By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Shawnee Heights senior Nick Freeland won the 150-pound regional championship in Saturday's Class 5A regional boys wrestling tournament at Blue Valley Southwest, leading 19 local 5A state qualifiers.
Nick Freeland
Freeland improved to 38-7 on the season, recording a 3-2 overtime win over Spring Hill's Miles Bell in the title match.
Shawnee Heights finished a city-high fourth place as a team with 158 points while qualifying eight wrestlers for state.
In addition to Freeland, the T-Birds got second-place finishes from 132-pound junior Andrew Bonebrake (34-9 record), 138-pound freshman Gavin Hartman (26-19) and 215-pound senior Sean Wunder (39-3).
Heights got a third-place regional finish from 285-pound junior Rykan Carver as well as fourth-place finishes from 106-pound freshman Tristan Buce (21-16), 175-pound junior Allen Baughman (34-9) and an eighth-place qualifying effort from 157-pound freshman Evan Johnson (22-18).
Seaman finished sixth as a team with 136 points and had 10 state qualifiers, led by senior 285-pounder Jaxson Thomas, who posted a runner-up regional finish while improving to 42-5 on the season.
The Vikings also got a third-place finish from 132-pound junior Colin Little (29-9), a fourth from 113-pound freshman Cole Rosenberger (22-12), a fourth from 126-pound senior Draven Bennett (29-14), fifth-place showings from 120-pound sophomore Jayden Foster (18-7), 138-pound senior Lain Anderson (24-19) and 144-pound senior Zach Jowers (27-11), a sixth from 106-pound freshman Brayden Rice (7-7) and seventh-place finishes from 165-pound sophomore Samson Tootie (7-5) and 175-pound senior Zachary Adams (20-14).
Highland Park will take senior 126-pounder Angel Vargas to state, with Vargas finishing eighth in the Blue Valley Southwest regional.
Lietz leads nine county qualifiers in 3A-1A
Rossville junior Barrett Lietz won the 215-pound championship in the Sabetha Class 3A-1A regional tournament, improving to 32-8 on the season.
BarrettL Lietz
Lietz won his regional title with a 6-1 decision over Oskaloosa sophomore Colsen Terry.
The Bulldawgs, who finished fifth as a team, also got a second-place finishes from 157-pound freshman Paxton Willett (30-9) and senior 285-pounder Jacob Carver (24-5) and a third from senior 138-pounder Aryon Klesath (30-11).
Silver Lake, fourth as a team, got runner-up finishes from 120-pound freshman Garret Holmes (34-13) and 126-pounder Jayden Waterer, a third from 150-pound sophomore Trenton Harris (9-1) and fourths from 138-pound senior Brady Cook (17-9) and 175-pound sophomore Trenton Rollenhagen (28-19).
Cats' Krentz, Diederich qualify for 4A state
Hayden freshman 157-pounder Jude Krentz and sophomore 285-pounder Hunter Diederich both qualified for the Class 4A state tournament out of the Baldwin regional tournament.
Both Krentz and Diederich posted third-place finishes.
Krentz improved to 26-9 on the season while Diederich is 10-5.
