HAYS — About midway through the season,
Rossville’s Zach Archer began riding a wave of confidence after beating several
quality opponents.
That wave
ended up carrying Archer all the way into the 106-pound finals in the Class
3-2-1A state wrestling tournament.
Archer, who
has never placed at state before, upset No. 1-ranked Colby freshman Tyler Voss
in the semifinals, earning a 5-3 decision on Friday at Gross Memorial Coliseum.
“Especially
toward the middle of the year when I started beating some really good people,
it really started to come together,” Archer said.
Voss (38-8)
jumped in front with an early takedown, but Archer didn’t give up anything in
the second period and controlled the third.
“In the
second period, I rode him out and didn’t let him get any points, so I just knew
if I got an escape and got a takedown that it would pretty much be over,”
Archer said.
He will meet
Goodland’s D.J. Knox (40-11) in Saturday’s finals.
Moments after
punching his ticket to the final, Archer watched his older brother, Alex
Archer, do the same for Rossville at 120, advancing to the final with a 16-0
technical fall over Minneapolis’ Austin Roth.
Alex Archer
(35-5) will meet Eureka’s Kolby Beitz (30-2) in the finals.
“It’s really cool because neither of us have placed at state before,” Zach
Archer said. “And now we’re both in the finals in the same year.”
Zach Archer
said his aggressive mindset against Voss paid off.
“Just make
sure to attack,” Zach Archer said of the strategy. “I think I did it pretty
well. I got taken down in the first, but then in the third period I got a
takedown.”
Zach Archer
opened with a major decision (13-3) over Norton’s Darius Shields then earned
another major decision (10-2) over Connor Booth-Hughes from Eureka to move to
the semis.
Alex Archer’s
path to the 120 finals included a pin over Dominic Davis in the first round and
a 10-8 decision win over Fredonia’s Hunter Reddick in the quarterfinals.
Silver Lake’s Allen knocks off top-ranked 126-pounder
Silver Lake
sophomore Kai Allen beat the the top-ranked 126-pounder, grinding out a 1-0
decision over Hill City’s Alec Segarra.
Allen, 42-6 on the season, will meet Phillipsburg’s Jacob Sisson (29-5) in the
finals.
“My strategy
was just wrestle my match — don’t wrestle not to lose, but wrestle to win,”
Allen said. “I think I did fairly well. I think I executed what I needed to do
in order to win, and that showed.”
Allen brought
home third place last year at 113 pounds.
“It, of
course, made me a lot more hungry to get better and to win,” Allen said. “I
think it helped me a lot.”
Allen opened
with a pin of Adam McPhail, of Cimarron, and also pinned Smith Center’s Joe
Stocker in the quarterfinal.
Riverside’s Horn advances to 132 finals
After a
disappointing 1-2 showing last year at the state tournament, Riverside junior
Beau Horn atoned with an impressive outing on Friday.
Horn (34-5) clinched his spot in the 132-pound finals with an 8-3 decision over
Beloit’s Tate Kadel in the semifinals.
“Riding on
top, I knew that I was going to be able to turn him over,” Horn said. “That’s
what I did at the end of the match to get the victory — just ride him out a
little bit. My main objective was to get on top and stay on top.”
Horn will
meet Hoxie’s Dylan Weimer (38-6) in the finals.
“I was very
happy, but then I was like, ‘Well, I still have one more and it’s going to be
even tougher,’ ” Horn said.
Riley County’s Richard remains unbeaten
One Riley
County undefeated season remained intact, while another streak was snapped for
the Falcons.
Senior Luke
Richard moved to 42-0 on the season and advanced to the 145-pound finals with a
12-1 major decision over Hoxie’s Aidan Baalman. He will meet Plainville’s
Brandon Rohr for the title.
However, Riley County’s Mikey Waggoner took his first loss of the season in
heartbreaking fashion, falling 5-4 in overtime to Plainville’s Jordan Finnesy
at 170 pounds after Finnesy got a late escape. Waggoner dropped to 33-1 on the
season.
After edging
Lakin’s Hadley Panzer in overtime in the semifinals last year on the way to an
285-pound title, Sabetha’s Elliot Strahm lost the rematch to Panzer in another
overtime bout in the semis Friday. Panzer won 4-2.
At 195
pounds, Rossville’s Kody Davoren made it to the semis before being pinned in
the third period by Hoisington’s Wyatt Pedigo.
Sabetha’s
Cauy Rokey made it to the 220 semifinals before suffering an early fall to
Norton’s Hayden Wiltfong.
Wellsville’s
Anthony Signs reached the 152 semifinal before taking an 8-6 decision loss to
Eureka’s Brent Escareno.
