Most local wrestlers got to step on the mat for the first time since February. The high school Folkstyle season ended with the Missouri State High School Wrestling Championships in late February, but in a little over a month’s time, competitors get a chance to get involved in freestyle tournaments. Wrestler Interviews: The first one […]
The high school wrestling career of Platte County senior Jake Fernandez could not have ended much better than it did. He won his second state championship at the Missouri State High School Wrestling Championships last month in the Class 3 215-pound weight class following his 1-0 victory over McDonald County senior Sam Murphy in the […]
COLUMBIA, Mo. — If the Liberty wrestling team wasn’t a dynasty before, it certainly is now. The Blue Jays continue to be the unstoppable freight train in Class 4 and they won their fifth consecutive state team title Saturday at the Missouri State High School Wrestling Championships at Mizzou Arena. Liberty ran away with the […]
COLUMBIA, Mo. — For the first time in school history, the Hannibal Pirates are state champions. They closed out the season by taking first place in the Class 3 division of the Missouri State High School Wrestling Championships Saturday at Mizzou Arena, scoring 156.5 points. Hillsboro took second with 132, Whitfield was third with 96.5 […]
COLUMBIA, Mo. — The battle for the Class 2 girls team state championship came down to the wire. It was a three-horse race with Francis Howell Central, Nixa and Lebanon all jockeying for position and a first-place trophy. The difference between first and second place was one by a fraction of a point as Central […]
Class 3 Boys, Class 4 Boys, Class 2 Girls Interviews 2nd place interview: Jayden Moehle, Grain Valley State Champion interview: Peyton Westpfahl, Liberty State Champion interview: Isaiah Hung, Liberty State Champion interview: Jake Fernandez, Platte County State Champion interview: Derek Joiner, Grandview State Champion interview: Brenya Crahan, Nixa 2nd place interview: Darrius Paige, Van Horn […]
Another year, another time Liberty is steamrolling to another state championship. The Blue Jays came into the Class 4 Missouri State High School Boys Wrestling Championships with four consecutive titles and they are well on their way to a fifth. They are currently in first place with 81 points, but Lafayette Wildwood is close behind […]
The Hannibal wrestling team has had nine state trophies in the history of the program. None of those, however, were that state championship trophy. That could change on Saturday as the Pirates head into the second day of the Class 3 Missouri State High School Wrestling Championships in first place with 70 points Friday at […]
After Lebanon had dominated the Class 2 girls wrestling scene for four out of the last five years, it may be another team’s turn to take the state trophy this season. This season, it looks like Nixa could be that team to win its first team state championship on the girls side. Through Day 1, […]
The Odessa boys wrestling team has finished in the top four in the state tournament on 11 different occasions since 1979. But it had never finished in first place. That changed Thursday at Mizzou Arena as the Bulldogs took home the team title for the first time with 163.5 points. St. Michael The Archangel Catholic […]