MHS - Wrestling / March 4, 2025 By Kasey McDowell
The Mulvane girls wrestling team had four wrestlers who qualified for state in the super regional tournament on February 14th-15th. Senior Leiannah Landreth, juniors Makenzie Rogers and Elaina Gamble, and sophomore Shelby Light all punched their ticket to the 4A State tournament.
Leiannah Landreth (120 lb weight class) kicked off her tournament against Peyton Minick of Independence and Landreth won that match by fall in 37 seconds. Her next match was against Joslyn Bartlett of Colby and once again Leiannah won by fall, this time in 36 seconds. Next up was the semifinal match for Landreth where she faced Olivia Lyons of Burlington. Leiannah won that match by fall in 24 seconds. Landreth made it to the championship match for the 3rd time of her career, this time she faced Mya Courtney of Frontenac. 
The match started with the wrestlers tying up and Landreth went for a shot to the legs. Courtney was able to avoid it and got Landreth in a headlock. Leiannah was able to get out of the headlock and after a short time, Courtney went for a shot to the legs. Leiannah was able to avoid it and got Courtney in a hold and was able to throw her to the ground and got the win by fall in 40 seconds. In total, Landreth wrestled 4 matches and a total of 137 seconds (2 minutes 17 seconds).
The state championship match was Landreth's 150th career win and she completed her high school career with a record of 150-7, two 2nd place state finishes, one 3rd place state finish, and one state championship finish. Her 150 wins are the second most wins by any girl in the state of Kansas behind Kaylan Hitchcock of Olathe North who ended with 181 wins. Landreth will continue her education and wrestling career next year at Fort Hays State University.
Here is a video of Landreth's state championship match.
Makenzie Rogers (145 lb weight class) faced Mackenzie Colgrove of Tonganoxie in her first match of the tournament. The wrestlers had a great match but Rogers lost by decision with a score of 3-8. Makenzie went to the Consolation bracket and faced Kendall Baird of Santa Fe Trail. Once again, Rogers had a great match and it went to the third period, but Baird was able to get the win by fall. Makenzie finished the year with a record of 21-14.
Elaina Gamble (155 lb weight class) faced Kaylen McAtee of Girard and McAtee was able to get Elaina on her back in the first period for a win by fall. This put Gamble in the consolation bracket and she faced Natalie Peel of Wellsville. Elaina had a great match against Peel but ended with a 1-3 loss by decision. Gamble finished her year with a record of 21-21.
Shelby Light (170 lb weight class) in her first year of wrestling faced Molly Benes of Shawnee Mission-Bishop Miege and Benes won the match by tech fall with a score of 2-20. In the consolation bracket, Light faced Kaylee Freeman of St. George-Rock Creek and they had a great match that went all the way to the 3rd period buzzer, but light fell by decision with a final score of 5-8. Shelby finished her first year with a record of 10-12.
The Wildcats as a team finished in 32nd place with 30 team points.
Team Scores
1. Tonganoxie - 104.0
2. Fort Scott - 87.0
3. Pratt - 85.5
4. St. George-Rock Creek - 74.5
5. Colby - 70.0
6. Abilene - 59.5
7. Chapman - 59.0
8. Larned - 56.5
9. Columbus - 55.0
10. Burlington - 54.5
11. Wellsville - 52.0
12. Chanute - 49.0
13. El Dorado - 48.0
14. McPherson - 47.0
15. Clay Center Community - 46.0
15. Meriden-Jefferson West - 46.0
17. Girard - 45.0
18. Santa Fe Trail - 44.5
18. Winfield - 44.5
20. Paola - 41.0
21. Wellington - 39.0
22. Frontenac - 38.5
22. Seneca-Nemaha Central - 38.5
24. Rose Hill - 38.0
25. Baldwin - 36.0
26. Holton - 34.0
26. Scott Community - 34.0
28. Goodland - 33.5
29. Marysville - 33.0
30. Silver Lake - 31.5
31. Lindsborg-Smoky Valley - 31.0
32. Mulvane - 30.0
33. Buhler - 29.0
33. Perry-Lecompton - 29.0
35. LaCygne-Prairie View - 28.0
35. Bishop Miege - 28.0
37. Towanda-Circle - 26.0
38. Halstead - 24.0
39. Nickerson - 22.0
39. Wamego - 22.0
41. Coffeyville-Field Kindley - 20.0
41. Independence - 20.0
43. Iola - 19.0
44. Osawatomie - 15.0
45. Eudora - 14.5
46. Augusta - 13.0
47. Altamont-Labette County - 9.5
48. Clearwater - 7.0
49. Concordia - 3.5
50. Louisburg - 3.0
51. Ulysses - 2.0
52. Holcomb - 0.0
52. Hugoton - 0.0
52. Parsons - 0.0
