Scott City finishes second at Cimarron Regional; 16 area wrestlers qualify for state

Cimarron, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–The wrestling season can be a long and grinding season mentally and physically. After most of the teams had a weekend off last week, the reset button was hit and 56 wrestlers found their way to a top four finish at the Class 321A Regional Wrestling Tournament in Cimarron that concluded on Saturday. Norton repeated once again as a regional champion for the fourth straight year, sending eight wrestlers to Hays next weekend, and winning by a 35.5 point margin over runner-up Scott City. The Beavers qualified seven wrestlers for state next weekend, while Cimarron qualified four, Lakin three and Wichita County two. There were four area wrestlers that claimed regional championships, which included Theron Tucker, Jack Thomas and Jarret Jurgens from Scott City, and Josh Seabolt from Cimarron. 

The Regional Wrestler of the Tournament was Gavin Lively from Norton and the Regional Coach of the Year was Chaparral’s Jeff Green.

Team Scores
Norton 191, Scott City 155.5, Oakley 120, Chaparral 113, Oberlin 97, Hoxie 90, Cimarron 78, Rawlins County 71, Hill City 65, St. Francis 65, Trego 55.5, Ellis 54.5, Lakin 43, Wichita County 31, Larned 20.5, Sterling 14, Sublette 11, Greeley County 11, Stafford 9, Cheney 8, Garden Plain 4, South Gray 1

State Qualifiers
106
1st: Theron Tucker, Scott City, won by dec over Kristopher Nolde, Larned 7-2
3rd: Braiden Lynn, Cimarron, won by dec over John Kuhn, Trego 3-0

Theron Tucker, Scott City

113
1st: Skylar Johnson, Norton, won by dec over Zach Tucker, Scott City 12-11
3rd: Estin Slack, Oakley, won by fall over Ethan Hamel, Hill City 4:58

Zach Tucker, Scott City

120
1st: Dayton Porsch, Hoxie, won by dec over Bryce Younger, Ellis 5-0
3rd: Ryan Johnson, Norton, won by fall over Ethan Hamel, Hill City 4:58

126
1st: Devin Owen, Hill City, won by fall over Tanner Asper, Chaparral 4:39
3rd: Kade Unterseher, Norton, won by dec over Dylon Niswonger, Wichita County 5-3 OT

Dylon Niswonger, Wichita County

132
1st: Jack Thomas, Scott City, won by dec over Joey McFee, Rawlins County 7-2
3rd: Johnney Perez, Lakin won by dec over Macoy Rains, Oakley 3-2

Jack Thomas, Scott City

138
1st: Tristan Porsch, Hoxie, won by inj def over Jeff Juenemann, Oberlin
3rd: Dylan Newton, Cimarron, won by dec over Jalen Kruep, Rawlins County 2:07

145
1st: Jarret Jurgens, Scott City, won by dec over Dalton Hensley, Ellis 4-2
3rd: Trenton Wright, Norton, won by fall over Wyatt Murphy, Oakley 2:48

 Jarret Jurgens, Scott City

152
1st: Clay DeWaal, St. Francis, won by dec over Corbin Schoenthaler, Trego 3-0
3rd: Wyatt Hayes, Scott City, won by tech fall over Zane Nichols, Sterling 16-0

Wyatt Hayes, Scott City

160
1st: Mike Kasson, Norton, won by maj dec over Tabor Erickson, Oberlin 15-5
3rd: Estin Overton, Chaparral, won by dec over Maverick Green, Rawlins County 3-0

170
1st: Bryson Wesley, Oberlin won by tech fall over Riley Hager, Norton 15-0
3rd: TJ Hafliger, Trego, won by fall over Layton Tanksersley, Wichita County 1:20

Layton Tankersley, Wichita County

182
1st: Josh Seabolt, Cimarron, won by dec over Macoy Rains, Oakley 7-4
3rd: Jacob Jenkins, Chaparral, won by fall over Tre Stewart, Scott City :21

Josh Seabolt, Cimarron

195
1st: Gavin Lively, Norton, won by fall over Cooper Griffith, Scott City 5:38
3rd: Adrian Gerber, Chaparral, won by fall over Derek Bogner, Cimarron :31

Cooper Griffith, Scott City

220
1st: Chris Cox, Oakley, won by dec over Trayton Doyle, St. Francis 5-1
3rd: Logan Gugelmeyer, Lakin, won by fall over Isaac Helms, Chaparral :58

Logan Gugelmeyer, Lakin

285
1st: Taye Washington, Hoxie, won by dec over Collyn Auker, Norton 10-7
3rd: Jace Shirley, Oakley, won by fall over Jaden Eslinger, Chaparral :34