A pre-Thanksgiving tournament’s goal is to keep the team focused over the extended holiday break from school. The Versailles Lady Tiger Invite, being centrally located and on a non-school day, allowed plenty of teams from outside the Mid-Missouri area to compete. There were teams as far away as the Kansas City area (Belton) and Springfield area (Buffalo and Neosho). This means that out of the 200+ girls competing, there were plenty of quality matches to be found across the different weight classes.
In addition to the numerous ranked individuals (from both Class 1 and 2), the Versailles Tournament had the #6 and #7 ranked teams from Class 1 (Holden and Blair Oaks) and #2 from Class 1 (Belton). Undoubtedly the deepest weight class at this event was at heavyweight. The top four seeded wrestlers in the bracket are currently the top 4 at Class 1 at 235 lbs. (All returning state medalists) and 3 of them are from the same District (Class 1, District 2).
With several opportunities against District 2 opponents, the Mexico Lady Bulldogs would have opportunities to earn some early season seeding criteria of their opponents. Overall the Mexico Lady Bulldogs went 4-14 on the day. Three of their wins came by pin.
Individual Highlights:
The Lady Bulldogs, facing tougher competition than they did this past weekend, struggled against most of their opponents throughout the tournament. This time out they would only have 1 medalist at this tournament and that was in the toughest weight class. Alexus Johns stormed into the semi-finals with 2 early round pins to guarantee her a spot on the podium. She, however, would lose to the #3 ranked girl from Blair Oaks after not being able to find a way to get her offense going.
After 1 period of no scoring, Sumner(Blair Oaks) would go down and earn an escape. However, despite the multiple attempts by both wrestlers, there was no other scoring until the 3rd period. Alexus Johns chose down but would be unable to escape Sumner’s clutches until after she gave up a 4-point nearfall to push the score to 5-1 in favor of Blair Oaks. Johns made several attempts to score but Sumner was able to counter with a takedown in the last waning seconds of the match to put the score out of reach. Johns would rebound in her medal-round match to earn 3rd place.
Below is the individual match-by-match results for the Mexico Lady Bulldogs:
120 lbs.
Maycee Cole (3-5) placed 21st and scored 0.0 team points.
- Round 2 – Makenzie Miller (Belton JV ) 2-3 won by fall over Maycee Cole (Mexico) 3-5 (Fall 0:49)
- Round 3 – Macey Greene (Holden) 4-1 won by fall over Maycee Cole (Mexico) 3-5 (Fall 0:50)
- Cons. Round 1 – Tiara Stanley (Eldon JV) 4-1 won by fall over Maycee Cole (Mexico) 3-5 (Fall 1:10)
- Cons. Round 2 – Maycee Cole (Mexico) 3-5 received a bye () (Bye)
- 21st Place Match – Maycee Cole (Mexico) 3-5 won by fall over Chloe Hilton (Holdon JV ) 0-4 (Fall 3:39)
145 lbs.
Marali Hererra (1-4) placed 12th and scored 0.0 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Hannah See (Osage) 2-2 won by fall over Marali Hererra (Mexico) 1-4 (Fall 2:00)
- Cons. Round 1 – Marali Hererra (Mexico) 1-4 received a bye () (Bye)
- Cons. Round 2 – Kylie Guererro (Smith-Cotton) 2-1 won by fall over Marali Hererra (Mexico) 1-4 (Fall 0:43)
- 11th Place Match – Avery Luttrell (Osage JV ) 1-2 won by fall over Marali Hererra (Mexico) 1-4 (Fall 0:27)
170 lbs.
Jazzmin Torres (2-3) placed 16th and scored 0.0 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Bailey Brown (Knob Noster) 3-1 won by fall over Jazzmin Torres (Mexico) 2-3 (Fall 1:42)
- Cons. Round 1 – Kyndall Jones (Belton) 3-1 won by medical forfeit over Jazzmin Torres (Mexico) 2-3 (M. For.)
- Cons. Round 2 – Seaton Schmitt (Marceline) 1-3 won by medical forfeit over Jazzmin Torres (Mexico) 2-3 (M. For.)
- 15th Place Match – Savannah Jeffress (Marshall) 1-3 won by medical forfeit over Jazzmin Torres (Mexico) 2-3 (M. For.)
170 lbs.
Sophia Morris (1-3) placed 12th and scored 0.0 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – McCanna Gudde (Holden) 1-3 won by fall over Sophia Morris (Mexico JV ) 1-3 (Fall 1:35)
- Cons. Round 1 – Sophia Morris (Mexico JV ) 1-3 won by fall over Maddi Hess (Clinton) 2-2 (Fall 3:29)
- Cons. Round 2 – Isabelle Hulsey (California JV ) 2-2 won by fall over Sophia Morris (Mexico JV ) 1-3 (Fall 2:26)
- 11th Place Match – Crystal Little (Smith-Cotton) 2-2 won by fall over Sophia Morris (Mexico JV ) 1-3 (Fall 0:51)
235 lbs.
Alexus Johns (7-1) placed 3rd and scored 0.0 team points.
- Champ. Round 1 – Alexus Johns (Mexico) 7-1 won by fall over Taylor Sullivan (Marshall JV) 1-2 (Fall 0:33)
- Quarterfinal – Alexus Johns (Mexico) 7-1 won by fall over Jayda Stephan (Eldon) 2-2 (Fall 1:09)
- Semifinal – Loghan Sumner (Blair Oaks) 4-0 won by decision over Alexus Johns (Mexico) 7-1 (Dec 8-1)
- 3rd Place Match – Alexus Johns (Mexico) 7-1 won by decision over Sherlyn Solano (Marshall) 1-2 (Dec 2-0)
Up Next:
The Mexico Lady Bulldogs will have nearly a week off before taking to the mats again after the Thanksgiving holiday. They will be traveling to Hallsville on December 2nd for the Hallsville Lady Indians Tournament. They will have a quick turn-around and host a dual meet at Mexico High School on Thursday, December 5th.
