Top high school wrestlers honored on the 2023 Wichita Eagle wrestling All-Metro teams

Taylor Eldridge

April 6, 2023 at 7:00 a.m.·5 min read

The Wichita Eagle announced its All-Metro boys and girls wrestling teams on Thursday, recognizing some of the best high school wrestlers in the state of Kansas from the 2022-23 season.

The All-Metro team features the top wrestlers and the top coach from Sedgwick, Butler and Harvey counties based on win-loss records, state success and Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association rankings. Newton senior Nick Treaster was named the Wrestler of the Year after joining his father in the four-time state champion club in the state of Kansas this season.

Here is the full look at the 2023 Wichita Eagle All-Metro boys and girls wrestling teams:

All-Metro boys wrestling team

Owen Eck, Andale junior

Record: 46-0

State finish: State champion at 144 pounds in Class 4A

Knowlyn Egan, Derby senior

Record: 41-9

State finish: State champion at 157 pounds in Class 6A

Maize’s Ayden Flores is one of the top wrestlers returning in the Wichita area.

Ayden Flores, Maize junior

Record: 22-2

State finish: State champion at 215 pounds in Class 5A

Andale senior AJ Furnish was one of two individual champions for Andale on its state championship team that won the Class 4A team title.

A.J. Furnish, Andale senior

Record: 43-9

State finish: State champion at 138 pounds in Class 4A

Nathan Fury, Kapaun Mt. Carmel senior

Record: 46-2

State finish: Runner-up at 190 pounds in Class 5A

Levi Glover, Goddard senior

Record: 18-7

State finish: Runner-up at 120 pounds in Class 5A

Jacob Goodwin, Goddard sophomore

Record: 36-6

State finish: State champion at 144 pounds in Class 5A

Lucas Kaufman, Newton sophomore

Record: 36-6

State finish: State champion at 113 pounds in Class 5A

Adam Maki, Andover junior

Record: 51-1

State finish: State champion at 138 pounds in Class 5A

Maize’s Connor Padgett celebrates with the crowd after winning a Class 5A state championship.

Connor Padgett, Maize senior

Record: 48-3

State finish: State champion at 175 pounds in Class 5A

A.B. Stokes, Newton senior

Record: 37-4

State finish: State champion at 126 pounds in Class 5A

Braden Tatum, Derby senior

Record: 34-3

State finish: Runner-up at 126 pounds in Class 6A

Marcus Terry, Augusta senior

Record: 37-4

State finish: State champion at 126 pounds in Class 4A

Newton junior Nick Treaster won a 4-1 decision over Goddard’s Levi Glover in the 113-pound finals last weekend at the Class 5A state tournament.

Nick Treaster, Newton senior

Record: 36-1

State finish: State champion at 120 pounds in Class 5A

Bronx Wood, Rose Hill senior

Record: 39-1

State finish: State champion at 215 pounds in Class 4A

Derby and coach Bill Ross are among the top contenders for the Kansas Class 6A wrestling title in 2019.

