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The Journal-World All-Area Teams.

Coach of the Year: Adam Ludwin, Tonganoxie

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Adam Ludwin

Tonganoxie scored 72.0 points as a team with two state champions in the 4A state girls wrestling tournament. After winning it all last year, the Chieftains finished seventh this season.

Player of the Year: Finnley Kellerman, Baldwin

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Finnley Kellerman

Kellerman went 34-3 on the year and won a state title for the first time in Baldwin’s girls wrestling program. Kellerman won state with four pins in the 235-pound weight class.

Bella Ackerman, Lawrence

Bella Ackerman

Ackerman qualified for state for the second time in as many years at Lawrence while picking up 18 wins and taking fifth in the 6A East regional tournament.

Riley Crookham, Tonganoxie

Riley Crookham

Crookham capped off her sophomore year with a sixth-place finish in the 4A state tournament after winning her weight class in the Frontier League wrestling tournament. Crookham has qualified for state both years of her wrestling career.

Delaney Earl, Free State

Delaney Earl

Earl spent most of the season as the No. 6 wrestler in the 125-pound weight class in 6A and qualified for state for the third time this season. With 35 wins this year, Earl capped off her Free State career with 85 wins and a second-team all-Sunflower League honor.

Abby Fager, Eudora

Abby Fager

Fager finished her Eudora wrestling career qualifying for the 4A state tournament for the second time after taking second in the 4A East regional tournament and first in the Frontier League tournament.

Kaylee Pankey, Tonganoxie

Kaylee Pankey

Pankey won her weight class in the 4A state girls wrestling tournament and finished with a 42-7 record. Pankey finished her career as a two-time state qualifier and two-time Frontier League champion.

Clara Peterson, Eudora

Clara Peterson

Peterson reached the podium of the 4A state tournament in her first year wrestling at Eudora with a sixth-place finish. The freshman also finished second in the Frontier League tournament and third at the 4A East regional tournament.

Brielle Preston, Free State

Brielle Preston

Preston went 23-14 as a freshman in 6A while taking eighth in the 6A West regional and qualifying for state. She earned third-team all-Sunflower League honors.

Goldy Stephens, Lawrence

Goldy Stephens

Stephens placed fifth in the 6A state tournament for the second year and qualified for state for the third year. With 122 wins in her career, Stephens is the first Lawrence girls wrestler to hit 100 wins and the first to reach 100 pins.

Autumn Wilson, Tonganoxie

Autumn Wilson

Wilson finished her Tonganoxie career as a state champion in the . She placed at state three times and qualified for state all four years of her career.

Honorable Mention: AJ Collins, Free State; Jolie Corcoran, Perry-Lecompton; Katy Duncan, Tonganoxie; Juliana Hout, Lawrence; Samantha Hutton, Perry-Lecompton; Haylee King, Baldwin; ElliAnna Lisher, Baldwin; Emerson Maslak, Tonganoxie; Addie Tharp, Eudora.