The 4th ranked Great Bend Panther wrestling team finished fourth at the 5A regional Friday and Saturday in Valley Center and qualified 11 wrestlers for next weekend's state tournament in Wichita.
Number 1 ranked Goodard won the regional title with 244.5 points followed by number 2 Maize with 216. The Panthers racked up 159 points to finish third.
Panther Head Coach Nathan Broekleman was named 5A West Regional Coach of the Year.
Below are the Great Bend regional results. To qualify for state, wrestlers had to finish in the top 8.
106: Kaden Spragis (Great Bend) - 5th
Champ. Round 1 - Kaden Spragis (Great Bend) over Gabe Rosenstill (Goddard-Eisenhower) (Fall 1:33)
Quarterfinals - Nakaylen Shabazz (Maize) over Kaden Spragis (Great Bend) (MD 13-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Kaden Spragis (Great Bend) over Jaxson Newcomb (Andover Central) (Fall 2:09)
Cons. Round 3 - Kaden Spragis (Great Bend) over Landry Root (Andover) (MD 10-2)
Cons. Semis - Ian Demoss (Maize South) over Kaden Spragis (Great Bend) (MD 11-1)
5th Place Match - Kaden Spragis (Great Bend) over Isaac Phimvongsa (Salina-Central HS) (Dec 9-3)
113: Avery Wolf (Great Bend) - 6th
Quarterfinals - Avery Wolf (Great Bend) over Lukas Hainline (Emporia) (Dec 4-3)
Semifinals - A.B. Stokes (Newton) over Avery Wolf (Great Bend) (Fall 1:33)
Cons. Semis - Kaden Ramirez (Andover) over Avery Wolf (Great Bend) (Dec 4-2)
5th Place Match - Samuel Dickey (Arkansas City) over Avery Wolf (Great Bend) (Fall 2:37)
120: Wyatt Weber (Great Bend) - 4th
Champ. Round 1 - Wyatt Weber (Great Bend) over Kaiden McElwain (Wichita-Bishop Carroll) (Fall 1:29)
Quarterfinals - Wyatt Weber (Great Bend) over Kael Pappan (Arkansas City) (SV-1 8-6)
Semifinals - Jason Henschel (Goddard) over Wyatt Weber (Great Bend) (Fall 1:09)
Cons. Semis - Wyatt Weber (Great Bend) over Dawson Hogan (Salina-Central HS) (Fall 4:02)
3rd Place Match - Keton Patterson (Maize) over Wyatt Weber (Great Bend) (Dec 3-2)
126: Drew Liles (Great Bend) - 2nd
Champ. Round 1 - Drew Liles (Great Bend) over Davis Schaefer (Emporia) (Fall 1:52)
Quarterfinals - Drew Liles (Great Bend) over Kolbey Huneycutt (Goddard) (MD 10-0)
Semifinals - Drew Liles (Great Bend) over Slade Adam (Salina-Central HS) (Dec 5-3)
1st Place Match - Alyeus Craig (Valley Center) over Drew Liles (Great Bend) (Fall 3:25)
132: Carsyn Schooler (Great Bend) - 6th
Champ. Round 1 - Carsyn Schooler (Great Bend) over Kyle Chastain (Andover Central) (Fall 5:17)
Quarterfinals - Gabe Maki (Andover) over Carsyn Schooler (Great Bend) (MD 11-3)
Cons. Round 2 - Carsyn Schooler (Great Bend) over Ryan Pacha (Wichita-Bishop Carroll) (Fall 4:04)
Cons. Round 3 - Carsyn Schooler (Great Bend) over Justin Zwigart (Salina-South) (TF 21-5 4:37)
Cons. Semis - Cayden Hughbanks (Maize) over Carsyn Schooler (Great Bend) (Dec 6-2)
5th Place Match - Joe Walter (Wichita-Kapaun Mount Carmel) over Carsyn Schooler (Great Bend) (Inj. [time])
138: George Weber (Great Bend) - 1st
Champ. Round 1 - George Weber (Great Bend) over Chance Holmgren (Goddard-Eisenhower) (Fall 0:48)
