It’s a different level from high school to college. “I will be doing 125, so I’ll be putting on more pounds,” Stokes said. Stokes, bound for Fort Hays State to wrestle, finishes the season 37-4. “Right now, I thank God, my family and my coaches for supporting me,” Stokes said. He also is a state top-six finisher in Oklahoma as a sophomore, a state that medals just four. If I got the chance again, I would finish the match.” So this year, I pushed by body to the max. “I remembered what happened last year in the state finals (an 11-9 loss to Kaden Spragis of Great Bend, ranked in junior college wrestling this season) and that left a bitter taste in my mouth,” Stokes said. It was the fastest pin scored in the finals this year in 5A. James Academy in the second period of the semifinals to reach the finals.Īgainst Kaiden Hoffman of Great Bend in the finals, Stokes scored the takedown just nine seconds in and scored the pin in 45 seconds. Stokes won his first two matches by fall. Treaster, 35-1, meets 18-6 Levi Glover of Goddard in a rematch of last week’s regional finals and last year’s state finals.Īt 126 pounds, A.B. Stokes at 126 pounds and sophomore Lucas Kaufman at 113 pounds. Newton added two more state titles - senior A.B. There was a lot of nerves going into his match, but you have to go get the win.” Even last year when he got his third state title. “I can’t put into words what it’s like to coach your brother. “It’s a very cool moment,” Logan Treaster said. He scored an 11-3 major decision over Aiden Shields of Valley Center in the semifinals. Nick Treaster claimed two pins in his first two matches. With four other assistants, we can hold down the fort.” “He trusts us to hold down the fort,” Logan Treaster said. Head coach Tommy Edgmon was ill according to Logan Treaster. The last time I think we had three champions was in the 1970s.” They have stayed very driven, very focused. It’s good to see them build on what they did last year. “We weren’t able to follow it up the following year. “The last time they took second was 2012,” assistant coach Logan Treaster said. Newton is coming off a third-place team finish last year. There were 34 teams in competition.Īnother AV-CTL I school, Derby, won the Class 6A title. Thomas Aquinas was third at 122, followed by Great Bend at 115.5 and Goddard at 114.5. The Railers finished second in the team standings, its highest finish since 2012.ĪV-CTL I rival Maize won the team title with 214 points. I knew if I could do that, I was going to win.” “I just wanted to score points, score on my feet. “I went out there and did my game plan, get takedowns, get takedowns,” Nick Treaster said. Treaster scored a takedown late in the first period, a two-point near fall in the second period and scored two more takedowns in the third period, allowing two escapes. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., but said he may take a gap year or attend the Naval Academy Prep School. His father Matt Treaster was a four-time state titlist for Beloit. I’ve grown up around wrestling all my life. I remember the legends Miles Johns, Quinton Harrison, Dillon Archer, Jared Langley, of course all my brothers. I could not wait to get out here and compete in this. I have been growing up watching and waiting for this. It’s my fourth title, but it’s my last time wrestling in high school. I’m just going out there and wrestling my match. “At the end of the day, I just go out there to compete. Nick Treaster downed Levi Glover of Goddard 8-2 in the championship match. PARK CITY - The Newton High School boys wrestling team has a lot of accomplishments in its long history.Ī four-time state champion can now be added to that list as senior Nick Treaster did that Saturday at the Class 5A state championships at Hartman Arena. The Railers finished second in the team standings. Treaster scored an 8-2 decisiomn to becomes Newton’s first four-time state titlist. Newton wrestlers finish second at state Newton senior Nick Treaster takes on Levi Glover of Goddard in the championship finals of the Class 5A state championships at 120 pounds.
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