3rd Annual B.I.T. in Baldwin on Jan. 31.
Ranked Teams:
Abilene (ranked 1st in 4A, defending BIT champ)
Santa Fe Trail (ranked 7th in 4A)
Other Teams:
Baldwin (3rd in last year's BIT)
Council Grove
DeSoto
Lansing (defending BIT runner-up)
Marysville
Mill Valley
Royal Valley
Tonganoxie
*Holton (will bring 1-2 wrestlers to fill brackets as needed)
Ranked Wrestlers:
103 lbs:
6th in 5A-Justin Broadbent (Mill Valley)
Matt Rein (Abilene), 13-5
Tyler Cordts (SFT), 15-6
Jonathan Stremmel (Royal Valley),, 8-5
112 lbs:
3rd in 4A-Kyle Buehler (Lansing)
6th in 5A-Aaron Gladfelder (Mill Valley)
Lorenzo Mundy (SFT), SQ
Michael Stremmel (Royal Valley), SQ
119 lbs:
2nd in 4A-Tanner Dawson (Abilene)
6th in 5A-Bret Yates (Mill Valley)
Sean Flynn (Lansing), SQ
Joe Bonner (Baldwin), SQ
Trevor Leahy (DeSoto), 17-6
Josh Cauthon (SFT), 16-9
Hunter Samuels (Tonganoxie), 17-8
125 lbs:
1st in 4A-Luke Geske (Abilene), State runner-up
6th in 5A-Matt Turner (Mill Valley)
Stewart Jones (Lansing), 14-5
Willy Lucero (Royal Valley), 13-6
Jesse Stephenson (Council Grove), 13-7
130 lbs:
1st in 4A-Jake Kreigbaum (Abilene) 3x State champion, All-American
2nd in 4A-Kyle Grape (Lansing)
3rd in 4A-Dustin Crotinger (SFT)
4th in 4A-Michael Tollefson (Royal Valley), State placer
Josh Kohn (Baldwin), SQ
Jared Pannel (Mill Valley), 5-0
Adam Faircloth (DeSoto), SQ
Brad Nickel (Tonganoxie), 16-8
135 lbs:
4th in 4A-Josh Peterson (Abilene), State placer
Max Connelly (Santa Fe Trail), SQ
Adam Faircloth (DeSoto), SQ
Garrett Palmer (Tonganoxie), SQ
Bud Terry (Royal Valley), SQ
140 lbs:
Ross Starcher (Tonganoxie), SQ
Dennis Kessler (Lansing), SQ
Steve Goodman (Royal Valley), SQ
Cory Ufford (SFT), 12-6
Brice Dawson (Abilene), SQ
145 lbs:
2nd in 4A-Travis Eden (Santa Fe Trail), State placer
Keenan Cole (Abilene), 13-5
Dutin Carson (Council Grove), 5-3
Ross Starcher (Tonganoxie), SQ
152 lbs:
1st in 4A-Neil Erisman (DeSoto), State runner-up, Freestyle National Champion
2nd in 4A-Justin Wiscombe (Santa Fe Trail), State placer
E.J. Johanson (Mill Valley), SQ
160 lbs:
1st in 4A-Ross Taplin (Abilene), State champion, FS/GR All-American
3rd in 4A-Jesse Strawn (Holton), State runner-up
4th in 4A-Derek Lang (Baldwin), State placer
Michael Brakenhoff (Council Grove), 12-4
Mark Hartsook (Marysville), SQ
Jerry Hartshorn (Tonganoxie), 17-11
171 lbs:
1st in 4A-Kyle Flory (Baldwin), State champion, State runner-up
4th in 4A-Russ Fitzgerald (Marysville)
6th in 4A-Leif Goleman (DeSoto)
Chris O'Toole (Royal Valley), SQ
Mitch Ward (SFT), 11-6
Matt Weyer (Tonganoxie), 11-3
189 lbs:
Alex Saunders (Mill Valley), 22-2
Ryan Civils (Lansing), 16-3
Luke Halford (Baldwin), 15-6
Ben Gurtler (Marysville), SQ
Michael Campbell (Royal Valley), 13-7
Josh Maxon (Tonganoxie), 16-10
215 lbs:
David Roper (Lansing), 16-4
Tyler Thoreson (Marysville), 12-4
275 lbs:
William Del Toro (Royal Valley), State placer
Daniel Shively (SFT), 18-4
Adam Canterbury (Baldwin), 19-8
Alan Bauerly (Tonganoxie), 14-8
Wrestling starts at 9 a.m., finals begin about 4 p.m. Tournament site is Baldwin Junior HS gymnasium.
Each bracket will have two pools of five, giving every wrestler four matches, then a fifth match for placing 1st through 10th.
Special Awards Given:
Oustanding Wrestler, voted by coaches
Gorrarian Award, most falls/least time
Team Sportsmanship Award, voted by officials
2002 Winners:
OW-Josh Carroll, Olathe North
GOR-Joe Bonner, Baldwin
SPORT-Baldwin
2003 Winners:
OW-Jake Kreigbaum, Abilene
GOR-Brian Zey, Abilene
SPORT-Marysville