Kansas Wrestling Forums General Discussion High School Toughest Regional in 5A

Who has the toughest Regional in 5A? What do you think the toughest weght class at that regional will be?

valley center regional will be pretty stacked ark city bishop carrol goddard i think valley center and not sure who else

Posted this earlier.

5A Regionals Currently there are
20 ranked wrestlers in the Hays Regional.
29 ranked wrestlers at Valley Center.
15 ranked wrestlers at Bishop Miege
19 ranked wrestlers at Gardner Edgerton.

Here are the top 6 as it now stands at each regional. They are organized by regional BM = Shawnee Mission Bishop Miege, GE = Gardner-Edgerton, HY = Hays, and VC=Valley Center. There are of course several kids that are not in the top six that will impact some of these weights.

103
BM 3 Aaron Bird, fr. KC Turner
GE 5 Cody Wasson, so. Seaman
HY 6 Mark Shulz, sr. McPherson
VC 1 Conner Crumbliss, so. Ark City
VC 2 Tristan Deshazer, fr. Wichita West
VC 4 Seth Metzler, so. Newton

112
BM and GE---no ranked wrestlers
HY 3 Tommy Edgeman, so. Goddard
HY 4 Nick Nothern, fr. Salina South
VC 1 Garret Harding, jr. Winfield
VC 2 Tim Elliot, so. Campus
VC 5 Shane Manis, fr. Valley Center
VC 6 Gabe Metzler, jr. Newton

119
BM no ranked wrestlers
GE 1 Tanner Gardner, sr. Shawnee Heights
GE 7 Luke McKee, so. Seaman
HY 4 Ryan Madden, jr. Liberal
HY 5 Paul Ferrell, sr. McPherson
HY 6 Russell Freeman, Goddard
VC 2 Karl Brown, jr. Bishop Carroll
VC 3 Charles Knox, jr. Wichita West

125
BM 5 Billy Jones, sr. KC Turner
GE no ranked wrestlers
HY 4 Chris Curl, sr. McPherson
VC 1 Josh Baldridge, so. Haysville-Campus
VC 2 Joseph Cornejo, so. Wichita West
VC 3 Levi Anstine, so. Ark City
VC 6 Josh Burgess, sr. Winfield

130
BM 5 Matt Middleton, jr. Bonner Springs
GE No ranked Wrestlers
HY 3 Erik Rogers, sr. Salina South
HY 6 Kyle Michelstetter, jr. Buhler
VC 1 Jake Ashpole, jr. Valley Center
VC 2 Kyle Lewis, sr. Ark City
VC 4 Derrick McCreary, sr. Winfield

135
BM 3 Josh Flamez, sr. KC Turner
BM 6 Chad Vandenberg, sr. Bonner Springs
GE no ranked wrestlers
HY 1 Lukas Zouzas, jr. Salina South
HY 2 Josh Pfannenstiel, jr. Hays
VC 4 Casey Bruce, Ark City

140
BM 3 Spencer Buck, sr. Bonner Springs
BM 6 Matt Bailes, KC Turner
GE 4 Paul Oliphant, sr. Paola
HY 1 Trent Swanson, jr. McPherson
HY 2 Darcy Riley, jr. Salina South
VC 5 Jake Johnston, jr. Bishop Carroll

145
BM 5 Justin Beatty, sr. KC Washington
GE 1 Josh Miller, sr. Seaman
GE 2 Eric Harris, sr. Paola
GE 3 Nick Spaht, Augusta
HY no ranked wrestlers
VC 4 Andy Loos, sr. Bishop Carroll
VC 6 Frank Jonas, fr. Kapaun Mt. Carmel

152
BM 1 Dane Hammett, jr. Blue Valley
GE 2 Shane Reedy, jr. Shawnee Heights
GE 5 David Mullins, sr. Gardner Edgerton
GE 6 Jesse Smith, sr. Augusta
HY 3 Sean Pietrzyk, so. Salina South
VC 4 Gavin Jonas, jr. Kapuan Mt. Carmel

