by joanna

The Class 6A and 5A wrestling tournament spent decades at the Kansas Coliseum. But in February, it went to the Intrust Bank Arena. Find me a person who didn’t like that idea, and well, I’ll be shocked. It’s a new arena, it’s downtown, it’s a great showcase for wrestling.

But as we know now, that didn’t work out so well, and the Kansas State High School Activities Association lost money on the deal.

So what happens for February 2011? It could be back at the downtown arena or at Hartman Arena.

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by joanna

Just got word from Northwest wrestling coach Eric Prichard that four seniors from Kansas became All-Americans this weekend in the senior division at nationals.

Valley Center’s Cade Blair finished sixth at 152, Blue Valley’s Parker Madl finished fourth at 171, Northwest’s Kyle Caylor finished eighth at 215, and Northwest’s Trey Page was seventh at 285.

Congrats to everyone!

by joanna

Some wrestling news to check out:

*Northwest senior Kyle Caylor has been selected the Kansas wrestler of the year and is now a nominee for the same award given by the National Wrestling Coaches Association.

*Labette juco hosted the Missouri-Kansas all-star senior wrestling dual last night. Kansas did well.

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Here is a list of Wichita-area wrestlers who won the consolation bracket (for third place) or are wrestling in tonight’s finals:

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by joanna

9:30 p.m. _ What a day of wrestling. What a day. It’s always exciting, but this year seemed to be more so.

There was Derby taking the lead after an excellent backside showing, there was Goddard taking the team title after three of its four finalists won their matches. That’s three straight for Goddard and four in five years. Not bad, huh?

Goddard got wins from Kaleb Bonilla (103), Trey Houlden (140) and Dalton Beard (189).

Derby took second, 1.5 points behind Goddard. Of the Panthers’ two finalists, neither won.

Heights took third. Daniel Deshazer won his second title with a victory at 125.

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Here are some KSN video highlights of the Class 6A and 5A meet at Intrust Bank Arena

Semifinal

Second round

by joanna

9:15 p.m. — Here are the area finalists:

103 — Kaleb Bonilla, Goddard

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The finals of the Class 6A and 5A wrestling tournament at Wichita’s Intrust Bank Arena will be televised on Kansas 22. Coverage starts at 4 p.m. on Saturday.

Mark Ewing teams up with Mark Davidson and analyst Jerry Meier to call the action. It will be the third consecutive year that the event has been viewed statewide on Kansas 22. The event will be rebroadcasted at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 6, and available on On Demand with Cox cable for a limited time.

by joanna

Let’s talk state wrestling. Class 5A and 6A are right here in Wichita at the Intrust Bank Arena, so if you have a need for wrestling, check it out on Friday and Saturday. Or 4A in Salina, 3-2-1A in Hays.

So what are the best stories? Is it the battle you know we’ll see for the team title in 6A? (Heights, Garden City, Derby, Goddard)

Is it a specific weight? Is it a comeback story? Let’s talk about it.

by joanna

9:35 p.m. — Sorry for the lack of updates. There were interviews to be done, a story to write, results to type in. But here are the full results, along with any results I have at this moment.

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