By Pat Dailey (For OzarkSportsZone.com)
COLUMBIA — Nixa’s Reed Wilson and Neosho’s Chase Kivett each earned a runner-up finish at the Class 4 State Wrestling Tournament Saturday.
Reed (37-9) dropped a 4-0 decision in the 150-pound title tilt to Colby Gray (51-5), of Fort Osage.
Reed, a sophomore, gave Gray, a senior, all due props.
“He has heavy hands. He has good movement and knows how to wrestle,” Reed said. “To be a great wrestler, you’ve got to put two and two together and I wasn’t able to do that.”
Kivett lost by technical fall 17-1 to two-time state champion Peyton Westpfahl, of Liberty, in the 190 final.
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Kivett, a sophomore, captured his first medal at state.
Earlier this season at the Winnetonka Tournament, Westpfahl major decisioned Kivett 13-4.
Willard 285-pounder Brady Griffin followed up his runner-up finish a year ago with a third-place showing.
Griffin (39-5) won 2-1 against Brysen Wessell, of Jackson, in the third-place match.
Willard’s Porter Talbot (39-3) pinned Republic’s Chase Hicks (36-8) in 1:49 for third place at 215.
Neosho’s Carter Howard (48-4) won by fall in 3:49 against Taryn Nichols, of Columbia Hickman, for third place at 157.
Ozark’s Keaton Hurst and Caden Harrington closed out their careers with third-place finishes.
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Harrington (31-7) won 2-1 at 138 in an ultimate tiebreaker against Brody Kell, of North Point.
Hurst (38-10) prevailed 4-2 at 126 over Calum Brown, of Lafayette Wildwood.
Neosho placed fourth in the team standings with 116.5 points.
AREA CLASS 4 BOYS ALL-STATE FINISHERS
2nd – 150 – Reed Wilson, Nixa (37-9)
2nd – 190 – Chase Kivett, Neosho (42-4)
2nd – 215 – Porter Talbot, Willard (39-3)
2nd – 285 – Brady Griffin, Willard (39-5)
3rd – 215 – Chase Hicks, Republic (36-8)
3rd – 157 – Carter Howard, Neosho (48-4)
3rd – 126 – Keaton Hurst, Ozark (38-10)
3rd – 138 – Caden Harrington, Ozark (31-7)
4th – 215 – Ruben Arvizu, Ozark (42-11)
4th – 144 – Caleb Caldwell, Willard (26-6)
5th – 285 – Everson Tomlinson, Neosho (41-9)
5th – 165 – Lincoln Howard, Neosho (46-8)
5th – 175 – Kaymon Rhone, Neosho (38-10)
6th – 106 – Marztian Ioanis, Neosho (34-17)
6th – 132 – Kelton Shaffer, Neosho (42-13)
6th – 138 – Keaton Overcast, Republic (32-7)
6th – 190 – Blake Lively, Lebanon (28-18)
