Tonganoxie High boys wrestling competes in 2 meets
Tonganoxie High boys placed ninth at the Gardner-Edgerton Invitational on Saturday
THS scored 85.5 points during Saturday’s tournament at GEHS in Gardner.
Placers at GEHS were Braeden Moore (144) and Brady Martin (157) with second-place finishes and Gannon Sonntag fourth at 165 and Noah Bailey sixth at 150.
Southeast Polk (Iowa) won the invitational with 253.5 points. Broken Arrow (Oklahoma) placed second with 193.5, while Allen (Texas) took third with 189.5 points. Omaha Skutt (Nebraska) placed fourth (143.5), Manhattan fifth (141.5) and Goddard sixth (129.5).
Mustang (Oklahoma) finished seventh with 123, Mill Valley eighth with 103.5 and then Tonganoxie in ninth with 85.5
Rounding out the rest of the field were Olathe North (10th, 83), St. Thomas Aquinas (11th, 83), Salina South (12th, 81.5), Salina Central (13th, 81), Gardner-Edgerton (14th, 73), Dodge City (15th, 42), Paola (16th, 36) and St. James Academy (17th, 20).
At the Wamego Invite, Blake Riedel placed second (132) and Noah Carlson (215) and Jaxon Dominic (285) fourth.
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Gardner-Edgerton meet
106
Freshman Tyler Crisp (2-3) finished 10th after falling to Mill Valley freshman Jeremy Nilges in the second period (2:48).
120
Senior Jordan Bauswell (1-4) placed 15th after defeating Dodge City junior Charlie Rodriguez (0-5) by fall (2:17).
126
Freshman Everett Holland (0-4) placed 14th after losing to Salina Central junior Aaron Blevins (2-3) by fall (2:20).
132
Sophomore Clayton Crookham (1-4) placed 14th after losing to Gardner-Edgerton junior Kaden Schwendemann (2-3) by a 9-7 decision.
138
Junior Emmett Crookham placed 13th against Goddard sophomore Cole Bailey (1-4) by fall (2:25).
144
Senior Braeden Moore placed second after losing to Allen junior Javin Jackson-Bey (5-0) by major decision, 11-3.
150
Senior Noah Bailey placed sixth after losing to Mill Valley senior Brady Mason (forfeit).
157
Sophomore Brady Martin placed second after losing to Mustang junior Daegan Reyes (5-0) by fall (2:52).
178
Senior Tommy Messersmith placed 13th after defeating St. James Academy sophomore Brennan Jones (1-4) by fall (2:06).
190
Junior Cael Dye (1-3) placed eighth after losing to Dodge City junior Jayden Amaro by fall (2:16).
285
Sophomore Gavin Rhoads placed eighth after losing to Broken Arrow sophomore Aiden Petitt by fall, 4:48.