Bill Ross, Derby coach

State finish: State champions in Class 6A

All-Metro second team

Julio Aguirre, Rose Hill freshman

Troy Allen, Derby senior

Ian Aouad, Andale junior

Cannon Carey, Augusta senior

Milan Colvin, Rose Hill sophomore

Sam Duling, Bishop Carroll senior

Jayden Ford, Maize junior

Grady Fox, Augusta senior

Jayden Grijalva, Derby sophomore

Rio Gomez, Newton senior

Damon Ingram, Rose Hill sophomore

Kalvin LaPlant, Augusta sophomore

Johnny Leck, Rose Hill sophomore

Dai’Mont Mucker, Valley Center junior

Tate Rusher, Derby senior

Nakaylen Shabazz, Maize senior

Adrian Turner, Kapaun Mt. Carmel senior

Miles Wash, Dery senior

Zachary Wessley, Goddard junior

Ronan Wunsch, Maize junior

Doug Eck, Andale coach

All-Metro third team

Adam Bilby, Rose Hill sophomore

Easton Boone, Valley Center senior

Clayton Bowers, Maize senior

Rhett Briggs, Rose Hill junior

Tristen Cox, Andale freshman

Caden Denton, Bishop Carroll sophomore

Chris Dietrich, Mulvane senior

Brady Duling, Bishop Carroll sophomore

Ethan Eck, Andale freshman

Keon Edwards, Newton junior

Omari Elias, Kapaun Mt. Carmel junior

Skyler Geer, Halstead senior

Matt Godsey, South senior

Daniel Gomez, Maize junior

Mason Hopper, Derby junior

Cody Hughbanks, Maize senior

Riley Marx, Andale senior

Willy Jon Morales, Augusta sophomore

Peyton Neptune, Derby junior

Camden Padgett, Maize senior

Aiden Shields, Valley Center sophomore

Jett Schwartz, Valley Center junior

Layne Sweat, Derby senior

Talon Verbeck, Maize freshman

Isaiah Wilson, Andale sophomore

Mike Schauer, Maize coach

Derby’s Amara Ehsa celebrates winning 6-5A girls state wrestling on Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023.

All-Metro girls wrestling team

Lainie Burkhart, Eisenhower senior

Record: 29-5

State result: Third place at 115 pounds in Class 6-5A

Amara Ehsa, Derby junior

Record: 30-2

State result: State champion at 105 pounds in Class 6-5A

Wichita North senior Larissa Garcia won her regional tournament championship in the 110-pound division hosted at Southeast.

Larissa Garcia, North senior

Record: 38-7

State result: Fifth place at 110 pounds in Class 6-5A

Goddard’s Ashlynn Goodwin won her second Class 6-5A state championship at the Kansas high school girls wrestling tournament on Thursday.

Ashlynn Goodwin, Goddard senior

Record: 41-1

State result: State champion at 140 pounds in Class 6-5A

Jill High, Augusta junior

Record: 37-2

State result: Runner-up at 125 pounds in Class 4-1A

Druzzla Johnson, West junior

Record: 24-0

State result: State champion at 190 pounds in Class 6-5A

Jayla Johnson, Kapaun Mt. Carmel junior

Record: 35-5

State result: Runner-up at 140 pounds in Class 6-5A

Mulvane sophomore Leiannah Landreth is the top-ranked girls wrestler in the 115-pound division in the state. She won the regional title in her division at the Wellington tournament on Saturday.

Leiannah Landreth, Mulvane sophomore

Record: 38-1

State result: Third place at 115 pounds in Class 4-1A

Trinity Motter, El Dorado junior

Record: 32-4

State result: Third place at 100 pounds in Class 4-1A

Jaymie Murry, Newton senior

Record: 31-9

State result: Runner-up at 155 pounds in Class 6-5A

Mulvane senior Kammie Schanz closed out a perfect senior season with a sudden-death victory in overtime to win the second state championship of her career.

Kammie Schanz, Mulvane senior

Record: 41-0

State result: State champion at 145 pounds in Class 4-1A

Katelyn Schmidt, Circle senior

Record: 39-6

State result: Sixth place at 140 pounds in Class 4-1A

Grace Timmons, Valley Center senior

Record: 33-3

State result: Runner-up at 170 pounds in Class 6-5A

Jaycee Tyler, North junior

Record: 35-11

State result: Third place at 140 pounds in Class 6-5A

Casey Besco, Kapaun Mt. Carmel coach

State result: 17th place at Class 6-5A

All-Metro second team

Taylor Barringer, Kapaun Mt. Carmel freshman

Payton Burton, Bluestem sophomore

Karla Martinez, Bishop Carroll junior

Alexis Means, Bishop Carroll sophomore

Gracie Orr, Valley Center senior

Ryleigh Page, Rose Hill junior

Mackenzie Popp, Eisenhower senior

Olivia Randle, Andover sophomore

Tyelor Rozell, Douglass senior

Payton Sholander, Rose Hill senior

Emily Torres, Newton senior

Diana Urista, North senior

Trinity Williams, Derby junior

Alivia Wilson, Southeast junior

Jesse Myers, Mulvane coach

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All-Metro boys wrestling team

All-Metro second team

All-Metro third team

All-Metro girls wrestling team

All-Metro second team

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