State pairings for Tonganoxie and McLouth boys wrestling qualifiers
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 boys state qualifiers:
TONGANOXIE
(Class 4A)
106
Tyler Chrisp, fr., 28-14, vs. John Robben, jr., McPherson, 19-15
113
Brodie Starcher, soph., 19-12, vs. Kruz Pickle, fr., Frontenac, 22-11
126
Clayton Crookham, soph., 27-12, vs. Gavin Miles, soph., Fort Scott, 24-18
138
Dax Duffett, soph., 19-10, vs. Dylan Hanna, jr., Clearwater, 24-5
144
Braeden Moore, sr., 31-5, vs. Korbin Cloud, sr., Iola, 20-10
150
Noah Bailey, sr., 36-3, vs. Kristopher Monroe, soph., Nickerson, 36-9
165
Brady Martin, soph., 36-7, vs. Cody Engelbrecht, sr., Andale, 32-14
190
Colton Brusven, sr., 22-6, vs. Alonzo Burke, jr., Frontenac, 22-16
215
Tyler Pankey, sr., 15-3, vs. Caremlo Orosco, sr., Ulysses, 32-10
285
Gavin Rhoads, soph., 13-9, vs. Kainen White, sr., Coffeyville, 34-3
MCLOUTH
(Class 3-1A)
138
Justin Patz, fr., 20-8, vs. Josiah Ball, sr. Hoisington, 19-1