By MIKE COURSON
Great Bend Post
The Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association has released its first set of pre-season rankings ahead of the 2024-25 high school season. Another set of pre-season rankings will be released on Nov. 26.
Area tanked teams and wrestlers include:
Class 5A Boys:
1. Goddard
2. Basehor-Linwood
3. Blue Valley SW
4. Bishop Carroll
5. St. Thomas Aquinas
6. Lansing
7. Andover
8. Valley Center
9. Salina Central
10. Hutchinson
165 pounds - No. 2 Jace Schartz, Sr., Great Bend
215 pounds - No. 5 Trenton Kern, Jr., Great Bend
Class 5A Girls
1. Basehor-Linwood
2. Shawnee Heights
3. Great Bend
4. Bonner Springs
5. Newton
6. Pittsburg
7. Hays
8. Topeka Seaman
9. Kapaun Mt. Carmel
10. KC Piper
100 pounds - No. 6 Kayle Baldwin, So., Great Bend
105 pounds - No. 2 Camdyn Post, So., Great Bend
110 pounds - No. 4 Keira Leyva, So., Great Bend
115 pounds - No. 5 Micah Ellegood, Fr., Great Bend
125 pounds - No. 2 Kaylea McMullen, Jr., Great Bend
170 pounds - No. 3 Kira Stevens, Sr., Great Bend
190 pounds - No. 3 Natalee Daniels, Jr., Great Bend
Class 3-2-1A Boys
1. Norton
2. Hoxie
3. Phillipsburg
4. Russell
5. Atchison County
6. Council Grove
7. Beloit
8. Nemaha Central
9. Hill City
10. Smith Center
106 pounds - No. 3 Xzephren Donner, Jr., Russell
113 pounds - No. 5 AJ Almanza, Jr., Lyons
120 pounds - No. 6 Jace Grizzle, So., Lyons
132 pounds - No. 3 Will Donley, Sr., Ellsworth
157 pounds - No. 4 Nate Dold, Sr., Lyons
165 pounds - No. 2 Teagen Pfeifer, Sr., Russell
175 pounds - No. 1 Brayden Suchy, Sr., Russell
175 pounds - No. 2 Teron Kraft, Sr., Hoisington
285 pounds - No. 6 Layton Hoffman, Jr., Hoisington
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
105 pounds - No. 6 Madison Raybern, So., Russell
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
170 pounds - No. 3 Nevaeh Graves, So., Hoisington
170 pounds - No. 5 Kinsley Atteberry, So., Larned
170 pounds - No. 6 Avery Goforth, Fr., Lyons
235 pounds - No. 1 Haylee Holinde, Sr., Hoisington
235 pounds - No. 6 Emma Hahn, Sr., Ellinwood