One of the most accomplished wrestlers at Francis Howell Central earned an All-American honor in her final wrestling match. Benson took fourth place in the 125-pound freestyle bracket at the U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals in Fargo, North Dakota. That gave her a third medal at Fargo before heading off to Oklahoma State for school […]
The 2025 graduate made one more trip to Fargo, North Dakota, and came back to be the first FHN female wrestler to earn All-American honors. She took eighth place in the junior girls’ freestyle 105-pound bracket. She is the school’s second-ever Fargo All-American, joining Wyatt Dannegger, who accomplished that feat in 2024. The Grand View […]
Zoey Haney’s 5th trip to Fargo, North Dakota, resulted in her best finish year. The recent graduate from Troy Buchanan High School made the finals in the 95-pound weight class in the 2025 U.S. Marine Corps Junior Nationals freestyle bracket. Haney lost a close match, 8-4, to Natalie Radecki from Delaware. She became her state’s […]
Blue Springs South senior Killian Evans likes to hype herself up before she has a wrestling match. She likes to sit down, concentrate and give herself “self talks,” which is something she learned from South assistant coach Austin Eads. Those talks were aimed to build her confidence. “I just say you got to believe in […]
Wrestling Championships: New Format in 2027 Effective with the 2026-27 school year, the Boys and Girls Wrestling Championships will be held on separate weekends, and both will be on the campus of the University of Missouri. 2027 Wrestling Championships 2028 Wrestling Championships 2029 Wrestling Championships Please Note: The 2026 Wrestling Championships will proceed under the […]
The Missouri wrestling contingent is set to make a significant impact at the 2025 Women’s National Duals in Westfield, Indiana, with impressive seeds across multiple age divisions. The tournament, scheduled for June 19-21, showcases the state’s growing wrestling talent and competitive spirit. Junior Freestyle: Missouri Blue Emerges as a Powerhouse In the Junior freestyle category, […]
The Fight or Flight Tournament is a tournament that many of the elite-level wrestlers in Missouri use as a tune up before some of the bigger tournaments. There are multiple big time freestyle and Greco tournament coming up including the U.S. Open, Southern Plains Regional Championships, Missouri USA Freestyle and Greco State and the U.S. […]
Congrats to Team Missouri on their 58-15 victory over Kansas in the 2025 Rogue Dual! 100: Lillian McCleary (MO) WBF Lanie Galvan (KS)105: Sandy Breeden (MO) WBF Molly Spader (KS)110: Jayden Keller (MO) WBF Emmy Keller (KS)115: Maya Saldivar (MO) Mdec Stella Bradley (KS)120: Sydney Stifter (MO) WBF Holly Thatcher (KS)125: Kylie Dunn (MO) dec […]
COLUMBIA — Last season, the Nixa girls wrestling team just missed out on its first state championship. The Eagles were just .5 points behind Francis Howell Central in the team score in last year’s Class 2 Missouri State High School Wrestling Championships as they finished in second. This season, Nixa left no doubt on which […]
COLUMBIA – The Nixa girls wrestling team seems to be on their way to their first state championship following Day 1 of the Class 2 Missouri State High School Girls Wrestling Championships. After just losing out on first place last season as they were just .5 points behind Francis Howell for the state championship, the […]