Padgett twins win state gold

Two wrestlers from Hills­boro won their respective weight classes at the Kansas State Wrestling Folkstyle Champion Tourna­ment in Topeka March 24-25. Camden Padgett (right) won the 12 & Under 92-pound Divi­sion and twin Connor Pad­gett (left) won the 12 & Under 120-pound division. Camden went 4-0, with two win by fall and two by decision, including a 5-3 decision in the championship match. Connor won three matches by fall and the championship match by a 5-2 decision. The Padgett brothers, sons of Mike and Shelley Padgett, wrestle with the team from Maize. The Hillsboro club also had a state placer, Sutton Redger, who took fifth in the 10 & Under 120 pounds division.

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