Jackets finish fifth at Kingfisher Invitational
Cashion, Hennessey squads also rack up points
KHS SENIOR Rhylee Toepfer took runner-up honors last weekend in the 126-pound weight class of the Kingfisher Invitational wrestling tournament. Toepfer was one of two Yellowjackets to reach the finals of their respective brackets. [Photo by KHS Photograph
Kingfisher didn’t have an individual champ, but landed two in the finals at last weekend’s Kingfisher High School Invitational wrestling tournament. Dawson Garvin was
Dawson Garvin was runner-up at 120 pounds and Rylee Toepfer repeated the effort at 126 pounds.
They led KHS to a fifthplace finish in the team standings. Pawnee won the team
Pawnee won the team title with 243 points. Yukon was second with 173 and Tonkawa third with 140. Enid’s 113 points were
Enid’s 113 points were good for fourth. KHS had 98 points.
The Jackets finished one spot ahead of Cashion and its 48 points. Kaleb Duran’s sec
Kaleb Duran’s second-place finish at 160 pounds led the Wildcats’ contingent. Hennessey was three
Hennessey was three spots back of Cashion with 34 points.
The Eagles, whose program, like Cashion’s is still in its infant stages, saw Westyn Hopkins lead the way with a fourth-place finish at 120.
Cameron Griffin was fifth at 195 and Keigen Crites fifth at 285. Hennessey also got points out of Zack Tillman’s sixth-place finish at 170 pounds.
Duran went 2-1 in his pool matches, then won two bracket matches to earn a spot against Enid’s Blake Fuksa in the finals.
Fuksa pulled out a pin at the 4:48 mark to win gold.
Also for Cashion, Jaiden Miller was fourth at 138 while Paul Robles (126), Dealen Stockton (152) and Matthew Stockton (220) were fifth at their respective weights.
Garvin was 3-0 in his pool matches, including wins over KHS teammates Conner Askey and Gant Browning.
Browning won his quarterfinal match before facing Pawnee’s Grady Mittasch in the semifinals. Mittasch pinned Brown
Mittasch pinned Browning in 49 seconds to put himself in the finals against Garvin.
Garvin had pinned each of his bracket foes in the first round, but Mittasch was able to earn a title match fall at 1:31. Browning bounced back
Browning bounced back to take third place by pinning Hopkins in their consolation match. Askey eventually placed
Askey eventually placed seventh.
Toepfer was 2-1 in pool matches he wrestled (he earned a forfeit in one and a bye in another). The loss was 6-2 to Paw
The loss was 6-2 to Pawnee’s Kolbe Novotny. Toepfer then came back
Toepfer then came back to pin Enid’s Dane Fish and outlast Clinton’s Kyran Martinez 8-6 to earn a rematch against Novotny in the title bout.
Novotny, again, was a little too much as he earned a 4-0 victory.
Grayson Bromlow took third for the Jackets at 182. He lost a 5-0 decision to
He lost a 5-0 decision to eventual champ Keetyon Oppelt of Yukon in the semifinals. After the loss, Bromlow
After the loss, Bromlow came back to defeat KHS teammate Ryker Long 5-0 for third place.
Long had defeated Robert Barnett, also of Kingfisher, with a first-round fall in the quarterfinals.
He was then pinned by Tonkawa’s Luke Shepherd in the semifinals.
Braxton Shellstrom and Crites met up in the quarterfinal round of the heavyweight bracket.
Shellstrom pinned the Hennessey senior in 2:53, but was then beaten by Pawnee’s Tyler Walker in the semifinals.
Shellstrom eventually took fourth in the bracket.
Also for KHS, Mason Alig was 2-2 in his bracket matches to take fifth at 170.
Alig pinned Tillman at 2:29 of their fifth-place match. The Jackets also saw
The Jackets also saw Gage Roedel take sixth at 132 and Landon Schroeder sixth at 195.
Team Standings
Pawnee 243
Yukon 173
Tonkawa 140
Enid 113
Kingfisher 98
Cashion 48
Clinton 39
Casady 38
Hennessey 34
Northwest Classen 15