This tournament is just around the corner and promises to have another great collection of talent there this year. Assuming all the teams from last year attend again you could have some great matchups. I am curious what other people's thoughts are on this tournament and if anyone knows anything about the teams that might be attending and matchups to keep an eye on. 120, 126, 138 & 145 appear to be absolutely brutal.

106 - Looking forward to seeing Moody wrestle as he won the KCI tournament.

Christian Moody Collinsville
Stephen Tujague SJA
Josiah Seaton Bonner Springs
Christian Bowen GD
Matthew Schmitt Platte County

120 - I am hoping we get the chance to see the rematch (they faced off in Eudora earlier this season) between Himpel vs. Elbrader at some point. This appears from initial glance to be the most stacked bracket from top to bottom of the tournament with 126 being a close second.

Himpel Tonganoxie
Elbrader STA
Reese Coekely SJA
Kevin Perez JC
Dakota Leach GD
Tyler Mies Andale
Logan Bowen ACCHS
Jacob Sims BV
Jacob Findley Collinsville
Brad Perkins Oak Park (won the tournament last year)

126 - This is a hard one on who makes it to the finals. I predict Noah Teaney will be there as one of the participants.

Blake Stovall ON
Zak Hensley SJA
Lucas Maki AND
Tanner Madl BV
Luke Henes STA
Grant Hollinsgworth SME
Willy Dieckman ACCHS
Noah Teaney Oak Park
Ryan Heiden Collinsville

138 - I am betting Daniel Lewis gets the #1 seed based off beating Gary Wayne Harding at KCI. Therefore you'll see Shoemaker & Harding on the same side of the bracket. I like Shoemaker (since he beat Gary Wayne at this tournament last year and is wrestling really well) to advance to the finals against Lewis.

Daniel Lewis Blue Springs
Gary Wayne Harding Collinsville
Bryce Shoemaker Baldwin
Victor Hughes FS
Andrew Tujague SJA

145 - What a lineup of wrestlers. If I had to predict the finals I would say 2 of the 3 between Lambotte, Lapaglia and Dulgarian would be facing off. Regardless it will be a treat to watch, even the semis.

Tagen Lambotte ROS
Derek Lapaglia Blue Springs
Isaac Dulgarian STA
Taylor Watkins COL
Andrew Millsap JC

152 - Intriuging matchup if both Salas & Blackwell make it to the finals.

Cain Salas Blue Springs
Jonathan Blackwell Bonner Springs
Zach Hoskins STA
Matt Pratt SJA

160

Aaron Puckett Bonner Springs
Johnny Perz STA
Kyle Armstrong AND
Dakota Driskill GD
Jake Barton Collinsville

Last Year's Teams

Junction City, KS
Platte County, MO
Tonganoxie, KS
Blue Springs, MO
Glenwood, IA
Lansing, KS
Goddard, KS
Topeka Seaman, KS
Mountain Range, CO
Collinsville, OK
Baldwin, KS
Rossville, KS
Shawnee Mission East, KS
St. Thomas Aquinas, KS
ACCHS, KS
Bonner Springs, KS
Pittsburg, KS
Fort Scott, KS
Turner, KS
Clay Center, KS
Basehor-Linwood, KS
Oak Park, MO
Paola, KS
Santa Fe Trail, KS
Olathe North, KS
Blue Valley, KS
Chapman, KS
Thomas More Prep, KS
Columbus, KS
Lawrence Free State, KS
Andale, KS
Eudora, KS
St. James Academy, KS
Olathe South, KS
Piper, KS

At 145 i wouldnt count out Andrew Millsap for making the finals.

Dulgarian at145? Wasn't he at 138 earlier this year?

He was 138 at Eudora

He was 145 at the Johnson County Classic though and also Leavenworth. So he could go at either weight. Seeing that he was at 145 for 2 tournaments that is why I had him at 145 for this one.

I think the last four standing in that 138 bracket at the Bobcat will be...

Lewis
Shoemaker
Harding
Dulgarian

Watkins will be at 152, leaving Lapaglia/Lambotte/Millsap at 145.

I would't overlook the Colorado boys in any weight class

Specifically Randy Boerner from Mountain Range at 152. he beat Lambotte and Blackwell last year in that 145 bracket!

Glenwood, IA has one ranked wrestler:

126 - Sam Jameson #9

Any bids on Shoemakers chances of taking that 138 bracket?

Cant wait for the semis in that bracket! They do things their own way in the seeding hard to say how things will shake out!!


Kevin Seybold

The more I think about it I bet Dulgarian goes 138 then at this tournament. If that is the case what a matchup it would be if he and Shoemaker squared off in the finals again. Regardless the semi-finals of 138 will be a treat to watch.

