Posted on Sun, Feb. 10, 2008
Carroll dominates CL wrestling
BY JON MCGILLIVRAY
Wichita Eagle correspondent
The most anticipated battle at Saturday's City League wrestling tournament was for second place.
Bishop Carroll dominated the tournament with eight individual champions for a seventh straight league title , while Northwest edged host Heights by seven points for second place.
Carroll erased any drama from the team standings in the first two rounds, jumping out to an early 100-point lead.
Carroll 145-pound senior Mitch Arnold, winner of a third straight league title, said things went about as expected for the Eagles.
"I think it went really well," Arnold said. "You can't really ask for anything better. We won another tournament as a team, so we're happy for that."
Northwest and Heights battled throughout the day, with the results not settled until the final two matches.
Brock Heithaus' 5-2 victory for Northwest over Carroll's Tony Marquez at 285 pounds secured second place for the Grizzlies.
While there were several expected champions crowned -- Carroll's Dylan Penka (103), Jordan Keller (119), John Keller (125), Arnold (145), Kyle Detmer (152), Tyler Rosenhammer (160) and Tim Chadd (171); Heights' Daniel Deshazer (112), Kendric Maple (130) and Chase Nelson (135); and Northwest's Trey Page (189) and Heithaus -- there were a few surprises.
East senior Tom Maley won his first league championship when he pinned D.J. Collins of South in 3:26 to win at 140 pounds, while Carroll's Jake Cole defeated Northwest's Kyle Caylor 5-3 at 215.
It's been a tough year for the Blue Aces as a team, but Maley said it's helped make him a better wrestler.
"I wouldn't be anywhere if wasn't for them. They push me in practice everyday," he said.
"Coach has taught me so much more. They've brought my game up just to a different level. I was not anywhere near the wrestler I am right now, that I was a year ago."
Cole's victory over Caylor was not so much a stunning upset, as it was a surprise.
Both are ranked at 215 pounds. Cole is second in Class 5A, while Caylor is first in 6A.
Caylor defeated Cole in last season's tournament and went on to win two national titles this summer, while being ranked in the top 10 nationally throughout this season.
"Jake and Caylor, they've wrestled several times over the past couple of years, and being from Northwest... it's a big match to start with," Carroll coach Darian Eshelman said.
"Kyle got the better of us during the dual this year and we've been waiting for Jake to really take off this year.... It's really exciting to see Jake peaking here at the right time during February this year."
Team results
1. Bishop Carroll 254.5
2. Northwest 157
3. Heights 150
4. South 103
5. Kapaun 83.5
6. East 77.5
7. Southeast 67
8. North 60
9. West 3
Individual results
103
1. Penka, BC, pinned McCullough, S, 0:53
3. Grant, NW, def. L. Davis, H, 6-4
112
1. DeShazer, H, pinned Wenzel, N, 0:50
3. Bennett, SE, def. Burrus, KMC, 9-7
119
1. Jo. Keller, BC, pinned D. Davis H, 3:25
3. D. Wilson, N, pinned Roberts, E, 3:38
125
1. John Keller, BC, pinned Ozeta, NW, 3:49
3. Armstrong, E, def. C. Wilson, N, 15-11
130
1. Maple, H, pinned Mainz, BC, 1:31
3. Sheets, KMC, pinned Atkinson, E, 3:47
135
1. Nelson, H, def. Hagan, KMC, 14-5
3. Hentzen, BC, tech fall Froome, N, 15-0
140
1. Maley, E, pinned Collins, S, 3:26
3. Svoboda, NW, def. Maier, H, 10-0
145
1. Arnold, BC, def. Gaither, NW, 18-5
3. Howell, KMC, def. Foxworthy, S, 7-3
152
1. Detmer, BC, pinned Ringgold, NW, 4:15
3. Chaparro, SE, pinned Henderson, H, 1:40
160
1. Rosenhammer, BC, def. Truman, KMC, 1-0
3. Flores, S, pinned Wilson 5:38
171
1. Chadd, BC, def. Brandon, S, 7-5
3. Terrel, NW, pinned Haskins, H, 1:57
189
1. Page, NW, def. Cody, BC, 5-2
3. Alexander, SE, pinned Smith, S, 1:19
215
1. Cole, BC, def. Caylor, NW, 5-3
3. Goens, SE, def. Neal, H, 5-4.
285
1. Heithaus, NW, def Marquez, BC, 5-2;
3. Scott, H, def Nelson, E, 4-1 OT.
