Kids' wrestling tourney draws nearly 300 years ago
The City of Hillsboro was descended upon by 277 young wrestlers along with their coaches, family and fans at the fourth annual Hillsboro Takedown tournament on Saturday at the Robert C. Brown Gymnasium. The event was sponsored by Ampride and McDonald's of Hillsboro
"This is the largest tournament we have hosted," said coach Corey Burton.
Thirty-eight wrestling clubs were represented at the tournament, coming from cities such as Topeka, Wellington, Wichita, Dodge City, Beloit, Abilene, as well as the surrounding area.
Also present at the tournament were current and former Hillsboro High School wrestlers, who helped referee the tournament. They included senior James Bina, HHS graduates, Chris Coryea, Carson Greenhaw, and Ronnie Davis.
The tournament had just under 500 matches on five mats for the day with five age groups between five and 14, represented and a total of 63 matches.
Hillsboro had 22 wrestlers participating in the tournament.
Hillsboro wrestling club results
Travis King, fourth place; David Dick, second place; Jakob Hanschu, third place; Grant Knoll, fourth place; Zach Brandt, fourth place; Cody Delk, fourth place; Danae Bina, first place; Cody Craney, fifth place; Jacob Humber, fourth pace; Bret Mueller, fourth place; Lucas Sinclair, fourth place; Devin Dick, second place; Andrew Meier, fourth place; Daniel Dick, fifth place; Aaron Bina, fourth place; Dylan Delk, fourth place; Jared King, third place; Cobly Meier, fourth place; Darren Mueller, fourth place; Nicholas Mueller, second place; Mathew Brown, third place; Ross Schroeder, third place.