Quarterfinals - George Weber (Great Bend) over Wyatt Bahm (Arkansas City) (Fall 2:45)
Semifinals - George Weber (Great Bend) over Quentin Kirk (Valley Center) (Dec 2-0)
1st Place Match - George Weber (Great Bend) over Matt Gottschalk (Wichita-Bishop Carroll) (MD 14-0)
145: Gage Fritz (Great Bend) - 2nd
Quarterfinals - Gage Fritz (Great Bend) over Cameron Bowyer (Valley Center) (TF 17-2 2:45)
Semifinals - Gage Fritz (Great Bend) over Connor Padgett (Maize) (MD 13-5)
1st Place Match - Trig Tennant (Arkansas City) over Gage Fritz (Great Bend) (Dec 6-5)
152: Owen Ridgeway (Great Bend) - 7th
Champ. Round 1 - Owen Ridgeway (Great Bend) over Karter Riley (Wichita-Kapaun Mount Carmel) (Fall 3:55)
Quarterfinals - Caleb Copeland (Salina-South) over Owen Ridgeway (Great Bend) (Fall 5:13)
Cons. Round 2 - Owen Ridgeway (Great Bend) over Tate Schurle (Valley Center) (MD 14-3)
Cons. Round 3 - Andrew Husband (Wichita-Bishop Carroll) over Owen Ridgeway (Great Bend) (Fall 2:30)
7th Place Match - Owen Ridgeway (Great Bend) over Britton Forsythe (Maize South) (Dec 9-5)
160: Alex Randolph (Great Bend) - 6th
Champ. Round 1 - Alex Randolph (Great Bend) over Aiden Whetstone (Arkansas City) (Fall 1:30)
Quarterfinals - Alex Randolph (Great Bend) over Cooper Chard (Salina-Central HS) (Fall 3:29)
Semifinals - Carson Wheeler (Maize) over Alex Randolph (Great Bend) (Fall 0:53)
Cons. Semis - Hunter Trail (Wichita-Bishop Carroll) over Alex Randolph (Great Bend) (MD 17-7)
5th Place Match - Dillon Moler (Valley Center) over Alex Randolph (Great Bend) (MD 11-2)
170: Scott Heilman (Great Bend) - DNP
Champ. Round 1 - Scott Heilman (Great Bend) over Zac Morford (Wichita-Northwest) (Fall 1:28)
Quarterfinals - Nolan Craine (Goddard) over Scott Heilman (Great Bend) (Fall 3:18)
Cons. Round 2 - Jonah Clarke (McPherson) over Scott Heilman (Great Bend) (Fall 0:46)
182: Eli Witte (Great Bend) - 8th
Champ. Round 1 - Eli Witte (Great Bend) over Bobby Trujillo (Emporia) (Dec 3-1)
Quarterfinals - Trevor Dopps (Goddard) over Eli Witte (Great Bend) (Fall 0:34)
Cons. Round 2 - Eli Witte (Great Bend) over Chad Bannig (Valley Center) (Fall 4:54)
Cons. Round 3 - Charlie Frisch (Wichita-Kapaun Mount Carmel) over Eli Witte (Great Bend) (Dec 3-1)
7th Place Match - Caden Ross (Wichita-Northwest) over Eli Witte (Great Bend) (Dec 10-9)
220: Ever Chavez (Great Bend) - DNP
Champ. Round 1 - Ever Chavez (Great Bend) over Noah Redcorn (Wichita-Kapaun Mount Carmel) (Dec 10-5)
Quarterfinals - Kyle Haas (Maize) over Ever Chavez (Great Bend) (Fall 1:19)
Cons. Round 2 - Gabe Arredondo (Wichita-Bishop Carroll) over Ever Chavez (Great Bend) (Fall 3:23)
285: Kevin Miramontes (Great Bend) - 6th
Champ. Round 1 - Kevin Miramontes (Great Bend) over Derek Yuza (Goddard-Eisenhower) (Inj. [time])
Quarterfinals - Kevin Miramontes (Great Bend) over Rio Gomez (Newton) (Fall 5:43)
Semifinals - Devon Dawson (Goddard) over Kevin Miramontes (Great Bend) (Fall 3:36)
Cons. Semis - Wyatt Cell (Salina-Central HS) over Kevin Miramontes (Great Bend) (Fall 3:14)
5th Place Match - Preston Ritter (Maize) over Kevin Miramontes (Great Bend) (Dec 1-0)