February 7, 2025

Creighton Prep boys, Garden City girls take home Rocky Welton Invitational titles

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Garden City, Kan. (westernkansasnews.com)–Schools from five different states would make their way to The Garden for the annual Rocky Welton Invitational on Friday and Saturday. It was the 67th year of the boys tournament, and featured 34 schools, while the girls would have their fourth tournament with 24 schools.

In its first year in the tournament, Creighton Prep from Omaha would win the tournament by 48 points over Garden City, while Goddard was third. The Junior Jays would have one champion, and would score 217 points on the first day. Garden City got individual titles from Matthew Long at 120 pounds and Brayden Hill at 285. Long was voted the boys Most Outsanding Wrestler for the tournament.

For the girls, it was the first time in the girls would wrestle over two days. Garden City would win the tournament by over 50 points over runner-up Dodge City. The Lady Buffaloes would push six into Saturday’s finals, and come away with two champions. Marina Loera would win at 115 pounds, and Crystal Loera took the 125-pound weight class. Dodge City finished second overall, behind five finalists. They would get tournament titles from Hailey Ramos at 135, Liliana Arroyo at 145, Yareli Garcia at 155 and Naomi Orozco at 170. Stockton’s Ashlyn Hahn would be voted the girls Most Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament, winning at 130 pounds.

Boys
Team Scores

Creighton Prep, NE 246; Garden City 198; Goddard 176.5; Kearney, NE 166.5; Pueblo East, CO 156; Maize 153.5; Chatfield, CO 148; Pine Creek, CO 147; Rose Hill 124.5; Olathe North 112.5; Great Bend 110; Cheyenne East, WY 106; Valley Center 100.5; Newton 99.5; Andale 92.5; Millard West, NE 80.5; Salina Central 73; Scott City 68; Hays 64.5; Scottsbluff, NE 64; Maize South 56.5; Bennett, CO 54; Lewis-Palmer, CO 52.5; Garden City JV 50; Ulysses 49; Hutchinson 41.5; Lincoln Christian, OK 29.5; Beloit 28; Holcomb 25; Republic County 25; Liberal 24.5; Haysville Campus 18.5; Dodge City 16; Wichita County 14; Stockton 7.5

