Kansas Wrestling Forums General Discussion Kids Folkstyle Middle School Nationals Update

Morning Results! Three duals still in progress...

Kansas Gold - 20
Montana A - 15

Schumacher was ahead 7-1 and got called for 4 stalling points with a tight waist and deep chicken wing. The match ended up in OT and he lost. Medina just got pinned to make it 20-15. Tough dual.

Kansas Blue - 24
Nebraska White - 7

Kansas Red - 24
North Dakota B - 3

Still in progress...

Kansas Gold - 35
Montana A - 27

Kansas Blue - 36
Nebraska White - 17

Kansas Red - 44
North Dakota B - 12

Two finals and one almost done.

Kansas Gold - 55
Montana A - 33

Kansas Red - 47
North Dakota B - 30

Kansas Blue - 50
Nebraska White - 19 (on the HWT match)

Kansas Gold is now in the Semi-finals!! They wrestle Illinois Elite.

Up next......

Kansas Blue vs. Minnesota

Kansas Red vs. Tennessee


Next update a little after NOON.

Go Kansas!

Way to Go! Good luck this round.
GO KANSAS!

Tell everyone to stay tough for me.

Coach Craig
Carroll Jr. Wrestling

Man was that a tough round.

Each of our KS teams are in a different medal round. The Gold team made the Gold bracket, The Blue team made the Silver bracket and the Red team made the Bronze bracket. There is also a Copper bracket, all had 7 teams in them (28 total).

All 3 of our KS teams are now wrestling for 3rd/4th in each of the top three brackets!!!!

This last round was the semis for each team.

Kansas Gold - 27
Illinois Elite - 62

I believe that Taylor Moeder and Ryne Cokeley are the two KS kids that are still undefeated. Cokeley had to fight off his back to win 7-6.

Kansas Blue - 43
Minnesota - 54

This was a heartbreaker. The Blues were leading in 5 matches and got pinned. One of those, Jake Gentzler gave up a defensive pin!

Kansas Red - 19
Tennessee - 78

Here are the Consolation Finals match-ups:

Kansas Gold vs. Iowa Black (#1 through #7 bracket)

Kansas Blue vs. Iowa Gold (#8 through #14 bracket)

Kansas Red vs. Montana B (#15 through #21 bracket)


This is a FANTASTIC showing by our Middle Schoolers! To place top 4 in each bracket is huge.

The matches just started. Update shortly....

In progress....

Kansas Gold - 0
Iowa Black - 9

Hunter Haralson, who has had a great tournament, was tied 0-0 with 10 seconds left and gave up a Peterson to lose 4-0. The Iowa Black team took 3rd last year and are loaded. This will be Moeder and Cokeley's toughest match.

Kansas Blue vs. Iowa Gold just started.

Kansas Red - 21
Montana B - 9

It looks like our Reds have the best chance to win out of these three.

All wrestlers are awarded individual awards by their records.

Undefeated = Gold
1 loss = Silver
2 losses = Bronze
3 losses = Copper

Last year Kansas took two extremely tough teams and finished #8 and #10 out of 31. We should sure be proud of these Kansas kids!

Almost over...

Kansas Gold - 3
Iowa Black - 50 (still in progress)

Congratulations to Taylor Moeder for being the only undefeated wrestler from Kansas! Ryne Cokeley lost 0-4.

Kansas Blue - 9
Iowa Gold - 42 (still in progress)

Kansas Red - 49
Montana B - 27 (still in progress)

Out of 28 teams......

Kansas Gold - #4
Kansas Blue - #11
Kansas Red - #17

Thanks to the coaches, Baughman, Moeder, Williams, Kriss, Vander Linden and Collins!!!

As always, Will Cokeley put major work into this trip. Mark your calendars for next year. If we keep showing up with the best Kansas has to offer, the rewards for our kids will be something they will never forget!

I will try and post totals for individuals.

Again, WAY TO GO KANSAS MIDDLE SCHOOLER'S!

Way to compete!!! Thanks for all of you who helped out. Have a safe trip home.

