Led by coaches Josh Steele and Quentin Neal, the Missouri Elementary Boys wrestling team delivered a powerful 8–1 performance at the Heartland National Duals. Their efforts secured a 9th-place overall finish and a second-straight Platinum Bracket championship. Missouri battled through a tough field, highlighted by a strong opening win over Minnesota and a dominant 196–66 […]
Led by the leadership of Clay Holmes and Quentin Neal, the Missouri Middle School and Elementary Boys teams continued their impressive streak of top-10 national finishes, a standard they’ve upheld for the past three years. Pool Play: Total Domination The Middle School Team stormed through pool play, overpowering squads from South Dakota, Oklahoma, Nebraska, and […]
Team Missouri’s boys middle school squad is back where it belongs. After finishing 4th at last year’s Heartland Duals, Missouri middle school team has earned a spot in the Diamond Pool once again, putting them in position to compete for a Heartland title against some of the top teams in the country. The action kicks […]
In a sport where most athletes spend years mastering just one discipline, Talon Worden has taken a different path and it’s one that’s putting him at the top of elite contenders. The Farmington, Missouri native is currently ranked No. 1 in the country at heavyweight and, according to the MMA/Pankration. But what makes Worden’s story […]
Girls’ wrestling is the fastest-growing sport across the country, and with that, more and more elite athletes are emerging. But even with that growth, there are still some wrestlers putting together incredible resumes who just aren’t getting the attention they deserve. Missouri heavyweight Alexis Stinson is one of them. With a 50–2 record during the […]
NEW for the 2025–26 season Missouri’s youth wrestling scene continues to deliver some of the deepest and most competitive talent in the country. With national champions emerging at multiple age groups, multi-style standouts making noise all summer, and new names pushing into the state’s elite tier, the elementary ranks are absolutely loaded heading into the […]
How the Next Wave of Missouri Wrestling Talent Is Taking Shape As Missouri’s elementary wrestlers continue to raise the bar nationally, the state’s Middle School athletes are proving to be just as impressive and, in many cases, even more dominant. This age group represents the crucial bridge between youth development and high-school success, and the […]
Who is the most dominant wrestler in Missouri? These rankings have the answer. The debate ends here: MissouriWrestling.com’s Pound-for-Pound list highlights the most elite youth wrestlers across the entire state, regardless of age or weight. These athletes have mastered the three major styles (Folkstyle, Freestyle, and Greco-Roman), earned high-level accolades, and proven themselves against top […]
USA Folkstyle Nationals marks the opening leg of youth wrestling’s most prestigious pursuit—the USA Wrestling Triple Crown. To earn it, an athlete must win national titles in Folkstyle, Freestyle, and Greco-Roman within the same year. In 2026, Missouri announced itself early, with three wrestlers capturing Folkstyle National titles and moving one-third of the way toward […]
Tulsa Nationals 2026 is officially in the books, and our Missouri Athletes once again proved we are among the nation’s premier wrestling states. Despite being dubbed “the world’s toughest tournament,” Missouri wrestlers brought a dominant, high-octane performance to Oklahoma, featuring 125 young men and 37 young women in the mix. Out of a very competitive […]