Category: Leavenworth County

Braves, Bobcats meet on the mat

Jace Tapia faced off against Basehor senior Cohen Suchy in the last varsity match of the dual meet between Bonner Springs and Basehor-Linwood. Tapia won a hard-fought 10-7 decision, but the Bobcats won the meet 46-32. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

by Brian Turrel

Bonner Springs and Basehor-Linwood high schools faced off in a varsity wrestling dual meet on Thursday evening in Basehor. The host team won both the girls’ meet (36-33) and the boys’ (46-32).

Emmalee Foya and Jenna Knight both earned wins by fall in the first rounds of their matches against the Ladycats wrestlers. Haylie Knapp and Chloie Knapp both pinned their opponents as well, taking all three rounds for their wins.

The 170-pound match featured two of Kansas’s top wrestlers. Braves sophomore Olivia Stean, undefeated and ranked number one in the state, took on third-ranked Basehor senior Mandy Wilson. Stean looked on course for an easy win, throwing Wilson in the first round and scoring a near fall.

Wilson rode out the first round and then kept the match under control with some good defensive wrestling in the second round. In the third round, Stean was on the defensive, but even though she conceded the top position and 4 stall points, she came out with an 11-10 decision.

The team lead traded hands throughout the competition, and Bonner Springs held a 3-point lead going into the final match. Basehor sophomore Grace Shelton locked up the 36-33 win for her squad with a first-round pin in the final 235-pound match.

The Bonner boys took an early lead with wins in the higher weight classes. Braeden McGrath won by fall in the 152-pound match, and Shane Daniels earned a technical fall in the 160-pound match.

Basehor-Linwood was unable to find a willing opponent for top-ranked heavyweight Tony Caballero, earning him a forfeit that extended Bonner’s lead, but the Bobcats dominated the lower weight class matches that followed, taking an insurmountable lead with six straight pins.

Jace Tapia ended the evening on a high note for the Braves, getting a 10-7 decision over Bobcat senior Cohen Suchy, who held a 27-7 record going into the match.

The Bonner Springs and Basehor-Linwood girls’ teams won’t have to wait long for a rematch, since both are competing at the Washburn Rural tournament on Saturday in Topeka.

The referee signaled Oliva Stean’s 11-10 win over Basehor senior Mandy Wilson. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Sophomore Olivia Stean nearly had Basehor senior Mandy Wilson pinned in the first round. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Bonner Springs senior Haylie Knapp tried to turn Basehor senior Amalia Galicia. Knapp won by fall in the third round. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Emmalee Foya wrestled against Basehor senior Rylee Jones. Foya won the match by fall in the first round. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Jenna Knight tried to reel in Basehor sophomore Sophia Vazquez. Knight won the match by fall in the first round. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Carson DeMoss tossed Basehor sophomore Hudson Strahm in their 126-pound match. Strahm rebounded to win by fall in the second round. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Kaleb Farmer had Basehor junior Tyler Elven in a tough spot, but Elven escaped and earned a win by fall. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

 

Frankie Garcia upended Basehor freshman Brody Ballard in their 113-pound match. Ballard improved his record to 26-4 with a second round win by fall. (Photo copyright 2022 by Brian Turrel)

Bonner’s Stean, Turner’s Ortiz grab top spots at Ladycat Classic

Olivia Stean wrestled Olathe Northwest’s Val Galligan in a 170-pound match at the Ladycat Classic tournament at Basehor-Linwood High School. Stean won the match by fall in 1 minute, 4 seconds on her way to winning the tournament. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

by Brian Turrel

Twenty-nine high school girls’ wrestling teams, including Bonner Springs, Turner, and Harmon, competed in the 4th Annual Ladycat Classic tournament, held on Saturday at Basehor-Linwood High School.

Olivia Stean of Bonner Springs won the 170-pound class, going 5-0 including four falls and a forfeit. She defeated Mandy Wilson of Basehor-Linwood in the championship match. Stean is still undefeated this season at 15-0.

Arianna Ortiz of Turner won the 101-pound class, going 4-0. Ortiz won her three preliminary matches by fall. She defeated Washburn Rural’s Kristen Rezac in the final by technical fall, ahead 16-0 when the match was stopped in the third round.

Stean and Ortiz are both ranked number one in Kansas in their weight classes by the Kansas Wrestling Coaches Association. Stean was ranked 8th in the country in the 180-pound class in USA Wrestling’s pre-season rankings.

Jenna Knight of Bonner Springs went 4-1 and took 5th place of 16 wrestlers in the 120-pound class. Knight is now 12-3 for the season.

Freshman Kamahni Jackson of Harmon placed 9th in the 132-pound class. She went 3-2 in the tournament with three wins by fall, and she has compiled a 7-4 record so far this year.

Arianna Ortiz wrestled Fort Scott’s Ryelee Cagle in a 101-pound match. Ortiz won the match by fall in the third round. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

Kamahni Jackson wrestled Gardner-Edgerton’s Alyssa Rutherford in a 132-pound match. Jackson won the match by fall in the first round. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

Jenna Knight wrestled Emporia’s Katina Keosybounheuang in a 120-pound match. Knight won the match by fall in the first round. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

Emmalee Foya wrestled Baldwin’s Rein Goebel in the 132-pound C bracket. Goya won by fall in the second round. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

Tyler Wild wrestled Basehor-Linwood’s Meriska Henderson in a 235-pound match. Wild won the match by fall in the first round. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

Kaylee Killion wrestled Dodge City’s Ayden Ruiz in the 120-pound C bracket. Ruiz won the match on a 3-2 decision. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

 

Turner’s Daisy Chavez wrestled Spring Hill’s Campbell Mermis in a 155-pound match. Mermis won the match by fall in the second round. (Photo copyright 2021 by Brian Turrel)

Crash reported on Leavenworth Road

A crash was reported at 7:13 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, on northbound 71st Street and Leavenworth Road in Kansas City, Kansas, according to a Kansas Highway Patrol trooper’s report.

According to the trooper’s report, a 2019 Dodge Charger was pursuing a vehicle for felony charges, while a 2016 Dodge Charger was secondary in pursuit.

A metro city agency deployed stop sticks, and the first Dodge Charger made an evasive maneuver to the left to avoid them, the report stated. Ultimately the vehicle struck the stop sticks, causing it to turn sideways, the report stated.

The second Dodge Charger also made an evasive maneuver to the left to avoid the stop sticks, according to the report.

The second Dodge Charger then struck the first Dodge Charger in the left front and rear doors, the report stated. Both vehicles came to rest in a private lot.

The driver of the first Dodge Charger, a 23-year-old man from Tonganoxie, Kansas, had no apparent injury, the report stated.

The driver of the second Dodge Charger, a 26-year-old man from Leavenworth, Kansas, had a possible minor injury and was taken to the hospital, the report stated.