Ali Haiser will admit she was a little surprised by how well she did at the USMC Junior & 16U National Championships earlier this month in Fargo. The Lebanon standout reached the championship match of the 16U 164-pound bracket and finished second in her first trip to the FargoDome. “I have to say the whole […]
Dutton won the first state championship earlier this year for Springfield Central — for boys or girls — and she added a national championship by winning the 16U division at the 2021 U.S. Marine Corps 16U and Junior Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota. Dutton dominated her foes on the way to the 16U title, which […]
The sophomore-to-be at McDonald County High School took sixth in Greco-Roman and seventh in freestyle. He is hoping the success at the national level is a precursor for success in Class 3 this winter. “It was a great experience,” he said. “I worked all year for that goal and it was great. It was brutal; […]
By Jonathan Bowen Katherine Bowen, Cadet, and Junior Divisions @ 112 lbs., Freestyle: This is her first trip to Fargo and traveling with the Missouri National Team. With so many byes built into the earlier brackets, Katherine was slotted as the 7th match out of the gate on the Women’s side. Her first-round opponent hails […]
Missouri did pretty well at the 16U Cadet National Duals, with six wrestlers being named to the All-Tournament teams from the event held earlier this month in Westfield, Indiana. Wrestlers had to post an undefeated record to be qualified to be on the team — either Greco-Roman or freestyle. Missouri had the second most wrestlers […]
Zach and Rocky Elam were two of the most successful high school wrestling brother duos in the history of Missouri wrestling. The Staley High School graduates combined for four-state championships and six state medals in their time as Falcons. Now, the brother duo are wrestling together at the University of Missouri. Zach Elam competed at […]
Arguably one of the best high school wrestling coaches in the history of Missouri is coming back to add onto an already impressive legacy. Oak Park High School, in the North Kansas City School District, announced the hiring of Gary Mayabb as its wrestling coach for this upcoming school year. The hire is a reunion […]
Eric Akin wanted to give girls wrestlers in the Midwest another chance to hone their skills with the Diamonds in the Rough Tournament. We are trying to grow girls and boys wrestling really,” Akin said. “The level of women’s wrestling is going to get bigger and better over the next decade. We’re going to start […]
Each year Missouri is able to produce a great crop of wrestlers that are able to take their talents to the next level in college. This year’s list of wrestlers who have committed to wrestle in college looks to take the same stance as previous years and make a large impact. Let’s take a look […]
5 min read What Odessa senior Bryce Palmer went through during his senior year at high school, some people don’t even experience in a lifetime. It has been a tumultuous and heartbreaking senior year for Palmer. During the summer of 2020, the heartbreak started when one of his teammates on the high school football team, Kade […]