He is a senior from Liberal who won 5A State at 215 last year. 5A 215 was a very tough division last year and Joe was pretty dominant in that class. I think he was undefeated last year. I believe his dad has stated a couple of times that Joe was planning on wrestling 215 again this year. He is a very good wrestler and he will be real tough at whatever weight he ends up wrestling this year 215 or heavyweight.

I will say that if Chief is correct that Duane Zlatnick is our number three ranked heavyweight in Kansas this year, then Kansas has to be one of the best states overall in the country this year for heavyweights. Zlatnick is a two time defending State champion in 3-2-1A. I am not sure if he has even lost a match in the last two years. I just viewed this weekend the final match of the Bobcat last year and Zlatnick is very intimidating. He has great speed, power, size and wrestling skills. That should be one great match when he and Atticus Disney meet at the Topeka city tournament at the end of the year before regionals.