Panthers pick up fourth place at annual Panther Classic

By: Kaitlyn Rothe

| Published 02/10/2025

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On Feb 8, the wrestlers competed at the annual Panther Classic tournament. Here they faced 18 teams and scored fourth place with 117 points. Securing first place in the tournament was Hoxie with 181.5 points. The JV team also competed separately at this tournament having a mat of their own. These wrestlers placed third with 122.5 points. From the JV side Beloit took home first place with 127.5 points.

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126: Brady Russom (22-12) scored 4.5 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Brady Russom (Phillipsburg) 22-12 won by tech fall over Logan Turner (Great Bend) 1-5 (TF-1.5 4:28 (15-0))
Quarterfinal - Aaron Samuelson (Oakley) 22-7 won in sudden victory - 1 over Brady Russom (Phillipsburg) 22-12 (SV-1 3-0)
Cons. Round 2 - Brady Russom (Phillipsburg) 22-12 won by decision over Kaine Rush (Ellsworth) 4-15 (Dec 10-9)
Cons. Round 3 - Dakota Sullivan (Russell) 10-12 won by fall over Brady Russom (Phillipsburg) 22-12 (Fall 1:53)

132: Kaden Sisson (24-7) placed 3rd and scored 14.5 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Kaden Sisson (Phillipsburg) 24-7 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Kaden Sisson (Phillipsburg) 24-7 won by major decision over Chase Meyer (Hoxie) 24-12 (MD 15-4)
Semifinal - Brogan Monty (Beloit) 31-2 won by decision over Kaden Sisson (Phillipsburg) 24-7 (Dec 5-0)
Cons. Semi - Kaden Sisson (Phillipsburg) 24-7 won by tech fall over Alejandro Arnold (Minneapolis) 24-10 (TF-1.5 1:41 (17-0))
3rd Place Match - Kaden Sisson (Phillipsburg) 24-7 won by decision over Chase Meyer (Hoxie) 24-12 (Dec 3-1)

144: Seth Keeten (22-8) placed 2nd and scored 21.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Seth Keeten (Phillipsburg) 22-8 won by fall over Lance Muchow (Ellsworth) 2-13 (Fall 1:01)
Quarterfinal - Seth Keeten (Phillipsburg) 22-8 won by major decision over Trey Zorn (Russell) 13-10 (MD 12-2)
Semifinal - Seth Keeten (Phillipsburg) 22-8 won by fall over Braylon Becker (Plainville) 19-13 (Fall 2:45)
1st Place Match - Dayven Cuba (Abilene) 26-7 won by decision over Seth Keeten (Phillipsburg) 22-8 (Dec 4-0)

150: Cole Keeten (30-7) placed 2nd and scored 21.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Cole Keeten (Phillipsburg) 30-7 won by fall over Caleb Marintzer (Hays-TMP) 4-8 (Fall 1:28)
Quarterfinal - Cole Keeten (Phillipsburg) 30-7 won by fall over Ethan Bohl (Minneapolis) 26-17 (Fall 3:04)
Semifinal - Cole Keeten (Phillipsburg) 30-7 won by major decision over Parker Farr (Abilene) 21-7 (MD 13-2)
1st Place Match - Etson Moreno (Hoxie) 29-7 won by decision over Cole Keeten (Phillipsburg) 30-7 (Dec 4-1)

157: Blake Buresh (31-4) placed 2nd and scored 21.5 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Blake Buresh (Phillipsburg) 31-4 won by fall over Hadley West (Ellsworth) 8-14 (Fall 0:34)
Quarterfinal - Blake Buresh (Phillipsburg) 31-4 won by fall over Jackson Gillespie (Hays-TMP) 10-10 (Fall 2:00)
Semifinal - Blake Buresh (Phillipsburg) 31-4 won by tech fall over Kaiden Schultze (Osborne) 28-7 (TF-1.5 5:50 (17-2))
1st Place Match - Joseph Welsh (Abilene) 34-5 won by major decision over Blake Buresh (Phillipsburg) 31-4 (MD 10-2)

165: Braxtyn Shields (15-17) placed 4th and scored 7.5 team points.

Quarterfinal - Duncan Bell (Hoxie) 34-1 won by fall over Braxtyn Shields (Phillipsburg) 15-17 (Fall 1:08)
Cons. Round 1 - Braxtyn Shields (Phillipsburg) 15-17 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Semi - Braxtyn Shields (Phillipsburg) 15-17 won by tech fall over Myles Callahan (Abilene) 10-9 (TF-1.5 3:47 (17-1))
3rd Place Match - Eli Stein (Hays-TMP) 10-10 won by fall over Braxtyn Shields (Phillipsburg) 15-17 (Fall 2:39)

190: Cash Roth (6-9) scored 5.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Cash Roth (Phillipsburg) 6-9 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Cash Roth (Phillipsburg) 6-9 won by major decision over Brodie Cochran (Abilene) 14-10 (MD 16-7)
Semifinal - Sam Watkins (Hoxie) 35-1 won by fall over Cash Roth (Phillipsburg) 6-9 (Fall 0:42)
Cons. Semi - Cope Railsback (Norton) 14-17 won by decision over Cash Roth (Phillipsburg) 6-9 (Dec 7-5)

285: Jaden Boyle (26-10) placed 2nd and scored 22.0 team points.

