Owen McCracken will have one last crack at earning that elusive all-state medal. The junior at Francis Howell Central knows the work he puts in this summer is important. “This summer will determine how the high school season goes next year,” said McCracken, a two-time state qualifier in Class 4 for the Spartans. The junior […]
Jayce Hitt has less than a month left to represent McDonald County. The senior has been a stalwart in three sports for the Mustangs and is currently in the final phases of track and field. He’s also been a state championship wrestler and an all-state football player as well. His future will be on the […]
Ryzen Isringhausen, a freshman at Branson, had shadows to follow the moment he walked inside the wrestling room. And went out to the track for practice. Isringhausen, though, is doing pretty well in his first year in high school in both of those sports. He is probably more known for his prowess on the mat, […]
Cali Dupree challenged herself at the Women’s National Championship. The Nixa junior took part in the U17 and U20 bracket during the event held April 12-14 in Spokane, Washington. She left with All-American honors in U17 and a lot of lessons from the U20 competition. “This was the third trip for Nixa to Women’s Nationals […]
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 […]
Seneca’s Isabella Renfro has been named the 2024 Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award Winner for Missouri. The National Wrestling Hall of Fame announced the state winners of the Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award (TSHSEA) on Wednesday. First awarded in 2014, this honor is named after Tricia Saunders, a trailblazer in women’s wrestling who […]
Liberty’s Hunter Taylor has been named the 2024 Missouri winner of the Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. The DSHSEA was established in 1996 to honor Olympic and World champion Dave Schultz, whose career was cut short when he was murdered in January 1996. He was inducted into […]
High school wrestling is set to see significant rule changes beginning with the 2024-25 season, as outlined by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Wrestling Rules Committee. These adjustments, aimed at enhancing the clarity and fairness of the sport, include a pivotal change to the inbounds rule—requiring only one point of contact […]
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 […]