Hays Post
PARK CITY – A year after finishing second, Hays High senior Sarah Zimmerman won the state wrestling championship Thursday at 110 pounds at 6-5A state tournament in Park City.
Zimmerman cruised to the finals Wednesday with a pair of first period falls and a technical fall.
In the finals, Zimmerman — for a second time this year — avenged her only loss of the season beating Hutchinson’s Anna Cullens by a second-period fall.
Cullens beat Zimmerman 7-3 in the championship match of the Rocky Welton tournament in Garden City. Zimmerman then beat Cullens in the regional championship in a third-period fall.
Zimmerman finishes 31-1 on the season.
At 115 pounds, the Indians' Tiona Napue earned a second place finish.
Napue pinned her way to the finals on Wednesday but came up short in the championship, losing by a second-period fall to Bre Villanueva from Junction City.
She finishes her season 31-4.
Lexi Burton finished fifth at 135 pounds.
Burton went 1-1 on the first day of the tournament but bounced back with wins in the consolation cross-bracketing and quarterfinals match.
She lost a 4-0 decision in the consolation semi-finals before earning a fifth-place finish with a 3-2 win over Alexis Fredrickson of Washburn Rural. Burton finished the second 28-8.
Lexi Burton finished 1-2 at 145 pounds and Ava Ruiz 0-2 at 140 pounds.
As a team, the Indians finished sixth with 65.5 team points.
Washburn Rural won the 6A-5A title with 153 points. Garden City was second, followed by Dodge City.