GARDEN CITY — Great Bend's No. 4 ranked Trenton Kern (16-4, 215) earned a runner-up medal at Garden City's Rocky Welton wrestling tournament Saturday. Goddard's No. 1 ranked Preston Hagel pinned Kern in 52 seconds in the championship match.

Great Bend featured four other state ranked wrestlers — No. 4 Cal Schartz (23-7, 113), No. 6 Triston Tomlinson (23-9, 138), No. 6 Hayden Kelly (17-8, 150) and No. 3 Jace Schartz, GB (20-5, 165).

Newton's Barron defeated Kelly 2-0 for fifth place after Kelly won the first meeting 3-1. 

Jace Schartz proved he's a state contender. He lost to Olathe North's No. 1 ranked 6A Vance Provost 8-5 and Hutchinson High's No. 1 ranked 5A Kade Smith 10-7 in overtime for third place.  Schartz defeated No. 4 Salina Central's Abram Owings, 15-0.

Cal Schartz lost to Rose Hill's No. 2 ranked 4A Trenton Richwine (3:22). Schartz defeated Maize's Zachary Siatka for ninth place.

Tomlinson, was pinned by Scott City's Alex Rodriguez (4:28) for 11th place.

Great Bend (136) placed 11th in one of the state's most competitive wrestling tournaments. Omaha (Neb.) Creighton Prep (246) placed first ahead of Garden City (198).

GARDEN CITY ROCKY WELTON

TEAM SCORES—1—Omaha Creighton Prep, 246; 2—Garden City 198; 3—Goddard 176.5; 4—Kearney, Neb. 166.5; 5—Pueblo (Colo.) East 156; 11—Great Bend 136

PANTHER RESULTS 

113—No. 4 Cal Schartz, GB (23-7), 9TH; Schartz def. Stubbs, Newton, injury; Pacheco, GC def. Schartz, 17-2; No. 2 Richwine, RH def. Schartz, 3:22; Schartz def. Willis, Campus, 0:39; 9TH—Schartz def. Siatka, Maize, 8-5

120—Ambrose Kramer, GB (2-5); Moody, VC def. Kramer, 0:56; Soto, Pueblo, Colo. def. Kramer, 1:13

126—Logan Turner, GB (1-3); No. 6 Verbeck, Maize def. Turner, 3:02 Scholz, Bennett, Colo. def. Turner, 18-1

132—Hayden Liles, GB (16-15), 11TH; Ayala, GC def. Liles, 7-0; Liles def. Balthazor, Stockton, 1:19; Liles def. Ramos, ONorth, 8-2; Monty, Beloit def. Liles 18-7; Lind, Hays def. Liles, 1:15; 11TH--Liles def. Van Asdale, Campus, 4:35

138—No. 6 Triston Tomlinson, GB (23-9), 12TH; Tomlinson def. Carabajal, GC, 5:54; Sanchez, CP def. Tomlinson, 1:44; Tomlinson def. Sandoval, GC, 0:55; Tomlinson def. Gomez, Liberal,  0:45; No. 5 Miller, Goddard def. Tomlinson, 4:09;  Verbeck, Maize def. Tomlinson, 5-3; 11TH—Rodriguez, Scott City def. Tomlinson, 4:28

144—Trevin Maciel , GB (15-15); No. 1 Johnny Leck, RH def. Maciel, 19-3; Maciel def. Guzman, GC, 1:52; No. 6 Boone, VC def. Maciel, 2:21

150—No. 6 Hayden Kelly, GB (17-8), 6TH; Kelly def. Knudsen, CP, 11-2; Kelly def. Barron, Newton, 3-1; No. 2 Samuelson, ONorth def. Kelly, 19-3; No. 3 Herrera, GC def. Kelly, 14-0; 5TH—Barron def. Kelly, 2-0

157—Blake Stein, GB (18-17), 15TH; Trollope, Pine Creek, Colo def. Stein, 12-2; Stein def.  Jonas, Cheyenne, Wyo. 4:43; Stein def. Saldana, GC, 2:46; Freeman, Pueblo def. Stein, 15-0; Wise, Newton def. Stein, 7-4; 15TH—Stein def. Culbertson, RH, 3:31

165—No. 3 Jace Schartz, GB (20-5), 4TH; Schartz def. Beavers, Republic Co. 16-1; Schartz def.  Wilson, Kearney. Neb. 16-6; No. 1 Provost, ONorth def. Schartz, 8-5; Schartz def. No. 4  Owings, SC, 15-0; 3RD—No. 1 Smith, Hutchinson def. Schartz, 10-7 (OT)

175—Maxx Steffan (11-14), 14TH; Steffan def. Mathews, Cheyenne, 4:58; Anderson, Hutchinson def. Steffan, 18-3; Steffan def. Johnson, Maize, 0:38; Keith, ONorth def. Steffan, 20-4; Steffan def. Eisenhour, SC, 13-10; 13TH—Saner, VC def. Steffan, 2:37

215—No. 4 Trenton Kern, GB (16-4), 2ND; Kern def. Morales, ONorth, 0:35; Kern def. Ewer, Lewis-Palmer, 0:59; Kern def. Packebush, Chatfield, Colo. 12-3; Kern def. Novero, CP, 19-9; 1ST—No. 1 Hagel, Goddard def. Kern, 0:52

285—Josue Bustamante (13-13), 12TH; Bustamante def. Cruz, GC, 1:22; Sidzyik, CP def. Bustamante, 18-2; Bustamante def. Bishop, Holcomb, 2:16; Bustamante def. Beims, Ulysses, 1-0; Romo, GC def. Bustamante, 1:30;  Guillen, SC def. Bustamante, 3:17; 11TH—Calderon, Lewis-Palmer Colo. def. Bustamante, 1:28