Placers
106
Championship: Oscar Gauna, Goddard, won by medical forfeit over Cruzer Dominguez, Creighton Prep
3rd Place: Cooper Smith, Maize, won by tech fall over Pace Plankenhorn, Garden City, 17-1
5th Place: Eden Cobos Ortega, Lewis-Palmer, won by fall over Anthony Shifflett, Scottsbluff, 3:00
7th Place: Samson Whitted, Rose Hill, won by fall over Noah Vela, Newton, 3:00
9th Place: Alex Herburger, Pueblo East, won by dec over Owen Launer, Kearney, 4-0
11th Place: Can Husen, Maize South, won by medical forfeit over Shaiden Casner, Cheyenne East
13th Place: Daniel Jordan, Bennett, won by maj dec over Trey McAllister-Russell, Millard West, 11-0
15th Place: Cyler Luck, Hays, won by maj dec over Uli Armendariz, Scott City, 16-8
113
Championship: Cole Caniglia, Creighton Prep, won by maj dec over Brayden Pacheco, Garden City, 10-1
3rd Place: Luke Gomez, Chatfield, won by dec over Jayden Grijalva, Goddard, 1-0
5th Place: Jak Sponenburgh, Kearney won by medical forfeit over Manuel Amaro, Pueblo East
7th Place: Trenton Richwine, Rose Hill, won by fall over Gavin Munoz, Maize South, 1:57
9th Place: Cal Schartz, Great Bend, won by dec over Zachary Siatka, Maize, 8-5
11th Place: Dominic Sanchez, Ulysses, won by dec over Trent Willis, Haysville Campus, 11-4
13th Place: Oscar Brown, Scottsbluff, won by dec over Luke Seiler, Abilene, 18-15
15th Place: Brian Casas, Liberal, won by medical forfeit over Kaden Braun, Millard West
120
Championship: Matthew Long, Garden City, won by dec over Antonio Guebara, Maize, 6-1
3rd Place: Kobi Streeter, Creighton Prep, won by dec over Creighten Lassen, Millard West, 1-0
5th Place: Jameson Small, Kearney, won by fall over Braxton Moody, Valley Center, 1:50
7th Place: Colin George, Chatfield, won by dec over Trace Eldridge, Cheyenne East, 13-6
9th Place: Judd Eck, Andale, won by maj dec over Jason Soto, Pueblo East, 13-5
11th Place: Exavier Torres, Newton, won by tech fall over Kaston McElwain, Goddard, 17-1
13th Place: Reese DeMoss, Maize, won by dec over Tucker Saferite, Rose Hill, 6-4
15th Place: Angelo Otero, Holcomb, won by fall over Pablo Mascote, Olathe North, 3:17
126
Championship: Lucas Kaufman, Newton, won by maj dec over Kameron Green, Creighton Prep, 14-2
3rd Place: Aiden Shields, Valley Center, won by medical forfeit over Sebastian Bentley, Rose Hill
5th Place: Griffian Rial, Pine Creek, over Julian Espinoza, Pueblo East, Double Forfeit
7th Place: Alex Rodriguez, Chatfield, won by dec over Jaxson Scott, Olathe North, 3-1
9th Place: Kaden Kowalek, Kearney, won by tech fall over Tucker Verbeck, Maize, 18-2
11th Place: Trenton Frank, Scott City, won by dec over Sammy Sanchez, Cheyenne East, 7-3
13th Place: Caycen Scholz, Bennett, won by dec over Zachary Long, Garden City, 7-6
15th Place: Zach Zulkosky, Lewis-Palmer, won by dec over Romano Romero, Ulysses, 12-6
132
Championship: Kozad Porter, Cheyenne East, won by dec over Kolton McElwain, Goddard, 14-7
3rd Place: Vincent Rosas, Maize, won by medical forfeit over Zaen Green, Kearney
5th Place: Trenton Moret, Chatfield, won by medical forfeit over Kieran Anderson, Creighton Prep
7th Place: Brogan Monty, Beloit, won by fall over Gabriel Meade, Maize South, 2:29
9th Place: Haegen Hartman, Holcomb, won by fall over Grady Lind, Hays, 4:22
