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Champion Panthers capture six wrestling titles
Great Bend wrestler Cooper Liles grapples Liberal's Irvin Mendez.jpg
Great Bend wrestler Cooper Liles grapples with Liberal's Irvin Mendez.j - photo by Hugo Gonzalez

HOISINGTON — Team champion Great Bend (241.5) captured six weight titles in the Hoisington Cardinal Corner Classic Wrestling Tournament. First-place winners were

Hayden Liles (8-3, 120); Cooper Liles 5-0, 150), Jace Schartz (9-0, 157); Trenton Kern (10-1, 190); Brody Schnoebelen (10-1, 285) and —Luiz Gonzalez (132 JV).

In varsity championship matches, Hayden Liles pinned Concordia’s Rush LeDuc (5:23); Cooper Liles defeated Concordia’s Drake Blochlinger, 10-6; Schartz defeated Hoisington’s Preston Roat, 16-1; Kern pinned Tracer Murdock, Concordia (2:41); and Schnoebelen pinned Ellinwood’s Jonathan Mason (0:46).

Runner-up Great Bend finishers were Ambrose Kramer (4-5, 113); Ernan Rodriguez (4-2, 126); Kaiden Hoffman (9-2, 132); and Matthew Johnson (7-3, 215).

In final matches, Cimarron’s Erik Garcia pinned Kramer (0:34): Concordia’s Cody Trost pinned Rodriguez (5:00); Concordia’s Carter Eakins pinned Hoffman (1:04); and Larned’s returning state champion Luke Fischer pinned Johnson (1:13).

Great Bend’s Blake Stein (6-4, 144); Michael Montoya (6-5, 165) and Conner Holladay (8-3, 175) placed third.

CARDINAL CORNER CLASSIC

TEAM TOTALS—1—Great Bend 241.5; 2—Concordia 216; 3—Hoisington 104; 4—Liberal 86.5; 5—Holcomb 68.5; 6—Cimarron 59; 7—Larned 50.5; 8—Ellinwood 42; 9—Stafford 20; 10—Eureka 6

GREAT BEND RESULTS

113—Ambrose Kramer, GB, 4-5, 2ND; Kramer pinned Kymer, Concordia, 2:38; Kramer pinned   Brian Casas, L, 1:01; Kramer pinned Cox Larned, 0:42; 1ST—Garcia, Cimarron pinned Kramer, 0:34

120—Hayden Liles, GB, 8-3, 1ST; Liles pinned Stevenson HHS, 0:50; Liles pinned Ramirez. GB, 1:53; Liles pinned Sigmon, HHS, 0:26; Liles pinned Dooley, Concordia, 3:13; 1ST—Liles pinned LeDuc, Concordia, 5:23; Aaron Ramirez, GB 2-4, 6TH; Dooley pinned Ramirez, 3:42; Ramirez pinned Stevenson, 3:00; Ramirez pinned Sigmon, 1:27; 5TH—Gibson, Ellinwood pinned Ramirez, 3:34

126—Ernan Rodriguez, GB, 4-2, 2ND; Rodriguez pinned Mejia, L, 4:58; Rodriguez pinned Angeles, 1:38; Trost, Concordia 10-4 pinned Rodriguez, 5:00; Rodriguez def. Jacobs, HHS, forfeit

126—Anthony Angeles, GB, 0-5, 5TH; Jacobs, HHS pinned Angeles, 3:27; Trost, Concordia 10-4 pinned Angeles, 5:00; Rodriguez pinned Angeles, 1:38; Mejia, L pinned Angeles, 5:41

132—Kaiden Hoffman, GB, 9-2, 2ND; Hoffman pinned Kern Ellinwood, 0:14; Hoffman pinned Prieto Holcomb, 0:39; Hoffman pinned Hernandez, L, 0:26; Hoffman pinned Pope, Stafford, 0:28; 1ST—Eakins, Concordia pinned Hoffman, 1:04

132JV—Luiz Gonzalez, GB, 4-1, 1ST; Gonzalez pinned Wyant, HHS, 0:28; Gonzalez pinned Higgins, HHS, 3:05; Gonzalez pinned Alarcon, L, 1:08; Gonzalez pinned Norvell, HHS, 3:23

