SABETHA — The Humboldt High wrestling team is sending senior Cole Mathes to the class 3A state championship next weekend.
Mathes made quite the run at the 3-2-1A Regional D tournament in Sabetha on Saturday. He rattled off three victories in a row, all on fall overs, before he lost in the first place match to Effingham’s Bricen Lee by a 7-0 decision.
Humboldt fielded four wrestlers at the regional tournament.
Mathes made quick work of his early counterparts, winning by fall over against Rossville’s Eden Thompson in a 33-second fall. Mathes then beat West Franklin’s Samuel McAlpine-Smith in a 1:20 fall in the quarterfinal round.
The Cub also knocked down Nemaha Central’s Abram Kiem in a two-minute fall over before losing in the first place match.
Curt Shannon scored three team points in the 113-pound weight class.
Shannon fell to Pleasant Ridge’s Andrew Stewart in a 1:32 fall before defeating Rossville’s Brady Miller in a 4:16 fall over in the consolation first round. Shannon ended the season by losing to Central Heights’ Baker Moore in a 2:49 fall over.
Karsen Lampe competed in the 120-pound weight class.
Lampe was defeated by Silver Lake’s Garret Holmes in a 39-second fall over before being flung down by Sabetha’s Lucas Menold in a 1:57 fall over in the consolation third round.
Dakota Slocum scored six team points in the 190-pound weight class.
Slocum first won by fall against Osage City’s Noah Martinez in 1:53 in the championship round one. He then won against Silver Lake’s Carter Robert in a 4-2 decision before being taken down by Sabetha’s Jacob Kuenzi in a 2:29 fall in the semifinal round.
Slocum finished his season by falling to Centralia’s Nick Thompson in a 6-3 decision in the consolation semifinals.
Mathes will compete at the 3A state championship at Gross Memorial Coliseum in Hays on Friday and Saturday.
