The inaugural girls state wrestling championships are completed from Salina!
TEAM RESULTS<.u>
1. Washburn Rural - 84
2. Great Bend - 80
3. Paola - 44
4. Nickerson - 41
4. Pratt - 41
6. Abilene - 38
7. Lakin - 35
8. Leavenworth - 34
9. Osawatomie - 32
10. Labette County - 30
11. Basehor-Linwood - 28
11. Council Grove - 28
11. KC Piper - 28
14. Onaga - 27.5
15. Junction City - 27
15. Free State - 27
17. Wellington - 25
18. Independence - 24
19. Olathe West - 22
19. Topeka West - 22
136 pound final: Andover Central's Xara Bacci & Piper's Sara Lake stay scoreless until Lake gets the win via pinfall at 3:37. Lake is the first girls state wrestling champion, finishing her season with a 27-0 mark! #CatchItKansas
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143 pound final: Mulvane's Kammie Schanz gets a first period takedown and leads most of the way, but that's it as Pratt's Livia Swift gets a very late third period takedown to win the championship 3-2! #CatchItKansas
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155 pounds: Onaga's unbeaten and top ranked Morgan Mayginnes with a quick win! Just 44 seconds to get the win by pinfall over Ottawa's Darby Weidl and claim the championship #CatchItKansas
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170 pounds: After a 20 second win in the semis, Council Grove's Jolie Ziegler wins the championship in only 31 seconds! She gets the pin over Abilene's Lyndsey Buechman to finish the perfect season #CatchItKansas
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191 pounds: Elisa Robinson from Junction City closes out the perfect senior season, making it 30 wins with a pinfall of Leavenworth's Hannah Jackson at the 1:15 mark #CatchItKansas
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235 pounds: both entering with 1 loss, it's Washburn Rural's Dajia Anderson wins via pinfall over Mikayla Rivera of Olathe West. The number one ranked Anderson finishes her year with a 29-1 record and a state championship #CatchItKansas
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101 pounds: another perfect senior campaign comes for Osawatomie's Amanda Newcomb! She ends with a 21-0 mark, using a late nearfall to clinch a 7-0 win over Concordia's Kassidy Leiszler #CatchItKansas
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109 pounds: great match between Independence's Alexis Allen and Wellington's Anna Cullens! Allen gets the reversal and pin in the third period to complete the perfect 30-0 season with the state title! #CatchItKansas
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116 pounds: dominant performance from Nickerson's Nichole Moore to take home a state championship! Moore goes up 14-2 before winning by pinfall at the 2:27 mark to close out her high school career #CatchItKansas
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123 pounds: two unbeatens enter, but it's Paola's Jordyn Knecht that comes out on top over Maryville's Elise Rose! The junior finishes a perfect 30-0, winning the title via decision, 8-4 #CatchItKansas
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130 pounds: in the final championship match of the day--a great match--Madyson Gray from Free State gets the win by pin just before the bell in the second period over Brianna Randles of Topeka West! Gray finishes her sophomore year with a 34-0 record #CatchItKansas
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And in the team rankings, it's Washburn Rural that edges out Great Bend for the title! Rural finishes with 84 points, four points ahead of Great Bend, the Panthers at 80. Paola takes third with 44 points #CatchItKansas
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SEMIFINALS
A third period takedown locks in Concordia's Kassidy Leiszler as the first ever girls state wrestling finalist! She'll face Osawatomie's Amanda Newcomb in the finals at 101 pounds later today #CatchItKansas
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109 pounds: Wellington freshman Anna Cullens is on to the finals, winning a 12-0 major decision over Pratt's Jadyn Thompson. She'll face Independence's Alexis Allen, a winner via 7-4 decision, for the title #CatchItKansas
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116 pounds: Nickerson's Nichole Moore, ranked #3 nationally, is on to the finals to face Paola's Kailyn Younger. Moore gets the pin at the 3:51 mark to advance #CatchItKansas
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123 pounds: two unbeatens will face off for the title! Marysville's Elise Rose (17-0) will take on Paola's Jordyn Knecht (29-0)
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130 pounds: Brianna Randles from Topeka West gets a quick pinfall win over Garden City's Angelina Serrano at the 1:20 mark. She'll face Free State's Madyson Gray who also wins by fall to stay perfect for the championship #CatchItKansas
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136 pounds: Andover Central's Xara Bacci is on to the finals! The sophomore wins by 4-3 decision, she'll take on KC Piper's Sara Lake who remains unbeaten after a win by pinfall #CatchItKansas
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143 pounds: Just before the bell in round one Pratt's top ranked Livia Swift gets the win via fall (1:56) to advance to the finals. Her opponent will be Kammie Schanz from Mulvane, reaching the finals her freshman year with a 6-2 decision victory #CatchItKansas
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155 pounds: Onaga's #1 Morgan Mayginnes stays unbeaten, winning by technical fall 16-0 over GB's Briana Perez. She'll take on Darby Weidl from Ottawa, an 11-8 winner in the semis #CatchItKansas
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170 pounds: that was fast! Council Grove freshman Jolie Ziegler needs just 20 seconds to get the win by pinfall to move to 26-0! Abilene's Lyndsey Buechman (16-1) wins by 4-3 decision in the other semifinal and will look for the upset to win the title #CatchItKansas
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191 pounds: Junction City's Elisa Robinson is a win away from a perfect 30-0 senior season, winning by major decision 18-5 in the semis. She'll meet Leavenworth frosh Hannah Jackson, who won a great match 13-11 to move to the finals #CatchItKansas
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235 pounds: Olathe West's Makayla Rivera gets the win via fall at the 1:44 mark, moving to the finals her freshman campaign. Number one ranked Dajia Anderson of Washburn Rural will be her opponent for the title, Anderson defeating Nickerson's Maddi Miller 13-5 #CatchItKansas
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