King and Queen of Courts
Atchison County Community Junior Senior High School congratulates the 2024 King and Queen of Courts and their court, who were crowned during halftime of the boys’ varsity basketball game Friday, February 2, 2024. Carter Swendson was crowned King of Courts and Malorie Bosch was crowned Queen of Courts. Rounding out the royal court were candidates Carter Page, James Schuetz, Emma Speer, and Avery Sutley. Assisting with the crowning were representatives of the ACCHS Student Council and Cheerleaders, and announcer, Student Council President Taylor Keimig.
King and Queen of Mats
Atchison County Community Junior Senior High School congratulates the 2024 King and Queen of Mats and their court, who were crowned prior to the home wrestling match Thursday, January 25, 2024. Landon Burge was crowned King of Mats and Hannah Simmers was crowned Queen of Mats. Rounding out the royal court were candidates Nick Cairo, Natalie Donaldson, Taylor Keimig, and Vincent Webb. Assisting with the crowning were representatives of the ACCHS Student Council, Dance Team and Cheerleaders, and announcer, Senior Class President Ellie Speer.
NEKL Champions
HS Wrestling Team are the first ever NEKL Wrestling Champions. Congratulations to the following placers:
106lbs: Grant Swendson - Champion
113lbs: Roy Swaney - 2nd Place
126lbs: Jace Gilliland - 3rd Place
132lbs: Evan Falk - Champion
138lbs: Rance Vessar - Champion
157lbs: Dayton Olson - 4th place
165lbs: Colton Lowe - Champion
175lbs: Christian Simmers - Champion
215lbs: Kenyon Funk - 2nd Place
285lbs: Jayden Simmers - Champion
Silver Lake Tournament Champs!
ACCHS Wrestling finished in 1st place out of 29 teams at the Silver Lake Tournament and beat the 2nd place team by 51 points. The Tigers had some big wins against quality competition.
Roy Swaney - 4th place
Cody Falk - 2nd place
Adler Koontz - 1st place
Austin Smith - 2nd place
Luke Smith - 6th place
Max Bottorff - 1st place
Easton Schletzbaum - 1st place
Kannon Crossland - 2nd place
Nick Cairo - 1st place
Vincent Webb - 1st place
Washburn Rural Girls Wrestling Tournament
Our Lady Tigers wrestled in the 4th Annual Washburn Women’s Invitational on Saturday. It was a tough tournament with over 30 schools competing.
120B Lauren Smith 2-1 for 2nd place
130A Tessa McAlexander 1-3 14th place
135B Kaylee McKee 4-1 for 2nd place
170A Hannah Simmers 2-3 for 8th place
Paola Tournament
The Tiger Wrestlers had a busy day in Paola yesterday as the boys varsity and girls competed in a very competitive tournament featuring some of the states best! Here are the results:
Boys: Team finished in 2nd place out of 15 teams.
113 Roy Swaney 1-3 (6th Place)
120 Cody Falk 3-1 (3rd Place)
126 Adler Koontz 4-1 (3rd Place)
132 Evan Falk 2-2 (5th Place)
144 Luke Smith 1-3 (6th Place)
150 Max Bottorff 3-1 (2nd Place)
157 Easton Schletzbaum 4-0 (Champion)
165 Kannon Crossland 2-2 (4th Place)
175 Elijah Webb 2-1 (2nd Place)
190 Nick Cairo 3-0 (Champion)
215 Vincent Webb 3-0 (Champion)
Girl Results: 14th place finish out of 20 teams
170 Hannah Simmer 3-1 (2nd Place)
Basehor Linwood Tournament
The Tigers had their best weekend of the season finishing in 8th place out of 35 teams from Kansas, Iowa, and Missouri at the tough BOBCAT CLASSIC. We finished with 4 medalist. The Tigers placed ahead of many top 10 ranked teams in 4A, 5A, and 6A. There were many state ranked wrestlers and state medalists from last year who didn't reach the podium.
126 Adler Koontz 4-2 (5th place finish)
138 Austin Smith 4-2 (7th place finish)
150 Max Bottorff 6-2 (5th place finish)
157 Easton Schletzbaum 4-1 (2nd place finish)
FFA Meats Judging
Congratulations to the FFA meats judging team today for placing 9th as a team at NE District Meats Contest! It’s a challenging contest where students have to place whole beef and pork carcasses, yield grade, quality grade, place cut classes and identify over 50 different retail cuts from beef, pork, and sheep. They learned valuable real life soft skills today and have a better understanding of how our meat is processed!
