KANSAS CITY — Blake Sevier and Kolby Tomas have both been thrust into leadership roles as varsity competitors this season.
After this past weekend’s Kansas City Stampede tournament at Hale Arena, coach Darrell Frain was as pleased with the effort put up by those two as he was any of his wrestlers after both made the gold brackets (as opposed to the lower rung silver brackets) at Friday and Saturday’s competition.
Sevier (285) finished 13th and Tomas (170) finsihed 12th as both had their share of great fights.
Sevier lost to the two heavyweights who ended up in the final of the event.
“Both were in situations where they maybe could have got a couple more (wins), but they had tough matches,” Frain said.
To explain the magnitude of talent at the Stampede, Frain noted that in just one weight class, 120 pounds, there were nine wrestlers that had won state championships and that group had won 15 championships between them.
Panther Garon Wurster was stuck plumb in the middle of that group of talented individuals.
“Nobody realizes how tough it is,” Frain said. There’s no tournament in Iowa that even compares to how tough this us.”
Frain noted that the matches often forced the Panthers to stay focused the fulll six minutes, where possible at least, because a pin was just seconds away at all times given the competition.
“We may have taken a few more losses along the way, but right now we don’t have that veteran upperclassmen who fought through the gold bracket,” Frain said.
Creston/O-M is back in competition tonight (Tuesday) at North Polk.
Matches in reverse (most recent match first, descending order from silver/gold brackets to pools)
106 — Nick Cambria (Buford) pinned Ethan Freeman (C/O-M) 0:38; Jason Henschel (Goddard) pinned Freeman (C/O-M) 0:40; Ethan Kemble (Ponca City) pinned Freeman (C/O-M) 1:07
113 — Logan Smith (Perry B) pinned Kaden Bolton (C/O-M) 0:52; Bolton (C/O-M) dec. Brayden Middleton (Nixa) 4-2; JT O’Rourke (Smithville) 5-3; Skyler Lancaster (Stillwater) pinned Bolton 3:09; Bolton (C/O-M) 3:21. Rocky Stephens (Collinsville) tech fall Bolton (C/O-M) 16-1; Jack Wrocklage (Seckman) tech fall Bolton (C/O-M) 17-2; Bolton (C/O-M) pinned Jacob Waller (Olathe North B) 3:34; JT O’Rourke (Smithville) dec. Bolton 4-3.
120 — Garon Wurster (C/O-M) dec. Ethan Shepherd (Nixa) 7-4; Wurster (C/O-M) pinned Collin Kiichler (Omaha Skutt B) 1:54; Brady Franklin (Neosho) pinned Wurster (C/O-M) 0:57; Isiah Holmes (Goddard) pinned Wurster(C/O-M) 2:51. Wurster (C/O-M) pinned Cade Moxley (Perry B) 0:57; Kai Orine (Seckman) tech fall Wurster (C/O-M) 16-0; Gabe Buckbee (Arkansas City) pinned Wurster 1:43; Wurster (C/O-M) pinned Wesley Spohn (Coweta) 2:53.
126 — Kolby Hulett (C/O-M) pinned George Wallace (Granite City) 1-0; Max Whisler (Mill Valley) dec. Hulett (C/O-M) 1-0; Evan Anthony (Christian Brothers) dec. Hulett (C/O-M) 2-0; Hulett (C/O-M) dec. Elijah Griffin (Collins Hill) 2-1; Joe Reynolds (Southmoore) maj. dec. Huellt (C/O-M) 15-4; Hulett (C/O-M) pinned Hayden Cervetti (Christian Brothers B) 2:36; Jace Fisher (Goddard) dec. Hulett (C/O-M) 7-0; Weston Diblasi (Park Hill) pinned Hulett (C/O-M) 0:30; Tanner Robinson (Stilllwater) dec. Hulett (C/O-M) 5-1.
132 — Kelby Luther (C/O-M) pinned Jordan Mercado (Archer) 2:25; Daemon Hegarty (Blue Springs) dec. Luther (C/O-M) 6-4; Tyler Lowe (Seckman) dec. Luther (C/O-M) 3-2; Bryson Markovich (Mill Valley) dec. Luther (C/O-M) 9-3; Austin Kincaid (Platte County) pinned Kelby Luther (C/O-M) 2:29; Dylan Schickram (Ponca City) pinned Luther (C/O-M) 0:35; Christian Robinson (Arkansas City) maj. dec. Luther (C/O-M) 9-1;
138 — Scotty Patton (Sand Springs) dec. Cade Vicker (C/O-M) 6-2; Brodie Scott (Mill Valley) dec. Vicker (C/O-M) 8-4; Caden Green (Kearney) pinned Vicker (C/O-M) 3:46; Braxton Barnes (Neosho) pinned Vicker (C/O-M 1:44).
