Davis finishes second in 4A

By virtue of winning all his matches Friday, Davis (33-9) earned his berth into finals Saturday where he was pitted against senior Zac Sparr of Rose Hill (33-2) who had finished either second or third in his previous three trips to the State Tournament. Sparr held a 5-1 lead after two periods using an aggressive style.

Davis took Sparr down early in the third period to get within 2 points. But Sparr escaped, and then took Davis down again for the final 3 points in an 8-3 decision.

Sharp (40-11) had a longer path to a medal after he fell into consolation Friday but started off Saturday with a 12-8 decision over Jared Johnson of Easton-Pleasant Ridge. Next, he won a 7-6 verdict over Colby Soden of Baldwin. In the consolation semifinals, Logan Singular of Clay Center took a 7-0 decision.

That dropped Sharp into the fifth-place match, which he won on a 3-2 decision over Jake Mertina (39-12) of Valley Center.

Fort Scott's third and final wrestler at State was Sharp's freshman brother, Tyler. He had dropped into consolation on Friday as well and was unable to regain his footing on Saturday as Ulysses' Jason Perez won by pinfall to eliminate Sharp after a 33-17 season.

NOTES -- Clay Center won the team title for the fourth time in the past six seasons. Valley Center was second followed by Abilene. The highest-placing Southeast Kansas League team was Columbus, which tied for sixth place with Scott City. Chanute tied for 10th with El Dorado. Fort Scott finished in 20th, one-half point ahead of Mulvane....

Wrestlers from the Southeast Kansas League finished with nine medals. Columbus won four while Chanute took three.

For Columbus, Kyle Johnson (33-6) finished second at 130 pounds, losing in the finals in overtime, 5-4, to Taylor Moelder of Lenexa St. James Academy. B.T. O'Hara (35-7) was third at 140 pounds. Tank Burns (33-3) finished third at 285.

For Chanute, sophomore Sam Son (38-4) was second at 152 pounds as Cade Blair (45-0) of Valley Center took the final, 6-1. Chanute's Tim Wrestler (35-7) finished fourth at 119 pounds. Chanute's Jarred McComb (24-4) finished sixth at 171. Nathan Morris of Columbus (27-14) took fifth place at 189.

Blair defeated Colten Picking of Abilene, 6-3, in the 152 semifinals, giving Picking (40-1) his only loss of the season...

Pittsburg finished eighth as a team in the Class 5A State Tournament at Wichita and 285-pounder Beau Bennett (33-4) capped his senior year with a State title, pinning senior Kalen Potts of Winfield at 1:46 in the finals.

Also for Pittsburg, Mario Corado (31-4) finished in third place at 130 pounds. Freshman Jeremiah Jones (24-13) took sixth place at 103. Daniel Blair (33-12) was sixth at 152....

Goddard won its third straight Class 6A title and fourth in the last five years. Emporia won Class 5A for the second consecutive year and Norton claimed 3-2-1A for the first time since ending a "three-peat" in 2006....