WICHITA, Kan.—
A total of five changes highlight the sixth wrestling rankings of the winter season. With the season closing in on regional tournaments, wrestlers are settling into their positions at the top. Catch up on the latest movements below.Class 6A – Click here for complete rankings
Garden City’s AJ Hurtado and Dane Edwards of Dodge City continue to play jump rope with who is ranked No. 1 in 138. This week, though, it’s Hurtado that takes the top spot, as Edwards in bumped down to No. 2. Lawrence’s Andrew Denning takes over the top ranking in 182 to mark the only other individual change at the top in 6A.
Garden City remains as the top-ranked team in 6A, as Michael Prieto and Tevin Briscoe hold on to their No. 1 rank in 106 and 132, respectively. Junction City stays at No. 2 as a team and Manhattan is now the No. 3 team, moving Derby down to No. 4. Wichita Northwest stays at the No. 5 spot as a team.
106 –Michael Prieto – Garden City
113 – Sean DeShazer – Wichita Heights
120 –Kian Clemens - Manhattan
126 –Blake Stovall – Olathe North
132 –Tevin Briscoe – Garden City
138 –AJ Hurtado – Garden City
145 –Andrew Millsap – Junction City
152 –Ben Becker - Derby
160 – Dustin Williams – Gardner-Edgerton
170 –Alan Clothier - Lawrence
182 –Andrew Denning - Lawrence
195 –Seth Pesek – Gardner-Edgerton
220 –Ramiro Gatica – SM West
285 – Will Geary – Topeka
Class 5A – Click here for complete rankings
Michael Helms of Ark City moved up in weight to 160 and was replaced by teammate Wyatt Villers at 152. Helms is now ranked at No. 2 in 160 behind Emporia’s Noel Torres, who has not moved from the top spot all season. Ark City’s Cody Eastman is the No. 1 wrestler at 145.
However, despite all those sensational rankings, Ark City is ranked No. 2 as a team behind St. James Academy. The Thunder moved into the top spot for the first time this season this week. St. Thomas Aquinas sits at No. 3, Topeka Seaman and Valley Center round out the top five, respectively.
106 –Stephen Tujague – St. James Academy
113 –PJ Cheney – KC Turner
120 – Zac Gentzler – Andover Central
126 – Chris Burley – Great Bend
132 –Tyler Dickman – St. Thomas Aquinas
138 – Isaac Dulgarian – St. Thomas Aquinas
145 –Cody Eastman - Ark City
152 –Wyatt Villers – Ark City
160 – Noel Torres – Emporia
170 – Bryant Guillen – Topeka Seaman
182 – Nick Meck – Shawnee Heights
195 – Preston Weigel – Hays
220 –Ben Ewing – St. Thomas Aquinas
285 – Nathan Butler – Leavenworth
Class 4A – Click here for complete rankings
Not a single change occurred in the No. 1 rankings throughout all the individual weights of 4A. Most wrestlers have been ranked No. 1 for most, if not all, of the winter season.
Fort Scott takes the No. 4 spot as a team, as former No. 4 Goodland moved down to the sixth spot. Colby kept a hold of the No. 1 spot and Bonner Springs remained as the No. 2 team in 4A. Andale and Chanute stayed at No. 3 and 5, respectively.
106 – Jake Goldenstein - Augusta
113 – Cesar Regalado - Pratt
120 – Tyler Mies - Andale
126 – Dustin Reed - Colby
132 – Kyle Wilson - Wamego
138 – Bryce Shoemaker - Baldwin
145 – Austin Hughey – El Dorado
152 – Jonathan Blackwell – Bonner Springs
160 – Aaron Puckett – Bonner Springs
170 – Trevor Whittaker – Smoky Valley
182 – Levi Eck - Andale
195 –Tyler Gastineau - Goodland
220 – Justin Scott – Jefferson West
285 –Josh Horn - Winfield
Class 3-1A – Click here for complete rankings
There were two changes at the top of the individual ranks in 3-1A, as Silver Lake’s Haegen Schaefer took the No. 1 ranking from Macrae Migchelbrink of Rawlins County in 120. The other change came as Harrison Gilliland of Plainville moved into the top spot at 195 ahead of Sabetha’s Tyler Edelman, who fell to No. 6.
Plainville and Norton both moved up one spot in the team rankings to No. 1 and 2, as Scott City fell to third. Hoisington and Hoxie round out the top five of 3-1A.
106 –Ty Nienke - Ellsworth
113 –Trey Francka – Chase Co.
120 –Haegen Schaefer – Silver Lake
126 –Brandon Ball – Hoisington
132 –John Risewick – Norton
138 –Brogan Humphrey - Fredonia
145 – Tagen Lambotte - Rossville
152 –Alex Thibault – Halstead
160 –Calvin Occhs – Hoxie
170 –Jared Johnson – Pleasant Ridge
182 – Kyler Atwood – Smith Center
195 – Harrison Gilliland - Plainville
220 – Ryker Greenbaum - Douglass
285 – Clay Wilcox - Chaparral
