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Panther' Hoffman, Cooper Liles 2nd at Dodge City wrestling
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Great Bend wrestler Kaiden Hoffman attempts to pin Armando Garcia of Dodge City. - photo by Hugo Gonzalez

DODGE CITY — Great Bend's No. 2 ranked Kaiden Hoffman (13-3, 132) and No. 3 ranked Cooper Liles (9-1, 150) placed runner-up at Saturday's Dodge City Wrestling Tournament.  

In championship matches, Olathe North's No. 6 ranked Blake Samuelson defeated Hoffman, 8-1; and Goddard's No. 1 ranked Jacob Goodwin pinned Liles (1:45).

No. 4 ranked 5A Great Bend (139) placed third behind No. 1 6A Manhattan (193) and No. 1 5A Goddard (156).

Panther Aiden Davidson (4-1, 175) placed third and No. 5 Triston Tomlinson (5-6, 120), Hayden Kelly (3-2, 138), No. 2 Trenton Kern (15-2, 190) and No. 4 Matthew Johnson (12-4, 215) placed fourth.

In third-place matches, Davidson beat Dodge City's Jayden Amaro on a forfeit; No. 2 ranked Manhattan's Caeleb Hutchinson pinned Tomlinson and Valley Center's DeMarcus Rojas edged Kelly 4-3.

Several other Panthers faced state-ranked wrestlers in the competitive tournament.

DODGE CITY TOURNAMENT

TEAM SCORES—1—Manhattan 193; 2—Goddard 156; 3—Great Bend 139; 4—Hoxie 131.5; 5—Valley Center 127; 6—Olathe North 87.5; 7—Dumas, Texas, 76.5; 8—Olathe East 67; 9—Pratt 63.5; 10—Hutchinson 60; 11—Liberal 53.5; 12—Junction City 47; Ulysses 47; 14—Emporia 46.5; 15—Dodge City 35.5

GREAT BEND RESULTS

113—Ambrose Kramer, GB (7-8), 11TH; Lamkin, Goddard def. Kramer, 7-4; Riffey, Pratt pinned Kramer, 2:59; Kramer pinned Ruelas, DC, 1:28; Sample, Goddard def. Kramer, 2-0; 11TH—Kramer pinned Casas, Liberal, 3:23

120—No. 5 Triston Tomlinson, GB (5-6), 4TH; Tomlinson pinned Nguyen, Liberal, 1:00; Tomlinson pinned Cox, Pratt, 1:10; Tomlinson pinned Glover, Goddard, 3:57; No. 1 Ian Giancola, Hoxie pinned Tomlinson, 0:40; 3RD—No. 2 Hutchinson, Manhattan pinned Tomlinson

126—Hayden Liles, GB (11-6), 8TH; Liles def. Freund, Goddard, 14-8; Liles pinned Rosales, Ulysses; Morales, Emporia def. Liles, 5-0; Moss, Dumas def. Liles, 12-0; 7TH—No. 3 Hernandez, DC pinned Liles 2:20

132—No. 2 Kaiden Hoffman GB (13-3), 2ND; Hoffman pinned Nielsen, Blue Valley; Hoffman pinned Hernandez, Liberal, 0:55; Hoffman def. Miller, Goddard, 6-4; 1ST—No. 6 Samuelson, ONorth def. Hoffman, 8-1

138—Hayden Kelly, GB (3-2) 4TH; Kelly pinned Bailey, Goddard, 4:29; Kelly pinned Williams, Dumas, 1:55; Kelly pinned Medaris, Manhattan, 1:33; No. 3 Jameal Agnew, Manhattan def. Kelly, 11-2; 3RD—Rojas, VC def. Kelly 4-3

144—Blake Stein, GB (8-7), 9TH; No. 3 Aguilera, DC def. Stein, 13-3; Lagerman, Manhattan pinned Stein, 0:58; Stein def. LeBlanc, Emporia, 8-0; 9TH—Stein def. Etienne, Hutchinson, 12-6

150—No. 3 Cooper Liles, GB (9-1), 2ND; Liles pinned Slay, VC, 1:26; Liles pinned Gomez, Hoxie, 1:02; Liles def. No. 5 Frey, ONorth, 15-8; 1ST—No. 1 Goodwin. Goddard pinned Liles, 1:45

157—No. 2 Jace Schartz, GB (13-2), 6TH; Schartz pinned McElgunn, DC, 0:29; Schartz pinned Vierya, Goddard, 0:49; No. 3 Rider, OEast def. Schartz, 4-0;  Schartz def. Trujillo, Emporia, 6-4; 5TH—No. 2 Provost, ONorth pinned Schartz, 2:24

165—Michael Montoya, GB (9-7), 6TH; Montoya pinned Cano, Ulysses, 3:06; No. 3 Sample, Goddard pinned Montoya, 0:51; Montoya def. Ervin, Emporia, 5-2; 5TH—Pablo, Liberal def. Montoya, 6-4

175—Aidan Davidson, GB (4-1), 3RD; Davidson pinned Lampe, VC, 2:58; Davidson pinned Baker, OEast, 0:55; Davidson def. Perez, Pratt, 10-1; No. 2 Vasquez, ONorth def. Davidson, 5-1; 3RD—Davidson def. Amaro, DC, forfeit

190—No. 2 Trenton Kern, GB (15-2), 4TH; Kern pinned Padierna, Emporia, 1:27;  Kern def. Cutshall, Liberal, 15-0; No. 5 Dobson, Manhattan pinned Kern; Kern pinned Hagel, Goddard, 1:46;  Kern pinned Sanchez, Dumas, 1:58

215—No. 4 Matthew Johnson, GB (12-4), 4TH; Johnson pinned Bishop, Hutchinson, 1:43; Johnson pinned Sanchez, Dumas, 1:12; No. 4 Michael Costello, OEast def. Johnson, 11-7; Johnson pinned Coy, JC, 1:20; Johnson pinned Orosco, Ulysses, 1:17

285—No. 6 Brody Schnoebelen, GB (13-3), 6TH; Schnoebelen pinned Eames, Goddard, 0:26; No. 3 Kenney, Manhattan pinned Schnoebelen, 2:30; Schnoebelen pinned Vargas, Emporia, 1:00; 5TH—Bradley, Emporia pinned Schnoebelen, 1:54