By: Ross Martin Included in this 2000+ word recap: Elam stays unbeaten, leads Staley Falcons have more individual champions than team champ Liberty Neosho medals four, places seventh Caden Green of Kearney beats Hampton of Smithville to be only Class 3 Missouri finalist at Stampede Park Hill places ninth despite being without Millers Trojans have […]
The Battle At Katy Station, also referred to as the “mini-state tournament” for many class one schools, featured over 40 of mostly class one schools, giving it a pretty good case for the early season informal name. #2 ranked Centralia is making an early-season case that they are ready to knock off defending state champs […]
By Chris Geinosky Ever since the early stages of last season, Liberty has been considered one of the top high school wrestling teams in the country. Over the past 12 months, Intermat.com has included the Blue Jays in its nationally acclaimed Fab 50 team standings. “It’s nice to be in those rankings, but we want […]
This week’s spotlight features the Jackson Indians. Jackson, coming off a red-hot football season, finished 2nd in the state on the gridiron losing to Carthage 27-21 OT. Normally, when we see high school football teams see this kind of success making it that far into the state playoffs and championship game, the wrestling team is […]
In this week’s #2 of the Class 4 District 4 weekly update not much has changed in the form of the top tier teams dominating their competition. Teams this upcoming weekend are slated to compete at some of the more tougher tournaments in Missouri. Last weekend Park Hill and Liberty traveled out of the state […]
Week of Dec 14-18. A new set of rankings came out and here’s where C3D4 stands. Out of 84 ranked wrestlers, 18 come from C3D4 with Kearney ranked the #4 team without Coby Aebersold’s points accounted for, yet. The early-season loss to nationally ranked Liberty has seemed to light a fire with Kearney as they […]
Marshall, Mo., (Dec. 19, 2019)- The Missouri Valley College men’s wrestling team remains at No. 15 in the latest 2019-20 NAIA Men’s Wrestling Coaches’ Top 20 Poll, with eight individuals ranked in their respective weight classes. The Vikings stayed at No. 15 in the second coaches’ poll of the regular season, and have competed in seven duals […]
Ladies and gentlemen, it is that time of year again for Missouri’s toughest in-season high school wrestling tournament, The Kansas City Stampede. The KC Stampede was developed in 2006 and has seen numerous World Team Members, NCAA Champions, NCAA All-Americans, and NCAA Qualifiers come through this National Tournament since its existence. Most notably Thomas Gilman, […]
The Christian Brother College Cadets traveled to Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio over the weekend for the toughest high school tournament: The Walsh Ironman. Although the Cadets came home empty-handed, they know what to work on. Head Coach for the 2x returning team state champs Cornell Robinson says, “Overall we have a lot to work on. That’s […]
By Chris Geinosky No Jeremiah Reno. No problem. It wasn’t an ideal situation when the Liberty wrestling team didn’t have its team leader available for the first big tournament of the season, but it wasn’t an issue either. Despite missing their nationally ranked three-time state champion, the Blue Jays racked up 565½ team points at […]