NORTON – The Hoxie Indians had eight individual champions as they ran away with the Mid-Continent League wrestling tournament in Norton Friday.
The Indians claimed individual titles at 113 (Wayne Shepard), 120 (Carson Ochs) 126 (Dayton Bell), 132 (Drew Bell), 145 (Derek Johnson), 160 (Aidan Baalman), 195 (Donovan Balluch) and 285 (Brandon Baker) while collecting 228 team points. Ellis finished second as a team with 137.5 points. Smith Center (124.5), Plainville (107) and Hill City (95.5) rounded out the top five.
Ellis’ Mason Younger claimed the individual title at 106 pounds while Konnor Pfeifer finished second at 170 pounds. Mason Gottschalk finished third at 182 pounds while Jarret Mader (126), Gannon Winter (132), Sam Pyle (138), Zeke Haag (145), George Crawford (160) and Toby Woodworth (195) all finished fourth.
Plainville’s Ben Hansen earlier the individual title at 170 pounds.
Hill City’s Aiden Amrein earned the title at 152 pounds and Jayce Hamel claimed the title at 182 pounds.
TMP had three individuals place in the top six led by Seamus Holmes’ third place finished at 120 pounds. Brayden Binder finished fifth at 126 pounds and at 160 pounds Tathen Lovewell finished sixth.
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• 1st Place - Mason Younger of Ellis
• 2nd Place - Theo Keesee of Phillipsburg
• 3rd Place - Cohen Kaiser of Plainville High School
• 4th Place - Tate Weimer of Hoxie
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• 1st Place - Wayne Shepard of Hoxie
• 2nd Place - Kaleb Atkins of Hill City
• 3rd Place - Patrick Driggs of Phillipsburg
• 4th Place - Ethan Selbe of Plainville High School
• 5th Place - Ace Plummer of Oakley
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• 1st Place - Carson Ochs of Hoxie
• 2nd Place - Logan Normandin of Plainville High School
• 3rd Place - Seamus Holmes of Thomas More Prep-Marian
• 4th Place - Heath Simmons of Norton
• 5th Place - Kohle Nuss of Russell
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• 1st Place - Dayton Bell of Hoxie
• 2nd Place - Bentley Montgomery of Smith Center
• 3rd Place - Tyler Schoenberger of Oakley
• 4th Place - Jarret Mader of Ellis
• 5th Place - Braydon Binder of Thomas More Prep-Marian
• 6th Place - Derian Musquiz of Norton
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• 1st Place - Drew Bell of Hoxie
• 2nd Place - Kolton Field of Norton
• 3rd Place - Leighton Colburn of Stockton
• 4th Place - Gannon Winter of Ellis
• 5th Place - Jackson Pinckney of Smith Center
• 6th Place - Landyn Plummer of Oakley
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• 1st Place - Eric Cain of Oakley
• 2nd Place - Drew Bretz of Hoxie
• 3rd Place - Jacob Windholz of Russell
• 4th Place - Sam Pyle of Ellis
• 5th Place - Alex Wilkinson of Smith Center
• 6th Place - Justin Knoll of Stockton
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• 1st Place - Derek Johnson of Hoxie
• 2nd Place - Tanner Sells of WaKeeney-Trego Community High School
• 3rd Place - Gabe Kerns of Plainville High School
• 4th Place - Zeke Haag of Ellis
• 5th Place - Ryan Stocker of Smith Center
• 6th Place - Camden Iwanski of Stockton
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• 1st Place - Aiden Amrein of Hill City
• 2nd Place - Justus Hulse of Stockton
• 3rd Place - Garrett Urban of Norton
• 4th Place - Ryan Shaw of Hoxie
• 5th Place - Tristan Ryburn of Oakley
• 6th Place - Kevin Russell of Phillipsburg
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• 1st Place - Aidan Baalman of Hoxie
• 2nd Place - Nathan Hrabe of Smith Center
• 3rd Place - Chase Russell of Phillipsburg
• 4th Place - George Crawford of Ellis
• 5th Place - Deyton Bedore of Stockton
• 6th Place - Tathen Lovewell of Thomas More Prep-Marian
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• 1st Place - Ben Hansen of Plainville High School
• 2nd Place - Konnor Pfeifer of Ellis
• 3rd Place - Conner Dinkel of Hill City
• 4th Place - Jess Whitmer of Russell
• 5th Place - James Kriegh of WaKeeney-Trego Community High School
• 6th Place - Jason Desbien of Smith Center
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• 1st Place - Jayce Hamel of Hill City
• 2nd Place - Kyle Werner of Plainville High School
• 3rd Place - Mason Gottchalk of Ellis
• 4th Place - Jake Kirchhoff of Smith Center
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• 1st Place - Donovan Balluch of Hoxie
• 2nd Place - Rylan Basart of Stockton
• 3rd Place - Eli Franklin of Smith Center
• 4th Place - Toby Woodworth of Ellis
• 5th Place - Jefferson Otter of Norton
• 6th Place - Riley Wagner of Phillipsburg
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• 1st Place - Gavin Sproul of Norton
• 2nd Place - Brock Buresh of Phillipsburg
• 3rd Place - Draxtin Hovis of Plainville High School
• 4th Place - Jakob Sasse of Smith Center
• 5th Place - Christian Koch of Oakley
• 6th Place - Kaden Sekavec of Hoxie
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• 1st Place - Brandon Baker of Hoxie
• 2nd Place - Thayn Walt of Hill City
• 3rd Place - Colton Haresnape of Smith Center
• 4th Place - Jonah Smith of Plainville High School
• 5th Place - Max Self of Russell
• 6th Place - Alex Brown of Norton