Montgomery County wrestlers make a strong showing during the first day of the KSHSAA State Wrestling tournament.
The high point of the tournament so far is Sierra Loader from Caney. Loader came out hot in the Girls 115 pound bracket, winning both of her Friday matches. This means Loader will wrestle for the state championship this afternoon in Hays. Elsewhere in girls 3-2-1A, Cherryvale’s Alayanna Barrager, who was a strong contender for a state title at 100 pounds, lost an early match, going 1-1 on the day. She will continue in consolation bracket today, along with teammates Meloy, Crumley, and Lemons who all went 1-1. For Caney, Rigdon and Wintjen also notched 1 win and 1 loss to continue on today.
In 4A girls, Coffeyville’s Chloe Mund and Indy’s Malaia Miller each went 1-1 to wrestle today as well.
On the Boys side, in Class 3-2-1, Caney continues its dominate run with ten of its state qualifiers moving on in the consolation bracket with one win and one lass, while Cherryvale’s Slane, Booe, and Smith also stay alive to wrestle again today.
In 4A boys, Coffeyville’s Westervelt and LeBaron move on in the consolation bracket along with Minnick, Melugin and Eddington from Independence.
Elsewhere, Chanute’s Kiley Dillow will wrestle for her fourth state championship title in the 170 pound weight class today in Salina as she looks to extend her winning streak to 128 straight matches.
Class 3-2-1A
Caney - Boys
106 Sawyer Freisberg 1-1
120 Silas Good 1-1
126 Kenneth Romoti 1-1
132 Huck Seger 1-1
144 Logan Gray 1-1
150 Noah Henderson 1-1
157 Haiden Edens 1-1
175: Benton Spillman 0-2
190: Austin Freisberg 1-1
215: Raydn Martin 1-1
285: Boone White 1-1
Caney -Girls:
115 Sierra Loader 2-0
125 Brylee Rigdon 1-1
140 Mersaydes Stout 0-2
145 Madi Wintjen 1-1
Cherryvale - Boys:
150: Brogan Miller 0-2
157: Caleb Slane 1-1
175: Reyce Booe 1-1
285: Cooper Smith 1-1
Cherryvale – Girls:
100 Alayanna Barrager 1-1
105 Clani Meloy 1-1
120 Alayna Collins 0-2
135 Jasa Crumley 1-1
155 Katie Hester 0-2
235 Hannah Lemons 1-1
Class 4A
FKHS - Boys:
113: Jarvis Hall 0-2
157: Brennen Westervelt 1-1
285: Paxton LeBaron 1-1
FKHS – Girls:
125 Chole Mund 1-1
235 Maleya Frano 0-2
Independence:
113: Kyson Knight 0-2
120: Colton Minick 1-1
190: Jeremiah Melugin 1-1
215: Noah Edington 1-1
Independence – Girls:
100 Malaia Miller 1-1
125 Addison Augustine 0-2
130 Dannee Anderson 0-1 (first round bye)
135 Bailey Henderson 0-2
155 Callie Fairbank 0-2
