LHS wrestlers reach state
Nine Lawrence High wrestlers qualified for the state tournament by taking top-four finishes in a Class 6A regional meet Saturday at LHS.
Four LHS wrestlers won regional championships.
Carson Jumping Eagle (126 pounds), Ja`Melle Dye (132), Tucker Wilson (160) and Alan Clothier (182) all won regional championships.
The Lions also received a second-place finish from Santino Gee (170), and thirds from Cade Burghart (138) and Ja`Relle Dye (152). Marcus Cassella (120) and Hayden Husman (285) took fourth-place finishes.
Clothier was named regional wrestler of the year.
The Lions placed second to Shawnee Mission East in the eight-team regional.
Class 6A Regional
Saturday at Lawrence High
Team scores: SM East 142, Lawrence 138, SM Northwest 126, Blue Valley North 119.5, SM West 96, SM North 70.5, SM South 53.5, KC Wyandotte 33.
Lawrence results
120 — Marcus Cassella (4th place) lost to Isaias Olson (SM South) 18-2; lost to Noah Herzberg (SM Northwest) by fall.
126 — Carson Jumping Eagle (1st place) def. Owen Swanberg (SM-South) 8-0; def. Ethan Haines (OP-Blue Valley North) 10-0; def. Colin Anthony (SM Northwest) 18-2.
132 — Ja`Melle Dye (1st place) def. Andrew Schmidt (SM East) 5-0; def. Keaton Bowers (OP-Blue Valley North) 14-5; def. Jermaine Epps (SM Northwest) SV, 5-3.
138 — Cade Burghart (3rd place) def. Austin Wilson (SM East) by fall; lost to Isaiah Banks (OP-Blue Valley North) 7-2; def. Jeremy Sanchez (SM North) 14-3; def. Gabe Smith (SM South) by fall.
145 — Stanley Holder lost to Trevor Rine (SM-Northwest) 5-3; lost to Javier Contreras (KC-Wyandotte) 11-2.
152 — Ja`Relle Dye (3rd place) lost to Adam Haines (OP-Blue Valley North) 5-1; def. Luke Guthrie (SM North) 20-5; def. Juan Arambula (SM-West) 9-6; def. Efrain Blanco (SM Northwest) by injury default).
160 — Tucker Wilson (1st place) def. Ramon Porras (SM West) by fall; def. Drake Yost (SM East) 10-5.
170 — Santino Gee (2nd place) def. Kevin Thompson (SM Northwest) fy fall; def. Justin Hohnecker (SM West) by fall; lost to Cesar Salgado (SM North) 5-3.
182 — Alan Clothier (1st place) def. Tanner Willmon (SM North) by fall; def. Isaac Schmidt (SM East) by fall; def. Ryan Klepper (OP-Blue Valley North) 9-0.
195 — Chris Geiss lost to Jose Montoya (SM West) by fall; lost to Seth Yost (SM South) 4-2.
220 — Kevin Nichols lost to Blake Brittney (SM West) 4-3; lost to Landry Brewton (OP-Blue Valley North) 6-4.
285 — Hayden Husman (4th place) lost to (SM-North) by fall; def. Jacob Petree (OP-Blue Valley North) 3-2; lost to Cortez Johnson (KC-Wyandotte) by fall.