Winnetonka got an opportunity to get a warmup dual before hosting one of Kansas City’s largest high school tournaments. The Winnetonka Tournament starts on Friday and runs through Saturday and features the best teams in the city. To prepare for that, the Girffins hosted Raytown South Wednesday. Although they only won two out of the […]
Winnetonka 130-pounder Bailey Sontag Raytown South 145-pounder Jorge Gaytan Raytown South 220-pounder Kyan Guerra Winnetonka heavyweight Jordan Colon Winnetonka head coach Timothy Lowry Winnetonka 106-pounder John Nguyen
The Grain Valley wrestling team wants respect. That’s because it is a storied program that will wrestle at the Class 4 level for the first time in the district and state tournaments. “We are trying to send a message,” Grain Valley sophomore 113-pounder Gavin Parks said. “We belong here and we can get stuff done.” […]
There have been some heavy hearts on the Grain Valley wrestling team the past couple of weeks. On Jan. 1, 2022 former Grain Valley wrestler and 2020 graduate Trenton Starr died. Many Eagles fondly remember Starr, including sophomore Gavin Parks. He said he and the team have dedicated the season to Starr. After Grain Valley […]
For the past few seasons, the Lee’s Summit wrestling team hasn’t been known to be one of the top teams in the Kansas City area. In fact, there have been times in recent years the Tigers couldn’t field a full lineup. That has changed in 2022, and Lee’s Summit looks like a team that can […]
After having about a two week hiatus from competing, William Chrisman head wrestling coach Riley Glasgow was happy to see his team get back on the mat Tuesday. Not only that, even after so much time away against live competition, the veteran coach was pleased with what he saw in a home tri dual as […]
Raytown South wrestling coach Arianne Henry said her team always gets pumped up when facing crosstown rival Raytown. It showed on Thursday as the Cardinals won all four of their contested matches against the Blue Jays in a 49-6 rout at home. Watch post-match interviews: “We did really well tonight. The rivalry plays into that […]
The Fort Osage wrestling team came into Wednesday’s Suburban Middle Six Conference matchup against Grain Valley shorthanded. Some of their wrestlers were out with injuries and other reasons, which left the Indians with four open spots to Grain Valley’s one. Watch Post-Match Interviews: Even while giving up 24 points in forfeits, Fort Osage managed to […]
The Truman boys wrestling team is one that is often shorthanded. In Tuesday’s tri dual against North Kansas City and St. Joseph Central, the Patriots had seven open spots. The Indians and Hornets had quite few open spots themselves. That allowed Truman to have a shot at winning both duals. It did just that following […]
Right before the two-week holiday break, the Van Horn suffered its first dual loss. On Dec. 22, the Falcons fell to Blue Springs South 43-42 after losing the tiebreaker due to having more forfeits. However, the team was missing nearly half of its starting varsity wrestlers along with head coach Craig Addison due to various […]