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THS boys wrestling dominates Baldwin Invitational

By Staff | Feb 1, 2023

Tonganoxie High School, home of the Chieftains

The Tonganoxie High boys wrestling team racked up five gold medals and placed in every weight division on its way to a commanding team title Saturday at the Baldwin Invitational.

THS won in convincing fashion, scoring 258 points, nearly 100 points ahead of the runner-up. Wamego placed second with 163.5.

Junior Braeden Moore (26-1) at 132 defeated Labeette County sophomore Cason Wyrick by fall (1:08), while freshman Brady Martin (29-7) also won gold at 144 after pinning Burlington senior Tucker Williams (29-1) in the second period (3:30). Martin handed Williams his first loss of the year.

Junior Noah Bailey (28-5) won 150 with a pin of Ottawa senior Joel Brown (23-8) in the third period (5:20), while senior Wyatt Harris (11-3) got his gold medal at 175 after defeating Perry-Lecompton senior Christian Conklin (24-7) by fall in the second period (2:56).

Senior Hunter Benedict (27-7) won gold at 215 against Holton junior Dalton Roush (21-8) by decision, 5-2.

Freshman Brodie Starcher (11-14) placed third at 106 after pinning Burlington freshman Ryan Hoyt (14-4) in the first period (1:39), while senior Jordan Boswell (6-13) finished seventh at 113. He defeated Wamego freshman Hayden Wolf (5-11) by technical fall in the fourth period (15-0).

Freshman Clayton Crookham (14-15) took fifth at 120 against Baldwin junior (20-9) in major decision, 13-5. Fellow freshman Dax Duffett (8-13), at 126, lost to Buhler senior Jayce Spencer (18-10) by decision, 11-10.

Sophomore Emmett Crookham (18-11) at 138 defeated THS junior Jack Wensel (3-2) by fall (2:40) in a battle of teammates.

Junior Gannon Sonntag (12-9) at 157 defeated Santa Fe Trail junior Hunter Tantaros (11-9) by decision, 4-0.

Junior Colton Brusven (21-6) brought home silver at 165. He placed second after losing to Holton senior Jayden Fletcher (30-2) by decision, 8-2.

Senior Rocco Gehring finished seventh at 190 after defeating Osawatomie senior Seth Carrow, 17-8 by fall (2:29).

And freshman Gavin Rhoads (15-13) placed fourth after losing to Hayden sophomore Hunter Diederich (6-3) by pin (0:42).

Tonganoxie has its final dual of the season Thursday. The Chieftains will travel to Holton to take on the Wildcats. The dual is set to start at 6 p.m. On Wednesday, Feb. 8, the squad will compete in the Frontier League meet at Bonner Springs. That meet starts at 3 p.m.

After that, it’s regionals and then state for the Chieftains.