11th Place: Hayden Liles, Great Bend, won by fall over Trace Van Asdale, Haysville Campus, 4:35
13th Place: Hudson Farris, Lincoln Christian, won by tech fall over Isaiah Ayala, Garden City JV, 19-3
15th Place: Asher Newberry, Lewis-Palmer, won by tech fall over Alex Ramos, Olathe North, 18-3
138
Championship: Niko Fernandez, Pueblo East, won by dec over Elijah Banks, Pine Creek, SV-1 4-1
3rd Place: Joshua Kerr, Maize South, won by fall over Julian Glover, Salina Central, 4:06
5th Place: Nick Miller, Goddard, won by medical forfeit over Myles Sanchez, Creighton Prep
7th Place: Sid Dillon, Chatfield, won by maj dec over Romeo Garcia, Garden City JV, 15-3
9th Place: Talon Verbeck, Maize, won by dec over Braxton Robinson, Kearney, 9-2
11th Place: Alex Rodriguez, Scott City, won by fall over Triston Tomlinson, Great Bend, 4:28
13th Place: Sebastian Heredia, Ulysses, won by dec over Trevor Beyer, Newton, 8-5
15th Place: Cash McVay, Rose Hill, won by forfeit over AC Gomez, Liberal
144
Championship: Johnny Leck, Rose Hill, won by maj dec over Gavin Weichelt, Pine Creek, 14-0
3rd Place: Kaedun Goodman, Kearney, won by fall over Atlas Grosch, Chatfield, 1:51
5th Place: Logan Avalon, Garden City, won by dec over Jaxsen Salinas, Ulysses, 1-0
7th Place: Tristen Cox, Andale, won by fall over Tyler Roberts, Scott City, 3:25
9th Place: Maxwell Kerr, Maize South, won by maj dec over Luke Kelley, Maize, 11-0
11th Place: Cooper Boone, Valley Center, won by fall over Owen Weatherhead, Republic County, 2:58
13th Place: Logan Trujillo, Pueblo East, won by dec over Wyatt Sellnow, Cheyenne East, 8-1
15th Place: Taggart Murphy, Olathe North, won by dec over Treyton Magness, Creighton Prep, 3-0
150
Championship: Liam Fox, Cheyenne East, won by dec over Blake Samuelson, Olathe North, 8-3
3rd Place: Saben Herrera, Garden City, won by dec over Matthew Wheeler, Scott City, 11-7
5th Place: Nate Barron, Newton, won by dec over Hayden Kelly, Great Bend, UTB 2-0
7th Place: Isaac Coronado, Chatfield, won by dec over Renzo Guinard, Pine Creek, 9-7
9th Place: Bodi Knudsen, Creighton Prep, won by maj dec over Tommy Cearns, Bennett, 11-0
11th Place: Cooper Harris, Hutchinson, won by dec over Preston Hittle, Ulysses, 7-4
13th Place: Milo Cervantes, Scottsbluff, won by dec over Caleb Washington, Millard West, 7-1
15th Place: Ryan Gonzales, Dodge City, won by dec over Javid Corral, Holcomb, 4-3
157
Championship: Jacob Goodwin, Goddard, won by tech fall over Ben McAllister, Millard West, 19-4
3rd Place: Justus Freeman, Pueblo East, won by dec over Sam Natchtigal, Kearney, UTB 6-2
5th Place: Ty Thrasher, Lincoln Christian, won by dec over Joe Novero, Creighton Prep, SV-1 7-4
7th Place: Dominic Meli, Chatfield, won by dec over Brogan Trollope, Pine Creek, 10-3
9th Place: Ethan Jordan, Bennett, won by fall over Emerson Lowry, Stockton, 2:02
11th Place: Braiden Frey, Olathe Norht, won by maj dec over Stuart Denham, Lewis-Palmer, 17-4
13th Place: Micah Gomez, Scottsbluff, won by dec over Kane Wise, Newton, 12-11
15th Place: Blake Stein, Great Bend, won by fall over Cade Culbertson, Rose Hill, 3:31
165
Championship: Ethan Eck, Andale, won by tech fall over Vance Provost, Olathe North, 15-0
3rd Place: Kade Smith, Hutchinson, won by dec over Jace Schartz, Great Bend, SV-1 10-7
5th Place: Taj Wilson, Kearney, won by fall over Abram Owings, Salina Central, 1:38
