Sumner's Miles Dean medals at state wrestling
Sabres senior is a three-time qualifier, on the podium for the first time
The KSHSAA 5A boys’ wrestling state tournament took place on Feb. 28 and Mar. 1. Sumner’s Miles Dean got the top result among the 23 Wyandotte County wrestlers who qualified for the tournament across five high schools, placing sixth in the 132-pound weight class.
Dean is a three-time state tournament qualifier, but had not previously won a medal there. The enthusiastic Sabres’ wrestler compiled a 107-48 record at the Academy, never posting a losing season.
A breakdown of results by school is below, along with several pictures from the event.
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Sumner
Senior Miles Dean, a three-time state qualifier, claimed a spot on the podium in the 132-pound weight class with a gutsy climb up the back side of the bracket, winning three straight matches after an opening round 5-1 decision loss to Jackson Goodman of Emporia.
Dean was close to being eliminated in his first consolation match Friday afternoon, when Maize South's Gabriel Meade got an early takedown on him. Meade chose bottom in the second period to try to pad his margin with an escape point, but the Sabres senior held him to the mat for the full two minutes, not conceding the point.
In the third period, Dean chose bottom and made it pay off with a quick reversal. Still down 3-2 as the contest entered the final minute, Dean scored two nearfall points and held on for the 4-3 win.
Dean had an easier time of it after that, collecting a fall from Aquinas sophomore Kyle Grewal then a 16-0 technical fall over Great Bend's Hayden Liles to ensure himself a spot on the podium.
Dean lost a couple spots on the podium with setbacks in the consolation semifinal and placement matches, but still brought home the coveted state tourney hardware.
Senior David Silva got a consolation round win over Lansing's Michael Lopez to put him through to the second day of the tournament, but his tech fall loss on Saturday morning to Salina-Central's Jase Adam (29-12) knocked him out of competition.
Senior Jaden White lost opening round matches to Goddard's Jayden Grijalva and Lucas Vogel of Bonner Springs to end his tournament run on Friday in the 113-pound class.
Junior Xavier Sepesi lost two matches by fall in the opening rounds to end his progress up the 120-pound bracket.
Senior Sommyr Moore suffered two losses by technical fall in his first two matches, the second a 19-3 loss to Piper's Dawson Dunn.
Junior Erick Mendez held a one-point lead from an escape into the third period of his consolation match against Logan Alexander of Spring Hill, but Alexander claimed a late escape and takedown to give Mendez his second loss.
Bonner Springs
Sophomore Devastating Brown finished just narrowly off the podium in the 120-pound bracket, grabbing two consolation wins after a first round loss, including pinning Eisenhower’s Osten Kaehn in the second period of their contest.
However, an unfortunate pairing in the consolation semifinal with Bishop Carroll sophomore Jackson Hermann, winner of the 5A West regional, saw him out of the bracket.
Senior Frankie Garcia, a three-time state qualifier, won his first match in the the 126-pound class, besting Andover's Sonny Harpstrite in a dynamic 14-10 decision that saw three takedowns, four reversals, and a nearfall.
However, Garcia couldn't salvage a win in either of his next two matches and fell out at the wrestlebacks stage.
Junior Kayne Smith won a 15-2 major decision over Giulio Traglia of Kapaun Mt. Carmel, taking the 33-16 Wichita senior to the mat four times, but suffered two successive losses in the quarterfinals and consolation bracket.
Junior Lucas Vogel lost by fall to Newton's Wade Stubbs in the opener, but recovered to take a 4-0 decision from Sumner's Jaden White. Vogel picked up his tournament-ending second loss Saturday on a technical fall by Great Bend's Cal Schartz.
Sophomore Luka Tomasic opened with a loss to top-seeded Preston Hagel of Goddard, but puched his way through to Saturday with a 5-2 decision of James Cannon-Laster of De Soto. A technical fall win by Eisenhower's Lucas Freeman ended his tournament.
Senior Daniel Loza lost his opener in the 165-pound class and was knocked out of contention Friday afternoon with a 13-4 major decison for Spring Hill's Brodie Pipkin.
Harmon
Sophomore Zach Ladd pinned his opening-round opponent in slightly over a minute, but lost in the quarterfinals to Lansing's Caden Garcia. Bonner's Devastating Brown handed him his second loss, a 9-2 decision.
Junior Junior Reyes lost two technical falls in the opening rounds to exit the tournament on Friday.
Senior Carlos Gallardo, a three-time state qualifier, lost by fall to Great Bend's Trenton Kern in the opener. Gallardo wrestled Hutchinson's Skylar Ray close in the first consolation round but conceded a late takedown in the third period. Despite recovering a takedown of his own in the last 15 seconds, Gallardo couldn't close the gap.
Senior Jacob Sullivan lost his opener as an injury default, but recovered to pin Basehor's Jordan Kramer in the first consolation round. Sullivan gave up the second critical loss by fall to Leavenworth's Graysen Cline on Saturday.
Piper
Sophomore Dawson Dunn lost by technical fall in his 126-pound opener to Bishop Carroll's Caden Denton, but he returned the favor in the consolation round with a technical fall over Sumner's Sommyr Moore. Another technical fall in the wrestlebacks ended Dunn's season.
Senior Ruben Escalante, a three-time qualifier, pinned Kapaun Mt. Carme's Jason Daniel in the consolation round to get through to Saturday. His wrestleback match against Aquinas's Trever Mogren was tied though two periods, but a third-period takedown by Mogren sealed the result.
Senior Keith Slaughter, a two-time state qualifier, took a close loss to Arkansas City's Cameron Bruce in the opening round. Slaughter was ahead on a first-period takedown, but was given a one-point stalling penalty in the second.
Slaughter got a second takedown in the third period, but conceded an escape and takedown that gave Bruce a 7-6 advantage. A second stalling penalty point late in the match settled the scoring at 8-6.
A 14-1 major decision to Valley Center's Cooper Booner ended Slaughter's tournament on Friday afternoon.
Junior Myles Finley took two losses in the opening rounds of the 138-pound weight class and did not advance in the tournament.
Sophomore Emiliano Martinez lost a technical fall to Emporia's Dustin Dobson, followed by a 15-5 major decision to Roberto Macias of Hays to knock him out of the bracket.
Senior Tannar McDaniel took two losses by fall in his first two matches, ending his state journey.
Turner
Senior Kaden Roebuck, a state medalist last year, lost a heart-breaking 13-12 decision to Kapaun Mt. Carmel's Adrian Monaco in the 165-pound class. Roebuck took his opponent down three times in the first period, but Monaco crept back to a 9-8 score in the second. The third period was back-and-forth, but a takedown by Monaco in the final five seconds gave the Wichita sophomore the win.
Tucker Hutchison of Basehor-Linwood handed Roebuck another one-point loss, this one decided on a controversial penalty assessed to Roebuck with just seconds remaining in the match.
5A Boys’ Wrestling State Tournament Photos
