Name Griffin Ray Your School Hillsboro Your Hometown Hillsboro, Missouri What age were you when you started wrestling? 6 Who was your first coach? John Akers What’s your favorite meal you love to eat? Steak and potatoes What is your favorite food to eat the night before a big competition? Steak and potatoes Are you […]
By Austin Denson The Missouri Baptist Women’s Wrestling team has been building with the future in mind lately. While this is the goal for every coach during the recruiting/signing time of year, but Brian Jackson has made it a point to stack his squad with some impressive names, with even more impressive accolades, to push […]
By Austin Denson Finishing third in this year’s Missouri State Championships, Nikolai Careaga surely demanded some more attention from the nearby wrestling colleges and universities. The 33-7 senior only lost to the eventual state champion in the semis during his run in Independence. Following this impressive performance Careaga has decided to announce his college decision. […]
Tigers To Compete In Big 12 Starting With 2021-22 Season. Columbia, Mo. – The University of Missouri’s wrestling program is returning to the conference it called home for more than six decades with today’s unanimous approval by UM Board of Curators of the program’s affiliate membership in the Big 12 Conference, effective July 1, 2021. […]
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By Austin Denson Jack Darrah and Lucas White recently brought back medals from the USA Folkstyle National Tournament and they looked impressive doing it. If you’re not familiar with these two, you should be. Darrah is a junior who is 3 for 3 in state placements with a 5th, 2nd, and 1st place finish. White […]
By Austin Denson Platte County finished 12th this year at the Girls State Tournament. Believe it or not, the two names you see here, Sarina Bertram and Kaylyn Munn, are fully responsible for that finish. Two qualifiers, two-state finalists. These girls didn’t cool off for the offseason, they heated up. Both bumping up a weight […]
FORT WORTH, Texas – J’den Cox (Colorado Springs, Colo./Titan Mercury WC/USOPTC) missed weight and will not compete at the 2020 U.S. Olympic Team Trials. Under the rules of the event, Cox has been removed from the bracket at 97 kg in men’s freestyle, where he was entered pending weigh in. He had earned a spot […]
By Austin Denson If you didn’t know Haley Ward’s name already from her two state title runs, then you need to learn it. 2x District Champ, Sectional Champ, 2x State Champ, this is the start that Haley Ward is off to in her high school career at Ft. Osage. While this is impressive in itself […]