For those interested parties here are the seeds for the Newton tournament. I was not even there so don't complain about the unfairness of the seeds or how the coaches reached the decisions that they did. At some weights they seeded to 8 some to 6. I am giving the top 8 people so it is possible that someone I list as number 8 seed was really a draw in so bear with me. Remember don't shoot the messenger - but here is the message.

103 -
Blake Fisher (andale)
Seth Metzler (newton)
Mike Creekmore (Wichita South)
Liam Kastor (Bishop Carroll)
Patrick Whissenand (Dodge City)
Aaron Ely (Levenworth)
Micah Ankenman (hutch)
Joey Stephens (Derby)

112-
Kelly Heincker (Derby)
Jeb Woodford (Manhatten)
Brady Huck (Dodge City)
Isaac Wall (Andover)
Dan Munoz (Wichita South)
Dalton Cladwell (clay Center)
Jonathon Baumfalk (Salina South)
Ryne Davsison (mcPerhson)

119-
Karl Brown (Bishop Carroll)
Garrett harding (winfield)
Nick Nothern (Salina South)
Aaron Birgham (Manhatten)
John Ludlow (wichita south)
Conner Crumblis (Ark City)
John Lucynski (Leavenworth)
Dough Stroot (Andale)


125-
Cody Garcia (Hutch)
Tom McDonald (Bishop Carroll)
Nathan Delforge (Valley Center)
Kyle Potter (Manhatten)
Levi Sides (McPherson)
Brain Ast (Emporia)
Bishop Price (Wichita South)
Dakota Tennent(Ark City)


130 -
James Annon (Norton)
Marcus Herrera (emproia)
Kyle Oyler (Hutch)
Kyle Heincker (Derby)
Trent Swanson (McPHerson)
Jon Robinson (Valley Center)
Nathan Retta (Manhatten)
Nathan Thibault (Maize)

135-
Jake Ashpole (Valley Center)
Levi Anstine (ARk City)
Phil Craig (Hutch)
Andy Brand (andale)
Lance Roe (Norton)
Jared Patterson (Maize)
Thomas pipes (Winfield)
Kyle Moravac (wichita Heights)

140-
Lukas Zouzas (Salina SOuth)
Matt Gilbert (Clay Center)
Tyler Nelson (Emporia)
Seth Farley (Hutch)
Michael Miller (Manhatten)
David Loos (Bishop Carroll)
Zach Hentzen (Maize)
Scott Schultz (Leavenworth)

145 -
Danny Grater (Clay Center)
Sequoya Hill (Wichita Heights)
Darcy Riley (Salina South)
Casey Lee (Winfield)
Daniel Smith (Derby)
Brett Fiene (Valley Center)
Aaron Mejia (Emporia)
Jesse Harris (Maize)

152-
Justin Johston (Manhatten)
Jake Johnston (Bishop Carroll)
Sean Curran (Leavenworth)
Patrick Quane (McPHerson)
Richie Rios (Wichita Heights)
Dane Adkins (Emporia)
Zack Davis (Newton)
Kyle Allen (Clay Center)

160-
Ryan Johnson (Manhatten)
Nathan Brenner (Bishop Carroll)
Josh Marrs (Clay Center)
Bobby Spexarth (Andale)
Steven Simmon (Valley Center)
Jeremy Prewitt (Derby)
Jason Roberts (Wichita Northwest)
Alex Monegro (Levenworth)

171-
John Kosko(emporia)
Bo Pfannenstiel (norton)
George Sponsel (Bishop Carroll)
Josh Roberts (Winfield)
Jarrett Edison (Wichita NOrthwest)
Scott Hammearlund (McPherson)
Josh Jackson (Maize)
Nathan Boyer (Clay Center)

189-
Jacob Marrs (Clay Center)
Sean Pietrzyk (Salina SOuth)
Jacob McFarland (Derby)
Lee Larson (Manhatten)
Matt OHm (Bishop Carroll)
Tyler Haynes (emproia)
Chad Keeling (Heights)
Pat Moore (Winfield)

215-
Chris Jennings (Manhatten)
Ryan Sponsel (Bishop Carroll)
Alec Heffron (Emporia)
Sam Archer (McPherson)
Ryan Roe (Derby)
Kelly Higbarger (wichita South)
Josh Craven (Valley Center)
Tim Klock (Newton)

275-
Micheal Sprigg (Norton)
Nic Sterneker (McPherson)
Tyler Jessen (Wichita NOrthwest)
Luke COstello (Emporia)
Adrian Mayes (Manhatten)
PJ Voegeli (bishop Carroll)
Sheldon SHarp (Wichita SOuth)
Justin Naccarato (Valley Center)

This looks like a great tourney with tough weights all the way through. Wish my team could be there.

Boy that tournament is close enough to make it worth the drive only a bit over an hour from Chapman...If I were to head south out of Abilene what would be the best route to get to the venue that the tournament is being held at?

Where is Knipp from Wichita East at 215?

Scared of the hamburger. That's where he is. Scared of the hamburger.

hey aaron, from abilene just take 15 south all the way to newton, you take a right at 11th st i think, which is a stop light. its a good tourny if you have never been.

103-creekmore 6a 4th grade 10
metzler 5a 1st 11
kastor 5a 2nd 10
fisher 4a 1st 10
112-heinicker 6a 1st 11
edgemon 6a 2nd 11
woodford 6a 4th 11
munoz 6a 6th 10
wall 4a 2nd 10
119-bingham 6a 4th 11
brown 5a 1st 12
harding 5a 2nd 12
nothern 5a 3rd 10
125-ast 6a 2nd 10 (ranked 2nd at 119)
garcia 6a 1st 12
potter 6a 5th 12
delforge 5a 5th 12 (ranked 5th at 119)
sides

Knipp hasn't wrestled all year from the results I've looked at Prant. The last time I saw him wrestling was during a Greco/Freestyle tournament last spring down in Derby.

