Rick Mudd has been the head wrestling coach at Lathrop for the past 23 years. For most of his tenure, he has had either a member of the Osborn or Wright family on the roster and that group of cousins has accounted for two state championships and numerous medals. From 2005 to 2021, a member […]
Brady Roark was named the outstanding wrestler of the tournament for the lightweights at the Santa Slam, while Isabella Renfro was the outstanding wrestler for the upperweights at the Mrs. Claus Slam. The two tournaments ran together on Saturday, capping a weekend trip to Dallas that saw both the boys and girls teams compete in […]
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Theo Stine has yet to be born but took in his first MSHSAA Wrestling State Championships last week. His parents, Clay Stine and Miranda Bennett, were both coaching Willard in the Class 3 tournament in Columbia, less than two months before his due date of April 27. Bennett became a rarity of […]
BLUE SPRINGS — Pleasant Hill not only got a lot of wrestlers into the finals, the Roosters dominated in those matches too. The Roosters won the title at 106 and then from 120 to 152 and also claimed first at 170 and 182. Nine total titles out of 10 finalists. The defending Class 2 state […]
#5 ranked Kate Grundy, Liberty North #1 ranked Maddie Kubicki, Park Hill South #1 ranked Jaden Breeden, Liberty #5 ranked Hailey Romero, Kearney #7 ranked Taryn Johnson, Park Hill Emily Knight, Smithville Kalli schuster, Mid-Buchanan
Park Hill and Park Hill South had the most wrestlers on the top of the podium, but the Queen of the North Tournament, held on Saturday, Jan. 21 at Liberty High School, was incredibly balanced. Of the 14 weight classes, 11 different teams had a champion in the event. Kearney ended up being the top […]
BELTON, Mo. — Despite combining for half of the champions, the Belton and Staley wrestling teams tied for third overall in the Greater Kansas City Suburban Conference Invitational on Saturday, Jan. 14 at Belton High School. Liberty North, which had two champions, finished with 172 ½ points, ahead of runner-up Lee’s Summit, which had 136 […]
KANSAS CITY — Liberty North won the first six contest matches and then held off a charge by Park Hill to pick up a 48-28 win on Tuesday night in a Suburban Conference gold Division showdown at Park Hill High School. The win was the second in a row for the Eagles over the Trojans. […]
In a showdown of nationally ranked teams, Millard South (Nebraska) jumped ahead early but Liberty rallied by winning four matches in a row and never trailed on the way to a 33-20 win on Thursday, Dec. 30 at Liberty High School. The No. 17-nationally ranked Blue Jays fell behind early to the visitors, 13-0. Millard […]
Liberty North defeated conference rival Lee’s Summit North for the Lee’s Summit North Invitational title, while Class 2 Cameron provided a test for many schools as well during the two-day event held Dec. 17-18. Those three schools made up the top three in the standings and each had seven wrestlers place in the first- or […]