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Washburn Rural three-time Class 6A state champion and four-time finalist Landen Kocher-Munoz headlines the TopSports.news 2026 All-Shawnee County boys wrestling team.

TopSports.news' All-Shawnee County team is based on overall records, postseason results and city coaches' All-City selections.

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Kocher-Munoz was named the Shawnee County wrestler of the year after winning the 144-pound championship to wrap up a 39-4 season as Washburn Rural a third-place team finish.

JadynBaum2026Statenew 1Jadyn Baum, Washburn Rural [File photo/TSN]

Kocher-Munoz is one of eight Washburn Rural wrestlers to earn spots on the All-Shawnee County team, including junior 215-pound state champ Jadyn Baum, who went 29-4 on the season. 

Also earning all-county first-team honors for Rural were 106-pound freshman Hayden Broxterman (36-16), 113-pound freshman Andrew Peterson (26-11), 120-pound senior Ryder Harrison (28-7), 138-pound senior Cooper Stivers (34-7), 150-pound junior Brodye Kocher-Munoz (31-8) and sophomore 285-pounder Kaiden Marshall (19-4).

Harrison, Stivers, Brodye Kocher-Munoz, Landen Kocher-Munoz, Baum and Marshall are all first-team repeat picks.

AndrewPeterson2026Cent 4Andrew Peterson, Washburn Rural [File photo/TSN]

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Peterson, named the Shawnee County newcomer of the year, Harrison and Stivers all advanced to 6A championship matches and posted second-place finishes while Brodye Kocher-Munoz finished third and Broxterman and Marshall fifth in 6A.

JudeKrentz2026Cent 6Jude Krentz, Hayden [File photo/TSN]

 PaxtonWillettSL2026new 1Paxton Willett, Silver Lake [Photo by Rick Peterson Jr./KSHSAA Covered]

Hayden senior Jude Krentz (40-4) was the 4A runnerup at 190 pounds and is an all-county first-team repeat pick while Silver Lake senior Paxton Willett (41-11) was the 3A-1A state runnerup at 190 pounds.

 Krentz is joined on the all-county first-team by Wildcat junior 175-pounder Caleb Menke (41-5) while Silver Lake senior 120-pounder Bryce Cormier (33-10) joins Willett on the first team.

Cormier posted a third-place state finish in 3A-1A while Menke finished fourth in 4A.

Seaman put junior 150-pounder Deegan Frazier (38-12), senior 165-pounder Landen Miller (35-14) and junior 285-pounder Henry Reichart (41-14) on the All-Shawnee County first team, with Frazier and Reichart both posting third-place finishes in the 5A state tournament. 

Hayden coach Jacob Torrez was named the Shawnee County coach of the year after also being picked by his city coaching counterparts as the City Coach of the Year.

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First team

Name, school                                         Class  Wt.

Jadyn Baum, Washburn Rural                     Jr.      215

Hayden Broxterman, Washburn Rural        Fr.      106

Bryce Cormier, Silver Lake                          Sr.      120

Deegan Frazier, Seaman                             Jr.      150

Ryder Harrison, Washburn Rural                Sr.      120

Brodye Kocher-Munoz, Washburn Rural    Jr.       150

Landen Kocher-Munoz, Washburn Rural    Sr.      144

Jude Krentz, Hayden                                   Sr.      190

Kaiden Marshall, Washburn Rural               So.     285

Caleb Menke, Hayden                                 Jr.      175

Landen Miller, Seaman                                Sr.     165

Andrew Peterson, Washburn Rural             Fr.      113

Henry Reichart, Seaman                              Jr.       285

Cooper Stivers, Washburn Rural                  Sr.      138

Paxton Willett, Silver Lake                           Sr.       190

Second team

Name, school                                         Class     Wt.

Brenner Beninga, Washburn Rural              Sr.       175

Jacob Bonebrake, Shawnee Heights           Fr.       113

Brody Brown, Shawnee Heights                  Jr.        150

Kayden Clelland, Silver Lake                        Jr.        175

Owen Dowell, Washburn Rural                    So.      132

Colt Heston, Seaman                                   Fr.       126

Evan Johnson, Shawnee Heights                 Sr.       175

Maddox Malone, Seaman                           Jr.        120

Carter Kamanda, Shawnee Heights             So.      144

Cortez McCutcheon, Topeka West               Sr.       215

Reid Niedfeldt, Shawnee Heights                So.      132

Bennett Scheier, Seaman                             Fr.       106

Ross Shipley, Seaman                                   Jr.       138 

Carter Spreer, Silver Lake                             So.       285

Jordan Stiner, Topeka High                           Sr.       157

Honorable mention

Hayden: Bobby Day, fr.; Andres Esquivel, fr.; Tyler Hopper, sr.; Jeremiah Lopez, fr.; Joseph Rogers, fr. Highland Park: Lorenzo Estrada, jr.; Joshua Hernandez-Torrez, jr.; Samuel Portlock, sr.; Philiciono Rice, sr.; Ray White, sr. Rossville: Brodyn Price, so.; Creighton VanVleck, fr. Seaman: Brennen Bowers, sr.; Jacob Condray, fr.; Colton Hill, so.; Alex Huston, jr.; Ethan Villines, sr.; Jerrek Zabokrtsky, so. Shawnee Heights: Landyn Bafford, jr.; Jaiden Converse, jr.; Declan Kirwan, fr; Ryan Kramer, sr.; Drake Mercer, fr.; Mason Moore, so.; Markis Owens, fr.; Javon Williams, jr. Silver Lake: Chase Cormier, so.; Garrett Holmes, sr.; Jaxon Waterer, so.; Jayden Waterer, sr.  Topeka High: Noah Babiera, jr.; Brandon Blancas, sr.; Matias Boyd, fr.; Asher Filbeck, jr.; Kayhn Gardner, jr.; Jose Gomez, jr.; Rabi Martinez, jr.; Taron McKinney, jr.; Luis Morones, sr.; Royal Newman, fr.; Landon Snyder, jr.; Michael Weatherly, sr.; Rehabiah Williamson, sr. Topeka West: Marcus Kirkdoll, sr.; Maurice Stewart, sr. Washburn Rural: Everett Birch, jr.; Tony Diaz; Gavin Homeyer, jr.; Caleb Schwartz, so.   

Wrestler of the year -- Landen Kocher-Munoz, Washburn Rural.

Newcomer of the year -- Andrew Peterson, Washburn Rural.

Coach of the year -- Jacob Torrez, Hayden.

 

 

   

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