🤼Plainville qualifies 4, Trego and Ellis 3 wrestlers for girl’s state

SCOTT CITY – The Plainville girls finished fifth as a team and qualified four wrestlers for the 4-1A state wrestling tournament in Salina later this month after finishing in the top four at Saturday’s regional tournament in Scott City.

Lilian Garcia was the top finisher for the Cardinals, bring home a second-place finish.

She opened the tournament with a first round, first period fall over Breauna Russell of Ellsworth. Garcia followed that with wins by decision over Myah Mattheyer of Trego and Johnna Ebner of Phillipsburg to get to the championship match.

In the championship match she lost by an 8-1 decision to Cali Wagoner of Oakley.

Kaeleigh Klein (100), Zoe Brown (145) and Caydance Carter (190) all earned third place finishes for Plainville.

Klein, at 100 pounds, had to bounce back from a loss in the semifinals to get back to the third-place match where she picked up a first-period fall over Teagan Walker of Larned.

At 145 pounds Zoe Brown opened the tournament with a pair of wins but also had to wrestle back to the third-place match after a loss in the semifinals. In the third-place match Brown won by fall over Xavia Brenn from Rawlins County.

Caydance Carter also finished third. She received a first-round bye and then lost to Kacee Herredsberg of Smith Center in the semifinals. Carter followed that loss with four strait wins including a second-period fall over Herredsberg from Smith Center.

Plainville coach Luke Wise was also voted KWCA regional coach of the year.

You can see the complete list of the top-four finishers below.

The Ellis Railroaders were one of four teams with multiple individual champions and had three top-four finishers.

Maleah Vine at 135 pounds and Kaydawn Haag at 140 pounds both earned a first-place finish.

Vine started the tournament with back-to-back first-period falls. She then won by a 10-7 decision over Ivy Davis of Lakin in the semifinals. She followed that with a first period fall against McKenzie Simon of Holcomb to clinch the individual title.

At 140 pounds Haag followed a first-round bye with a second period fall, a major decision and then won by an 8-6 decision over Destiny Gonzalez of Goodland in the championship match.

Callie Priest finished third at 110 pounds. She opened the tournament with back-to-back first period falls before losing in the semifinals. She wrestled back to the third-place game where she defeated Cora DeGood from Colby by fall in the second-period fall.

Trego’s Kallan Rothchild placed second at 115 pounds. Rothchild pinned her way to the finals before losing to a 5-1 decision to Kylee Hodges of Oakley.

At 120 pounds Adrian Wynn placed third.

She recorded four pins on her way to the third place finish. Her only loss came in the semifinals but she bounced back and earned a third place finish with a fall just 20 seconds into the first period against Madison Siegfried of St. Francis.

Myah Mattheyer also brought home a third place finished for Trego at 155 pounds.

After opening the tournament with a win, Mattheyer lost in the semifinals to Lillian Garcia of Plainville (8-2). She followed that with wins by fall in three of her next four matches, including a first-period fall in the third-place match against Johnna Ebner of Phillipsburg.

Stockton also finished with a pair of individual champions.

At 100 pounds Carolina Northup picked up back-to-back falls to get to the championship match where she defeated Aspen Sharpe of Colby 5-1.

Ashlyn Hahn also earned a first-place finish for the Tigers at 125 pounds. Hahn pinned her way to the title with all four falls coming in the first period. That included the win over Josie Bell of Hoxie in the championship match.

Oakley won the team title with 117 points. They were followed by Colby (112.5), Hoisington (105) Larned (94) and Plainville (85) to round of the top five.

The 4-1A girls state wrestling tournament will be held Feb. 22-24 at Tony’s Pizza Events Center in Salina.

Plainville qualifies 4, Trego and Ellis 3 wrestlers for girl’s state