THS qualified six wrestlers in the girls Class 4A super regional, which took place Friday and Saturday at Chieftain Arena. The Top 8 finishers in each division qualified for state.

Senior Autumn Wilson is headed back to state after taking first in the 120-pound division. She sports a 32-5 record as she qualified for another state appearance.

Fellow senior Kaylee Pankey is 38-7 and also a super regional champion. She won gold at 115.

Emerson Maslak is headed to state for the first time in a bid that has become an impressive storyline of its own. Maslak, who was a standout on the THS girls basketball squad, switched gears and tried her hand at wrestling for the first time in her final year of high school. Maslak placed third at 115 and will take a 21-16 record to state.

Riley Crookham, a sophomore, is off to state at 29-11 after getting a third-place finish of her own.

Tonganoxie had two more wrestlers advance to state in freshman Olivia Butler (145) and senior Katy Duncan (190). Duncan (25-15) qualified for state after taking seventh, while Butler (17-20) finished eighth.

Tonganoxie placed fifth overall with 120.5 points, just 2 points behind fourth-place Wamego.

Wellsville won the team title with 184.5 points, while Frontenac was second with 157 and Paola third with 135.5. A total of 32 teams competed in the first girls wrestling regional to be held in Tonganoxie.

Other team members on the regional roster who competed were Abigail Meyers (130), Calyn Perry (140), Eliza Troyer-Partridge( (105), Josie Owens (155), Kenzie Underwood (110 and Lexi Logan (135).

The state tournament will be Feb. 27-28 at Tony’s Pizza Events Center in Salina.