By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
High school wrestlers have returned to the mats following the holiday break. The Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association released its first rankings of 2025 on Jan. 14. The Great Bend boys have dropped out of the latest Class 5A team rankings, while the Lady Panthers moved back in at No. 10.
Area tanked teams and wrestlers include:
Class 5A Boys:
1. Goddard
2. Basehor-Linwood
3. Bishop Carroll
4. Blue Valley SW
5. Valley Center
6. St. Thomas Aquinas
7. Newton
8. Lansing
9. Andover
10. Salina Central
113 pounds - No. 5 Cal Schartz, Fr., Great Bend
138 pounds - No. 6 Triston Tomlinson, Jr., Great Bend
165 pounds - No. 3 Jace Schartz, Sr., Great Bend (No. 2 all-class)
215 pounds - No. 6 Trenton Kern, Jr., Great Bend
Class 5A Girls
1. Shawnee Heights
2. Basehor-Linwood
3. Hays
4. Kapaun Mt. Carmel
5. Newton
6. Bonner Springs
7. Blue Valley SW
8. Topeka Seaman
9. Pittsburg
10. Great Bend
100 pounds - No. 6 Sophia Bauer, Fr., Great Bend
105 pounds - No. 2 Camdyn Post, So., Great Bend (No. 7 all-class)
155 pounds - No. 6 Lea Nokes, Sr., Great Bend
170 pounds - No. 3 Kirra Stevens, Sr., Great Bend (No. 8 all-class)
Class 3-2-1A Boys
1. Hoxie
2. Norton
3. Phillipsburg
4. Atchison County
5. Russell
6. Council Grove
7. Southeast of Saline
8. Jayhawk-Linn
9. Hill City
10. Caney Valley
106 pounds - No. 3 Xzander Donner, Fr., Russell (No. 9 all-class)
106 pounds - No. 5 Marius Lee, Fr., Lyons
113 pounds - No. 2 Xzephren Donner, Jr., Russell
150 pounds - No. 2 Jace Grizzle, So., Lyons
165 pounds - No. 4 Teagen Pfeifer, Sr., Russell
175 pounds - No. 3 Brayden Suchy, Sr., Russell (No. 8 all-class)
175 pounds - No. 4 Teron Kraft, Sr., Hoisington
190 pounds - No. 4 Keegan Urbanek, Jr., Ellsworth
Class 4A Girls (individual)
135 pounds - No. 5 Cara Herbert, So., Larned
Class 3-2-1A Girls
1. Oakley
2. Russell
3. Norton
4. Plainville
5. Stockton
6. Hoisington
7. Ellinwood
8. St. Francis
9. Fredonia
10. West Franklin
100 pounds - No. 3 Taylor Baxter, Fr., Lyons
105 pounds - No. 1 Jacynn Boeken, Fr., Sterling (No. 8 all-class)
105 pounds - No. 6 Madison Raybern, Sr., Russell
110 pounds - No. 3 Kennedy Grizzle, Jr., Lyons
110 pounds - No. 6 McKena Parker, Fr., Ellinwood
115 pounds - No. 4 Mya Trevino, Jr., Russell
115 pounds - No. 6 Annabelle Gonzalez, So., Hoisington
125 pounds - No. 5 Chaysie Bachman, So., Russell
130 pounds - No. 2 Averie Counts, Fr., Russell (No. 8 all-class)
135 pounds - No. 1 Kinsey Zorn, So., Russell
135 pounds - No. 4 Kaylynn Crawford, Fr., Ellinwood
145 pounds - No. 1 Jaden Ney, Sr., Russell (No. 1 all-class)
145 pounds - No. 5 Lillian Gradig, Sr., Hoisington
155 pounds - No. 5 Ashlynn Henley, Fr., Russell
170 pounds - No. 3 Gracyn Dombroski, Jr., Ellinwood
170 pounds - No. 4 Neveah Graves, So., Hoisington
235 pounds - No. 1 Haylee Holinde, Sr., Hoisington (No. 4 all-class)
235 pounds - No. 2 Emma Hahn, Sr., Ellinwood (No. 9 all-class)