By Michael Smith INDEPENDENCE — Whitfield has been the gold standard of excellence when it comes to high school wrestling in Missouri in recent years The Warriors had won four consecutive Class 1 state championships coming into the 2020-21 season and won nine since 2008. However, this season they were bumped up to Class 3, […]
By Michael Smith Pleasant Hill head coach Jeff Wyatt made a checklist with his team and the most important item on it was winning a Class 2 state title. After Thursday’s Class 2 Missouri State High School Wrestling Championships, the Roosters can check off the last item on their list. The Roosters finished with 137 […]
By Michael Smith Independence, MO — On the Twitter page for the Mid-Buchanan wrestling team most tweets are followed with the hashtag #outworkem. That is a motto that head coach Daniel Kountz’s Dragons have followed throughout the 2020-21 campaign. At Wednesday’s Class 1 Missouri State High School Wrestling Championships, Mid-Buchanan outworked 54 other teams to […]
By Michael Smith Not everything went the way Lebanon head girls wrestling coach Matt Neely wanted, but the ultimate goal was achieved at the Missouri High School State Girls Wrestling Championships. His Yellowjackets had six of their eight competitors earn state medals and no one won an individual state title. However, they won their second […]
By Michael Smith Grain Valley’s Sevreign Aumua was surprised when she saw Ali Howk put on a pair of wrestling shoes at a wrestling practice at Blue Springs High School a few years ago. “I remember seeing her when my little brother was practicing at Blue Springs,” Aumua said of Howk. “When she came in, […]
Junior, 141 pounder, Peter Kuster earns All-GLVC honors for a 2nd time in his college career while going 8-1 so far this season as he heads into the NCAA DII National Championships. Kuster leads the team in takedowns and match points scored. Senior, 157 pounder, Ben Stahlman earns All-GLVC earns his first All-GLVC honor after finishing […]
Park City, Kan., (March 6, 2021)- The Missouri Valley College men’s wrestling team competed at the 2021 NAIA Men’s Wrestling National Championship in Park City, Kan., and produced three All-Americans. Leading the team was Sophomore Joshua Isaac (Woodbridge, Va.), who placed fifth at 285 pounds. No. 7 Sophomore Joshua Isaac (Woodbridge, Va.)-285 pounds: First Round: […]
By Michael Smith Whether they wrestled together or in different years there, have been quite a few dominant siblings in Missouri high school wrestling history. Whether it’s Zach and Mac Bailey of Oak Park, Nick and Tony Purler of Wentzville or Cameron and Colin Valdiviez of Rockhurst, just to name a few, there have been […]
Mexico Lady Bulldogs Inaugural Season-Part 15 By: Jonathan Bowen A term that most high school wrestlers are not familiar with, Sectionals. They may have heard the term spouted by one of their coaches or if one of their parents wrestled 20+ years ago or so. This can be good news for any wrestler who qualified […]
Class 4 state is March 13. Check out the pre-state rankings here. Team Liberty CBC Lafayette View all rankings >> 🤼♂️ 106 Hunter Taylor Liberty Draegan Orine Seckman View all rankings >> 🤼♂️ 113 Zan Fugitt Nixa Kolby Warren CBC View all rankings >> 🤼♂️ 120 Peyton Moore Nixa Cael Keck Park Hill View all […]