By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
The Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association has released its second set of pre-season rankings ahead of the 2024-25 high school season. With duals and tournaments beginning after Thanksgiving, the KWCA will release its first regular-season rankings on Dec. 10.
Area tanked teams and wrestlers include:
Class 5A Boys:
1. Goddard
2. Blue Valley SW
3. Bishop Carroll
4. Basehor-Linwood
5. St. Thomas Aquinas
6. Lansing
7. Valley Center
8. Andover
9. Salina Central
10. Emporia
138 pounds - No. 6 Triston Tomlinson, Jr., Great Bend
165 pounds - No. 2 Jace Schartz, Sr., Great Bend (No. 8 all-class)
175 pounds - No. x Aiden Davidson, Sr., Great Bend (No. 9 all-class)
215 pounds - No. 5 Trenton Kern, Jr., Great Bend (No. 6 all-class)
Class 5A Girls
1. Basehor-Linwood
2. Shawnee Heights
3. Great Bend
4. Newton
5. Hays
6. Bonner Springs
7. Pittsburg
8. Topeka Seaman
9. KC Piper
10. Kapaun Mt. Carmel
100 pounds - No. 4 Kayle Baldwin, So., Great Bend
105 pounds - No. 2 Camdyn Post, So., Great Bend (No. 6 all-class)
110 pounds - No. 4 Keira Leyva, So., Great Bend
115 pounds - No. 6 Micah Ellegood, Fr., Great Bend
125 pounds - No. 2 Kaylea McMullen, Jr., Great Bend (No. 7 all-class)
170 pounds - No. 3 Kira Stevens, Sr., Great Bend
190 pounds - No. 3 Natalee Daniels, Jr., Great Bend (No. 8 all-class)
Class 3-2-1A Boys
1. Hoxie
2. Norton
3. Phillipsburg
4. Russell
5. Atchison County
6. Beloit
7. Council Grove
8. Lyons
9. Hill City
10. West Franklin
106 pounds - No. 2 Xzephren Donner, Jr., Russell (No. 9 all-class)
106 pounds - No. 3 Easton Benavidez, Jr., Lyons
132 pounds - No. 6 Jhadyn Turner, Jr., Hoisington
144 pounds - No. 6 Jace Grizzle, So., Lyons
150 pounds - No. 2 Will Donley, Sr., Ellsworth
150 pounds - No. 3 Nate Dold, Sr., Lyons
165 pounds - No. 3 Teagen Pfeifer, Sr., Russell
175 pounds - No. 1 Brayden Suchy, Sr., Russell (No. 8 all-class
190 pounds - No. 4 Teron Kraft, Sr., Hoisington
215 pounds - No. 5 Landon Haney, Sr., Larned
Class 3-2-1A Girls
1. Oakley
2. Plainville
3. Russell
4. St. Francis
5. Larned
6. Trego
7. Stockton
8. Norton
9. Hoisington
10. Ellinwood
100 pounds - No. 2 Teagan Walker, Sr., Larned
100 pounds - No. 6 Stephanie King, So., Russell
105 pounds - No. 4 Jacynn Boeken, Fr., Sterling
110 pounds - No. 1 Kennedy Grizzle, Jr., Lyons
110 pounds - No. 2 Liliana McKenna, Sr., Larned
115 pounds - No. 2 Mya Trevino, Jr., Russell
115 pounds - No. 3 Keighyn Dombroski, Sr., Ellinwood
120 pounds - No. 3 Cara Herbert, Jr., Larned
125 pounds - No. 3 Kinsley Zorn, So., Russell
130 pounds - No. 5 Chaysei Bachman, So., Russell
140 pounds - No. 5 Sophia Homolka, Sr., Ellinwood
145 pounds - No. 1 Jaden Ney, Sr., Russell (No. 1 all-class)
170 pounds - No. 3 Nevaeh Graves, So., Hoisington (No. 7 all-class)
170 pounds - No. 5 Kinsley Atteberry, So., Larned
170 pounds - No. 6 Avery Goforth, Fr., Lyons
235 pounds - No. 1 Haylee Holinde, Sr., Hoisington (No. 6 all-class)
235 pounds - No. 4 Emma Hahn, Sr., Ellinwood