By Rick Peterson
TopSports.news
Perennial state girls wrestling power Washburn Rural reigned supreme in the 35-school Council Bluffs Wrestling Classic on Saturday in Iowa, with the Junior Blues winning the team championship by a 501.5-493 margin over Raccoon River.
Washburn Rural's girls wrestling team won the championship in the Council Bluffs Wrestling Classic on Saturday in Iowa. [Washburn Rural girls wrestling]
Rural got runnerup finishes from senior 105-pounder Molly Spader and sophomore 235-pounder Justice McBurney to lead the way as the Junior Blues had nine wrestlers post top-eight finishes.
Spader, a runnerup, in Class 6A last season, is now 9-1 on the season after dropping a 12-2 major decision in the championship match while McBurney is 4-2 after being pinned in her final.
The Junior Blues also got third-place finishes from senior 115-pounder Maddy Blow (9-1) and junior 145-pounder Emme Blanco (8-3).
Washburn Rural won two team titles on the day Saturday, with a split squad taking the championship in the Melvin Douglas Invitational at Highland Park.
Shawnee Heights' girls wrestling team claimed the team championship in the Clay Center Invitational, with six individual champs. [Shawnee Heights wrestling]
T-Bird girls capture Clay Center team crown
Shawnee Heights piled up 195 points to win the girls championship in Saturday's Clay Center Invitational, with six T-Birds claiming individual titles.
Heights got titles from senior 130-pounder Isabel Reyes, freshman 135-pounder Olive Jones, senior 140-pounder Madison Freeland, 145-pounder Olivia Stevens, junior 155-pounder Ciana Graves and sophomore 170-pounder Brooklyn Binkley.
Posting runnerup finishes for the T-Birds were freshman Ava Gutierrez (100), senior Reece Taylor (125) and junior Shelby Watson (190).
Rossville finished eighth as a team, getting a win from 100-pound freshman Nora Mitchell and a runnerup finish from 155-pound sophomore Madelyn Wonnell.
Silver Lake boys sweep Bluejay Duals
Silver Lake's boys went 5-0 on the day to claim the championship in Saturday's Bluejay Duals at Sabetha.
The Eagles took a 66-12 win over Nemaha Central, a 68-12 win over a split squad from Washburn Rural, a 45-34 win over Seaman, a 62-9 win over Rock Creek and a 47-35 win over Sabetha.
Silver Lake 132-pounder Garrett Holmes, 157-pounder Trent Harris, 165-pounder Kayden Clelland, 215-pounder Carter Spreer and 285-pounder Kendrick VandeVelde all went 5-0 on the day for the Eagles.
Holmes recorded four pins and an 18-2 technical fall, while Harris had four wins by pin and an 11-8 decision.
Clelland, Spreer and VandeVelde all recorded two pins on the day.
Seaman posted a 3-2 record to finish third, posting a 65-18 win over Rock Creek, a 65-12 win over Nemaha Central and a 68-12 win over Washburn Rural while dropping a 40-33 decision to Sabetha and the 45-34 loss to Silver Lake.
Seaman 138-pounder Deegan Frazier and 144-pounder Ross Shipley both went 5-0 for the Vikings, with Shipley posting five pins and Frazier four pins.
Washburn Rural's split squad went 1-4, with the Junior Blues' lone win a 42-36 win over Nemaha Central.
Silver Lake's girls went 2-1 as a team in a quadrangular held in conjunction with the Bluejay Duals.
The Eagles took a 52-24 win over Sabetha and a 42-17 win over Nemaha Central while dropping a 36-30 decision to Riley County.
Karley Holmes (110/115), McKenna Harris (130) and MaKayla Connor (155) all went 3-0 on the day.
Hayden boys second at Onaga
Hayden boys placed second as a team to Manhattan in Saturday's Onaga Invitational, with the Indians winning the title by a 164-118.5 margin over the Wildcats, while a split squad from Shawnee Heights finished ninth and a split squad from Silver Lake was 14th.
Hayden got individual titles from sophomore 152-pounder Caleb Menke and junior 175-pounder Jude Krentz while seniors Broderick Desch (190) and Hunter Diederich (285) posted second-place finishes.
Menke is now 7-0 on the season while Krentz is 8-0.
Shawnee Heights freshman Mason Moore won the 126-pound title while Silver Lake's Bryce Cormier finished second at 120 pounds.
A split squad from Shawnee Heights finished second in the Onaga girls tournament with 71.5 points while Hayden finished 12th with 33 points. Jefferson West won the team crown with 84 points.
Hayden junior Katie Mead (5-1) won the 120-pound title with three pins on the day while Shawnee Heights got second-place finished from 130-pound sophomore Taniyah Cunningham and 140-pound freshman Evelyn Rudy.
Rural boys finish third among 41 teams at Council Bluffs
Washburn Rural's boys finished a strong third in the 41-school Council Bluffs Classic Saturday in Iowa.
The Junior Blues piled up 356.5 points, finishing behind Lincoln East, Neb. (418.5) and Grand Island, Neb. (370) while having five wrestlers post top-five finishes.
Senior star Easton Broxterman (6-1) finished second at 144 pounds while junior 132-pounder Cooper Stivers (11-1) and sophomore 190-pounder Jadyn Baum (11-1) both posted third-place finishes.
Junior 138-pounder Landen Kocher-Munoz (13-1) and senior 157-pounder Kristjan Marshall (12-1) both finished fifth.
Seaman girls third in RavenMania
Seaman's girls finished third in Olathe Northwest's RavenMania, while getting an individual title from senior Taylie Heston.
Heston and senior teammate Koti Best went one-two at 120 pounds, with Heston winning the title with a medical forfeit in the championship match.
The Vikings also got second-place finishes from sophomore Natalie Smith (110) and senior Abagail Soppe (190) while junior Makenna Stuke (125) finished third and sophomore Vanessa Scott (115) fourth.
T-Bird boys fourth at Clay Center
Shawnee Heights' boys posted a fourth-place finish in the Clay Center Invitational with 91 points.
T-Bird junior 157-pounder Evan Johnson and senior 165-pounder Kael Westgate both posted second-place finishes while senior 144-pounder Carson Anderson and sophomore 285-pounder Landyn Bafford placed third and sophomore 138-pounder Brody Brown finished fourth.
