2008 Senior Classic Matches
3:00 pm March 16 at Salina South High School
Please note these matches are subject to change.

112 Taylor Dwyer Labette County vs. Stephen Santiago Kaupan
119 Colin Hase Silver Lake vs. Jordan Keller Bishop Carroll
119 Nick Rockhold Baldwin vs. Jesse Barber Dodge City
125 Gage Huffman Clay Center vs. Nathan McCormick Blue Valley North
125 Brad Augustine Beloit vs. John Keller Bishop Carroll
130 Kevin Callahan Baldwin vs. Jamie Quintanar Garden City
135 Nick Peterson Abilene vs. Joe Hagan Kaupan
140 Brandon Hopkins Garnett Anderson Co. vs. Aldon Isenberg Gardner-Edgerton
145 Aaron Arb Labette County vs. Mitch Arnold Bishop Carroll
145 Darrell Melcher Herington vs. Steve Miller Manhattan
152 Adam Lackey Smoky Valley vs. Brent Fisher Goddard
152 Blake Mayes Beloit vs. Justin Ringgold Wichita NW
160 Sam Thoman Andale vs. Coty Reinhart Derby
171 Blake Willman Clay Center vs. William Bowles JC Harmon
171 Ryan Swatzell Phillipsburg vs. Tyler Koehn Pittsburg
189 Hal Rivard Wamego vs. Blake Long Derby
189 Grady Godsey Smith Center vs. Romero Cotton Hutchinson
215 Kirk Palmer Smith Center vs. Tyler Downs Derby
285 Alex Hackathorn Perry Lecompton vs. Josh Rodriguez Emporia
285 Duane Zlatnik Rossvile vs. Atticus Disney Shawnee Heights

Looks great ... going to be a long but entertaining dual!!

Nice job to those who organized this great event! Looks like the 2 year streak from the small schools will be put to the test.

This looks like a fairly lop-sided battle this year ...

any predictions??

upsets?

Would somebody please post some of the accomplishments of these young men? Ala like was/is done for the Metro. Makes for much more excitement regarding match-ups. Thank you.

14-6 Large Class.

Will these be taped and put online like the Metro Classic??

SMALL CLASS:

112- Dwyer
2008 - 26-11 - 4th @ State
2007 - 31-15 - SQ - Lost to Alan Callahan 7-6.
2006 - 33-9 - 4th @ State

119 - Hase
2008 - 39-3 - State Champion
2007 - 37-2 - 3rd @ State
2006 - 41-1 - State Champion
2005 - 36-7 - 2nd @ State

119 - Rockhold
2008 - 31-11 - 6th @ State
2007 - 33-13 - 2nd @ State
2006 - 16-9 - SQ
2005 - 23-16 - SQ

125 - Huffman
2008 - 32-11 - 4th @ State
2007 - 23-15 - SQ

125 - Augustine
2008 - 33-8 - 2nd @ State
2007 - 33-4 - 3rd @ State
2005 - 21-16 - SQ

130 - Callahan - All-Time Wins record in KS
2008 - 38-6 - State Champion
2007 - 44-4 - 2nd @ State
2006 - 44-6 - 2nd @ State
2005 - 45-6 - 4th @ State

135 - Peterson
2008 - 23-3 - 2md @ State

140 - Hopkins
2008 - 40-8 - 5th @ State
2007 - 23-9 - 6th @ State
2006 - 29-9 - 6th @ State
2005 - 25-9 - SQ

145 - Arb
2008 - 34-7 - State Champion
2007 - 33-19 - 4th @ State

hope the small schools prove me wrong but i have 59-25 big guys. just too much talent top to bottom for the bigs. some good matchups but i agree with chase "lopsided".

Thanks Chief! As an added bonus, if someone can idicate matches were state champs (past or current) are going HEAD to HEAD - that would make for greater interest.

I believe the match-ups of past or present State Champions are:

119 - Hase/Keller
145 - Arb/Arnold
171 - Swatzell/Koehn
285 - Zlatnik/Disney

Cool! Thanks Chief!

any predictions on who might win at each weight?

In the State Champion match-ups:

Keller
Arnold
Koehn
Disney

A large class sweep.

Results?

Dwyer (small) W 6-2 over Santiago (big)
Keller (big) W 7-5 over Hase (small)
Barber (big) W 3-2 over Rockhold (small)
McCormick (big) WBF over Huffman (small)
Keller (big) WTF 16-1 over Augustine (small)
Callahan (small) W 12-2 over Quintanar (big)
Hagan (big) W 4-3 over Peterson (small)
Isenberg (big) WBF over Hopkins (small)
Arnold (big) W 9-3 over Arb (small)
Miller (big) W 8-7 over Melcher (small)
Lackey (small) W 13-8 over Fisher (big)
Mayes (small) W 6-2 over Ringgold (big)
Thoman (small) W 12-4 over Reinhart (big)
Willman (small) W 3-2 over Bowles (big)
Koehn (big) W 10-2 over Swatzell (small)
Long (big) WBF Rivard (small)
Cotton (big) WBF over Godsey (small) (after winning 6-3 in the Dapper Dan Classic and catching a flight back to KS)
Downs (big) W 4-2 over Palmer (small)
Rodriquez (big) W 6-5 over Hackathorn (small)
Disney (big) W 7-1 over Zlatnik (small)

I didn't catch the team scores (or I should say I didn't want to look). But there were some great wrestlers there. There were 5 kids wrestling today who have signed to wrestle with D1 programs next year.

Did I call a 14-6 Big Class win? Hmmm.

Wrestler selection surely played a role this year. The best 321A senior (has not given up a takedown in 2 yrs) didn't even wrestle in it and is not wrestling in senior nationals either. Probably like a lot of 321A wrestlers, he is a key multi-sport athlete to his school and has moved on to another sport. Or, he may just be wanting to protect the college football scholarship that he has. Or, others probably just have to get back into carrying their load in the family business.

Bonus points for the big schools and 7 matches that were decided by 2 points or less. I did not go to the match but if those 7 matches swing to the small schools the team score changes dramatically.

Where was Patterson? I would have like to of seen the Patterson/Cotton match, even though i doubt the outcome would have changed, it would have been a better match