145 — Kolten Allphin (Collinsville) pinned Mitchel Swank (C/O-M) 1:26; Swank (C/O-M) pinned Max Worth (Holt) 1:32; Swank (C/O-M) pinned Ian Asher (Farmington) 1:53; Stone Mendez (Omaha Skutt) pinned Swank (C/O-M) 5:08; Swank (C/O-M) pinned Gavin Lough (Arkansas City) 0:41; Kolton Allphin (Collinsville) dec. Swank (C/O-M) 8-6; Coby Aebersold (Kearney) dec. Swank (C/O-M) 2-1; Blaine Bergey (Buford) dec. Swank (C/O-M) 5-3; Swank (C/O-M) dec. Nolan Craine (Goddard) 7-3.
152 — Dillon Hooper (Coweta) pinned Rylan Luther (C/O-M) 3:25; Luther (C/O-M) pinned Isaac Butler (Whitfield) 2:04; Blake Nation (Collinsville) pinned Luther (C/O-M) 4:28; Alex Atchley (Baylor) 3:12; Rylan Luther (C/O-M) pinned Jose Cervantes (Olathe North) 1:21; Ray Horton (Blue Springs) pinned Luther (C/O-M) 1:00; Jeff Harris (Holt) pinned Luther (C/O-M 1:45; Tacoma Tipton (Ponca City) 2:00.
160 — Isaiah Guebara (Garden City) maj. dec. Jackson Kinsella (C/O-M) 12-1; Kinsella (C/O-M) dec. Spencer Eastwood (Park Hill B) 11-5; Kinsella (C/O-M) dec. Tyler Gilson (Thompson) 5-0; Branson Britten (Randall) dec. Kinsella (C/O-M) 5-0; Kinsella (C/O-M) pinned Jesse McDermott (Coweta B) 4:54; Triston Wills (Derby) pinned Jackson Kinsella (C/O-M) 2:52; Carter Goslee (Park Hill) dec. Kinsella (C/O-M) 7-4; Kinsella (C/O-M) dec. Tyler Gilson (Thompson) dec. Kinsella (C/O-M) 7-1.
170 – Rocky Elam (Staley) maj. dec. Kolby Tomas (C/O-M) 11-2; Kolby Thomas (C/O-M) pinned Walker Brown (Edmond North) 3:01; Kolby Tomas (C/O-M) pinned Matt Riolta (Holt) 1:24; Jace Burdick (Perry) pinned Kolby Tomas (C/O-M) 1:52; Conner Duffy (Baylor) pinned Kolby Tomas (C/O-M) 0:37; Paul Treuting (Jesuit) dec. Kolby Tomas (C/O-M) 6-2; Alex Hodge (Christian Brothers) pinned Kolby Tomas (C/O-M) 1:00; Talon Borror (Coweta) pinned Kolby Tomas (C/O-M) 0:46.
182 — Alex Ward (Thompson) pinned Beau Barncastle (C/O-M) 2:14; Barncastle (C/O-M) pinned Math Martin (Olathe Norton) 4:41; Barncastle (C/O-M) pinned Clayton Shelley (Farmington) 1:34; Blake Johnson (Seckman) dec. Barncastle (C/O-M) 3-1; Montana Doty (Christian Brothers) maj. dec. Beau Barncastle (C/O-M) 15-4; Eldon Miller (Smithville) pinned Beau Barncastle (C/O-M) 2:49; Eli Jansen (Omaha Skutt) pinned Beau Barncastle (C/O-M) 0:48.
195 – Zach Hazen (Blue Springs) pinned Sam Chapman (C/O-M) 1:29; Thoams Arseneauz dec. Sam Chapman (C/O-M) 4-0; Sam Chapman (C/O-M) dec. Jearvah’n Chatman (Coweta) 11-9; Sam Chapman (C/O-M) dec. Dalton Collins (Arkansas City) 4-3; Chapman (C/O-M) Chris Bizzle (Park Hill) dec. Chapman(C/O-M) 4-1; Jearvah’n Chatman (Coweta) pinned Chapman 4:25; Ryan Knipfer (Derby) pinned Chapman (C/O-M) 2:41; Chapman (C?O-M) pinned Xavier Norton (Randall) 2:30.
285 – Max Darrah (Whitfield) pinned Blake Sevier (C/O-M) 1:28; Luke Kirchenbauer (Ponca City) dec. Blake Sevier (C/O-M) 1-0; Blake Sevier (C/O-M) pinned Andrew Dunning (Olathe North B) 2:52; Blake Sevier (C/O-M) dec. Kaleb Bryant (Holt) 3-0; Sevier (C/O-M) pinned Terrell Morris (Arkansas City) 3:00; Dakota McCaleb (Coweta) 3-2; Adrian Hitchcock (Neosho) pinned Sevier (C/O-M) 0:36.