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Manhattan beats Great Bend wrestlers, 44-29
Jace Schartz

MANHATTAN — Great Bend earned six victories in a hard-fought 44-29 setback to No. 3 6A state-ranked Manhattan in Thursday's opening wrestling dual match. A trio of state-ranked Manhattan wrestlers won matches.

Great Bend's Cal Schartz (113) surprised No. 6 ranked Jack Hutchinson, 10-9 in the night's wildest match.

Other Panther winners were No. 6 Triston Tomlinson (138) in 4:37 over Joseph Panfil; Hayden Kelly (150) 8-1 over Brecken Crist-Funk; No. 2 ranked Jace Schartz (165) 18-3 over Liam Mider; No. 5 Trenton Kern in 56 seconds over Jaden Demercurio; and Josue Bustamante (285) in 3:22 over Yasser Issoufou.

The Panthers compete at the Kearney, Neb. Tournament Saturday.

MANHATTAN 44, PANTHERS 29

106—Force, M, forfeit; 113—Cal Schartz, GB def. No. 6 Jack Hutchinson, M, 10-9; 120—Busch, M pinned Braxton Richter, GB, 0:49; 126—No. 3 Coonrod, M pinned Caleb Mulligan, GB, 3:30; 132—No. 1 Hutchinson, M, forfeit; 138—No. 6 Triston Tomlinson, GB pinned Panfil, M, 4:37; 144—Medaris, M pinned Kayden Detrich, GB, 3:07; 150—Hayden Kelly, GB def. Crist-Funk, M, 8-1; 157—McKinney, M def. Blake Stein, GB, 20-8; 165—No. 2 Jace Schartz, GB def. Mider, M, 18-3; 175—No. 5 Evans-Pryor, M def. Michael Montoya, GB, 13-2; 190—Dibbini, M pinned Brady Mendez, GB, 0:25; 215—No. 5 Trenton Kern, B pinned Demercurio, M, 0:56; 285—Josue Bustamante, GB pinned Issoufou, M, 3:22

EXHIBITION MATCHES

113—Alika Salcido, GB def. Baker, M, 29-18; 113—Espurvoa, M pinned Salcido, 3:33; 120—Werth, M pinned Richter, GB, 3:28;  120—Logan Turner, GB def. Tuttle, M, 15-9; 120—Pablo, M de. Anthony Angeles, GB, 11-9; 120—Efferd, M pinned Angeles, GB, 4:34; 157—Jorge Moreno, GB pinned Flagg, M, 2:36; 157—Maxx Steffan, GB def. Herzog, N, 17-1; 157—Steffan, GB def. Jordan, M, 7-5; 165—Flagg, M pinned Xavier Johnson-Millirons, GB, 1:30; 165—Furlow, M pinned Johnson/Millirons, GB, 5:00; 165—Furlow, M pinned Stein, GB, 2:00; 165—Jordan, M pinned Evan Vink, GB, 2:31; 165—Duell, M pinned Vink, GB, 2:31; 215—Ethan Stegman, GB pinned Applegate, M, 1:35; 285—Horton, M pinned Ryder Morris, GB, 3:53; 285—Horton pinned Keeton Bray, GB, 5:51