Barrett Second, Twombly Third, Hurla Third At State

Rossville had four wrestlers competing at the 321A State Championships on Feb. 25 and 26.  The team finished eighth of the 30 teams competing which is a fine showing considering they were outmanned by the other top teams that had as many as 8 wrestlers competing.

1. Colby Hurla (138) went 2-1 on Friday and moved to the consolation semifinals on Sat.  
2.           Colby faced Jarrett Mader (36-14) of Ellis whom he defeated in his first match.
3.           Colby defeated him again with a 7-1 decision.
4.           Colby then defeated Ethan Elliott (27-7) of Wellington with at fall at 2:17 for Third.
   
   
5. Sam Twombly (160) went 1-1 on Friday and will face Wichita County's Tristen Porter on Saturday. 
6.          Sam defeated Tristen Porter (26-10) of Leoti by fall at 2:08.
            Sam defeated Mac Chambers (31-6) of SE of Saline by 4-1 decision.
7.          Sam defeated Bryce Eck (33-4) of Union by fall at 2:54.
            Sam defeated Dalton Hilyard (36-12) of Douglas by fall at 0:53 for Third Place.

       Barrett Lietz (220)  went 1-1 on Friday and will face Larned's Carter Atteberry (33-12) on           Saturday. 
                Barrett lost to Atteberrry by fall at 2:42

1. Jacob Carver (285) went 3-0 on Friday defeating Mason Hogan (15-14) of PLainville,  Andrew Watts (26-6) of Humbolt, and Corbin Ruga 36-12 of Noco.
         He faced Douglass' Joe Martin (25-12) in the state title match on Saturday. 
         Jacob lost the match to Martin with a fall at 2:32 for a Second Place finish.