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Lexie Cole left a lasting impact on the Kearney girls wrestling program. She finished her career with the Bulldogs as a three-time state champion in an ultra tough 235-pound division. She got pins in all four of her matches during the Missouri High School Girls Wrestling Champions, capped by a second-period pin against Tipton’s Kyla […] More

The high school wrestling season won’t start for another two and a half months, but that doesn’t mean that some Missouri wrestlers aren’t putting in work to prepare for it. Competitors from high school down to elementary had the opportunity to compete in a folkstyle tournament Sept. 11 at St. James Academy in Lenexa, Kan. […] More

When he wrestles, college coaches watch. Liberty sophomore Hunter Taylor is going to be a force in the high school wrestling world, not only in Missouri, but in the United States. He proved that in the 2021 US Marine Corps 16U & Junior National Championships, which took place in mid-July in Fargo, N.D. Facing off […] More

Her father was a professional mixed martial artist and did jiu-jitsu and his daughter had been around it for most of her life. She started wrestling at the age of five and within a few years she was a Missouri Youth state champion. The accolades continued to pile up and in the last calendar year. […] More

That competition fueled him to earn All-American honors in his first trip to the USMC 16U and Junior Nationals Tournament in July. The Ozark product headed there with aspirations of earning a stop sign in both Greco-Roman and freestyle. He got on the podium in Greco, sparked by a less-than-satisfying showing in freestyle in Fargo, […] More

Now the focus turns to adding a state title as well. The Staley wrestler took sixth place in Greco-Roman at the USMC 16U and Junior Nationals last month in Fargo, North Dakota. He reached the semifinals in that style and also competed in freestyle. While his sixth-place finish was a spot lower on the medal […] More

The Class 4 113-pound champion went to the USMC 16U and Junior National Championships last month in Fargo and earned his first All-American honors by taking third in the 120-pound Greco-Roman bracket. “It was fun,” Fugitt said of the trip north. “It was definitely a lot different than other tournaments. It was a pretty big […] More

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 […] More

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 […] More