By Michael Smith Not everything went the way Lebanon head girls wrestling coach Matt Neely wanted, but the ultimate goal was achieved at the Missouri High School State Girls Wrestling Championships. His Yellowjackets had six of their eight competitors earn state medals and no one won an individual state title. However, they won their second […]
By Michael Smith Grain Valley’s Sevreign Aumua was surprised when she saw Ali Howk put on a pair of wrestling shoes at a wrestling practice at Blue Springs High School a few years ago. “I remember seeing her when my little brother was practicing at Blue Springs,” Aumua said of Howk. “When she came in, […]
By Michael Smith Whether they wrestled together or in different years there, have been quite a few dominant siblings in Missouri high school wrestling history. Whether it’s Zach and Mac Bailey of Oak Park, Nick and Tony Purler of Wentzville or Cameron and Colin Valdiviez of Rockhurst, just to name a few, there have been […]
By Michael Smith Liberty had thirteen competitors in the Class 4 Sectional 4 Tournament Saturday at Staley High School, and they pulled off what would be an improbable feat for most teams. But it’s not improbable for the Blue Jays. They qualified all 13 of their wrestlers for the Missouri State High School Wrestling Championships, […]
18 min read By Michael Smith If you ask any coach in the Kansas City area what the most difficult sectional tournament in Missouri is, most of them will say Class 4 Sectional 4. Not only does the tournament have the No. 1 ranked team in the state in Liberty, there are other strong programs that […]
18 min read By Michael Smith Mid-Buchanan did something that no other team in the Class 1 Sectional 4 Tournament accomplished at districts. The Dragons, ranked No. 1 as a team according to the MissouriWrestling.com poll, qualified a wrestler in every weight class for sectional and look like the clear favorite to send the most […]
By Michael Smith Whether he is in a wrestling ring or roaming the halls at Lee’s Summit North High School, freshman Charlie Dykes moves a little bit differently than most of his peers. When he’s in the circle, there is something noticeably different about him. He wears a shoe over his right foot and a […]
13 min read By Michael Smith Lebanon head girls wrestling coach Matt Neely had a lofty goal of sending all 13 of his wrestlers who competed in the Sectional 3 Tournament to state. That goal was not met Saturday at Harrisonville High School, but the Yellowjackets pushed through eight competitors to state, the most of any […]
18 min read By Michael Smith The girls Sectional 3 tournament in Missouri might be the most intriguing one of the four occurring this Saturday. Harrisonville, the 2020 state champions, and Lebanon, the winners of the inaugural girls state tournament in 2019 will be in the same district and that will make for some intriguing matchups […]
20 min read By Michael Smith Cameron only has one wrestler in the top 6 of the MissouriWrestling.com poll, but it might have the biggest advantage going into the Sectional 4 Tournament Saturday at Platte County High School. The Dragons pushed through nine competitors to sectionals, the most of any team in the tournament as they […]