Panthers lose NCKL dual
CLAY CENTER — Picking up just three wins, the Concordia Panthers lost a North Central Kansas League dual 50-15 to defending Class 4A state champion Clay Center here Thursday night.
Brandon Huber, 112 pounds; Dustin Dooley, 119; and Chris Sutton-Kearn, 189 pounds, posted wins for the Panthers.
Concordia finished the regular season 17-12 overall in duals and 3-2 in the league.
“Overall, we wrestled some close matches against one of the best teams in the state. We will continue to work on improving and putting ourselves in a position to qualify as many wrestlers as possible next week at Chapman for state,” Concordia coach Kevin Brown said.
The Panthers will take part in the 4A regional tournament Feb. 18 at Chapman.
Concordia’s Jordan Tholstrup lost an 11-3 major decision to Nick McGee in the 103-pound class.
The Panthers then won the next two matches.
Huber pinned Gage Huffman in the 112-pound class.
Dooley needed just 1:27 to pin Nathan Gile.
Clay Center then reeled off eight straight wins.
Jake Hoesli, 125 pounds, lost a 10-4 decision to Chris Bowser.
Rodney Hake was pinned by Kyler Wallace in the 130-pound class.
Christian Fazel, 135, was beaten 6-1 by Blake Willman.
Levi Whitley, 140, was pined by Jordan Kolterman.
Frankie Deal dropped a 9-1 major decision to Ben Davis at 145.
Dirk Lowell, 152, was pinned by Kyle Allen.
Jeremy Thoman, 160, lost 8-3 to Brendan Lund.
Ryan Sorell dropped a narrow 4-3 decision to Nic Gunter in the 171-pound class.
Sutton-Kearn then defeated Josh Marrs 6-3 to remain unbeaten in the 189-pound class.
Concordia’s Eli McKee was pinned by Matt James in the 215-pound class.
The Panthers were open in the 275-pound class.
“This team has a lot of heart and I know they will bounce back in a positive way,” Brown said.
Concordia won three of seven junior varsity matches.
Nathan Sicard, 119 pounds, pinned Luke Young.
Brice Loeffler was pinned by Brandon Komar in the 130-pound class.
Chase Champlin, 135, was pinned by Colby Lund.
Bidal Guevara, 140, won a 17-8 major decision over Brett Hare.
Levi Kindel won a 12-2 major decision over Ryder Ward in the 152-pound class.
John Mastin, 160, lost by technical fall to Adam Reed, 17-2.
Stuart Warkentin, 160, lost an 11-2 major decision to Joel Marrs.