138—Trevin Maciel, GB, 5-6, 5TH; Martinez, Holcomb  pinned Maciel, 1:42; Sterrett, Concordia pinned 1:03; Maciel pinned Wilder Larned, 1:56; Maciel pinned  Novak, Concordia, 0:39; 5TH—Maciel pinned Guerrero, L, 1:28

144—Blake Stein, GB, 6-4, 3RD; Stein pinned Valencia, Holcomb, 4:00; Stein pinned Hernandez, Cimarron, 2:59; Beaver, HHS pinned Stein, 3:39; 3RD—Stein pinned Morales, HHS, 5:04

150—Cooper Liles, GB, 5-0, 1ST; Liles pinned Martinez, Ellinwood, 0:22; Liles pinned Collins, Holcomb, 0:19; Liles pinned Mannel, L, 0:14; Liles pinned Cylis Saldana, Holcomb, 0:18; 1ST—Liles def. Blochlinger, Concordia, 10-6; Joel Alcala, GB, 2-3, 6TH; Blochlinger pinned Alcala, 1:13; Saldana def. Alcala, 15-0; Alcala pinned Deshane, Eureka 1:59; Alcala pinned Collins, 0:19; 5TH—Martinez pinned Alcala, 4:20

157—Jace Schartz, GB, 9-0, 1ST; Schartz pinned Olvedo Holcomb, 3:00; Schartz def. Smith Cimarron, 21-6; Schartz def. Wirtz Ellinwood, 19-4; 1ST—Schartz def. Roat, HHS, 16-1

157JV—Victor Reyes, GB, 2-4, 4TH; Garetto, Larned pinned Reyes, 2:31; Reyes pinned Roberts, Larned, 2:34; Holinde, HHS pinned Reyes, 2:33; Reyes pinned Rome, Holcomb, 1:41; Tatro, Cimarron pinned Reyes, 1:25

165—Michael Montoya, GB, 6-5, 3RD; Montoya pinned Seifried, Cimarron, 2:42; Montoya pinned Merritt, Ellinwood, 1:35; Montoya pinned Lakin, Larned, 0:41; Montoya pinned Reyes, Holcomb, 0:19; 1ST—Mason Eickmann Concordia pinned Montoya, 3:11

175—Conner Holladay, GB, 8-3, 3RD; Holladay pinned Tapia, Holcomb, 0:59; Holladay pinned Crow, Cimarron, 1:28; Holladay pinned Mooney, HHS, 0:43; Hanson, Concordia pinned Holladay, 0:35; 3RD—Holladay def. Schwindt, L, 5-4; Kenton Grauerholz, GB, 1-5, 9TH; Kraft HHS pinned Grauerholz, 1:46; Haney, Larned pinned Grauerholz, 0:14; Gunn, Ellinwood pinned Grauerholz, 0:34; Schwindt, L pinned Grauerholz, 0:30; 9TH—Grauerholz def. Mooney, HHS, 5-4

190—Trenton Kern, GB, 10-1, 1ST; Kern pinned Bickerstaff, L, 1:33; Kern pinned Vogel, Cimarron, 0:41; Kern pinned Rohling, Larned, 1:21; Kern pinned Brozek, Stafford, 0:52; 1ST—Kern pinned Murdock, Concordia, 2:41; Slayde Apley, GB, 2-4, 9TH; Murdock pinned Apley, 1:22; Cutshall, L pinned Apley, 3:27; Hammeke, Ellinwood def. Apley, 9-5; Smith, HHS def. Apley, 10-3; 9TH—Apley pinned   Bickerstaff, L 0:58

215—Matthew Johnson, GB 7-3, 2ND; Johnson pinned Anglessey, Holcomb, 0:31; Johnson pinned Johnson, Concordia, 0:53; Johnson pinned Trejo, L 10-51:37; Johnson pinned Mater, HHS; 1ST—Fischer, Larned pinned Johnson, 1:13

285—Brody Schnoebelen, GB, 10-1, 1ST; Schnoebelen pinned Wilder, Larned, 1:05; Schnoebelen pinned Morris, 2:31; Schnoebelen pinned Hoffman, HHS, 1:01; Schnoebelen pinned Clifton, L, 0:22; 1ST—Schnoebelen pinned Mason, Ellinwood, 0:46; Ryder Morris 2-3, 4TH; Hoffman, HHS pinned Morris, 1:38; Morris pinned Clifton, L, 0:23; Mason, Ellinwood pinned Morris, 2:26; Morris pinned Wilder, Larned, 0:16