Lebanon graduate Sophiea Quinn ended her high school wrestling career on a positive note. She competed one last time in the U.S. Marines Corps Junior Nationals before she heads off to William Jewell College to compete at the NCAA Division II level. Quinn finished with a 4-2 record and took seventh place to earn All-American […]
The contingent of Belton Pirates girls wrestlers on the U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals grew this year. Coach Greg Linhart had nine go this year, two more than a past trip to the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. The return trip to the south part of the metro featured two All-Americans — one more than last year. Malena Borja […]
Liberty junior Rowdy Angst has been a part of a winning culture for the last two years. He’s been a part of a Blue Jay wrestling program that has won seven consecutive state titles in Missouri, and he was a big part of that most recent one as he finished as a runner up in […]
Angela Bereuter might be the best basketball player who wrestles. Or maybe she’s the best wrestler who also plays basketball. The Wentzville Holt product went to Fargo, North Dakota, and took home 7th place at the U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals tournament. Not a bad showing for the junior-to-be who didn’t know if she really […]
Camdenton sophomore Brock Conaway is on the rise in the high school wrestling scene. During the winter high school folkstyle season, he broke out as a freshman and finished as a runner-up in the 190-pound weight division in the Class 3 Missouri State High School Wrestling Championships, falling to then senior Marcus Lopez-Durman of Carl […]
Zolah Williams was one of the best in Missouri this past season. The freshman won the 105-pound Class 1 title in February for Kearney. Since then, she’s continued to rack up wins no matter where she wrestled. The latest success came at the U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota, in the middle […]
Jayden Keller’s final high school match ended with a win. The Brookfield standout can now turn her attention to competing for William Jewell College, a Division II program in Liberty. Her final high school tournament — the U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals — in mid-July in Fargo, North Dakota. Representing Missouri, she posted a 5-2 […]
Lilly Breeden already held the record for the most state championships for the Liberty girls wrestling program. Now, she’s tops among the list of Fargo All-Americans as well. Competing at the U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals, the Liberty High School graduate earned All-American honors by taking 7th in the 100-pound bracket with a pin over […]
A pair of Belton wrestlers picked up where Louise Juitt left off. The past two summers, the current Delaware State wrestler took sixth to earn All-American honors at the U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals. Last week, Malena Borja and Ellie Drennon were on the medal stand at the Fargodome. “It’s a huge accomplishment for us,” said […]
Six Unseeded Placers: Missouri’s Girls Beat the Bracket at Fargo The best match Missouri wrestled in Fargo was against itself, and neither wrestler in it was seeded to be there. At 110 pounds in Junior girls, Jayden Keller and Kayleigh Milam had both climbed into the quarterfinals. Keller, the No. 4 seed, opened with three […]