Author: Jonathan Bowen
Westminster Sends Five to the Finals, Runner-Up Finish at SLIAC Tournament
Postseason wrestling has begun across the state of Missouri at the high school level with Girls Districts and the NCAA Division 3 teams competing in their respective conference tournaments. The Westminster Blue Jays traveled down to Arkansas to the University of the Ozarks for the 2025 SLIAC Conference Championship. The Blue Jays brought 11 wrestlers […]
Lady Bulldogs Complete Day 1 of District Tournament
Round 1: The Mexico Lady Bulldogs were one of the few teams that not only received their seeds as anticipated but were given first-round byes for every single one of their wrestlers to start off the District Tournament. This allowed the wrestlers extra time to hydrate and acclimate to the environment before having to […]
Centralia Lady Panthers Have a Solid Start at Class 1, District 2 Tournament
Round 1: Due to favorable seeding and placement of the byes into the brackets, the Centralia Lady Panthers had byes during the first round of wrestling to kickoff the District Tournament. The lone exception, Senior Maddie Shelton (at 140 lbs.) who entered the tournament as the fifth seed needed only 43 seconds to secure a […]
Lady Owls Close out Dual Season at Missouri Valley
Entering the evening the Lady Owls were winless in duals this season. One of the main contributing factors was that they were giving up forfeits at the lower weight classes throughout the season. Going down by 10 or more points before the dual even starts, is a tough hill to climb each time out on […]
Class 1 Girls District 2 Fan Guide
Women’s Class 1, District 2 Preview Article The postseason is here for Missouri Wrestling and the road to the state podium starts on Friday afternoon (February 14th) in gymnasiums across the state. For those in the northwest sections of the St. Louis metro/county areas and most of Mid-Missouri, that gymnasium will be at St. Charles […]
Mexico Closes Out Regular Season at Buffalo
Several of the Mexico Lady Bulldogs were needing a final tune-up before the District Tournament and the Lady Herd Invite was one of those tournaments available for them. In addition to Mexico, there were four other District 2 Tournament teams in attendance (Blair Oaks, Fulton, Boonville, and North Callaway). In addition to these five teams, […]
William Woods Closes Out Regular Season at Grand View Duals
The Owls have been wrestling short-handed all year due to injuries that have been accumulated since the beginning of the school year. They have also dealt with a handful of transfers, along with other growing pains a program can experience in year two. However, they have kept their schedule unchanged, to help the wrestlers who […]
William Woods Faced Tough Conference Road Test Against William Penn
Both the men’s and women’s team of William Woods knew going in that facing off against their Conference opponent William Penn would be a tough order to come out with a team victory. The William Penn women’s team is currently ranked 6th in the country at the NAIA level. Whereas the William Penn men’s team, […]
Mexico Kept it Close at NCMC Duals With a Short-Handed Lineup
Injuries and sickness happen to almost every team at some point during the season. Unfortunately for the Mexico Lady Bulldogs, they got hit with both within the past week. As a team, the Mexico Lady Bulldogs would go only 1-4. However, there were still plenty of positives that came out of the day for them […]