7th Place: Solomon Dalecke, Pine Creek, won by dec over Casey Olson, Millard West, 4-2
9th Place: Blaze Gossman, Scott City, won by tech fall over James Hill, Garden City, 16-0
11th Place: Beau Porter, Wichita County, won by inj over Tyren Emberson, Rose Hill
13th Place: Eastyn Viera, Goddard, won by maj dec over Ethan Uyetake, Lincoln Christian, 13-3
15th Place: Nikko Hinojos, Newton, won by dec over Carson Beavers, Republic County, 8-5
175
Championship: Elijah Contreras, Pueblo East, won by dec over JT Smith, Creighton Prep, 4-1
3rd Place: Luke Graver, Pine Creek, won by dec over Dalton Meyers, Hays, 6-3
5th Place: Jay Aplanalp, Chatfield, won by fall over John Florell, Kearney, 3:51
7th Place: David Washington, Millard West, won by dec over Sam Lungrin, Kearney, 4-1
9th Place: Jackson Anderson, Hutchinson, won by dec over Leven Jones, Rose Hill, 8-7
11th Place: Ashton Keith, Olathe North, won by fall over Nick Kendall, Republic County, 2:53
13th Place: Gavin Saner, Valley Center, won by fall over Maxx Steffan, Great Bend, 2:37
15th Place: Easton Eisenhour, Scott City, won by fall over Jackson Grier, Andale, 2:22
190
Championship: Everett Joyce, Maize, won by medical forfeit over Adonis Bonar, Creighton Prep
3rd Place: Cooper Reves, Salina Central, won by dec over Isaiah Wilson, Andale, 11-9
5th Place: Steel Schomaker Valley Center, won by maj dec over Jonathan Rigler, Hays, 15-3
7th Place: Dominic Benavidez, Pueblo East, won by dec over Brayden Jokerest, Olathe North, 4-0
9th Place:Cason Horton, Newton, won by fall over Dio Holguin, Garden City, 2:14
11th Place: Kendall Kleen, Hearney, won by fall over Benedict Baxa, Republic County, 4:19
13th Place: Brett Arnoldussen, Pine Creek, won by fall over Kevin Wilson, Hutchinson, :54
15th Place: Jace Maxwell, Lewis-Palmer, won by dec over Levi Wilson, Cheyenne East, 5-0
215
Championship: Preston Hagel, Goddard, won by fall over Trenton Kern, Great Bend, :52
3rd Place: David Holguin, Garden City, won by dec over Cole Rogers, Rose Hill, 1-0
5th Place: Michael Novero, Creighton Prep, won by maj dec over Harper Packebush, Chatfield, 13-4
7th Place: Tyrus Young, Salina Central, won by medical forfeit over Brodie Boudreaux, Beloit
9th Place: Connor Goerzen, Maize, won by dec over Jaxson Chartier, Hays, 11-4
11th Place: Mathew Trejo, Liberal, won by dec over Michale McCullough, Pueblo East, 6-2
13th Place: Noah Chobad, Valley Center, won by dec over John M. Kurtz, Garden City JV, 2-1
15th Place: Lance Davis, Cheyenne East, won by fall over Joshimar Morales, Olathe North, 1:21
285
Championship: Brayden Hill, Garden City, won by fall over Roberto Macias-Sidzyik, Creighton Prep, 3:21
3rd Place: Daylon Adams, Scottsbuff, won by fall over Beau Young, Valley Center, 4:10
5th Place: Isaac Landry, Pine Creek, won by fall over Johnny Romo, Garden City JV, 4:22
7th Place: Tanner Geist, Hays, won by dec over Kross Kemmerer, Beloit, 4-1
9th Place: Isaac Clay, Cheyenne East, won by fall over Alonzo Guillen, Salina Central, 3:23
11th Place: Caius Calderon, Lewis-Palmer, won by fall over Josue Bustamante, Great Bend, 1:28
13th Place: Caden Beims, Ulysses, won by dec over Arturo Cruz, Garden City, 7-6
15th Place: Atticus Marcenaro, Maize, won by medical forfeit over Xavier Martinez, Kearney

