Boys Class 1 State Wrestling Recap

02/28/2025 8:50 AM

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COLUMBIA — The Centralia boys wrestling team wasn’t challenged.

Even after Day 1 of the Class 1 Missouri State High School Wrestling Championships on Wednesday, the Panthers had a 50-point lead on the second-place team.

Their dominance continued into Day 2 of the tournament Thursday at Mizzou Arena. Centralia easily took first place as they ran away with it, scoring 198 team points. Brookfield was a distant second with 112.5 points, Marceline was third with 96 and Fatima was fourth with 83.5. South Harrison just missed out on a team trophy as they finished fifth with 83 points.

Bryson Dubes (106) and Rex Bryson(165) won individual state championships for the Panthers. Also earning medals for the team were Waylon Adkisson (second, 113), Blake Bodine (sixth, 126), Charles Robinson (second, 132), Louis Suddarth (second, 157), Wyatt Adkisson (fourth, 175), Mason Adkisson (sixth, 190), Ian Tuggle (third, 215) and Marshall Kable (285, sixth).

“It’s special. We have been waiting for this all year,” Bryson said. “We weren’t ranked all year. We worked our way up all season, and we had some guys step up. I am proud of our guys.”

Below is a breakdown of the championship match of each weight class in Class 1:

106: Centralia senior Bryson Dubes didn’t have the most stellar record coming into the tournament as he was 19-15. But he saved his best wrestling for the postseason as he had two pins and a major decision to set up a championship match with Marceline’s Reese Stufflebean. Dubes had a second period takedown and that was the difference in a 4-2 decision.

“I feel like I wrestled well,” Dubes said. “I just kept my head on straight. I stayed in good position and focused on where I was going.”

Medalists:

1st Place – Bryson Dubes of Centralia
2nd Place – Reece Stufflebean of Marceline
3rd Place – Brodie Zeller of Stover
4th Place – Cash Hancock of St. Pius X (Festus)
5th Place – Nicholas Larsen of Gallatin
6th Place – Thales Marshall of South Harrison

113: Trenton sophomore Jacob White finished in fourth place in Class 1 last season, but made a big leap this time around. He matched up with Waylon Adkisson in the championship match. He got a reversal and a near fall in the second period to outscore his opponent 5-0 in those two minutes. That was the difference in his 8-5 victory as he won his first state championship.

Medalists:

1st Place – Jacob White of Trenton
2nd Place – Waylon Adkisson of Centralia
3rd Place – Jayce Estes of Warsaw
4th Place – Tucker Tune of Fatima
5th Place – Gaven Schreiner of Marceline
6th Place – Avery Young of Macon

120: Versailles Brandon Brewer had two pins and a tech fall going into his championship match with Fatima’s Nolan Laux. Brewer cruised to a 12-2 win over Laux and earned his first state championship.

Medalists:

1st Place – Brandon Brewer of Versailles
2nd Place – Nolan Laux of Fatima
3rd Place – Brayden Sullard of Lawson
4th Place – Audy Clark of St. Mary`s South Side
5th Place – Carter Dumas of Adrian
6th Place – Cooper Houser of Trenton

126: Lathrop junior Garrett Beane showed of his athleticism after his title match with Brookfield freshman Jace Keller. He controlled his match from start to finish to win 11-0 to clinch his second state championship and his first since his freshman season. After the win, he did a cartwheel into a back flip before celebrating with his coaches.

“I have been practicing that the whole time because I was planning on winning a state title,” Beane said.

Medalists:

1st Place – Garrett Beane of Lathrop
2nd Place – Jace Keller of Brookfield
3rd Place – Jesse Lane III of Brentwood
4th Place – Rhett Pollard of Macon
5th Place – Gavin Utz of East Buchanan
6th Place – Blake Bodine of Centralia

132: Gallatin junior Eli Sperry admitted he was gassed after going hard in the first period in his championship match with Robinson. It turns out he had enough in the tank to outlast Robinson and win 18-12 to win his first state championship.

“I started out trying to score as many points as I could,” Sperry said. “I kind of got a little tired at the end of the first period. I couldn’t hardly move my hands.”

Medalists:

1st Place – Eli Sperry of Gallatin
2nd Place – Charlie Robinson of Centralia
3rd Place – Andrew Griffin of Marceline
4th Place – Ty White of Lone Jack
5th Place – Ryder Techau of Brookfield
6th Place – Cuin Vincent of West Platte

138: Brookfield senior Peyton Parn joined some elite company on Thursday. He accomplished the rare feat of being a four-time state champion and he made it look easy. He had five takedowns against Versailles’ Drake Schmidt and he cruised to a 19-4 tech fall win.

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“It’s always been a dream but I never thought it would be reality one day,” Parn said of being a four-time state champion. “It’s crazy to think it’s real.”