160
GE 1 Phillip Hart, sr. Shawnee Heights
BM 3 Nick Figge, jr. KC Turner
BM 5 Patrick Jackson, jr. KC Washington
GE 2 Jimmy Stewart, jr. Paola
GE 4 Josh Krahn, so. Seaman
HY 6 Kyle McConnell, sr. McPherson
VC no ranked wrestlers

171
BM 4 Mike Steinmetz, jr. KC Turner
GE 1 Nathan Payne, jr. Paola
GE 3 Blake Malloy, so. Shawnee Heights
HY 5 Brandon Hancock, jr. Goddard
HY 6 Joe Zackary, sr. Salina South
VC 2 John Sponsel, sr. Bishop Carroll

189
BM 3 Adam Monks, jr. Blue Valley
BM 6 Jeff Burns, sr. Bonner Springs
GE no ranked wrestlers
HY 4 Russell Porter, sr. Salina Central
HY 5 Blake Wasinger, sr. Hays
VC 1 Ty Richardson, sr. Ark City
VC 2 Keith Sponsel, sr. Bishop Carroll

215
BM 5 David Bass, sr. Bonner Springs
GE 1 Matt Crosson, sr. Shawnee Heights
GE 2 Steve Cullor, sr. Paola
GE 6 David Henning, sr. Augusta
HY no ranked wrestlers
VC 3 Mitch Bruce, sr. Ark City
VC 4 Tony Hernandez, sr. Kapaun

275
BM no ranked wrestlers
GE 2 Caleb Payne, fr. Paola
GE 3 Sean Hoffman, so. Shawnee Heights
HY 5 Jason Duffy, sr. Salina Central
VC 1 Jacob Voegeli, sr. Kapaun Mt. Carmel
VC 4 Jesse Gray, Bishop Carroll
VC 6 Russell Cole, jr. Ark City

at 103 vc regionals is going to be tuff because you have 3 ranked guys

It will be intresting to see how the seeding go for the 130lbs. bracket!

in my opinion, and im sure in mny others, the classifications need to be chaned around there are half as many schools in 5a as 4a. It seems in many weights 5a State is too easy

the 125 VC regional looks interesting along with the 112. Especially after anstine beat baldridge this week? how did that happen btw? any comments on the match?

Is there a such thing as a hard 5a Regional?

Ha. I like your style, hips. I like your style.

(And no, by the way.)

Oh just shut it would you. Prant, you are just jealous because you have one of the toughest regionals in 6A.

Go ahead, make yourselves feel better by putting down others. Sticks and Stones, Sticks and Stones.

Sticks and Stones Lane? If it is just that then why do you feel you need to tell Prant to shut up? Even if they are in a tought 6A regional, I think the 4A Goodland regional takes the cake of all classes.

Sticks and stones may break your bones, but words will never hurt you. (Unless, of course, those words come with poison barbs and fists of fury, like E. Honda on Street Fighter II.)


And yes, Goodland takes the cake. Manly men will emerge from that one.

The distribution of ranked wrestlers this year in 5A is much more equitable than in the past. It just happened that way. I know that you are not implying that you would rather be in 5A than where you are right now. Just because it may seem easier to qualify for state doesn't meant it is or that 5A state is any weaker than any other class. I am not about to defend the system by any means. It is what it is and we have to live with it. Just last year the 5A regional in Bishop Carroll was one that was stacked. Some very good wrestlers were left at home. This year the regional at Valley Center seems to be a little tougher than the other 3. Yes, 5A may have some qualifiers with losing records sneak in. I know I have some good wrestlers on my team with losing records that are good wrestlers. We see some of the toughest competition in the state every week. You are going to pile up some losses. If a kid wrestles well enough to qualify for the state tournament you should congratulate them for their accomplishment rather than testify to the weakness of 5A and the system. That is what high school athletics is about. Good luck in your regionals.

When hasn't the regional closest to Wichita not been the toughest?

Wow Sportsfan02, you totally missed the point.

My question wasn't based on this years assignments. I can't remember a year that the closest 5A regional to Wichita wasn't the toughest. There may be an exception I just don't remember it.