Champ. Round 1 - Jaden Boyle (Phillipsburg) 26-10 won by fall over Ryder Morris (Great Bend) 2-6 (Fall 1:44)
Quarterfinal - Jaden Boyle (Phillipsburg) 26-10 won by fall over Kenneth Walker (Hays-TMP) 17-16 (Fall 0:13)
Semifinal - Jaden Boyle (Phillipsburg) 26-10 won by fall over Daylan Fairchild (Atwood-Rawlins County) 24-7 (Fall 1:29)
1st Place Match - Corbin Puga (Norton) 27-5 won by fall over Jaden Boyle (Phillipsburg) 26-10 (Fall 2:22)

138: Colton Summitt (14-5) placed 3rd and scored 7.0 team points.

Round 2 - Noah Nickelson (Hoxie) 4-0 won by major decision over Colton Summitt (Phillipsburg) 14-5 (MD 10-0)
Round 3 - Colton Summitt (Phillipsburg) 14-5 won by decision over Ryan Jones (Atwood-Rawlins County) 15-22 (Dec 6-0)
Round 4 - Colton Summitt (Phillipsburg) 14-5 won by decision over Michael Urban (Norton) 7-8 (Dec 6-5)
Round 5 - Waylon Cecil (Phillipsburg) 13-6 won by fall over Colton Summitt (Phillipsburg) 14-5 (Fall 0:54)

138: Waylon Cecil (13-6) placed 2nd and scored 14.0 team points.

Round 1 - Waylon Cecil (Phillipsburg) 13-6 won by decision over Michael Urban (Norton) 7-8 (Dec 7-4)
Round 2 - Waylon Cecil (Phillipsburg) 13-6 won by fall over Ryan Jones (Atwood-Rawlins County) 15-22 (Fall 1:49)
Round 4 - Noah Nickelson (Hoxie) 4-0 won by decision over Waylon Cecil (Phillipsburg) 13-6 (Dec 7-2)
Round 5 - Waylon Cecil (Phillipsburg) 13-6 won by fall over Colton Summitt (Phillipsburg) 14-5 (Fall 0:54)

144: Alek Miller (13-2) placed 2nd and scored 14.0 team points.

Quarterfinal - Alek Miller (Phillipsburg) 13-2 won by decision over Carter Jermark (Beloit) 13-15 (Dec 7-0)
Semifinal - Alek Miller (Phillipsburg) 13-2 won in sudden victory - 1 over Jonathan Graham (Hoxie) 3-1 (SV-1 7-0)
1st Place Match - Lane Hoekman (Abilene) 19-12 won by fall over Alek Miller (Phillipsburg) 13-2 (Fall 1:17)

150: Carter Bogart (18-4) placed 1st and scored 20.0 team points.

Round 2 - Carter Bogart (Phillipsburg) 18-4 won by decision over Max Foote (Hoxie) 3-1 (Dec 7-0)
Round 3 - Carter Bogart (Phillipsburg) 18-4 won by fall over Ashton Mascareno (Abilene) 1-13 (Fall 0:59)
Round 4 - Carter Bogart (Phillipsburg) 18-4 won by fall over Kayden Detrich (Great Bend) 3-10 (Fall 0:25)
Round 5 - Carter Bogart (Phillipsburg) 18-4 won by fall over Peyton Samson (Atwood-Rawlins County) 21-11 (Fall 3:43)

157: Chaz Roth (7-10) scored 1.0 team point.

Quarterfinal - Brody Cline (Great Bend) 3-7 won by fall over Chaz Roth (Phillipsburg) 7-10 (Fall 2:13)
Cons. Round 1 - Chaz Roth (Phillipsburg) 7-10 received a bye () (Bye)
Cons. Semi - Aiden Woods (Abilene) 11-8 won by fall over Chaz Roth (Phillipsburg) 7-10 (Fall 1:23)

165: Jacob Driggs (13-4) placed 1st and scored 23.5 team points.

Quarterfinal - Jacob Driggs (Phillipsburg) 13-4 won by fall over Evan Vink (Great Bend) 0-10 (Fall 3:56)
Semifinal - Jacob Driggs (Phillipsburg) 13-4 won by tech fall over James Dickman (Hays-Thomas More Prep-Marian) 0-8 (TF-1.5 2:34 (20-5))
1st Place Match - Jacob Driggs (Phillipsburg) 13-4 won by fall over Deandre Davis (Abilene) 12-5 (Fall 1:48)

175: Griffin Hamons (5-11) placed 3rd and scored 7.0 team points.

Round 1 - Marley Lewis (Beloit) 11-17 won by decision over Griffin Hamons (Phillipsburg) 5-11 (Dec 8-2)
Round 2 - Jesse Dettmer (Phillipsburg) 12-4 won by fall over Griffin Hamons (Phillipsburg) 5-11 (Fall 1:15)

175: Jesse Dettmer (12-4) placed 1st and scored 18.0 team points.

Round 2 - Jesse Dettmer (Phillipsburg) 12-4 won by fall over Griffin Hamons (Phillipsburg) 5-11 (Fall 1:15)
Round 3 - Jesse Dettmer (Phillipsburg) 12-4 won by fall over Marley Lewis (Beloit) 11-17 (Fall 0:19)

190: Aidrian Hassel (2-2) placed 1st and scored 18.0 team points.

Round 1 - Aidrian Hassel (Phillipsburg) 2-2 won by fall over Caleb Porter (Beloit) 0-7 (Fall 1:28)
Round 2 - Aidrian Hassel (Phillipsburg) 2-2 won by fall over Kale Wessling (Beloit) 7-24 (Fall 1:34)