The No. 10 ranked Barton Community College Wrestling team took the top spot for the third straight year among fellow Kansas two-year colleges this past weekend at the Kansas Cup hosted by Newman University in Wichita, Kansas. Advancing nine athletes to the semifinal round, the Cougars came away with a third place overall finish for the second straight year in the twelve team tournament.

Gage Gomez became Barton's first Kansas Cup Champion taking the 133 division title with an 8-7 win over Pratt Community College's Justin Hershberger. The Altus, Oklahoma, native began his day with a 10-0 major decision over Newman University's Vincent Eremita before pulling out an upset victory in the semis with a 5-4 decision over Fort Hays State University's Dy'Juan Carney. The performance also earned Gomez one of the prestigious event awards in being named the two-year division wrestler of the meet.

Two of Barton's four ranked wrestlers reached the championship dual. No. 2 ranked Kade Sander rolled to his 157 class title match with an 18-0 first period tech fall over Kansas Wesleyan University's Devin Conklin before pinning region foe Ryan Delforge of Cloud County Community College in 1:52. The Great Bend native's title hopes were halted by top seeded Tyler Mies of NAIA division Newman University by a 12-1 major decision.

Top seeded and No. 5 ranked David Kelly also had his 174 division title hopes fall short by a four year program's wrestler after rolling to the finals with a 20-2 third period tech fall over Cowley College's Shawn Dent before advancing on a first period injury of Zach Gadbois of Bethany College. The Wichita sophomore's bid for the title ended with a 9-3 decision to FHSU's Micquille Robinson.

The Cougars next action comes on Thursday in a 7:00 p.m. dual at Pratt Community College before heading to Parsons, Kansas, for Saturday's dual matches hosted by Labette Community College.

Barton Results:

125 - Andres Duron (11-14) place is unknown and has scored 3.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Andres Duron (BARTON) 11-14 won by fall over Taywone McNack (Cowley College) 1-2 (Fall 3:58)
Quarterfinal - Dallas Wilson (Pratt Community College) 23-8 won in sudden victory - 1 over Andres Duron (BARTON) 11-14 (SV-1 17-15)
Cons. Round 2 - Logan McDowell (Bethany) 3-2 won by fall over Andres Duron (BARTON) 11-14 (Fall 2:17)

133 - Gage Gomez (12-12) placed 1st and scored 16.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Gage Gomez (BARTON) 12-12 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Gage Gomez (BARTON) 12-12 won by major decision over Vincent Eremita (Newman University) 8-13 (MD 10-0)
Semifinal - Gage Gomez (BARTON) 12-12 won by decision over Dy`Juan Carney (Fort Hays State) 15-12 (Dec 5-4)
1st Place Match - Gage Gomez (BARTON) 12-12 won by decision over Justin Hershberger (Pratt Community College) 18-10 (Dec 8-7)

141 - Keaton Sander (19-12) placed 4th and scored 11.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Keaton Sander (BARTON) 19-12 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Keaton Sander (BARTON) 19-12 won by decision over Brandon Conrad (Newman University) 12-13 (Dec 9-7)
Semifinal - Brandon Ball (Fort Hays State) 24-3 won by tech fall over Keaton Sander (BARTON) 19-12 (TF-1.5 6:46 (15-0))
Cons. Semi - Keaton Sander (BARTON) 19-12 won by tech fall over Conner Marrs-Ballard (Bethany) 1-3 (TF-1.5 5:30 (16-1))
3rd Place Match - Kevin Kissane (Pratt Community College) 14-4 won by decision over Keaton Sander (BARTON) 19-12 (Dec 8-3)

149 - Emmanuel Peralta (12-14) placed 5th and scored 11.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Emanuel Peralta (BARTON) 12-14 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Emanuel Peralta (BARTON) 12-14 won by fall over Madison Leanio (Kansas Wesleyan) 8-16 (Fall 3:48)
Semifinal - Efe Osaghae (Fort Hays State) 21-9 won by tech fall over Emanuel Peralta (BARTON) 12-14 (TF-1.5 3:24 (16-0))
Cons. Semi - Bryce Schults (Cowley College) 3-2 won by decision over Emanuel Peralta (BARTON) 12-14 (Dec 10-7)
5th Place Match - Emanuel Peralta (BARTON) 12-14 won by major decision over Camron Sharp (Labette Community College) 1-3 (MD 9-0)

