The Grain Valley wrestling team has a new coach and the numbers are better than ever for the program. Former head coach Jeff Bowman stepped down and Donald Horner takes over a program that lost just one senior from last season’s team. Horner was an assistant coach for the Blue Springs South wrestling team last […]
The St. Michael The Archangel Catholic is a wrestling program on the rise. Last season, the Guardians earned their first state plaque in the five-year history of the program as they took fourth place with 101.5 points in the Missouri State High School Wrestling Championships. Going into the 2022-23 season, St. Michael will have a […]
When talking about the best wrestling teams in Missouri – Liberty has to be mentioned. The Blue Jays have won the last three Class 4 state championships and have 10 graduates that will be wrestling at the collegiate level this winter. The team has been loaded the past three years and 2022-23 should be no […]
Any time a wrestler from Liberty High School steps in the circle at any given tournament, chances are they have a chance to win it. Blue Jay sophomore Peyton Westpfahl is one of those wrestlers as he competed at the GroWrestling.com Fall Brawl Tournament last Saturday at Staley High School. The sophomore is a rising […]
Some of the best girls wrestlers teamed up in an eight team tournament in the inaugural Central Cup Tournament last Saturday at North Kansas City High School. There were teams that entered the tournament around the Midwest from Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas and Missouri. Video Interviews: Fulton’s Mckenzie Brewer (87) Brookfield’s Jayden Keller Park Hill’s Angelina Vargas […]
The Kansas City Early 32 Tournament is a tournament that usually allows wrestlers to get back into the flow of competition. Many competitors hadn’t wrestled since the US Marine Corps Junior & 16U National Tournament that was in mid-July. The Super Early 32 also serves as a precursor to one of the biggest tournaments in […]
By Michael Smith Kaison Schreier may be mature beyond his years. The soon-to-be Fort Osage freshman has displayed his maturity to his wrestling coach Brandon Wackerman and his MO West Wrestling Club teammates. That was evident in his reaction to what he accomplished on July 18 in Fargo, N.D. The youngster became the first Fort […]
By Michael Smith St. Michael the Archangel Catholic freshman Sampson Stillwell accomplished a rare feat. The Guardians wrestling prodigy competed in the Greco Roman bracket at the 285 pound cadet weight class at the annual US Marine Corps 16U & Junior National on July 21 in Fargo, N.D. But he didn’t just compete, he dominated. […]
St. Michael The Archangel Catholic Sampson Stillwell wants to be one of the top wrestlers in the world. That’s what head wrestling coach Matt Infranca said about his sophomore, who is making waves on the national stage. After placing seventh in the cadet freestyle division and second in the Greco-Roman bracket at World Team Trials, […]
Team St. Louis was loaded. The squad competed in a 16-team tournament called the Summer Scuffle last Saturday at Gardner-Edgerton High School. St. Louis consisted of wrestlers who competed for Whitfield during the high school program. It’s one that has one six straight state championships and 11 overall. That included two-time state champions Gavin Linsman […]