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A year to remember.

We started the season with 75 wrestlers and ended with 65 on the squad.

It is unbelievably difficult to manage 65+ kids aged 14-18 years old on the daily for ~at least~ 4 months of the year.

In November, many of us had just met. Some had a lifetime of service to our community. All that made it to the end accepted the challenge at hand(to varying degrees 😇). Show up, be accountable, be reliable, follow our core covenants, don't talk when coach is talking, have fun, and most importantly always BE YOUR BEST.

Along the way there were so many:
- Family Dynamics
- Individual Stories
- Emotions
- "Whys"
- "Why nots"
- Firsts
- Lasts
- Struggles
- Growth
- Lessons
- Memories
- Can't leave out blood, sweat, tears, and puke.

It's a tough road for young man to choose and accept with equanimity.

It all coalesced into one of the best seasons in Washburn Rural Men's history while earning our 7th team trophy in the last 9 years!

School Records:
- Team points(180)
- State Finalists(tied 5)
- Second most placers of all time(9)
- Our 3rd 3x State Champion(Landen Kocher-Munoz)

To finish as strong as we did was was largely expected by our coaches at least. Having watched the kids across the state grow on the mat the last decade+, the wrestling part of all this is *usually* pretty cut and dry. It was a banner year for 6A wrestling seeing Maize break the all time team point record(237) and Manhattan with the 6th most points of all time(192.5). Suffice to say, 6A was STRONG this year.

What you can never see coming is the affect the time spent together can have on us all. Everything accomplished is a part of a much larger community effort at work that extends far beyond the whistles and, at Washburn Rural, we are here for it.

We are looking forward to everyone's the next season and the seasons to come. As a whole we will continue to strive to be grateful for it all!

2026 KSHSAA State Championship Results

Team: 3rd Place

Individual:
Hayden Broxterman - 5th place
Andrew Peterson - Runner up
Ryder Harrison - Runner up
Cooper Stivers - Runner up
Landen Kocher-Munoz - STATE CHAMPION (3x)
Brodye Kocher-Munoz - 3rd place
Brenner Beninga - 6th place
Jadyn Baum - STATE CHAMPION
Kaiden Marshall - 5th place

Photo Credit is all other the place but special thanks to Lindsey's Lens, Liam Keating, Mac Moore, and a few more!

Photos: See the top photos from Washburn Rural boys and girls wrestling in the Class 6A State Championship on Saturday, Feb. 28. See link below ⬇️

📸 Liam Keating/The Capital-Journal

Day 1 of the 2026 State Championships is in the books. It was a great day for Washburn Rural!

All 12 wrestlers are moving on to day 2.

5 wrestlers are in the finals and 2 more guaranteed to place after making the semifinals.

As a team we are in 2nd place behind a strong Maize squad.

Finalists:
Andrew Peterson
Ryder Harrison
Cooper Stivers
Landen Kocher-Munoz
Jadyn Baum

Guaranteed to place:
Hayden Broxterman
Brodye Kocher-Munoz

Still in the hunt:
Owen Dowell
Caleb Schwartz
Brenner Beninga
Gavin Homeyer
Kaiden Marshall

Back at it tomorrow morning @ 9am @ Advent Health Sports Park in Overland Park.

Photo Credit KSHSAA Covered

"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man." -Heraclitus

One more time for your 2026 Washburn Rural Mens State Qualifiers 🤠

Photo Credit: Lindsey's Lens

Always proud of our guys and the way they show up on and off the mat.

We had a great weekend full of high stakes and highly competitive wrestling in the 6A West Regional.

As a team we finished 3rd and qualified 12 of 14 weights for next week's state tournament.

Overland Park here we come 🫡

2026 State Qualifiers:
Hayden Broxterman 106 5th place
Andrew Peterson 113 Runner up
Ryder Harrison 120 Runner up
Owen Dowell 132 6th place
Cooper Stivers 138 Runner up
Landen Kocher-Munoz 144 Champion
Brodye Kocher-Munoz 150 Runner up
Caleb Schwartz 165 7th place
Brenner Beninga 175 4th place
Gavin Homeyer 190 5th place
Jadyn Baum 215 Champion
Kaiden Marshall 285 5th Place

Thank you Lindsey's Lens for the great photos like always!

!!!!!!!Signup for our home tournament!!!!!!! - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0B4CAAAA2AA3FC1-61987702-2026 #/

I NEED 1 HIGH SCHOOL BOY AT EACH TABLE EACH DAY EACH SESSION AT A MINIMUM

2026 Top Town Throw Down Dear Parents, I hope this message finds you and your young athletes thriving both on and off the mat. As you know, TBTWC not only aims to teach the skills of wrestling but also to instill values of discipline, commitment, and community spirit in our young members. In the spirit of this mission we ho...

It was a great weekend of wrestling for your Rural Men!!!

The 2 day 63rd Annual Newton Tournament of Champions is one of the toughest top to bottom tournaments in KS with 34 teams including 6 of the top 10 all class teams.

For the 1st time in school history, Rural brought home the title from Newton!

It was a collective effort from our entire squad top to bottom. The boys effort AND attitude was top notch showing great grit, teamwork, and respect on the mat.

This is definitely a special team that has the ability to do special things as long as EVERYONE keeps chipping in :)

I want to give a special thanks to our managers Shayna, Molly, and Jordan for being great at what they do and always having our backs!!!!!

Also special thanks to Lindsey's Lens for the great photos of our boys in action!!!!

Good Morning Raven Nation!

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We had a great full circle moment at practice last night having both Bishop Murray and Jacob Tangpricha running practice together. 5 individual state championships and 2 team titles for Rural standing in this photo.

Bishop is joining Jacob and his brother Bowan in giving back to the rooms that built them and as a community, we couldn't be more grateful to have them influence the next generation of Rural wrestlers 💙

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