Class 3-2-1A wrestling results Friday
Semifinals
106 — Zach Archer, Rossville, dec. over Tyler Voss, 5-2; Knox, Goodland,
pinned, Grafel, Oberlin, 4:40.
113 — White,
Mound City-Jayhawk Linn, pinned Colton Shoemaker, Smith Center, 1:37; Beitz,
Eureka, pinned Spiller, Stockton, 2:36.
120 — Beitz,
Eureka, major dec. over Bell, Hoxie, 11-3; Z. Archer, Rossville, tech fall over
Roth, Minneapolis, 16-0.
126 — Allen,
Silver Lake., dec. over Segarra, Hill City, 1-0; Sisson, Phillipsburg, dec.
over Caleb Farmer, 12-7.
132 — Horn,
Riverside, dec. over Kadel, Beloit, 8-3. Weimer, Hoxie, dec. over Schreiner,
Kingman, 5-4.
138 — Lowe,
Eureka, pinned Kendrick Woody, Atwood-Rawlins County, 0:19; Hauck, Minneapolis,
dec. over Schroeder, Colby, 4-2
145 — Rohr,
Plainville, dec. over Weilert, Fredonia, 8-3; Luke Richard, Riley County, maj.
dec. over Baalman, Hoxie, 12-1.
152 — Zane Colson, Mankato-Rock Hills, dec. over Konnor Pfeifer, Ellis, 11-6;
Escareno, Eureka, dec. over Anthony Signs, Wellsville, 8-6.
160 —
Seabolt, Cimarron, pinned Uehlin, Oberlin-Decatur Community, 1:29; Porsch,
Hoxie, pinned, Rodriguez, Southeast Of Saline, 2:23.
170 — Amlong,
Norton, dec. over Morgan Rains, Oakley, 5-4; Finnesy, Plainville, won in tie
breaker over Waggoner, 5-4
182 —
Johnson, Holcomb, dec. over Villalpando, Minneapolis, 8-3; Finley, Colby, dec.
over Newton, Cimarron, 7-3.
195 — Pedigo,
Hoisington, pinned Davoren, Rossville, 5:44; Booi, Colby, pinned Dressler,
Douglas, 5:10.
220 —
Wiltfong, Norton Community, pinned, Rokey, Sabetha, 0:50; Davenport,
Brookville-Ell Saline, pinned, Branum, Colby, 1:04
285 —
Zimmerman, Belleville-Republic County, won by fall over Opat, WaKeeney-Trego,
1:22; Hadley Panzer, Lakin, won in tie breaker over Strahm, Sabetha, 4-2
Team scores after Friday
Eureka 99.02, Colby 79.03,
Hoxie 64.04, Rossville 53.55, Norton Community 53.06, Plainville 49.07, Riley
County 46.08, Hoisington 40.09, Minneapolis 38.010, Cimarron 36.011,
Phillipsburg 35.012, Belleville-Republic County 31.013, Sabetha 29.014, Silver
Lake 28.015, Smith Center 27.516, Mound City-Jayhawk Linn 26.017,
Wathena-Riverside 24.518, Goodland 23.019, Beloit 22.019, Brookville-Ell Saline
22.019, Mankato-Rock Hills 22.022, Holcomb 21.523, Lakin 21.024,
Oberlin-Decatur Community 20.025, Fredonia 19.026, Wellsville 18.527, Douglass
16.027, Gypsum-Southeast Of Saline 16.029, Oakley 15.030, WaKeeney-Trego
Community 14.031, Ellis 13.031, Hill City 13.033, Whitewater-Remington 12.034,
Kingman 11.035, St. Francis 10.036, Atwood-Rawlins County 9.036, Stockton
9.038, Effingham-ACCHS 8.038, Marion 8.038, Oskaloosa 8.041, Erie 7.042,
Cherryvale 6.042, Cottonwood Falls-Chase County 6.042, Council Grove 6.042,
Ellsworth 6.042, Eskridge-Mission Valley 6.042, Garden Plain 6.048, Bennington
5.049, Cheney 4.049, Lincoln 4.049, Osage City 4.049, Salina-St. Johns
Millitary 4.049, Uniontown 4.049, White City 4.055, Easton-Pleasant Ridge
3.055, Hillsboro 3.055, Logan 3.055, Sterling 3.055, Sylvan-Lucas Unified
3.060, St. Marys 2.561, Humboldt 2.061, Lyons 2.061, Stafford 2.064,
Anthony/Harper-Chaparral 1.064, Highland-Doniphan West 1.064, Leoti-Wichita
County 1.067, Cherokee-Southeast 0.067, Halstead 0.067, Quinter 0.0.
