285 - BRETT CARROLL

48 days till departure for Denver...

WIN Magazine will have a feature article on the annual trip to the RMN for Team Kansas!

Kansas Proud!

Chief
913-484-3624

Ah the memories....

In 2014 Andrew Millsap got THIRTEEN matches over the three days of wrestling! He went 12-1 and got 2nd in the RMN tournament!

This event is always a BLAST.

That year we had 17 placers!

Prieto - 3rd
Bowen - 2nd
DeShazer - 1st
Frame - 5th
Tooley - 3rd
Millsap - 2nd
Watkins - 2nd
D Williams - 1st
Wuthnow - 3rd
Cook - 7th
Langley - 5th
Weigel - 1st
Pesek - 4th
Ewing - 1st
Nolting - 4th
Scott - 1st
Gallegos - 2nd


1 Deshazer, Sean 18 & Under 126 127.0 16.0
2 Williams, Dustin 18 & Under 170 170.0 16.0
3 Weigel, Preston 18 & Under 195 195.0 16.0
4 Ewing, Ben 18 & Under 220 204.0 16.0
5 Scott, Justin 18 & Under 285 254.0 16.0
6 Millsap, Andrew 18 & Under 152 153.0 12.0
7 Gallegos, Ray 18 & Under 285 253.0 12.0
8 Prieto, Michael 18 & Under 113 115.0 9.0
9 Tooley, Greg 18 & Under 145 144.0 9.0
10 Wuthnow, Nick 18 & Under 182 182.0 9.0
11 Nolting, Nick 18 & Under 220 204.0 7.0
12 Langley, Jared 18 & Under 182 181.0 5.0
13 Howell, Parker 18 & Under 120 121.0 3.0
14 Lambotte, Tagen 18 & Under 152 152.0 0.0

We could only count 14 of our 17 guys and enter them before the tournament. I messed up and didn't include Justin Scott or Ray Gallegos who met in the finals!

Wow!

RMN events is buying our team singlets with Xtreme Pro! We will be LOOKING GOOD!

27 days away!

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Lets GO!

RMN EVE!!!!!!

Tomorrow WE RIDE!

What graduation class is each in?

Just finished this year...

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Weighed in, well fed and ready to go tomorrow morning at 9am MT.

All action is on Floarena.com

https://arena.flowrestling.org/event/8c66fcea-288a-47e2-93a9-b6d687f141d1

KANSAS PROUD!

Awesome first day...

We went 19-3 and have 9 wrestlers in the Semis. All 12 are still alive. Tomorrow wraps up the semis and placement rounds of the tournament.

Then the Duals await on Sunday!

Kansas Proud!

This team is special...

We finished with SIX titles, two 2nds, a 3rd, 5th and 6th.

Our champions were:

126 - Braden Tatum
145 - Gabe Maki - Outstanding Wrestler
160 - Dylan Elmore
182 - Blake Jouret
220 - Bronx Wood
285 - Brett Carroll

Tatum's title match was SPECTACULAR! Brett Carroll beat an Arizona State commit in the semis, then got a 7 second fall in the finals! That same commit wrestled in both the 220 and 285 brackets, and ran into Bronx Wood who literally gave him a Wood shed beating.

Garrett Davis and Nolan Bradley finished as RMN finalists. Kolton Field got 3rd, Grayson Hagan 5th and Eddie Hughart 6th.

Tomorrow we don our new KANSAS singlets and battle to take home our 9th RMN Dual title in 11 years.

KANSAS PROUD!

WOW!

When the RMN announced their new date in June, I thought our consecutive run was over. Knowing that we are in full FS/GR mode I was hesitant to take teams this year. As this is my favorite wrestling trip of the year, I had to take at least one team. My initial focus was to invite our folkstylers that were not attending Southern Plains. The guys that committed to this trip flat out left it on the mat! We brought home huge individual trophies and two team trophies. The light show, elevated mats and best intro I've seen at any wrestling tournament are trademarks of the Rocky Mountain Nationals and Ed Gutierrez and his sons Adam and Josh. That family is PASSIONATE about wrestling!

Many "Thank You's" to be handed out. Conor Fitzgerald and Jake Carroll coached our guys like they were their own kids. Awesome work! Thanks to Ray Cooper for the travel package! Thank you to all of the supporting parents, many of whom made the trip to Denver. That drive back from Denver was a minor miracle in driving rain and contruction, arriving back in KC at 3:45 AM!

In our 11th trip to the RMN, Kansas had won 8 of 10 team dual titles, placing 2nd in those two. This year they published an amazing article in WIN Magazine titled, Kansas Boys at RMN to Take On All Comers. That certainly put a TARGET on our chest. While many of our top All-Class guys declined due to FS/GR action, I could not be prouder of this team.

We finished 2nd in the RMN Tournament on Friday/Saturday and 2nd in the Dual event on Sunday. POWA put together an All-Star team made up of several state champs and nationally ranked guys including Fargo Champ Daniel Cardenas. We had an open weight due to injury at 195, our 160 was not 100 percent and our 170 was injured during the dual. Add in three really close losses, they beat us 41-24 in the final. It was simply NAILS TOUGH KANSAS kids!

Final Totals: All matches and place in RMN tourney (champs in bold)

106 - Grayson Hagan - 7-3 - 5th place in RMN
113 - Nolan Bradley - 5-4 - 2nd place
120 - Jon Morrison - 6-3
126 - Braden Tatum - 8-1 - 1st place
132 - Eddie Hughart - 4-6 - 6th place (several one and two point margins!)
138 - Kolton Field - 8-2 - 3rd place
145 - Gabe Maki - 9-0 - 1st place - Outstanding Wrestler at the RMN!
152 - Xerarch Tungjaroenkul - 5-0 - wrestled duals only
160 - Dylan Elmore - 6-1 - 1st place
170 - Aidan Boline - 3-1 - wrestled duals only
182 - Garrett Davis - 6-2 - 2nd place
195 - Blake Jouret - 4-0 - 1st place
220 - Bronx Wood - 9-0 - 1st place
285 - Brett Carroll - 7-1 - 1st place

The 2023 RMN has a new date in early April! A challenge to all Kansas wrestlers..... CAN YOU MAKE THIS TEAM NEXT YEAR?????


-Chief