KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- After finishing second by a single point to Edmond North last weekend at the Mid-America Nationals, No. 20 Collinsville, Okla., traveled north for the Kansas City Stampede and came away with the championship. They used five top three placements, an additional wrestler in sixth, plus three more inside the top ten to score 460.5 points. Their lone champion was Christian Moody (106), while Will Steltzen (132) was the other finalist.
Despite having a tournament-high four champions, No. 33 Blue Springs, Mo., only finished in second place. The titles from No. 15 Daniel Lewis (138), No. 20 Darick Lapaglia (145), No. 15 Cain Salas (152), and No. 17 Michael Pixley (182) augmented by an additional fourth place finisher were enough for 430.5 points. In the finals, Lewis pinned No. 9 Jake Marlin (Creston, Iowa); Lapaglia beat Grant Leeth (Kearney, Mo) 7-3 one round after Leeth upset No. 12 Clayton Ream (Holt, Mo.) 8-5; while Pixley upset No. 10 Lance Dixon (Edmond North, Okla.) by a 3-1 score.
With four top three finishers, which tied Blue Springs for second most in the tournament: Collinsville had the most with five, No. 26 Edmond North, Okla., scored 418 points to finish third place. They were led by titles from Joel (195) and No. 5 Andrew (220) Dixon, while Lance Dixon (182) took second, and Josh Breece (120) finished third; an additional fifth place finish gave them five overall in the top eight.
Fourth place in the tournament was unranked Park Hill, Mo., with 413.5 points, and they had seven top eight place-winners, which was most in the tournament. Their lone champion was No. 7 Ke-Shawn Hayes, who upset No. 4 Sean Russell (Collins Hill, Mo.) 3-1 in overtime at 113 pounds. Hayes defeated No. 9 Davion Jeffries (Collinsville, Okla.) 10-3 in the semifinal round, and Jeffries would go on to finish third with a 5-0 victory over No. 13 Jaret Singh (Kearney, Mo.) in the consolation final. The Trojans had a runner-up in John Erneste (120), and other top eight finishers in third, fourth, sixth, and two in eighth.
Three finalists and six inside the top eight: the others taking fifth, seventh, and seventh: propelled unranked Neosho, Mo. to a fifth place finish with 407.5 points. Their championship came from Nate Rodriguez (132), while runner-up finishes came from Kyle Rea (106) and Christian Lopez (220).
Despite being in a three-way tie for second most top eight finishers, No. 30 Kearney, Mo. was all the way back in sixth place with 386 points. The Bulldogs highest placer was Grant Leeth, second at 145; Singh finished fourth at 113; while other top eight finishers were fifth, sixth, seventh, and seventh respectively.
A pair of championships from No. 5 Zach Beard (170) and Nathan Jackson (285) propelled No. 23 Tuttle, Okla. to a seventh place finish with 366.5 points. They had four overall inside the top eight, with other placers taking fourth and sixth.
No. 38 Bettendorf was led by a title from No. 20 Fredy Stroker (126) on the way to an eighth-place finish with 358.5 points. Three other Bulldogs finished in the top eight: Logan Ryan (132) and Malique Hudson (160) in third, and Alex Hernandez (145) in fourth.
Bo NickalThe Eagles saw Matt Meyer (182) place third and had others in sixth and seventh. However, they were without a pair of nationally ranked wrestlers in No. 4 Oliver Pierce (152), No. 16 Nick Cobb (195), as they participated in the state football semifinals on Saturday night. In that game, they upset the nation's No. 1 high school football team -- DeSoto, Texas -- and will be playing for a Class 5A Division 1 title at Cowboys Stadium on December 22.
Rounding out the weight class champions was No. 7 Ryan Millhof (Collins Hill, Ga.), who won the 120 pound title.
Team Standings (Top Ten):
1. No. 20 Collinsville, Okla. 460.5
2. No. 33 Blue Springs, Mo. 430.5
3. No. 26 Edmond North, Okla. 418
4. Park Hill, Mo. 413.5
5. Neosho, Mo. 407.5
6. No. 30 Kearney, Mo. 386
7. No. 23 Tuttle, Okla. 366.5
8. No. 38 Bettendorf, Iowa 358.5
9. No. 13 Allen, Texas 352
10. Arkansas City, Kan. 313.5
Finals Results:
106: Christian Moody (Collinsville, Okla.) dec. Kyler Rea (Neosho, Mo.), 3-1
113: No. 7 Ke-Shawn Hayes (Park Hill, Mo.) dec. No. 4 Sean Russell (Collins Hill, Ga.), 3-1 SV
120: No. 7 Ryan Millhof (Collins Hill, Ga.) dec. John Erneste (Park Hill, Mo.), 8-2
126: No. 20 Fredy Stroker (Bettendorf, Iowa) pinned Joseph Velliquette (Nixa, Mo), 1:02
132: Nate Rodriguez (Neosho, Mo.) dec. Will Steltzen (Collinsville, Okla.), 8-2
138: No. 15 Daniel Lewis (Blue Springs, Mo.) pinned No. 9 Jake Marlin (Creston, Iowa), 2:21
145: No. 20 Darick Lapaglia (Blue Springs, Mo.) dec. Grant Leeth (Kearney, Mo.), 7-3
152: No. 15 Cain Salas (Blue Springs, Mo.) pinned Brennan Johnson (Exclesior Springs, Mo.), 2:31
160: No. 3 Bo Nickal (Allen, Texas) pinned Tony Clinesmith (Exclesior Springs), 2:16
170: No. 5 Zach Beard (Tuttle, Okla.) dec. Nathan Marek (Southmoore, Okla.), 6-3
182: No. 17 Michael Pixley (Blue Springs, Mo.) dec. No. 10 Lance Dixon (Edmond North, Okla.), 3-1
195: Joel Dixon (Edmond North, Okla.) dec. Keaton Hulett (Creston, Iowa), 3-0
220: No. 5 Andrew Dixon (Edmond North, Okla.) maj. dec. Christian Lopez (Neosho, Mo.), 9-0
285: Nathan Jackson (Tuttle, Okla.) dec. Jacob Semple (Waynesville, Mo.), 2-1 TB
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