USA Wrestling has announced their preseason girls ranking and twelve Missouri girls found spots among the top 25 in their weight class. POUND-FOR-POUND RANKINGS9. Ava Ward, freshman, Centralia, Mo., Centralia High School (1 at 100) 17 last time 100 pounds1. Ava Ward, freshman, Centralia, Mo., Centralia High School (1 at 100) 106 pounds4. Faith Cole, […]
Since the girls wrestling division was established in 2019, the De Soto graduate became the most decorated wrestler in her school’s history. She finished her career undefeated with an astonishing 121-0 record with 85 coming by pin. That of course resulted in three state championships, with her last match resulting in a pin of Parkway […]
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Three-time NCAA national champion and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist J’den Cox will represent the United States at the Senior World Championships in Oslo, Norway, Oct. 2-10. Cox swept his finals match against Kollin Moore Sunday, shutting out the three-time All-American 5-0 and 4-0. This will be his fourth appearance on the Senior Worlds […]
All photos by Laura Lewis
Dear Drury Wrestling Supporter, As we head into the final weeks of summer and look forward to our grapplers getting back to campus we continue to celebrate the success form the 2020-21 school year. Last week 152 Drury student-athletes earned Academic Achievement Awards form the NCAA DII Athletic Directors Association. Eight wrestlers were among the […]
Man oh Man did the Girls represent! These girls absolutely rocked the country, taking top 5 in both 16u (Cadets) AND Junior divisions. Starting with our 16u teams 5th place performance, we had 6 placers, 3 finalists, and 1 champion. Payton Weese- The soon to be Sophomore from Marceline is starting her high school off […]
Fargo has come and gone, and with that we have amazing accomplishments to write about! Our boys performed well placing top 20 in every age group except Junior Greco where they took 26th. Fargo is the biggest tournament of the year and placing is a coveted feat so kudos to these young men before we […]
Awhile back we saw Luke Lilledahl make an incredibly dominant run at Cadet World Team Trials. I think everyone who watched that run or Lilledahl’s freshman state run with CBC had high hopes for his trip to Budapest. But this kid is the real deal! He continues to impress with toughness, awareness, and lightning quick […]
It’s been 18 months since Private Braxton Barnes has been on US soil since being stationed in Germany. Barnes, a state champion from Neosho (1st, 4th,4th), made a surprise visit home that included this experience at a Kansas City Royals game while his mom was playing an in-between innings game on the jumbotron. Thank you […]
Grant Leeth, 3x state champion from Kearney and a 2018 All-American at Mizzou is headed out west. Leeth, who has been most recently living and training in Florida, posted the following on his Instagram page about headed out west to Stanford: “Life Update: Tomorrow I move to Palo Alto, California to join the Stanford/California RTC […]