Hillsboro, Marion battle for wins at Herington tourney

ORIGINALLY WRITTEN DON RATZLAFF
Hillsboro and Marion wrestling teams were among the 12 schools represented at the Charles McMillen Wrestling Tournament in Herington Saturday.

The Trojans, weakened by injuries, placed finished 10th as a team, and had two wrestlers make it to the medal round in their respective weight class.

Watching the tournament in street clothes were Ryan Janzen, Tim Glahn and Ryan Kaiser. Janzen and Glahn were state qualifiers a year ago.

“Ryan Janzen has been fighting a neck and shoulder injury since before Christmas at the Hesston Tournament,” said coach Scott O’Hare.

“We thought that Christmas break would give it a chance to mend, but it didn’t. He is currently out for an undetermined amount of time. We’re hopeful to get him back by mid-February to prepare for league and regionals, but that’s uncertain.

“It looks as if Tim Glahn may be out for the season with a knee injury which carried over from football, but was getting worse.

“Ryan Kaiser is currently out with a broken finger. He should be back in two to three weeks.”

Daniel Yoder, the lone state qualifier still healthy, came through with a second-place finish at 145 pounds. Kurtis Shaw, competing at 275, qualified for the medal round but lost his match for a third-place medal.

“I was very pleased with the way Daniel wrestled,” O’Hare said. “He had two very solid matches to make it to the finals.

“I was also happy for Kurtis to make it to the medal round. He beat the No. 2 seed from Abilene to make it into the consolation finals match. Hopefully, this tournament will give Kurtis a little more confidence heading into the second half of the season.”

Yoder pinned his first two opponents, then lost the title match to Daniel Anderes of Chapman by a score of 6-1.

Shaw was pinned in his opening match, came back to pin his next opponent and then outscored his third-round foe, 5-3, to make the medal round. There, he was pinned by Matt Niehaus of Onaga.

The four remaining Trojans who competed Saturday did not place. Jesse Boucher, Andrew Bina and Daniel Bookless each finished at 0-2 in their respective weight classes while Alex Goossen was 1-2.

Marion, meanwhile, placed ninth as a team and had two wrestlers bring home a medal.

Steven Boone came home with the highest finish, placing second at 171 pounds, losing to Chapman’s Wes Weller in the finals by a 12-7 score. To get to the finals, he pinned his first two opponents.

Placing third at 112 pounds was Chelsea Arnhold. She defeated Levi Bowers of Chase County in the first round, 17-0, lost to Dennie Davidson of Abilene, 14-4, beat Cory Meyers of Onaga, 9-2, and then was pinned by Nick Jackson of Wamego in the consolation final.

“She wrestled her best tournament ever,” coach Chad Adkins said.

Also competing for Marion were: Casey Nelson (145), who went 1-1; Gavin Moore (135), 0-2; Jordan Trapp (152), 0-2; Dallas Wells (189), 1-2; and Drew Looper (215), 1-2.

“This was a very good tournament,” Adkins said. “We had the opportunity to see some very good competition from (Class) 4A as well as 3A. We wrestled great today.”

Haven Quad-The Trojans and Warriors both competed at a four-team double-dual at Haven Jan. 8. Both squads posted team victories over Haven but lost convincingly to a strong Minneapolis team.

The Trojans fell to Minneapolis, 55-21, and then came back to defeat Haven, 45-35.

Against Minneapolis, only Andrew Bina (140) and Daniel Yoder (145) posted wins on the mat. Zach Magnuson (103) and Alex Goossen (125) picked up forfeit wins.

In the win over Haven, Jesse Boucher (125), Eric Cress (130), Ryan Janzen (135) and Daniel Yoder (145) each pinned their opponent and Andrew Bina (140) won by decision. Magnuson, Ricky Johnson (112) and Adam Dirks (160) were awarded forfeit wins.

The Warriors split their two matches as well, defeating Haven, 39-36, when Drew Looper (275) won the final match by pinning his opponent, then losing to Minneapolis, 56-15.

Marion won five matches on the mat and two by default. Riley Ross (103) and Chelsea Arnhold (112) were winners by forfeit.

Ben Leppke (130) won his match by fall, Jordan Trapp (152) outscored his opponent, Steven Boone (171) won by fall, Dallas Wells (189) won by fall, as did Looper.

Coming up short in their matches were: John Barr (119), who was outscored; Gavin Moore (135), who was pinned; Casey Nelson, (145) who was outscored; Luke Bowers (160) who was outscored, and Adam Depler (189), who was pinned.

“We really fought hard for this dual,” coach Chad Adkins said. “The kids gave it everything they had and we came out on top. This was a great effort.”

Against a strong Minneapolis team, Marion managed only three wins. Casey Nelson (145) outscored his opponent, and Boone pinned his. Ross won by default.

Losing by fall against Minneapolis were Arnhold, Barr, Leppke, Moore, Bowers, Wells and Looper. Trapp and Depler were outscored.

“Minneapolis looked pretty good,” Adkins said. “All of their kids were very consistent. We didn’t wrestle as well as we did the first dual.”

Coming-The Trojans and Warriors will both travel to Halstead Friday and Saturday for the large Halstead invitational. Action begins at 4 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. on Saturday.

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