Medalists:

1st Place – Peyton Parn of Brookfield
2nd Place – Drake Schmidt of Versailles
3rd Place – Mason Rongey of Trenton
4th Place – Dalton Doss of Tipton
5th Place – Colton Wilkinson of Plattsburg
6th Place – Drake Coots of Lathrop

144: Sherwood senior Blake Eads faced a familiar opponent in Butler junior Damian Alkire. The two wrestlers split four matches during the season, with Alkire winning the last two. Eads took the rubber match when it mattered most. He earned a 10-3 decision over Alkire in the title bout as Eads won his first state title.

“That kid beat me three times this year,” Eads said. “I came from behind and to win the title there, it’s awesome. I went out there and gave it everything. It was my last match.”

Medalists:

1st Place – Blake Eads of Sherwood
2nd Place – Damian Alkire of Butler
3rd Place – Cooper Doss of Tipton
4th Place – Chase Wilson of Polo
5th Place – Kameron Perry of Brookfield
6th Place – Drew Wilson of Lawson

150: El Dorado Springs sophomore Emory Crawford accomplished a first on Thursday. He become the first El Do wrestler to win a state title. He got a pin in 3:40 over Lexington freshman Braxton Emerson in the championship match.

Medalists:

1st Place – Emory Crawford of El Dorado Springs
2nd Place – Braxton Emerson of Lexington
3rd Place – Kellen Long of Butler
4th Place – Owen Staat of St. Pius X (Festus)
5th Place – Caden Mclallen of Plattsburg
6th Place – Tyler Thompson of Penney

157: North Callaway sophomore Collin Moore finished his season with a 49-1 record and ended his season with a pair of matches that went down to the wire. In the semifinals, he beat Diamond’s James Lafever 5-4 in overtime before grinding out a 1-0 decision over Suddrath in the title bout as he won his first state championship.

Medalists:

1st Place – Collin Moore of North Callaway
2nd Place – Louis Suddarth of Centralia
3rd Place – Bryson Whitman of Hollister
4th Place – Gabe Provin of Lathrop
5th Place – James Lafever of Diamond
6th Place – William Kuehn of Valle Catholic

165: Centralia junior Rex Bryson was a big reason his team was able to run away with the team title. He didn’t have much trouble getting through his bracket as he had a pin, a tech fall and a major decision going into his finals match with Palmyra’s Brayden Pillars. He won that match by fall in 41 seconds to get his first state championship.

“I got to my offense and got to my underhooks,” Bryson said. “I got the brands going and stuck to my stuff.”

Medalists:

1st Place – Rex Bryson of Centralia
2nd Place – Brayden Pillars of Palmyra
3rd Place – Drake Murrell of Warsaw
4th Place – Conner Menke of Lawson
5th Place – Paxton Pyle of Tipton
6th Place – Grant Rodriguez of Cole Camp

175: Maysville sophomore Carter Harms placed sixth during his freshman season and ended up making a big leap this time around. He saw Lafayette County senior Braxton Ernst in the title bout and broke a 3-3 tie in the third period with an escape and he was able to hang on for a 4-3 victory.

Medalists:

1st Place – Carter Harms of Maysville
2nd Place – Braxton Ernst of Lafayette County
3rd Place – Peyton Shaver of St. Pius X (Festus)
4th Place – Wyatt Adkisson of Centralia
5th Place – Josh Harvath of Warsaw
6th Place – Noah Ridgel of Lift for Life Academy Charter

190: Brookfield senior Devan Parn admitted his wrestling in his championship match with South Harrison’s Mayson Edwards was far from his best, but he got the job done. He won by fall in 3:35 to end his high school career with his second state title.

“That was not one of the best matches I have wrestled,” Parn said. “Actually, it was one of my worst. I am glad I found a way to win.

Medalists:

1st Place – Devan Parn of Brookfield
2nd Place – Mayson Edwards of South Harrison
3rd Place – Eli Ferrell of Sherwood
4th Place – Logan Wilson of Trenton
5th Place – Connor Henderson of Central (New Madrid County)
6th Place – Mason Adkisson of Centralia

215: Marceline senior Scout Gooch finished his high school career on top as he took an 11-3 major decision South Harrison junior Crae Coffey in the championship match of his bracket.

Medalists:

1st Place – Scout Gooch of Marceline
2nd Place – Crae Coffey of South Harrison
3rd Place – Ian Tuggle of Centralia
4th Place – Justin Lehn of St. Pius X (Festus)
5th Place – Wyatt Burks of Versailles
6th Place – Andrew Scott of Lathrop

285: Rock Port junior Ryder Herron wasn’t able to win his championship by a decision or pin. That’s because Holden senior Aiden Christian suffered an injury during the match that would not allow him to continue, awarding the win to Herron.

Medalists: