CHS has Vines place second, Miller finish third at state

SALINA — Led by second-place finisher Daniel Vines, the Concordia High School Panthers had two wrestlers earn a spot on the medals stand at the Class 4A State Championships that wrapped up Saturday at the Tony’s Pizza Events Center.
Vines won his first three matches before suffering a 3-2 defeat to Collin McDaniel, Scott City, in the championship match of the 126-pound class.
Concordia had senior Keyan Miller place third in the 182-pound class.
Concordia had six of the seven wrestlers competing pick up at least one win in the tournament.
The Panthers finished 10th as a team with 56 points.
Tonganoxie won the team title with 126 points. Augusta was second with 127.5 and Andale was third with 111.
“Overall, a great weekend for Panther wrestling. It was our best finish in 15 years,” Concordia coach Josh Brown said.
Vines, a junior, pinned Cooper Anderson, Independence, in 48 seconds in his opening match. He then won a 9-6 decision over Ryan Pankov, Paola, in the quarter finals and defeated Kaven Bartlett, Louisburg, 3-1 in the semifinals.
McDaniel (40-6) pinned AJ Schaffer, Anderson County, in the first round. He won a 13-0 major decision over Justin Lin, Augusta, and then got past Treyton Pelnar, McPherson, 4-3 in the semifinals.
In the championship match, McDaniel recorded a takedown about a minute in to take a 2-0 lead.
An escape by Vines with 11 seconds remaining in the period made it 2-1.
Vines choose bottom to start the second period. He would get an early escape to tie the score at 2-2. Neither wrestler would score again in the period.
McDaniel, starting on the bottom in the third period, got an escape to reclaim the lead at 3-2 and was able to prevent Vines from getting a takedown as time ran out.
Vines, suffering just his second loss of the season, finished up 38-2.
Miller, making his second straight trip to state after placing sixth in the 170-pound class last year, defeated Alec Beasley, Clearwater, in the first round. He won a 6-0 decision over Brock Zimmerman, Burlington, in the quarterfinals.
Jack Harvey, Baldwin, pulled out a 7-6 victory over Miller in the semifinals.
Harvey lost 5-3 in sudden victory to Gabriel Bailey, Tonganoxie, in the title match.
Miller (41-3) won a 3-0 decision over Keaton Shelman, Jefferson West, in the consolation semifinals. He defeated Kale Wheeler, Scott City, 7-5 in the third-place match.
Concordia had sophomore Christian Belden competing in the 106-pound class. He pinned Jayden Westgate, Baldwin, in 1:56 in the opening round and was then beaten 6-4 by Talon Suttles, Winfield, in the quarterfinals.
Belden (34-8) won a 4-1 decision over Waylon Ricker, Scott City. He lost an 11-4 decision to Kaiden Powell, Paola, in the consolation quarterfinals.
Concordia senior Logan Leiszler, 120 pounds, pinned Kyler Jackson, Holton, in the first round.
Colton Miller, Andale, pinned Leiszler in the quarterfinals.
Leiszler (30-15), needed just 46 seconds to pin Drake Kirby, Santa Fe Trail. He then lost by fall to Cason Wyrick, Labette County, in the consolation quarterfinals.
Sophomore Easton Swihart earned his first trip to state in the 138-pound class. He was pinned by Sheldon Martin, Paola, in the opening round.
Swihart (23-17) pinned E.J. Krug, El Dorado, before losing by fall to Garrett Kalivoda, Clay Center, in the consolation quarterfinals.
Senior Nathan Brown pinned Ty Galemore, Chanute, in his opening match in the 170-pound class.
Eventual runner-up Tyler Pankey, Tonganoxie, won a 12-0 major decision over Brown in the quarterfinals.
Pankey was beaten 9-5 by Tyler Voss, Colby, in the finals.
Brown (35-10) pinned Gunnar Allen, Independence, in the consolation bracket before losing 7-0 to Kody Brenn, Winfield.
Concordia had sophomore Ashton Dooley competing in the 113-pound class. He was pinned by Kalvin LaPlant, Augusta, in the opening round.
LaPlant went on to place second.
Dooley (18-18) then lost by fall to Mason Gibbons, Independence.