(KJCCC) Great Bend, KS – The 2024 NJCAA South Central District Wrestling Championships were held in Great Bend, KS, last weekend. Labette won the tournament with 159.5 points and the most pins, qualifying all 10 wrestlers for Nationals. Pratt finished with a team score of 155.5 in second, also qualifying all 10 wrestlers. Carl Albert State finished in third, followed by Northwest Tech and Cloud County to round out the top five. 

Jeff Vesta (Labette) was awarded Coach of the Year; Chance Davis (165lbs) from Labette and Easton Taylor (141lbs) from Pratt were awarded Co-Wrestlers of the Year; and awarded Freshman of the Year was Northwest Tech wrestler Job Lee (157lbs).

Team and Individual Placement Results

Trackwrestling Results

Notable Upsets from Districts

• 133lbs Semifinals: Cooper Evans (Carl Albert State) won by major decision over #9 John Kenney (Northwest Kansas Tech) (MD 16-3)
• 133lbs Semifinals: Daviel Vines (Cloud County) won by decision over #10 Kolton Field (Pratt) (Dec 14-13)
• 157lbs Finals: #6 Job Lee (Northwest Kansas Tech) won by fall over #2 Noah Smith (Carl Albert State) (Fall 4:04)
• 165lbs Finals: Chance Davis (Cowley) won by fall over #1 Cayleb Atkins (Pratt) (Fall 5:52)
• 184lbs Cons. Semifinals: Josiah Rhodes (Carl Albert State) won by decision over #7 Gabriel Commons (Northeast Oklahoma) (Dec 9-3)
• 197lbs Finals: #7 Geoffrey Freeman (Northeast Oklahoma) won in tiebreaker over #1 Matthew Marcum (Labette) (TB-1 3-2)

All-Conference Wrestling Awards

The 2024 NJCAA Wrestling Championships will be held in Council Bluffs, IA, from March 1st through the 2nd at the Mid-America Center, hosted by Iowa Western Community College.