GroWrestling hosted its final freestyle tournament of the season as it hosted the Ultimate Freestyle Tournament last Saturday at Blue Springs High School. Watch interviews from: Some wrestlers were in the thick of things and had competed in freestyle tournaments since the beginning of the month. Others were wrestling their first freestyle tournament of the […]
Noah Keen took the long way to earn All-American honors at the NHSCA High School Nationals in early April. The Francis Howell Central senior, coming off an MSHSAA state championship this season, went 8-2 in the event held in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He won six of those matches in a row after a loss in […]
Takeaways: One of the biggest freestyle wrestling tournaments in the Kansas City area took place last Saturday as several Missouri wrestlers competed in the Fight or Flight Tournament at Platte County High School. Two-hundred and twenty-two high-school aged boys competed in the cadet and junior freestyle divisions and there were 100 competing in the Greco […]
Takeaways: After putting together an undefeated state championship season, Kailey Benson added All-American honors recently to her resume. She was a runner-up at the NHSCA High School Nationals held in Virginia Beach, Virginia April 5-7. She lost in the finals to Calli Gilchrist of Connecticut, 7-6, in the 120-pound finals. Gilchrist is a two-time state […]
Nevaeh Smith will be headed to North Carolina this weekend to take a look around Montreat. The junior at Francis Howell Central will be going on her first recruiting trip to check out the Tar Heel Wrestling Club. Currently, the roster lists only one female wrestler. She is coming off a solid season this year […]
The State of Missouri and its wrestling has not been known as a wrestling powerhouse compared to Pennsylvania or Maryland. However, each of the past several Olympic Cycles Missouri has increased the success and the overall number of wrestlers that come from the Show-Me State at the Olympic Team Qualification Process and Trials Tournament. This […]
The annual USA Wrestling 2024 US Open Events take place at the South Point Casino in Las Vegas from April 24-28, 2024. Missouri Registrations Division Style Weight Name State Team Girls HS Showcase Freestyle 155 lbs Cali Dupree Missouri Nixa High School Wrestling Girls HS Showcase Freestyle 145 lbs Serenity Tilford Missouri Rolla High School […]
Park Hill junior Angelina Vargas’ didn’t have the ending of her 2023-24 season she wanted. She had two state championships in 2022 and 2023, but she was upset in the championship match of this year’s state tournament by Fort Zumwalt South’s Jena Gumahin, who pinned Vargas in the third period. Wrestler Interviews: The junior had […]
The 2024 Olympic Trials are being held at Penn State this year and Missouri is well represented. Mizzou has three athletes competing, with Keegan O’Toole having to drop out of the tournament after an injury at NCAA’s. The other Mizzou wrestlers are Jarrett Jacques, J’den Cox, and Dom Bradley. I’ll run through the wrestlers, how […]
The Kansas City Chiefs held its annual pro day for athletes who grew up in the Kansas City area or attended colleges in the region on April 10. Of the 33 names, only one of the players in the tryout was listed as a dual-position prospect: Zach Elam. Yes, the same Zach Elam who is […]