Panthers finish second in stacked Bob Kuhn Tournament

By: Kaitlyn Rothe

| Published 01/30/2025

Friday, Jan 24, the Panthers travelled to Hays to kick off the Bob Kuhn tournament. Winning the tournament was Manhattan, KS with 245.5 points. The Panthers fought hard and the team secured second place with 136 points. The wrestling team is gearing up to compete at MCL in Russell on Jan 31.

Champ. Round 1 - Brady Russom (Phillipsburg) 18-8 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Robbie Thomas (Kapaun) 16-7 won by fall over Brady Russom (Phillipsburg) 18-8 (Fall 1:23)
Cons. Round 2 - Brady Russom (Phillipsburg) 18-8 won by forfeit over Madden Pham (Kapaun) 6-8 (For.)
Cons. Round 3 - Brady Russom (Phillipsburg) 18-8 won by decision over Tresten Mai (Goodland) 4-9 (Dec 6-4)
Cons. Semi - Aaron Samuelson (Oakley) 23-7 won by decision over Brady Russom (Phillipsburg) 18-8 (Dec 8-1)
5th Place Match - Brady Russom (Phillipsburg) 18-8 won by decision over Robbie Thomas (Kapaun) 16-7 (Dec 7-0)

Kaden Sisson (18-6) placed 2nd and scored 24.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Kaden Sisson (Phillipsburg) 18-6 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Kaden Sisson (Phillipsburg) 18-6 won by fall over Hayden Liles (Great Bend) 12-12 (Fall 1:42)
Semifinal - Kaden Sisson (Phillipsburg) 18-6 won by fall over Trace Brisendine (Holly) 23-6 (Fall 2:59)
1st Place Match - Caeleb Hutchinson (Manhattan) 35-1 won by fall over Kaden Sisson (Phillipsburg) 18-6 (Fall 1:49)

Hunter Sisson (19-6) placed 5th and scored 9.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Hunter Sisson (Phillipsburg) 19-6 won by decision over Bode Busch (Manhattan) 12-14 (Dec 1-0)
Quarterfinal - Hunter Sisson (Phillipsburg) 19-6 won by decision over Atticus Guenther (Carbondale-Santa Fe Trail HS) 18-7 (Dec 4-2)
Semifinal - Triston Tomlinson (Great Bend) 20-4 won by decision over Hunter Sisson (Phillipsburg) 19-6 (Dec 4-2)
Cons. Semi - Sebastian Heredia (Ulysses) 25-8 won by decision over Hunter Sisson (Phillipsburg) 19-6 (Dec 4-0)
5th Place Match - Hunter Sisson (Phillipsburg) 19-6 won by decision over Ashton Wynn (Trego Community ) 16-9 (Dec 11-6)

Seth Keeten (18-7) placed 3rd and scored 22.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Seth Keeten (Phillipsburg) 18-7 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Seth Keeten (Phillipsburg) 18-7 won by fall over Brecken Crist-Funk (Manhattan) 18-15 (Fall 3:37)
Semifinal - Cruz Hershberger (Buhler) 19-3 won by fall over Seth Keeten (Phillipsburg) 18-7 (Fall 1:58)
Cons. Semi - Seth Keeten (Phillipsburg) 18-7 won by fall over Dalton Devin (Manhattan) 7-3 (Fall 3:54)
3rd Place Match - Seth Keeten (Phillipsburg) 18-7 won by fall over Malachi Rothenberger (Goddard-Eisenhower) 7-6 (Fall 4:08)

Cole Keeten (24-5) placed 2nd and scored 21.5 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Cole Keeten (Phillipsburg) 24-5 won by fall over Jett Wolf (Oakley) 7-21 (Fall 1:41)
Quarterfinal - Cole Keeten (Phillipsburg) 24-5 won by decision over Roberto Macias (Hays ) 19-7 (Dec 14-9)
Semifinal - Cole Keeten (Phillipsburg) 24-5 won by tech fall over Bo Kyler (Ellsworth) 13-11 (TF-1.5 2:57 (19-1))
1st Place Match - Logan Lagerman (Manhattan) 26-6 won by fall over Cole Keeten (Phillipsburg) 24-5 (Fall 4:47)

Blake Buresh (26-3) placed 1st and scored 29.5 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Blake Buresh (Phillipsburg) 26-3 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Blake Buresh (Phillipsburg) 26-3 won by fall over Jesus Miranda (Ulysses) 4-10 (Fall 1:00)
Semifinal - Blake Buresh (Phillipsburg) 26-3 won by tech fall over Jason Daniel (Kapaun) 20-12 (TF-1.5 2:53 (15-0))
1st Place Match - Blake Buresh (Phillipsburg) 26-3 won by fall over Omar Hernandez (Goodland) 18-8 (Fall 3:08)

Braxtyn Shields (14-13) placed 8th and scored 1.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Braxtyn Shields (Phillipsburg) 14-13 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Teagen Pfeifer (Russell) 25-5 won by fall over Braxtyn Shields (Phillipsburg) 14-13 (Fall 0:35)
Cons. Round 2 - Braxtyn Shields (Phillipsburg) 14-13 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 3 - Luke Kerns (Buhler) 25-7 won by fall over Braxtyn Shields (Phillipsburg) 14-13 (Fall 2:32)
7th Place Match - Cass Smith (Trego Community ) 23-9 won by fall over Braxtyn Shields (Phillipsburg) 14-13 (Fall 2:18)

Cash Roth (4-5)

Champ. Round 1 - Keegan Urbanek (Ellsworth) 19-5 won by fall over Cash Roth (Phillipsburg) 4-5 (Fall 2:26)
Cons. Round 1 - Cash Roth (Phillipsburg) 4-5 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Round 2 - Kaiden Bliss (Trego Community ) 14-5 won by fall over Cash Roth (Phillipsburg) 4-5 (Fall 2:08)

Jaden Boyle (20-8) placed 2nd and scored 20.0 team points.

Quarterfinal - Jaden Boyle (Phillipsburg) 20-8 won by fall over Trenten Ditty (Carbondale-Santa Fe Trail HS) 10-10 (Fall 2:35)
Semifinal - Jaden Boyle (Phillipsburg) 20-8 won by fall over Tanner Geist (Hays ) 13-5 (Fall 2:31)
1st Place Match - Garrison Vikander (Manhattan) 23-7 won by fall over Jaden Boyle (Phillipsburg) 20-8 (Fall 3:42)