State pairings for Tonganoxie and McLouth girls first-round matches
The state wrestling championships start Thursday morning for boys Classes 6A and 5A and girls 6-5A at Hartman Arena in Park City near Wichita and for boys in 4A and 3-1A and girls in 4-1A at Tony’s Pizza Events Center in Salina.
New this year is a three-day format for both boys and girls tournaments.
Weigh-ins for Tonganoxie High boys will be 7:30 a.m. Thursday and Friday and then first-round matches Thursday will start at 9 a.m. on eight mats. Championship quarterfinals and consolation first-round matches will take place on four mats, but will go to eight mats again after championship quarterfinals conclude.
THS and McLouth girls wrestling team members will have weigh-ins at noon Thursday, with competitions to mirror the same order and number of mats as the 4A boys.
Weigh-ins for 3-1A boys, which includes McLouth, will be 3:45 p.m., with competition to start at 5:15 p.m. Those matches will be on four mats, but will jump to eight after the championship quarterfinals conclude.
Friday’s schedule will be THS boys in 4A weighing in at 7:30 a.m. and competeion starting at 9 a.m. and then THS and MHS girls starting weigh-in at 10:30 a.m. and Day 2 of competition starting at noon
For 3-1A, weigh-in begins at 12:30 p.m. Friday and competition starts at 2 p.m.
On Saturday, all 4A and 3-1A boys brackets, as well as 4-1A girls brackets, will start at 9 a.m. (weigh-in again is 7:30 a.m.)
Consolation semifinals will be first on four mats, with fifth-place and third-place matches to follow on four mats.
The championship finals will be on three mats.
Here’s a look at first-round matchups for THS and MHS girls state qualifiers:
TONGANOXIE
(Class 4-1A)
110
Autumn Wilson, soph., 36-5, vs. Madison Shepard, jr., Uniontown, 19-15
115
Stella Bradley, jr., 33-5, vs. Mya Trevino, soph., Russell, 24-11
130
Finley Keller, soph., 25-18 vs. Caitlyn Divine, fr., Halstead, 37-0
170
Grace Stean, jr., 34-6 vs. Taylor Plumley, sr., Cherryvale, 32-4
MCLOUTH
(Class 4-1A)
130
Somer Wyatt, sr., 19-7 vs. Wendy Candia, jr., Pleasant Ridge, 28-7
135
Leighanna Patz, sr., 28-1, vs. Katie Simpson, sr., Columbus, 25-8
140
Marissa Caray, sr., 21-11, vs. Lyndsey Escareno, sr., Eureka, 21-5