{"id":46515,"date":"2019-08-13T10:17:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T15:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=46515"},"modified":"2019-08-13T10:17:42","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T15:17:42","slug":"wrestling-adds-8-for-2019-20-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=46515","title":{"rendered":"Wrestling adds 8 for 2019-20 season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By FHSU SPORTS INFORMATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fort Hays State head wrestling coach Chas Thompson<\/a> will welcome eight student-athletes to campus next week that make up the 2019-20 Tiger Wrestling signing class. This year’s incoming class includes one transfer and seven freshmen.

“I’m very happy with this group we have coming in for the upcoming 2019-20 season,” said Thompson. “The guys that are coming in are all middle to upper weights, and that is where we were a bit thin this past season. I feel like these guys are all a great fit, and I am looking forward to see them mixing it up with our returners in our room.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n \n <\/td>\n Colten Ballentine<\/strong> is an incoming freshman\n from Hershey High School in Hershey, Neb. He is projected to wrestle at the\n 165 pounds after qualifying for state as a senior at 160 pounds.\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n \n <\/td>\n Jarod Camacho<\/strong> will be a freshman after\n wrapping up at Cypress Ranch High School in Cypress, Texas. Camacho placed\n sixth in the Texas 6A state championship as a junior at 195 pounds. He is set\n to contend at either 184 pounds or 197 pounds.\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n \n <\/td>\n LJ Flax<\/strong> is a true freshman from\n Goddard Eisenhower High School in Goddard, Kan. He was a two-time state\n qualifier at 220 pounds and projects to wrestle at 285 pounds for the Tigers.\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n \n <\/td>\n Tereus Henry<\/strong> heads to Hays from\n Montwood High School in El Paso, Texas. The projected 184-pound wrestler was\n the Texas 6A state champion at 182 pounds as a junior in 2018 before\n finishing second at the same weight class in 2019.\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n \n <\/td>\n Clint Herrick<\/strong> is an incoming freshman\n out of Raymore-Peculiar High School in Raymore, Mo. Clint was a three-time\n state qualifier in Missouri, finishing third in Class 3A at 182 pounds as a\n senior. He is projected to hit the mat at 184 pounds.\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n \n <\/td>\n Nick Lucas<\/strong> is the lone transfer in\n this year’s recruiting class, moving to Hays after two years at Pratt\n Community College in Pratt, Kan. The Pratt native is a two-time national\n qualifier at the JuCo level, earning All-American honors as a sophomore after\n a sixth-place finish at 165 pounds in 2019. Lucas was a three-time Kansas 4A\n state qualifier, finishing runner-up as a senior in 2017 while placing fifth\n as a junior. Lucas projects to compete at 174 pounds in 2019-20.\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n \n <\/td>\n Elias Robles<\/strong> is a true freshman from\n Montwood High School in El Paso, Texas. The projected 197-pounder was high\n school teammates with fellow incoming freshman Tereus Henry. Robles advanced\n to the Texas 6A regional tournament three times.\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n \n <\/td>\n Caleb Willis<\/strong> will be a freshman after a\n successful wrestling career at Bonner Springs High School in Bonner Springs,\n Kan. Willis was a four-time state qualifier in Kansas, taking the 4A title at\n 220 pounds as a sophomore in 2017 before finishing runner-up as a junior and\n placing third in 5A as a senior. He is projected to hit the mat at either 197\n pounds or 285 pounds.\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n
\n 2019-20\n Fort Hays State Wrestling Signing Class<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Name<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n Projected Weight Class<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n Hometown<\/strong>\n <\/td>\n Previous School<\/strong>\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Colten\n Ballentine\n <\/td>\n 165\n <\/td>\n Hershey,\n Neb.\n <\/td>\n Hershey\n HS\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Jarod\n Camacho\n <\/td>\n 184-197\n <\/td>\n Cypress,\n Texas\n <\/td>\n Cypress\n Ranch HS\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n LJ\n Flax\n <\/td>\n 285\n <\/td>\n Goddard,\n Kan.\n <\/td>\n Goddard\n Eisenhower HS\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Tereus\n Henry\n <\/td>\n 184\n <\/td>\n El\n Paso, Texas\n <\/td>\n Montwood\n HS\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Clint\n Herrick\n <\/td>\n 184\n <\/td>\n Raymore,\n Mo.\n <\/td>\n Raymore-Peculiar\n HS\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Nick\n Lucas\n <\/td>\n 174\n <\/td>\n Pratt,\n Kan.\n <\/td>\n Pratt\n CC\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Elias\n Robles\n <\/td>\n 197\n <\/td>\n El\n Paso, Texas\n <\/td>\n Montwood\n HS\n <\/td><\/tr>
\n Caleb\n Willis\n <\/td>\n 197-285\n <\/td>\n Bonner\n Springs, Kan.\n <\/td>\n Bonner\n Springs HS\n <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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