Girls
Team Scores

Garden City 270.5; Dodge City 216; Kearney, NE 120; Liberal 118.5; Great Bend 94.5; Hays 94.5; Pine Creek, CO 90; Garden City JV 68; Scott City 62; Arkansas City 59; Stockton 59; Haysville Campus 55; Lewis-Palmer, CO 51.5; Wichita North 49; Holcomb 41; Maize 39; Republic County 37; Hutchinson 36; Goddard 32.5; Bennett, CO 29.5; Ulysses 28.5; Cimarron 22; Wichita County 16.5; Valley Center 12; Lakin 4.5

Placers
100
Championship: Krislynn Martinez, Maize, won by dec over Nicole Abrego, Garden City 11-4
3rd Place: Carolina Northup, Stockton, won by fall over Lilly Lundy, Lewis-Palmer 1:50
5th Place: Keirsie Carlile, Liberal, won by fall over Tianna Murphy, Haysville Campus, 4:30
105
Championship: Emma Faczak, Bennett, won by tech fall over Elizabeth Ramirez, Dodge City, 23-3
3rd Place: Kaira Acosta, Garden City, won by fall over Jentri Porter, Wichita County, 1:45
5th Place: Camdyn Post, Great Bend, won by fall over Sarah Brown, Lewis-Palmer, :27
110
Championship: Gia Gabel, Pine Creek, won by fall over Emjay Marez, Garden City, 5:57
3rd Place: Isabella Gutierrez, Liberal, won by maj dec over Brooklyn Simpson, Goddard, 12-2
5th Place: Haylie McDaniel, Scott City, won by medical forfeit over Ashley Alonso, Dodge City
115
Championship: Marina Loera, Garden City, won by dec over Carsyn McBride, Kearney, 7-2
3rd Place: Madison Polson, Garden City JV, won by fall over Xitlaly Meraz, Wichita North, 4:43
5th Place: Miranda Alvarez, Dodge City, won by fall over Tylee Schultz, Pine Creek, 3:59
120
Championship: Reese Anderson, Wichita North, won by fall over Julissa Rodriguez, Garden City, 1:52
3rd Place: Zaira Guerrero, Pine Creek, won by fall over Yessenia Castro, Dodge City, 1:23
5th Place: Annaly Enriquez, Garden City JV, won by forfeit over Ruby Foster, Hutchinson
125
Championship: Crystal Loera, Garden City, won by fall over Sophia Zwickl, Hutchinson, 2:26
3rd Place: Micah Ellegood, Great Bend, won by fall over Raygen Meza-McDermott, Garden City JV, 2:20
5th Place: Jeymi Rosales, Ulysses, won by maj dec over Kaydence Shelly, Republic County, 14-2
130
Championship: Ashlyn Hahn, Stockton, won by dec over Maya Tarbet, Garden City, 3-0
3rd Place: Brooklyn Kelly, Great Bend, won by dec over Kylie Huber, Garden City JV, 11-6
5th Place: Teagan Miller, Pine Creek, won by fall over Amya Parker, Scott City, :38
135
Championship: Hailey Ramos, Dodge City, won by fall over Tionna Napue, Hays, 2:41
3rd Place: Alyxia Serrano, Garden City, won by dec over McKenzie Simon, Holcomb, 4-2
5th Place: Liliana Santiago, Liberal, won by fall over Bella Chavarria, Kearney, 4:05
140
Championship: Ava Ruiz, Hays, won by maj dec over Lily Pendergrass, Arkansas City, 10-2
3rd Place: Yoselyn Rubio, Dodge City, won by dec over Alejandra Delarosa, Dodge City, 4-1
5th Place: Clara Ford, Garden City, won by fall over Gracey Knajdl, Kearney, 3:10
145
Championship: Liliana Arroyo Alba, Dodge City, won by fall over Timber Lovewell, Hays, 3:46
3rd Place: Stella Harbols, Kearney, won by dec over Aaliyah Garza, Garden City, 13-9
5th Place: Jesln Swanson, Arkansas City, won by fall over Jacqalyn Parde, Republic County, 2:55
155
Championship: Yareli Garcia, Dodge City, won by fall over Ashlyn Rose, Scott City, :55
3rd Place: Olivia Dunlap, Garden City, won by dec over Evelyn Sandoval, Liberal, 9-4
5th Place: Anna Brandt, Kearney, won by fall over Lea Nokes, Great Bend, 2:47
170
Championship: Naomi Orozco, Dodge City, won by fall over Kirra Stevens, Great Bend, 2:20
3rd Place: Mary Condo, Garden City, won by fall over Alexa Jacobsen, Kearney, 3:52
5th Place: D Shae Ferguson, Lewis-Palmer, won by fall over Kenya Jones, Scott City, 2:51
190
Championship: Hayleen Martinez, Liberal, won by dec over Melanie Marin Lopez, Pine Creek, 5-1
3rd Place: Maribel Castro, Dodge City, won by maj dec over Eleanor Stoffel, Hays, 10-2
5th Place: Mikaela Lara, Valley Center, won by fall over Eleanor Crotts, Garden City, 2:14
235
Championship: Brooklyn Burling, Haysville Campus, won by dec over Abigail Redden, Holcomb, UTB 6-0
3rd Place: Aileen Figueroa, Liberal, won by fall over Peyton Smith, Cimarron, 3:42
5th Place: Alondra Garcia, Arkansas City, won by fall over Maribel Hernandez, Garden City, 3:32