103-creekmore 6a 4th grade 10
metzler 5a 1st 11
kastor 5a 2nd 10
fisher 4a 1st 10
112-heinicker 6a 1st 11
edgemon 6a 2nd 11
woodford 6a 4th 11
munoz 6a 6th 10
wall 4a 2nd 10
119-bingham 6a 4th 11
brown 5a 1st 12
harding 5a 2nd 12
nothern 5a 3rd 10
125-ast 6a 2nd 10 (ranked 2nd at 119)
garcia 6a 1st 12
potter 6a 5th 12
delforge 5a 5th 12 (ranked 5th at 119)
sides 5a 4th 10
130-herrera 6a 1st 11
heincker 6a 2nd 12
oyler 6a 3rd 12
retta 6a 6th 12
thibault 6a 2nd 10 (ranked 2nd at 135)
swanson 5a 2nd 12
robinson 5a 3rd 11
annon 3a 1st 12
135-craig 6a 4th 11 (4th at 140)
patterson 6a 3rd 11 (3rd at 130)
moravec 6a 3rd 11
ashpole 5a 1st 12
anstine 5a 2nd 12
roe 3a 4th 10
140-nelson 6a 3rd 10
miller 6a 5th 11
zouzas 5a 1st 12
145-hill 6a 1st 12
riley 5a 2nd 12
fiene 5a 4th 12
lee 5a 6th 12 (6th at 140)
grater 4a 1st 11
152-curran 6a 3rd 12
adkins 6a 5th 12
J Johnson 6a 5th 11 (5th at 160
rios 6a 4th 11 (4th at 160)
johnston 5a 2nd 12
mcgraw 5a 4th 11
davis 5a 6th 11
160-R Johnson 6a 2nd 12 (2nd at 145)
brenner 5a 4th 11
171-kosko 6a 2nd 11
pfannenstiel 3a 4th 12
189-Pietrzyk 5a 1st 11
marrs 4a 1st 11
215-Jennings 6a 2nd 11
heffron 6a 4th 11
sponsel 5a 1st 11
klock 5a 3rd 11
archer 5a 4th 11
275-costello 6a 4th 12
sterneker 5a 1st 12
sprigg 3a 2nd 11

I counted 9 state champs from last year

I think he is scared of the hamburger this year, but the real question is....who isn't? I've heard it is one scary "mofo" from everyone around Hat town. I bet he can't wait to see LancerM at state, if LancerM isn't scared of the hamburger as well....

Knipp was ineligable first semester due to grades. Wichita public school semester ends tomorrow. I do not know whether he will be eligible second semester or not (we should know next week)

This tourney is tougher than the State Tournament to win. Any wrestler who wins this tournament is probably a favorite to win his class at the State Tournament.

I have participated in it, and watched it for years. I have to say, it is very prestigous. Plus they have a great hospitality room for the coaches. (haha!)

Man who do I root for...lol, an NCKL team, Salina South (know the coach), Manhappiness, Norton (coach's son goes to my college alma mater) man alive....

Well, I'll help you out.
You can't root for Norton, because that is the hometown of Male Kann (a.k.a. "The Traitor"). And you can't root for Salina South, because that would mean you are cheering for oppression and totalitarianism.

The way I see it, you can root for either your neighbor The Hat or Clay Center. I have no problem with Clay Center.

But Manhattan's funnier. And we have a better T-Bell.

P.S. Male--is your sister going to be cheering at Newton? If so, I may have to skip volunteering for the Iowa caucuses to go hit on her.
P.P.S. That's right. I'm going to the caucuses.
P.P.P.S. I'm such a nerd.

Yeah, anytime when you have a taco bell that takes up part of a gas station, like ours, well that's not good.

Newton is always hard to predict, but i think manhappiness will win it.

Is it possible to have a man crush on an entire town?? If so, that was a perfect example of one.

Oh, Jhris. I don't think that was an example of a man crush on an entire town.

However, it is possible. Because it's totally 100% obvious that everyone has a superhuge man crush on Manhattan. Look at Bingham--his man crush was so huge that he moved here.

Ha, scared of the hamburger? I eat those for lunch...and dinner...and snacks...and whenever I'm feeling sad and lonely. :p

your words, not mine.

Jeeze, this whole mancrush thing is getting out of hand. It's like the Red Scare. I may have to go into hiding into my homemade bombshelter with my supply of canned goods and brand new buddy holly and the crickets record. That way nobody stamps "mancrush" on me and i don't get deported to Cuba.

does anybody know what time the finals will start??

I've never been to this tournament before, but I may have to go watch it Saturday. I'm assuming they award 6 places. Using the formula of 16 pts for 1st, 12 for 2nd, 9 for 3rd, 7 for 4th, 5 for 5th, & 3 for 6th, the top team scores based on place points only would be as follows if seeds hold true (we all know this won't happen, but yes I was bored tonight!!):

Manhattan 93
Bishop Carroll 91
Emporia 62
Clay Center 56
Norton 49
Salina South 46
Derby 45
Hutch 41
McPherson 39

This excludes all points for advancement, falls, etc leading up to the placing rounds so probably not worth the paper its written on. And I probably missed a few seeds along the way because its getting late. I'm not familiar with many 5 & 6A teams; but for 3A, it looked like Norton may be missing a few kids (or at least they had several I would have expected to see seeded in the top 8 but weren't -- Clay Madden among others).