We have the teams picked and are waiting for a confirmation. The teams will be announced later today. We will do it here and on facebook and through the Missouri site as well. Hopefully by 3:00 p.m. today.

Ooops, 3:00 came early.

These are the wrestlers that have been confirmed and are on the team. We are awaiting word on a 113lber right now and should have word on that soon, same with Missouri.

113 - Taylor Smith - Spring Hill
120 - Austin Hood – Louisburg
126 - Andrew Morgan – Baldwin
132 - Bo Pursell – Lansing
138 - Tommy Williams – St. Thomas Aquinas
145 - Rory Haug – Olathe North
152 - Trevor Hendrickson – Blue Valley
152 - Connor Middleton – Olathe Northwest
160 - Jesse LeMay – Wellsville
170 - Blaine Hill – Shawnee Mission East
182 - Reece Wright-Conklin – Lawrence
195 - Alex Stockton – Gardner
220 - Colton Bonner – Baldwin
285 - Eric Mason – St. Thomas Aquinas

Missouri team just announced:

113 Still confirming
120 Jermey Krout - Winnetonka
126 Will Thomas - Lee's Summit North
132 Chad Homan - Lee's Summit North
138 Tanner Minder - Kearney
145 Greg Hegarty - Blue Springs
152 Matt Lemanowciz - Lee's Summit West
152 Josh Thomson - Odessa
160 Morgan Fitzgerald - Kearney
170 Chase Wrisinger - Oak Grove
182 Nick Gillespie - Park Hill South
195 Hashem Omari - Oak Park
220 Danny Klick - William Chrisman
285 Evan Boehm - Lee's Summit W

Trevor Hendrickson over Mark Hobson? Really?

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120 - Stokes
126 - Hood

I am with Chief on this one. Morgan got 5th last year at state and won it this year. Stokes was 1st last year and 2nd this year. Hood is a lock but would be interesting to hear the reasoning behind not having stokes in the lineup. Also, Hobson is one tough kid, suprised he is not in the mix.

113lbs= Still confirming? Does that mean both teams are having trouble finding a 113lb wrestlers?
Drop 113 and add another 120
Then Chief could be happy.

Ted Huck

I would have to agree on the Stokes vs Morgan. 2x finalist and state champ vs. a 5th and state champ. Plus Stokes was at 126 this year.

If theyre only taking one guy per weight why do they have Middleton/Hendrickson @ 152?


Kevin Seybold

They double at a weight to have 15 matches.

Thanks Chief!



Kevin Seybold

Some good matches: My pedictions:

195: Omari Oak Park over Stockton Gardner. Omari one tough dude!!
145: Hegarty Blue Springs over Haug Olathe North
285: Bohem Lees Summit West over Mason STA. Boehm too big, too fast, to agressive.

Agree with ATH618--quit looking for a senior 113---add another 120--get Stokes in the lineup.

Perhaps TJ Stokes just said "no,not interested".

That is the only reason I could see in him not being in the line up.

Is the goal for Team Kansas to win or just to showcase seniors?

Agreed! Mark is the better pick out of these two for sure.

I also think that Morgan is a perfect pick for 126.

I would hope the goal is to do both with the emphasis on showcasing seniors first then winning second.

I think the original intent was to showcase SR's. The goal now has at least some heavy portion to winning. It's for bragging rights, etc. I think that at it's core is good. It promotes wrestling. Look at the attendance and popularity of this event. It's awesome.

My only change would be to not allow kids to drop a weight. Kids should have to wrestle whatever weight they wrestled during the year. The extra 5 pounds (7 pounds total) was supposed to be so kids could enjoy the meet, not have to worry about weight and just have fun.

JMO, again awesome event.

Taylor Smith from Spring Hill will be the 113 pounder for Kansas in the Metro Classic. Congratulations Taylor.

How can Mark Hobson be overlooked he was a state runner up this year. Is there a bias against Bonner Springs? Their heavyweight was also overlooked a couple of years ago even though he was probably the best choice.

Hobson is a great kid, but I think Trever Hendrickson over Hobson for sure. Hendrickson beat the kid twice that Hobson lost to in the finals. Great choice.