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Two Indians Qualify for State Wrestling Tournament

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Two St. Francis Indian wrestlers have earned the right to represent St. Francis in the 321A State Wrestling Tournament. The tournament will be held in Gross Coliseum on the campus of Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas. The tournament will begin on Friday, February 26, and conclude on Saturday, February 27.

The top four placers at the regional tournament qualified for the state tournament. Senior Terrence Lamb won third place at the Norton Regional at 135 pounds. Junior Adam Guthmiller placed 4th at 189 pounds. These two wrestlers will represent St. Francis in the state tournament.

As predicted, the Norton Regional was a very tough tournament. Seven of the ten top ranked teams in the state were in the tournament. Fifty-four of the 80 highest ranked wrestlers were also participating. 

Norton Community High School won the team championship by a large margin. They totaled 218 team points. Phillipsburg placed second with 132 points and Hoxie third with 111. Other team placings were 4th--Oakley (110); 5th--Smith Center (108.5); 6th--Atwood-Rawlins County (99); 7th--Hays-TMP (81); 8th--Goodland (79.5); 9th--Beloit (77.50); 10th--Plainville (68.5); 11th--Osborne (63); 12th--Oberlin-Decatur County (61.5); 13th--Ellis (52); 14th--St. Francis (51.5); 15th--Belleville-Republic Co. (22); 16th--Hill City (17); 17th--Stockton (14); 18th--WaKeeney-Trego Community (9.5); 19th--Mankato-Rock Hills (2.5); 20th--(tie) Scandia-Pike Valley and Bird City-Cheylin (0).

Individual wrestling results for the St. Francis Indians at the Regional Tournament are listed below.

103--Casey Keller (Record 14-8):  Lost by fall (3:08) to John Risewick of Norton Community; Defeated Cory Howard of Oakley by fall (1:48); Lost by 4-2 decision to Brady Lowell of Republic Co.

112-Mikey Leibbrandt (Record 8-14):  Lost by fall (0:46) to Dylan Schumacher of Hays-TMP; Defeated Nik Radenahmad of Osborne by fall (0:43); Lost by decision (4-2) to Jacob Helm of Decatur Community.

119-Freddy Pacheco (Record 18-15): Lost by decision (6-2) to Brandon Hall of Ellis; Defeated Mat Heim of Hoxie by fall (2:46); Lost by decision (2-1) to Kade Brown of Decatur Community.

135-Terrence Lamb (Record 28-7): Defeated Gus Nickelson of Hill City by fall (1:35); Defeated Austin Lopez of Ellis by decision (8-5); Lost by major decision (14-6) to Kale Newell of Smith Center; Defeated Brett Terrell of Norton Community by decision (8-1); Defeated Matt Schneider of Phillipsburg by major decision (12-0). Placed third.

140-Dylan Wolaver (Record 12-12): Defeated Austin Werth of Hays-TMP by fall (2:19); Lost by decision (4-0) by Weston Coomes of Phillisburg; Lost by decision (7-6) to Shawn Stansbury of Smith Center.

145-Darris Keller (Record 16-14): Lost by decision (8-4) to Connor Hewitt of Beloit; Defeated Luke Brull of Hays-TMP by technical fall (4:25); Defeated Clayton Schamberger of Hoxie by decision (7-2); Lost by decision (5-3) to Sheldyne Brown of Phillipsburg.

152-Thomas Douthit (Record 6-14): Lost by technical fall (15-0) to Zach Eaton of Smith Center; Lost by major decision (12-0) to Nate Cox of Oakley.

160-Grady Brunk (Record 22-17): Defeated Connor Winters of Stockton by fall (2:27); Lost by fall (3:19) to Dillon Kinderknecht of Ellis; Defeated Cameron Staples of Wakeeney-Trego Community by fall (4:31); Lost by fall (4:42) to Nathan Thyfault of Plainville.

171-Zach Gienger (Record 10-15): Lost by major decision (11-3) to Zane Perez of Norton Community; Lost by decision (9-5) to Stanten Krone of Beloit.

189-Adam Guthmiller (Record 25-4): Defeated Mark Cordel of Beloit by fall (5:42); Lost by fall (1:17) to Lance Finley of Rawlins County; Defeated Brock Baxter of Smith Center by fall (0:49); Defeated Jaxen Alstrom of Decatur Community by decision (4-0); Defeated Zach Jacobs of Phillipsburg by decision (10-8); Lost by fall (4:30) to Lance Finley of Rawlins County. Placed fourth.

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