Excelsior Springs graduate Damon Ashworth had a wrestling career some can only dream of. He began his career wrestling for Minnesota West Community and Technical College in 2022 and he made it all the way to the semifinals before losing his final three matches and taking sixth in the 165-pound weight class at the National […]
Liberty junior Rowdy Angst has been a part of a winning culture for the last two years. He’s been a part of a Blue Jay wrestling program that has won seven consecutive state titles in Missouri, and he was a big part of that most recent one as he finished as a runner up in […]
Maddie Kubicki had the most dominant high school girls career in Missouri. At Park Hill South High School, she finished with a 158-0 loss and won four consecutive state championships to cap off a perfect career. The momentum she gained in high school carried over at the college level as she has had a successful […]
As a senior at Washington High School, Annelise Obermark finished just one win short of her ultimate goal at the time. She made it to the championship match of the 140-pound weight class in the Class 2 Missouri State High School Girls Wrestling Championships but fell to three-time state champion Sevi Aumua 6-3 in the […]
By Michael Smith Francis Howell North senior Wyatt Dannegger is establishing himself as one of the best pound-for-pound high school wrestlers in Missouri. Not only has he won two Class 4 state championships as a sophomore and junior, he proved himself on the national stage at the U.S. Open Championships last April in Las Vegas. […]
The last major freestyle tournament this spring took place last Saturday at Fort Osage High School. The tournament, which is run by GroWrestling, had a total of 434 wrestlers compete and included three kids divisions, a high school 16-and-under (cadet), high school girls and a high school junior divisions. Among the high school girls, there […]
The last major freestyle tournament this spring took place last Saturday at Fort Osage High School. The tournament, which is run by GroWrestling, had a total of 434 wrestlers compete and included three kids divisions, a high school 16-and-under (cadet), high school girls and a high school junior divisions. Brothers Tyler and Jordan Bell made […]
Fort Osage freshman Jauzlyean Gray was dominating her match in the Class 2, 135-pound state championship bout last February at Mizzou Arena in Columbia. Midway through the 135-pound title bout, with Gray holding a comfortable 13-0 lead, she laid on her back while favoring her left shoulder, which was in a brace. She used the […]
St. Michael The Archangel Catholic head coach Matt Infranca rebranded the Kumite Championships to the Kansas City Freestyle Championships. The Kansas City Freestyle Championships were presented by NEX, a premium athletic apparel company dedicated to fueling ambition in athletes at every level. NEX designs performance gear, lifestyle fleece, and modern streetwear built for athletes and […]
Staley senior Miller Sipes ended his high school career with a bang. Not only did he win his first state title following a thrilling 3-2 ultimate tiebreaker win over Liberty’s Roman Stewart last month, he got to compete in Tuesday’s Kansas City Metro Classic at the Mabee Fieldhouse on the campus of Avila University. In […]