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Tonganoxie — The Bonner Springs wrestling team had four individual champions Saturday at the Tonganoxie Class 4A regional tournament, but fell short of a team title. The Braves finished second in the team standings with 162.5 points — 21 points behind host school Tonganoxie.

Josiah Seaton (106), Justus Seaton (113), Jonathan Blackwell (152) and Aaron Puckett (160) each went undefeated to win individual titles. They are joined by runner-up D.J. Ballard (120) and third-place finisher Bryan Lanning (145) as qualifiers for next week's state tournament in Salina.

Meanwhile, Basehor-Linwood had five wrestlers make the state cut on the way to a fifth-place team finish. Cory McCleary (145) brought home the Bobcats' only individual title, accounting for 25.5 of the team's 95.5 points.

Other BLHS state qualifiers are third-place finishers Sam Seaton (126), John Hopper (152) and Zack Carter (195), as well as fourth-place finisher Seagar Smith (285).

Overall team scores

1. Tonganoxie, 183.5; 2. Bonner Springs, 162.5; 3. Baldwin, 151; 4. Spring Hill, 134.5; 5. Basehor-Linwood, 95.5; 6. Jeff West, 88.5; 7. De Soto, 85.5; 8. Atchison, 63; 9. Ottawa, 55; 10. Santa Fe Trail, 51; T11. Piper, 41; T11. Sumner, 41; 13. Eudora, 30.5; 14. Perry-Lecompton, 30; 15. Bishop Ward, 5.

Bonner Springs results

106 — Josiah Seaton, 3-0 (First)

113 — Justus Seaton, 3-0 (First)

120 — D.J. Ballard, 3-1 (Second)

126 — Kolbe Seaton, 1-2 (N/A)

132 — Coltin Bulkley, 2-2 (N/A)

138 — Dominic Salvino, 2-2 (N/A)

145 — Bryan Lanning, 3-1 (Third)

152 — Jonathan Blackwell, 4-0 (First)

160 — Aaron Puckett, 3-0 (First)

170 — Jacob Folsom, 2-2 (N/A)

182 — Patrick Ballard, 2-2 (N/A)

195 — Open

220 — Johnathan Carter, 3-2 (N/A)

285 — Les Wessel, 2-2 (N/A)

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