Just one week before districts, some Kansas City-area high school girls wrestlers got one final tuneup at the Winnetonka Girls Invitational Saturday. Standing out above the rest were the wrestlers from the Odessa Bulldogs. Although they are not ranked in the top 10 of the MissouriWrestling.com poll, they showed they can compete with some of […]
It was a historic night for the Grain Valley wrestling team. Earlier in the season, seniors Dru Azcona and Tanner Barker earned their 100th career wins. On Wednesday, fellow senior Brock Smith joined them after getting a pair of wins in a home tri dual with Blue Springs South and Fort Osage. Wrestler Interviews: Grain […]
Three wrestlers shined for the Summit Christian Academy wrestling team on Senior Night. Seniors Jeremiah Smith, Memphis Hinton and Grant Self were honored at Tuesday’s tri dual against Lincoln Prep and University Academy at home. Each got their own collage of photos. Wrestler Interviews: Summit Christian’s John Newton (190) Summit Christian’s Ben Withers (285) Summit […]
Can Pleasant Hill win a third consecutive Class 2 state championship? If Saturday’s Lydia’s Lights Invitational at Blue Springs South High School is any indication, the answer is a clear yes. The Roosters were the clear favorites to win the tournament and they did just that as it scored 380.5 points to take first place. […]
If there was any question about how deep and loaded the Liberty wrestling team is, the Blue Jays had an emphatic answer last Saturday. Liberty held out five wrestlers that are ranked in the top six of their respective weight classes in the MissouriWrestling.com poll and gave some of their junior varsity wrestlers a chance […]
Odessa has been one of the top Class 2 teams in the Kansas City area for about a decade now. They have continued that trend this season as the Bulldogs are currently ranked as the No. 2 boys wrestling team according to the MissouriWrestling.com poll. They showed their dominance in a tri dual against Harrisonville […]
Fort Osage sophomore Colby Gray admitted he doesn’t like when the winner and loser of a dual is decided by his match. But there is no one head coach Brandon Wackerman would have in that situation than the returning state medalist. Wrestler Interviews: Fort Osage’s Kylie Dunn (115) Fort Osage’s Mikayla Stickler (105) Fort Osage’s […]
Liberty made a statement Saturday at the Winnetonka Invitational. The tournament has been well known for being one of the toughest and one of the biggest tournaments in the Kansas City area and the two-time defending state champion Liberty Blue Jays showed why they are the odds-on favorite to win state again. Wrestler Interviews: #2 […]
Who is the Queen of the North? Well there were 14 at Saturday’s Queen of the North Tournament at Liberty North Tournament. From a team score aspect, Olathe West of Kansas won the tournament with 168 points even while only having one wrestler win their bracket. Mid-Buchanan was second with 136 points and Liberty was […]
It was a close race throughout Saturday’s Platte County Invitational as Olathe North (Kan.) and Hannibal were battling for first place. In the end, North did just enough at the end of the tournament to win it with 343.5 points. Hannibal had the best finish of any Missouri team as it took second with 338.5 […]