Nick Pursel, Blake Greenfield, Hunter Haralson and Reece Conklin all finished in the top five at the state tournament in this 2006 photo.
Reece Conklin wrestles against B.T. O'Hara in the finals of the 12-and-under 100-pound divison. Conklin held the Columbus Wrestling Club's O'Hara scoreless, 5-0, to become Sunflower Kids Wrestling Club's first three-time state champion.
Levi Flohrschutz, top, battles a wrestler from Hard Knox Gym in Wichita on Sunday. Flohrschutz lost the match and was knocked out of the state tournament.
Josh Hanson lifts his opponent off the mat Sunday morning at the Topeka Expocenter. Hanson would go on to lose his next match and be knocked out of the tournament.
Blake Greenfield records a fall in the opening round of the state championships on Saturday. Greenfield finished in fifth-place in the state for the 14-and-under, 120pound division.
Reece Conklin prepared to bring his opponent to the ground on Saturday at the Topeka Expocenter during the finals of the 12-and-under, 100 pound division.
Nick Pursel defeats his opponent in the sub-semis Sunday afternoon. With the win Pursel advanced to the third and fourth place match, where he took fourth place in the 12-and-under division at the Kansas State Tournament.
Reece Conklin uses his legs to keep opponent B.T. O'Hara on the ground with just a few seconds remaining in the match. Conklin held the Columbus Wrestling Club's O'Hara scoreless, 5-0, to become Sunflower Kids Wrestling Club's first three-time state champion.
Hunter Haralson, top, works against Gray County's Jaysten McClure in the 10-and-under 70 pound weight class Sunday at the Kansas State Championships at the Topeka Expocenter. Haralson won the match 9-1 to capture his second state championship in three years.
Nick Pursel, top, works for points in his sub-semis match Sunday as the referee gets a close look. Pursel won the match, which put him in the third and fourth place in state competition for the 12-and-under 110 pounds division.
Josh Hanson, left, locks with a Clay County Wrestling Club wrestler Sunday morning at the Kansas State Championships. Hanson won the match 2-1 before dropping his next one, eliminating him from competition.
Blake Greenfield attempts to pin his opponent Lucas Stacey in the fifth-place match of the 14-and-under, 120 pound class.
Reece Conklin, top, works a breakdown against one of his early round opponents at the Topeka Expocenter. Conklin went on to sweep through the competition and take the state title in the 12U, 100-pound division to beacome the first three-time state champion in the Sunflower Kids Wrestling Club's history.
Nick Pursel, top, holds his oppoenent Sunday at the Kansas State Tournament. Pursel went on to place fourth after a tough one-point loss in the 12-and-under, 100 pound division.
Hunter Haralson, top, runs a stack in the first round of the Kansas State Tournament on Saturday at the Topeka Expocenter.
Sunflower Wrestler Blake GreenField drives his opponent's head into the mat Sunday in the sub-semis of the Kansas State Tournament. Greenfield lost the match, but qualified for the fifth and sixth place finals match, where he defeated Chanute's Lucas Stacy to capture fifth place in state in the 14-and-under 120 pounds divison.
Reece Conkin, left, and Hunter Haralson pose with their state title plaques Sunday at the Topeka Expocenter in this 2006 photo.
Wrestler Nick Pursel finished in fourth-place in the state.
Blake Greenfield took 5th place in the state in the 14-and-under, 120 pounds division.
Wrestler Nick Pursel finished in fourth-place in the state.
Blake Greenfield took 5th place in the state in the 14-and-under, 120 pounds division.
Josh Hanson lost two rounds and was knocked out of the state competition on Sunday.
Wrestler Nick Pursel finished in fourth-place in the state.
Nick Pursel, Blake Greenfield, Hunter Haralson and Reece Conklin.
Reece Conklin defeats B.T. O'Hara to become Sunflower Kids Wrestling Club's first three-time state champion.
Hunter Haralson took the state title in the 10-and-under, 120 pounds division Sunday by defeating Gray County's Jaysten McClure. This is Haralson's second title in three years.
Hunter Haralson took the state title in the 10-and-under, 120 pounds division Sunday by defeating Gray County's Jaysten McClure. This is Haralson's second title in three years.
Wrestler Nick Pursel finished in fourth-place in the state.
Josh Hanson lost two rounds and was knocked out of the state competition on Sunday.
Hunter Haralson took the state title in the 10-and-under, 120 pounds division Sunday by defeating Gray County's Jaysten McClure. This is Haralson's second title in three years.
Wrestler Nick Pursel finished in fourth-place in the state.
Josh Hanson lost two rounds and was knocked out of the state competition on Sunday.
Hunter Haralson took the state title in the 10-and-under, 120 pounds division Sunday by defeating Gray County's Jaysten McClure. This is Haralson's second title in three years.
Hunter Haralson took the state title in the 10-and-under, 120 pounds division Sunday by defeating Gray County's Jaysten McClure. This is Haralson's second title in three years.
Josh Hanson lost two rounds and was knocked out of the state competition on Sunday.
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