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We will have the tournament brackets, team scores and results posted online at: http://moodle.usd244ks.org/wrestling/

These results will be posted throughout the day on Saturday all the way through the finals!

Last year’s consolation & championship finals featured some of the best wrestlers in the state including the following 47 state-level wrestlers:

2 STATE CHAMPIONS: Brett Swoyer of Rock Creek at 135 pounds. Aaron Patton of Wellsville at 119 pounds. (This is Wellsville's first year to compete in the tournament.)

1 STATE Runner-Up: Wyatt Bechtel of Eureka at 130 pounds.

12 STATE Placers: Kane Lovvorn of Holton (103), Brandon Ray of Eureka (103), Thain Borbst of Eureka (119), Nate Watts of Bulrington (125), Brandon Hopkins of Anderson County (125), Billy Benz of Eureka (135), Nathan Sommer of Prairie View (135), CJ Randall of Prairie View (171), Matt Vander Linden (189), Josh Stillwell of Eureka (215), Kendall Fiscus of Fredonia (215) and Lucas Camac of Jayhawk Linn (215).

In addition to the 15 State Placers above. There were another 10 state qualifiers in Class 4A and another 22 state qualifiers in Class 3A from the tournament field at the 2007 Invitational.

Great job on the web site coverage! Thanks for keeping Kansas informed.

You do a great job with things Doug. It's fun to keep track this way.

Rick Cue

2008 Burlington Wrestling Invitational
Burlington High School
January 5, 2008

1 218.00 Prairie View
2 168.00 Burlington
3 135.00 Holton
4 130.00 Anderson County
5 123.00 Eureka
6 118.00 Wellsville
7 99.00 Rock Creek
8 86.00 Burlingame
9 81.00 Coffeyville
10 76.00 Fredonia
11 66.00 Cherryvale
12 57.00 Jayhawk-Linn
13 45.00 DeSoto
14 37.00 West Elk
15 28.00 Mission Valley
16 25.00 Central Heights
17 21.00 Oskaloosa
18 7.00 Erie

Outstanding Wrestler - Devin Frye of Eureka
Sportsmanship Award - Holton High School

Championship
103 Bo Newport, Prairie View Fall Jeremiah Breen, Wellsville, 5:40
112 Zach Hoehn, Wellsville M-Dec Colton Kral, Prairie View, 12-1
119 Devin Frye, Eureka Dec Aaron Patton, Wellsville, 5-3
125 Devin Bingham, Burlingame Fall Tanner Weber, West Elk, 5:11
130 Thain Brobst, Eureka Dec Quinton Ford, Prairie View, 6-3
135 Nick Hockett, Cherryvale Dec Izaak Winter, Anderson County, 10-6
140 Brandon Hopkins, Anderson County Fall Micah Harman, Holton, 3:32
145 Nathan Sommer, Prairie View Fall Dan Myers, Burlington, 1:22
152 Jaime Thayer, Fredonia Dec Levi Gochenour, Prairie View, 4-7
160 Clint Holland, Prairie View Fall Doc Treadwell, Rock Creek, 3:57
171 C.J. Randall, Prairie View Fall Cole Geison, Holton, 3:02
189 Josh Stillwel, Eureka Dec Andrew Wahlmeier, Rock Creek, 12-11
215 Kendall Fiscus, Fredonia Fall Allen Johnson, Jayhawk-Linn, 3:58
285 Dennis Devadder, Holton Dflt Caleb Jackson, Jayhawk-Linn

Consolation Finals
103 Michael Vander Linden, Burlington Fall Cody Hurlbutt, Coffeyville, 0:26
112 Nick Moore, Coffeyville Fall Ben Roberts, Burlingame, 4:45
119 Kane Lovvorn, Holton Dflt Alfred Lickteig, Central Heights (5-match limit)
125 Jake Hayden, Coffeyville Dec Adam Engelken, Oskaloosa, 7-2
130 Cody Gray, Wellsville M-Dec Mike Bolinger, Cherryvale, 11-2
135 Ethan McCoy, Eureka M-Dec Ethan Jones, Burlington, 10-2
140 Logan Mosier (UNA), Holton Dec Jacob Kopfman, Burlington, 4-3
145 Max Hopkins, Anderson County M-Dec Cameron Magdaleno, DeSoto, 16-7
152 Jordan Kopfman, Burlington Fall Joseph Wittman, Anderson County, 3:37
160 James Iseman, Burlington Dflt Nicholas Hawkins (UNA), Burlington (5-match limit)
171 Danny Harris, Burlingame Fall Caleb Foltz, Anderson County, 0:28
189 Andy Stanton, Prairie View Dec Lonnie Morris, Mission Valley, 9-7
215 Colin Duncan, Rock Creek Dflt Josh Withers, Burlington (5-match limit)
285 Greg York, Coffeyville Dflt Jacob Wolken, Anderson County (5-match limit)

5th Place Matches
103 Tyler Brown (UNA), Prairie View Fall Dakota Handley (UNA), Burlington, 2:23
112 Caleb Skinner, Anderson County Dflt Matt Unruh, Rock Creek (5-match limit)
119 Evan Hensley, Coffeyville Dflt Gabe Gomez, Rock Creek (5-match limit)
125 Sammy Siebolt, DeSoto Dec Bronson Moylan, Prairie View, 6-5
130 Drake Lovvorn, Holton Injury Dflt Austin Birk, Burlington
135 Brett Diediker, Prairie View Dflt Gary Dickinson (UNA), Burlington (5-match limit)
140 Brandon Vukas, DeSoto Fall Michael Lawrence, Eureka, 2:27
145 Wyatt JuAire, Fredonia Dflt Richard Iverson, Holton (5-match limit)
152 Reed Williams, West Elk Dec Tyler Sutton, Rock Creek, 1-0 (5-match limit both wrestlers)
160 Cody Chambers, Anderson County Dflt Justin Brinner, Holton (5-match limit)
171 Brandon Hester, Cherryvale Dflt Brock Ditto, Burlington (5-match limit)
189 John Hatfield (UNA), Prairie View Dflt Jay Obrien, Cherryvale (5-match limit)
215 Thomas Lowe, Eureka Dflt Wyatt Jones, Burlingame (5-match limit)
285 Johnathan Jerred, Wellsville Fall Logan Hughes, Central Heights, 2:30

Another great tournament by the Burlington staff and especially Coach VanderLinden.

On a side note, Matt VanderLinden, a freshman at Baker University, was recognized as a being a recipient of the NWCA's Academic All-American!!