157 - Kade Sander (25-4) placed 2nd and scored 16.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Kade Sander (BARTON) 25-4 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Kade Sander (BARTON) 25-4 won by tech fall over Devin Conklin (Kansas Wesleyan) 6-14 (TF-1.5 2:39 (18-0))
Semifinal - Kade Sander (BARTON) 25-4 won by fall over Ryan Delforge (Cloud) 15-9 (Fall 1:52)
1st Place Match - Tyler Mies (Newman University) 9-1 won by major decision over Kade Sander (BARTON) 25-4 (MD 12-1)

165 - Gage McBride (19-14) placed 4th and scored 11.00 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Gage McBride (Barton) 19-14 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Gage McBride (BARTON) 19-14 won by tech fall over Bayley Porreca (Ottawa University) 6-13 (TF-1.5 3:00 (16-0))
Semifinal - Martin Verhaeghe (Fort Hays State) 17-18 won by decision over Gage McBride (BARTON) 19-14 (Dec 8-6)
Cons. Semi - Gage McBride (BARTON) 19-14 won by decision over Nick Lucas (Pratt Community College) 3-2 (Dec 10-5)
3rd Place Match - Kyle Ryan (Newman University) 9-5 won by major decision over Gage McBride (BARTON) 19-14 (MD 15-4)

174 - David Kelly (18-8) placed 2nd and scored 16.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - David Kelly (BARTON) 18-8 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - David Kelly (BARTON) 18-8 won by tech fall over Shawn Dent (Cowley College) 0-2 (TF-1.5 6:52 (20-2))
Semifinal - David Kelly (BARTON) 18-8 won by injury default over Zach Gadbois (Bethany) 1-3 (Inj. 2:50)
1st Place Match - Micquille Robinson (Fort Hays State) 12-12 won by decision over David Kelly (BARTON) 18-8 (Dec 9-3)

184 - Trent Miles (19-14) placed 3rd and scored 16.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Trent Miles (BARTON) 19-14 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Trent Miles (BARTON) 19-14 won by fall over James Ellis (Pratt Community College) 12-11 (Fall 3:31)
Semifinal - Jordan Davis (Fort Hays State) 15-7 won by fall over Trent Miles (BARTON) 19-14 (Fall 0:55)
Cons. Semi - Trent Miles (BARTON) 19-14 won by fall over Elias Manzanares (Neosho County Community College) 2-2 (Fall 1:17)
3rd Place Match - Trent Miles (BARTON) 19-14 won by major decision over Tanner O`Donnell (Kansas Wesleyan) 12-13 (MD 10-0)

197 - Ethan Dean (15-10) placed 3rd and scored 14.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Ethan Dean (BARTON) 15-10 received a bye () (Bye)
Quarterfinal - Ethan Dean (BARTON) 15-10 won by fall over Dylan Johnson (Cowley College) 1-3 (Fall 5:50)
Semifinal - Jacob Stoneberger (Newman University) 12-16 won by fall over Ethan Dean (BARTON) 15-10 (Fall 4:39)
Cons. Semi - Ethan Dean (BARTON) 15-10 won by decision over Joe Steve (Bethany) 2-2 (Dec 11-4)
3rd Place Match - Ethan Dean (BARTON) 15-10 won by major decision over Nick Ackerman (Pratt Community College) 11-14 (MD 13-1)

285 - Brix Brickey (25-10) placed 3rd and scored 17.50 team points.
Champ. Round 1 - Brix Brickey (BARTON) 25-10 won by fall over Andrew Sprague (Ottawa University) 5-8 (Fall 4:17)
Quarterfinal - Brix Brickey (BARTON) 25-10 won by decision over Chris Henderson (Pratt Community College) 8-8 (Dec 13-6)
Semifinal - Dakota Gulley (Fort Hays State) 9-5 won by decision over Brix Brickey (BARTON) 25-10 (Dec 6-4)
Cons. Semi - Brix Brickey (BARTON) 25-10 won by fall over Elias Aguilar III (Neosho County Community College) 2-3 (Fall 3:43)
3rd Place Match - Brix Brickey (BARTON) 25-10 won by fall over Lexington Plummer (Kansas Wesleyan) 8-4 (Fall 8:00)

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS
1 Newman University 153.0 points
2 Fort Hays State University 147.5
3 Barton CC 133.5
4 Pratt CC 77.5
5 Bethany College 65.5
6 Neosho County CC 60.5
7 Kansas Wesleyan University 38.0
8 Cowley College 36.5
9 Cloud County CC 26.0
10 Colby CC 20.5
11 Labette CC 17.0
12 Ottawa University 9.5