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 […]
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 […]
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 […]