It was a solid recruiting season for both Blue Jay wrestling squads to help fill in some gaps to build on last season’s success. The coaches talk about how these two teams are a family. They practice in the same facility, working together all the while encouraging each other—a family. Each season since the wrestling […]
Class 1: Father Tolton Father Tolton came into the state tournament with six wrestlers in the Class 1 brackets. The first session for the most part was positive for Trailblazers. During the opening round, they went 4-1, with those four advancing to the quarterfinals. In the second round (quarterfinals/first-round wrestle backs) all of the Trailblazers […]
The middle of the state is usually overshadowed by the overwhelming population and talent pools of Kansas City and St. Louis areas. However, despite having smaller populations and a lot fewer teams, there is plenty of talent in the middle of Missouri, specifically up and down the Hwy 63 corridor that divides the state nearly […]
Two families, Seven Qualifiers Families of wrestlers are not unheard of in Missouri. If the dad or grandfather wrestled, the odds are their kids will end up on the mat during the high school years at the very least. If those families have been blessed with multiple children and the older sibling wrestled, the odds […]
It was an exciting 2 days of wrestling in Wentzville. If you wanted to experience the full gambit of emotions wrestling can bring, this was the place. Excitement, disappointment, smiles, tears, cheers, and boos. For the seniors, it was their last attempt to make their mark. Some of them did and will be wrestling in […]
It has nearly become a tradition for this particular group of schools in recent years. Mexico gets to play host for a number of good reasons. The foremost is that they are nearly perfectly centered geographically between the St. Louis area schools and the northern teams such as Kirksville and Macon. This District Tournament does […]
The first senior night for the Westminster Lady Blue Jays in program history. There’s something to be said about being the first. It can be nerve racking, lonely, but also thrilling knowing your’e breaking new ground. Yes, there’s only one senior this year, Taylor Reed, wrestling for Westminster but more will come following in her […]
This marks the first post-season tournament in which the girls’ division in Missouri has been split into 2 classes between the large schools and the smaller schools. Some see this as dividing/watering down the talent pool since there won’t be a true “state champ” in each weight class for the first time since a girls’ […]
As the only NCAA Division III team at this event that had tons of wrestlers from all of the other divisions (including several Division 1 powerhouses), each match was going to be hard fought. Overall on the day, the Westminster Blue Jays went 10-14 in their matches. It should be noted that they were missing […]
The Roger Denker Open has been a mainstay in the wrestling realm here in Missouri for nearly 40 years (Started in 1984). It started under a different name, but the names was switched in honor of the great Roger Denker who was a cornerstone at Central Missouri University for decades. This year marks the 30th […]