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    No. 34 Southeast Polk outlasts No. 47 Broken Arrow for title at Gardner Edgerton Invite

    In an opening weekend tournament, No. 34 Southeast Polk (Iowa) and No. 47 Broken Arrow (Okla.) waged a tight battle for the championship at the Gardner Edgerton Invitational in Kansas on Saturday. The pair of teams anchored a sixteen school field, an event that started with four pools of four wrestlers each; then it split into a semifinal and final match of a bracket involving wrestlers that finished in the same place of each pool (i.e. pool winners wrestled for first through fourth, runners-up competed for fifth through eighth).

    Both of the anchor teams in the event were missing one of their impact wrestlers. Southeast Polk was absent two-time state placer Gauge Perrien (120), while Broken Arrow wrestled without state champion Skyler Haynes (195). Southeast Polk won the tournament on the strength of nine top four finishers, led by a trio of champions in Cade Devos (132), Nathan Lendt (138), and Zach Barnes (145). Placing third were Adam Brown (126) and Gavin Babcock (170); while Ryan Strickland (106), Mark Ames (113), Gabe Christenson (182), Levi Brand (285) placed fourth. The other five Rams wrestlers placed in the second bracket.

    Broken Arrow countered with four finalists, but just two champions; while only two other wrestlers, making it a total of six, finished in the top four. Champions for the Tigers were Caleb Wise (160) and Zach Marcheselli (195), while Tyler Lawley (120) and Trenton Lieurance (285) finished second. Additional top four medalists were Jackson Cockrell (106) placing third and Tajuan Daniels (132) finishing fourth. Six others placed in the second bracket, including five in sixth place.

    Three other schools had a pair of champions in the event: Caleb Lazure (106) and Korbin Meink (126) won titles for Skutt Catholic (Neb.), Cody Phippen (113) and Casey Jumps (220) were champions for Platte County (Mo.), while Sammy Cokeley (285) and No. 11 Clay Lautt (182) won titles for St. James Academy (Kansas). Rounding out the champions were Dylan Gowin (Mill Valley, Kansas) at 120 pounds, Tanner Skidgel (Cascia Hall, Okla.) at 152, and No. 15 Kayne Hutchison (Pittsburg, Kansas) at 285; Hutchison beat two-time state placer Lieurance 4-3 in the final.

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