February 2008
Photos for February 23, 2008
Lansing High junior Grant Hinckley flashes an exhausted smile after beating Gardner-Edgerton's Greg Curtis in the fifth-place match at 160 pounds.
Lansing High junior Grant Hinckley takes down Gardner-Edgerton's Greg Curtis during the fifth-place match at 160 pounds.
Lansing High senior Nick Flynn earns a three-point near-fall during his match against Liberal's Tyler Sutherland for third place at 152 pounds.
Lansing High senior Nick Flynn tries for a reversal during his match against Liberal's Tyler Sutherland for third place at 152 pounds.
Lansing High freshman Tyler Baughman competes against Shawnee Heights' Austin Wells in the fifth- and sixth-place match at 145 pounds.
Lansing High freshman Tyler Baughman competes against Shawnee Heights' Austin Wells in the fifth- and sixth-place match at 145 pounds.
Lansing High senior Nick Flynn spins to break free of the the grasp of Great Bend's Slade Giesen during their consolation semifinal match at 152 pounds. Flynn won the match, 13-4.
Lansing High junior Grant Hinckley is taken down by Kapaun's Johnathan Truman during their match in the consolation semifinals. Truman edged Hinckley, 8-6.
Lansing High junior Grant Hinckley tries for an escape during his consolation quarterfinal match at 160 pounds at the Class 5A state tournament. Hinckley won the match by an 11-6 decision and became a state medalist for the second straight year.
Lansing High's wrestling coaches were all smiles as they congratulated freshman Tyler Baughman after he won his consolation quarterfinal match and became a state medalist.
Lansing High freshman Tyler Baughman tries to roll his opponent to his back for a pin during Baughman's 6-3 consolation quarterfinal victory at the Class 5A state tournament.
Lansing High freshman Dillon Scanlon tries for an escape during his consolation quarterfinal match at the Class 5A state tournament. Scanlon lost the match 10-5.
Lansing High junior Tyler Strouhal throws a reversal that led to his victory by pin in his consolation cross-bracketing round match at 215 pounds at the Class 5A state tournament.
Lansing High junior Tyler Strouhal grimaces in pain as his opponent in his consolation cross-bracketing round match tugs on his injured shoulder. Strouhal won the match with a third-period pin.
Lansing High freshman Nathan Wessel is taken down during his consolation cross-bracketing round match at 171 pounds.
Lansing High junior Grant Hinckley tries to pin his opponent during his consolation cross-bracketing round match at 160 pounds. Hinckley won the match, 19-3.
Lansing High freshman Tyler Baughman closes in on a pin during his 145-pound consolation cross-bracketing round victory at the Class 5A state tournament.
Lansing High freshman Tyler Baughman tries to escape during his consolation cross-bracketing round match at 145 pounds.
Lansing High senior Dennis Wood barks out encouragement to freshman Tyler Baughman during his consolation cross-bracketing round match at the Class 5A state tournament. Wood was a state finalist in 2007 but was unable to compete this year because of a back injury.
Lansing High freshman Tyler Baughman celebrates after coming from behind and pinning his opponent in the consolation cross-bracketing round of the Class 5A state tournament. The victory brought Baughman within one win of becoming a state medalist.
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Talking points
What are you looking forward to most with the warming weather this spring?
Just getting out of the house and playing with the kids.