The quarters in the 120 & 126 brackets onward will be entertaining too. The tournament can't get here quickly enough.

Lewis is the favorite and likely #1 seed at 138.

Also, Harding at 138, very tough. And the Colorado wrestler who was at 126 last year, placed 4th I believe, and 2nd at state.

Apodaca, he might have been a SR last yr

He graduated. I just got the new CO rankings and will post a preview soon.

Out of State Team Rankings:

Collinsville, OK - #1 Class 5A
Blue Springs, MO - #2 Class 4
Mountain Range, CO - #8 Class 5A
Platte County, MO - #10 Class 3

KS Ranked Teams:

St. James Academy - #2 Class 5A
Bonner Springs - #2 Class 4A
St. Thomas Aquinas - #3 Class 5A
Junction City - #3 Class 6A
Andale - #3 Class 4A
ACCHS - #6 Class 321A
Topeka Seaman - #8 Class 5A
Olathe North - #9 Class 6A
Tonganoxie - #10 Class 4A

Ranked within their class
106:
Christian Moody - COLL - #1
Stephen Tujague - SJA - #1
Josiah Seaton - BS - #2
Matthew Schmidt - PC - #4
Levi Kester - PIT - #5

113:
Davion Jeffries - COLL - #1
PJ Cheney - TUR - #1
Khamin Crow - SEA - #2
Jeremiah Jones - PIT - #3
Gabe Gooch - STA - #3
Ethan Karstens - PC - #4
Justus Seaton - BS - #4
Stuart Schafer - ON - #5
Tyler Hensley - SJA - #5
Timmy Romero - MR - #16

120:
Tyler Mies - AN - #1
Kevin Perez - JC - #1
Dakota Leach - GD - #2
Clayton Himpel - TG - #2
Logan Bowen - ACC - #2
Reese Cokeley - SJA - #3
Jake Elbrader - STA - #5
Jacob Findley - COLL - #6

126:
Noah Teaney - OP - #1
Ryan Heiden - COLL - #1
Blake Stovall - ON - #1
Zak Hensley - SJA - #3
Willy Dieckman - ACC - #4
Luke Henes - STA - #4
Grant Hollingsworth - SME - #4
Tanner Madl - BV - #5
Dylan Eck - AN - #5

132:
Will Steltzen - COLL - #1
Tyler Dickman - STA
Chipper Jorns - SME - #3
Nick Haug - ON - #4
Caleb Crabtree - PC - #6

138:
Daniel Lewis - BLS - #1
Bryce Shoemaker - BAL - #1
GW Harding - COLL - #1
Isaac Dulgarian - STA - #1
Victor Hughes - FS - #2
Kaleb Konitzer - PV - #3
Andrew Tujague - SJA - #5
Ezio Voeghtly - JC - #6
Collin Tolliver - PC - #9
Craig Egging - MR - #10

145:
Darick Lapaglia - BLS - #1
Tagen Lambotte - ROS - #1
Dylan Helm - COLL - #1
Andrew Millsap - JC - #1
Dominic Cervantes - OP - #3
Ben Vanlerberg - SJA - #6

152:
Randy Boerner - MR - #1
Jonathan Blackwell - BS - #1
Cain Salas - BLS - #1
Tanner Ogden - RV - #2
Jack Mitchell - SME - #2
Taylor Watkins - COL - #2
Matt Pratt - SJA - #4
Jeryl Denton - JC - #4
Zach Hoskins - STA - #5
Asher Huseman - TG - #6

160:
Aaron Puckett - BS - #1
Kyle Armstrong - AN - #2
Johnny Perz - STA - #2
Jake Barton - COLL - #3
Taylor Schuetz - ACC - #3
Patrick Romero - MR - #9

170:
Bryant Guillen - SEA - #1
Trent Salsbury - SJA - #2
Joel Geers - MR - #6
Micah Felton - JC - #6

182:
Michael Pixley - BLS - #1
Levi Eck - AN - #1
Spencer Wilson - SEA
Jake Bradley - PV - #4
Andy Muehlberger - SJA - #5
Jaeger Low - OP - #9

195:
John Metcalf - FS - #3
James Denton - JC - #4
Gavin Houser - COL - #5
Keenan Priddy - COLL - #7

220:
Ben Ewing - STA - #1
Gershom Avalos - PIT - #3
Trent Sluder - PC - #7

285:
Jorge Rodriguez - MR - #2
Dylan Hall - SEA - #2
Austin Reyes - BLS - #3
Joe Pomatto - PAO - #3
Aaron Rafalko - JC - #4
Cody Cooper - ROS - #4
Matt Kellerman - PV - #6
Jared Hoffman - ACC - #6
Dakota Cohu - ON - #6

So is Maki at Andale or Andover?


Kevin Seybold

Andover (AND)