Coach Craig
Carroll Jr. Wrestling

Thank you so much for keeping all of us back home updated!!
And a BIG THANK YOU!! for all you do for our boys!!
Great Job Boys!!!

Great showing ... have a safe trip back home!

KS Gold - 4th in Gold bracket
KS Blue - 4th in Silver bracket
KS Red - 3rd in Bronze bracket

I just returned home from a long weekend of the best wrestling I have ever witnessed by Middle Schoolers. All the Kansas Teams were filled with great wrestlers and great kids. Competition was extreme and I cannot be more proud to be a Kansas Middle School wrestlers parent. I worked the Kansas Team Gold scorers table all weekend and it the best time I have ever had at a wrestling tournament. Thanks to Will Cokeley and all the Kansas coaches-made some great friends this weekend and I wish there could be more opportunities for this kind of comraderie for our kids. You had to be there to see these 60 kids [some who have never met] become good friends and work so great together. A weekend I will never forget.AAAAAAHHHHHHHH Kansas!!!!!!![that was our team cheer]

Danny Scanlon

I want to thank all of the parents who supported their kids by sending them to Middle School National Duals this past weekend. Many of the parents helped coach, keep score, run the time clocks, and drove the vans. A special thanks to Bob and Patty Beck. This was their first wrestling road trip and they volunteered their time running a clock and keeping score for Kansas Blue. They were real troopers! Tom Baughman, Dal Eck, and Tim Moeder coached the gold team, Tom Williams and Kevin Kriss coached the Blue Team, Matt Collins and Doug Vanderlinden were at the helm for the red. Phil McComb, Donny Habluetzel, Danny Scanlon and John Leupold drove vans and helped with scoring and time keeping. Brian Schumacher, Butch Dreily, Tim Moeder, Freddy Medina, and Bob Roman pitched in to help transport kids from all over state. Kids wrestling would not be possible without dedicated parents like these.

All of the kids had a great time. For many of them it was their first experience wrestling outside of Kansas or Missouri. They got to see one of the best Middle School Wrestling teams in the country, some them up close and personal, Team Jordan from Ohio. It was both rewarding and humbling for all them.

I made all of the kids who are not going to be moving up to high school promise to join us again next year and I really hope we have enough interest to have four teams from the Sunflower state next year!!

Thanks again to all of the parents and kids!!

... and thank you Will!

Thank you for one of the best wrestling experiences I have ever been a part of. It was great watching these kids become friends and cheer each other on! They will remember this trip for a lifetime. Thanks again Will, all of the kids, coaches, and parents that made this possible!
Todd Durham
Fredonia Wrestling Club

Does anyone have the overall individual records?

I want to thank Will and all the other coaches for all the work that they put in this weekend and the weeks before. This was an expereince that ever wrestler should have the opportunity to have. My son made so many new friends and spoke so highly of the coaching staff how everyone was treated with so much respect, it didn't matter if you were a State Champ or not.

As a parent it was wonderful seeing him hanging out with his team mates and talking about things he did with guys he competed agains in Kids Club. Since he wrestled for Red team and watched how that team just bonded like they had been together for years. This says alot for their parents that they have such fine young men.

I enjoyed watching the Duals.

Thanks again for all the hard work by all to make this happen for these boys.

J.D. McKnight's mom

I want to thank all of the Kansas Blue Team for their efforts this weekend. The boys wrestled with heart and pride and more than carried their weight. I wish I could mention each one but they all made me proud against fierce competition. I especially want to thank Kevin Kriss for hours of coaching effort and the Becks for hours of volunteering/working after paying to get in the event. Will Cokeley, Eric Johnson, Doug Vanderlinden and all the organizers put in countless hours to pull this off and we all take these guys for granted. The boys were great, caused no problems and I'm sure all made many friends and will have memories for a lifetime. With Kansas Gold finishing 4th overall, Kansas Blue 4th in Silver, and Kansas Red 3rd in Bronze pool, we showed we go at it with anybody. What a great way to end the folkstyle season.

Tom Williams