NJCAA West/Central District Championships
Saturday, February 11, 2012 at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, KS
 
Teams:
Colby CCC (KS),
Labette CC (KS),
Neosho CCC (KS),
Northwest College (KS),
Northwest Kansas Technical College,
Pratt CC (KS),
Western Wyoming CC,
and new member Arkansas Baptist College.

This tournament arguably is the toughest qualifier in the NJCAA year in and year out.  This year will be no exception.  As of the February NJCAA national rankings, Labette is #2, Northwest is #4, Colby #11, Neosho #12, Pratt #18 and Western Wyoming #25.  Of the ten weight classes contested, 30 young men participating in this tournament are ranked in the Top 12 nationally.  Here is a breakdown of each individual weight by national rankings:

125       #2 Jeff Vesta-Neosho                            133                  #2 LeRoy Barnes-Neosho
            #3 Marco Tamayo-Colby                                                   #3 Eric Hughes-Labette        
              #4 Garrett Jones-Labette                                                  #8 Whitey Gardner-Northwest
              #5 Kamron Day-Northwest                                              
 
141        #3 Jordan Basks-Labette                      149                   #3 Jeromy Davenport-Labette                
              #8 Colton Thomton-Northwest                                         #4 Nathaniel Garcia-Northwest        
              #9 Mario Luna-Western                                       
              #10 Jace Campbell-Colby
 
157        #3 Devon Aguirre-Labette                   165                     #1 Ethan Orr-Labette                  
              #6 Jaksen Cotterall-Northwest                                        #4 Bemie Dupuy-Northwest             
                                                                                                             #12 Dylan Bushby-Western              
 
174        #2 Keithen Cast-Northwest                  184                   #5 Alex Ievtushenko-NWKTC         
              #4 Ray Hall-Labette                                                            #10 John Hambleton-Labette           
              #10 Shawn Seppala-Western                                          #12 Miles Nixon-Northwest
              #12 Landon Keiswetter-Pratt
 
197      #4 Zach Anderson-Labette                    285                    #3 Zotiah Tuaquoi-Pratt                                  
            #7 Blake Steiert-Colby                                                        #4 Fabian Guerrero-Colby
                                                                                                            #12 Trey Page-Labette

Wrestling starts at 10:00am and will run straight thru all day.  Finals are estimated to begin at 6:00pm.