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Archive for Sunday, January 20, 2002

Firebirds’ Stevens claims crown

January 20, 2002

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— Free State placed sixth and Lawrence High finished 14th Saturday in the Blue Valley Northwest wrestling invitational.

Free State's Justin Stevens won the 189-pound weight class, defeating Goddard's Cody Beard, 5-3, in the championship match. Stevens improved to 25-0 this season.

The Firebirds' Ian Bork broke the 86-match winning streak of Olathe North's Josh Carroll in the 215-pound semifinals. Bork defeated Carroll, 8-7, then fell to Hutchinson's Zach Hemmerling, 12-1, in the finals.

Free State's Anthony White added a second-place finish in th 135-pound weight class, Matt Somers was third in at 119 and Kyle Frank fourth at 171.

Aaron Madill claimed Lawrence High's best placing, finishing fourth in the 160-pound weight class. The Lions' Chris Hultine took fifth at 135.

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