By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Hayden senior 190-pound wrestling star Jude Krentz capped his high school career with a runnerup Class 4A state finish Saturday at the Tony's Pizza Events Center in Salina.
A two-time state medalist, Hayden senior Jude Krentz posted a runnerup Class 4A state finish at 190 pounds Saturday in Salina. [Photo by Jesse Bruner/Special to TSN]
Krentz, fourth in the state tournament as a junior, advanced to his first state championship match before dropping a 9-1 major decision to Columbus junior Mason O'Banion to finish a 40-4 season. O'Banion improved to 44-2 on the year.
Hayden junior Caleb Menke posted a fourth-place Class 4A state finish at 175 pounds Saturday in Salina. [Photo by Jesse Bruner/Special to TSN]
Wildcat junior Caleb Menke also earned a state medal, finishing fourth at 175 pounds.
Menke (41-5) dropped a 6-2 decision to Labette County junior Aaron Wyrick (43-6) in the third-place match.
Krentz and Menke helped Hayden finish 13th in 4A with 40 points while Tonganoxie won the state team title with 152 points.
Rossville sophomore Nora Mitchell (left) finished second at 105 pounds in Saturday's Class 3A-1A state meet at Hays. [Photo by Rick Peterson Jr./KSHSAA Covered]
Rossville's Nora Mitchell second in 3A-1A
Rossville sophomore Nora Mitchell finished second in the Class 3A-1A 105-pound division Saturday at Hays, finishing off a 37-12 season.
Mitchell dropped an 8-3 decision to Wichita County senior Jentri Porter, who completed a perfect 34-0 season.
Bulldawg junior Madelyn Wonnell captured her second straight state medal, finishing third at 145 pounds.
Wonnell (38-6) pinned Osage City sophomore KayLynn Nicholson (32-7) at the 3:19 mark of the second period.
Silver Lake had four state medalists, with Eagle junior Kamiryn Clark (27-11) finishing fourth at 100 pounds, freshman Ally Burgos (29-16) fifth at 140 pounds, senior MaKayla Connor (33-8) fifth at 155 and junior Riley Mohler (27-11) sixth at 125 pounds.
Silver Lake finished fifth as a team with 67 points while Rossville placed 10th with 45.4 points.
Russell won the state team championship with 156 points.
Silver Lake senior Paxton Willett (top) finished second at 190 pounds in Saturday's Class 3A-1A state meet at Hays. [Photo by Rick Peterson Jr./KSHSAA Covered]
Eagles' Paxton Willett earns runnerup finish in 3A-1A
Silver Lake senior Paxton Willett advanced to the Class 3A-1A boys state championship match at 190 pounds Saturday in Hays, posting a second-place finish.
Willett, who posted a 41-11 record on the season, dropped a heartbreaking 9-8 decision to Atchison County junior Elijah Webb (40-8) in the state final.
Silver Lake had three other wrestlers earn state medals, with senior 120-pounder Bryce Cormier (33-10) posting a third-place finish while junior 175-pounder Kayden Clelland (35-8) and sophomore 285-pounder Carter Spreer both placed fifth.
Silver Lake finished ninth with 73.5 points.
