Two city preps in wrestling finals

? Two city high school wrestlers remain in the running for state titles.

Free State’s Tate Steele at 132 pounds and Lawrence High’s Alan Clothier at 182 each went 3-0 on the first day of the Class 6A state meet on Friday at Hartman Arena.

Steele won by technical fall (15-0) in the first round, then notched pins in the quarterfinals and finals to advance to today’s championship match.

Clothier earned an 18-2 technical fall in the first round, a 9-3 decision in the quarterfinals and a pin in the semifinals.

Firebirds Isaiah Jacobs (126 pounds), Sid Miller (138) and Gage Foster (170) earned first-round victories but fell in the quarterfinals, as did Lawrence High’s Ja’Melle Dye (132).

CLASS 6A STATE

Friday in Park City

Hartman Arena

Team scores (through first day): 1. Garden City, 96.5; 2. Manhattan, 89; 3. Olathe North, 78.5; 4. Wichita Northwest, 77.5; 5. Dodge City, 72; 6. Derby, 68; 7. Blue Valley, 57.5; 8. Haysville Campus, 54; 9. Blue Valley Northwest, 52.5; 10. Wichita South, 41.5; 11. Hutchinson, 39.5; 12. Topeka Washburn Rural, 39; T13. Lawrence Free State, 38.5; T13. Olathe South, 38.5; 15. Gardner Edgerton, 38; 16. Junction City, 37.5; 17. SM West, 34; 18. Wichita West, 30.5; 19. Lawrence, 28; 20. SM East, 21; 21. SM North, 19.5; 22. Olathe Northwest, 19; 23. Topeka, 12; 24. SM Northwest, 11.5; 25. Olathe East, 11; 26. Wichita East, 9.5; T27. Blue Valley North, 7; T27. Wichita Southeast, 7; 29. Wichita North, 4; 30. SM South, 3; 31. Wyandotte, 2; 32. Blue Valley West, 0.

City Results

First round

113: Parrish, Olathe North, p. King, Free State, 1:21.

120: McFarland, Olathe East. p. Cassella, Lawrence, 3:08; Lindsey, Derby, d. Shanks, Free State, 5-0.

126: Jacobs, Free State, p. Sellers, SM East, 2:49; Jenkins, Washburn Rural, d. Jumping Eagle, Lawrence, 7-3.

132: Dye, Lawrence, d. Schroeder, Campus, 3-1; Steele, Free State, t.f. McDermott, Gardner-Edgerton, 15-0.

138: Miller, Free State, m.d. Burghart, Larwence, 9-1.

152: Castrillo, Garden City, t.f. Dye, Lawrence, 16-1.

160: Dubree, Derby, d. Wilson, Lawrence, 7-6.

170: Foster, Free State, p. Huckabey, Wichita South, 1:45; Middleton, Olathe Northwest, d. Gee, Lawrence, 3-2.

182: Clothier, Lawrence, t.f. Perez, Topeka, 18-2; Schmidt, SM East, p. Beers, Free State, 2:25.

285: Picou, Manhattan, p. Husman, Lawrence, 0:54.

Quarterfinals

126: Plaza, Dodge City, m.d. Jacobs, Free State, 16-6.

132: Norris, Manhattan, d. Dye, Lawrence, 4-2. Steele, Free State, p. Epps, SM Northwest, 3:41.

138: Garcia, Dodge City, p. Miller, Lawrence Free State, 1:02.

170: Sloan, Blue Valley, d. Foster, Lawrence Free State, 8-6.

182: Clothier, Lawrence, d. Bowen, Haysville Campus, 9-3.

Semifinals

132: Steele, Lawrence Free State, p. Weil, Dodge City, 0:20.

182: Clothier, Lawrence, p. Larson, SM West, 0:34.