here are the teams that I think will contend

clay center 1st
goodland 2nd
norton 3rd
other contenders for top 3 placing: basehor linwood, chanute, colby, columbus, concordia, scott city (in alphabetical order)

all of these teams have kids with a good possibility of becoming state champions. I'll list the people who I think have a chance of becoming state champions.

103- jake kriegbaum-abilene. i think he is simply the best 103 pounder in the state this year and i think he is a heavy favorite.

112- eric denault-concordia, danny mainus-colby, blayze bahe, colby. denault beat mainus at beloit and mainus has beaten bahe a few times. I would give denault the edge here, but these wrestlers are pretty close.

119- trevor charbonneau-clay center. charbonneau is another odds on favorite for a state title.

125- this is one of the best weight classes in 4a. you have kory lira-ulysses,jones-coffeyville,and betsworth-santa fe trail. i do believe that this weight class is a tossup much like the other ones. jones is a 2time champ and betsworth is undefeated (i believe) including a pin over hill from wichita heights, but i might have to give a slight (and i do mean slight) edge to lira.

130- this will be another outstanding weight class. the contenders are mcreynolds-columbus, bahe-goodland, leudke-colby, grater clay center. grater beat leudke at beloit. I think this weight class will be wide open and it might come down to who has the best day. no pick.

135- austin pruser-clay center, nathan allison-fort scott. I think it will come down to these two and I think that pruser might have the edge.

140- travis mcburney-santa fe trail, eric johnson-norton, matt schields-chanute. johnson is a returning state champ and i believe he has the edge.

145- dukes-basehor, stirling-spring hill, taplin-abilene, rush-clay center, barriger-chanute. dukes got beat by phillips at state last year and stirling got beat by kern. i would have to give the edge to stirling.

152- buck-basehor, frank-chanute, smith-augusta. i believe this weight class is really weak and that buck should come away with it.

160- hausserman-norton, medill-lansing, baylor-columbus, pratt-spring hill, corral-clay center. i believe this weight class is pretty even. hausserman might have the slight edge.

171- vogelsberg-marysville, lattimer-fort scott. I would give vogelsberg the edge here.

189- strait-concordia, abell-spring hill, browning, osawatomie. I believe it will come down to these three. strait had a good tournament last year but it might be somebody else's turn this year. another fun weight class to watch.

215- jason bedore-goodland, tad greer-el dorado. this weight class is pretty open with these two being the best. no pick.

275- witt hinton-baldwin, english-augusta. this weight class is also open. no pick.

I made these picks based on who I've seen wrestle this year, how they've wrestled in the past, and very loosely on the rankings. it took me quite a while to write this.