Mexico came into the night with only one dual loss on the season (to Marshall) and sporting an overall record of 10-1 in their dual season. This record is despite all of the ailments/injuries that this team has dealt with so far this season and has forced their coach to make several changes to the […]
This is the second consecutive season that both the Men’s and Women’s Wrestling teams of Westminster College traveled up to Augustana College to wrestle in the annual Fred Johnson Duals. Last year the Lady Jays went undefeated and won the event on the women’s side. Unfortunately due to injuries and other circumstances beyond their control […]
The Capital City Invite for the past four seasons has been held on a Friday night. And for the past four seasons, the Mexico Lady Bulldogs have had this event on their schedule. It’s a tournament that in years past, set the tone for both the individual wrestlers and the team for the rest of […]
Most high school conferences around Missouri have a set dual schedule that allows each school to host several home duals and travel to the various other schools within their conference. The outcome of those duals determines both the team conference championship and the individual all-conference honors for that season. Mexico’s Conference, the NCMC, voted to […]
After watching their teammates in the JV Wonder Woman, it was the veterans on the Lady Bulldog roster’s turn at a shot at the coveted Wonder Woman Belts. Every single bracket in this tournament was loaded with returning state qualifiers, medalists, Fargo Qualifiers, State medalists from other states, returning podium finishers from last year’s Wonder […]
Christmas Break tournaments help set the tone for the second half of the season. The Wonder Woman Tournament has been one of the best measuring sticks of how well a wrestler will finish their season. Last year, the Wonder Woman tournament director chose to expand to include an opportunity for the younger/less experienced wrestlers to […]
Minimizing the amount of forfeits due to injuries, wrestlers not making weight, etc. is vital to be successful at any level of wrestling when it comes to duals. Westminster was missing two weights heading into this event and thus had to give up 12 precious points each round. This fact made it an uphill battle […]
Mexico started the day in the top 30 among the nearly 50 teams in attendance despite having several of their wrestlers out due to injuries. They had six of their wrestlers on pace to score in the top 16 and 2 of them with the potential to score in the top 8 based on how […]
In all of its wrestling history, Missouri has produced only a handful of wrestlers who have earned the spot on Team USA to compete for Olympic glory. The most recent was J’den Cox in 2016 (finished with a Bronze Medal). Before him, it was Ben Askern, who competed in the Beijing Olympics back in 2008. […]
Finals week and a wrestling tournament are now a traditional combination among the Mexico Lady Bulldogs wrestling team. First two years they had attended the Blair Oaks tournament and then in more recent memory the Eldon Lady Mustangs Invitational. Looking for a step up in the level of competition, the Lady Bulldogs added the Battle […]