FSHS wrestling third at Paola

? Free State High’s wrestling team took third place at the Paola Invitational on Saturday, led by Cameron Shanks, who won a title at 120 pounds.

Shanks won both of his matches, including a 7-3 decision over Highland Park’s Lazura Osayande in the championship. Bennett King was runner-up at 113 pounds and Isaiah Jacobs was second at 126.

Sophomore 132-pounder Tate Steele suffered his first loss of the season in the semifinals to Great Bend’s Cody Liles, but won his next two matches for third place. Sky Carey also took third place at 220 pounds.

Team scores: Prairie View 128, Wellsville 121, Free State 113, Great Bend 111, Frontenac 104.5, Basehor-Linwood 104, Fort Scott 97.5, SM East 84, Paola 67, Sumner 59, Columbus 54, Highland Park 52, Eudora 43.5, ACCHS 37, Bishop Miege 33, Atchison 7.

Free State placings (day’s record)

113 — 2. Bennett King (2-1)

120 — 1. Cameron Shanks (2-0)

126 — 2. Isaiah Jacobs (2-1)

132 — 3. Tate Steele (4-1)

138 — 4. Sid Miller (2-2)

145 — Ben Hill (0-2)

152 — 7. James Wensel (3-1)

160 — 8. Gage Foster (2-3)

220 — 3. Sky Carey (2-1)

285 — 7. Reese Todd (1-1)

Free State Results

113 pounds — Bennett King, round 1, received a bye; quarterfinal, won by major decision over Hagan Andrews (Eudora); semifinal, won by fall over Daevin Caldwell (Fort Scott); first-place match, lost by decision to Riley McDaniel (Frontenac) 4-0.

120 pounds — Cameron Shanks, quarterfinal, received a bye; semifinal, won by fall over Karl Scholz (ACCHS); first-place match, won by decision over Lazura Osayande (Highland Park) 7-3.

126 pounds — Isaiah Jacobs, round 1, received a bye; quarterfinal, won by fall over Shane Sullivan (Prairie View); semifinal, won by decision over Dalton Good (Wellsville) 4-1; first-place match, lost by major decision to Emmanuel Browne (Sumner) 18-5.

132 pounds — Tate Steele, round 1, won by over Kenny Hartzell (Highland Park); quarterfinal, won by fall over Alex Gorman (Fort Scott); semifinal, lost by major decision to Cody Liles (Great Bend) 11-1; consolation round 3, won by decision over Taylor Wilmarth (Wellsville) 8-4; third-place match, won in sudden victory over Case Pemberton (Prairie View) 5-3.

138 pounds — Sid Miller, round 1, received a bye; quarterfinal, lost by decision to Gavin Cullor (Prairie View) 5-2; consolation round 2, won by fall over Angelo Plakio (Highland Park); consolation round 3, won by decision over Brenden Ishimura (Frontenac) 3-1; third-place match, lost in sudden victory to Gavin Cullor (Prairie View) 6-1.

145 pounds — Ben Hill, round 1, lost by decision to Kale Smith (Columbus) 7-2; consolation round 1, lost by decision to Timmy Boyd (Sumner) 8-6.

152 pounds — James Wensel, round 1, lost by decision to Chris Stell (Fort Scott) 4-0; consolation round 1, received a bye; consolation round 2, won by a decision over Dylan Birkinsha (ACCHS) 2-1; consolation round 3, won by major decision over Cayden Dominguez (Highland Park) 8-0; seventh-place match, won by fall over Nick Krebs (Fort Scott).

160 pounds — Gage Foster, round 1, won by fall over John Gormon (SM East); quarterfinal, lost by major decision to TJ Williams (Basehor-Linwood) 26-14; consolation round 2, lost by decision to Andrew Myers (Frontenac) 6-2; consolation round 3, won by decision over Weah Landford (Sumner) 14-10; seventh-place match, lost by injury default.

220 pounds — Sky Carey, quarterfinal, won by decision over Jack Carter (SM East) 6-3; semifinal, lost by decision to Jake Miller (Paola) 5-2; third-place match, won by fall over Bryce Smith (Wellsville).

285 pounds — Reese Todd, quarterfinal, lost by fall to Ryan Hanshaw (ACCHS); consolation semifinal, lost by fall to Seth Vandeventer (Prairie View).