Girls Class 1 State Wrestling Recap

02/28/2025 9:21 AM

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COLUMBIA — The Kearney girls wrestling team is officially a dynasty.

For three seasons, the girls wrestling side of the Missouri high school wrestling scene has had a Class 1 and 2. Kearney has taken advantage of the split and have now won three state championships in a row.

The Bulldogs took first place with 102 points Thursday at Mizzou Arena in the Class 1 Missouri State High School Girls Wrestling Championships. Brookfield took second with 94 points, Mid-Buchanan was third with 74 and St. Charles West was fourth with 68.

Kearney sophomore Carli Vargas was the team’s only state champion, while Myla Woolridge (fifth, 105), Bailey Martin (second, 115)and Riley Walker (third, 120) were the other Bulldogs to earn a state medal.

“I am really grateful to be a part of this amazing program,” Vargas said. “Everyone has been amazing. I love my team. I am glad I could win it for us.”

Below is the summary of the championship matches for each weight bracket:

100: Festus senior My Hairston ended her career with two state championships. She was in a defensive battle in the title bout against DeSoto freshman Milayna Drummond and she came away with a 3-0 victory to earn her spot atop the podium.

Medalists:

1st Place – Mya Hairston of Festus
2nd Place – Milayna Drummond of DeSoto
3rd Place – Nico Brooks of Hillsboro
4th Place – Olivia Cunningham of Mid-Buchanan
5th Place – Kimber Drenon of Windsor
6th Place – Aubrey Schrunk of Lathrop

105: Lone Jack sophomore made history as she was the first person in school history to win a state championship. She was in a battle with Herculaneum sophomore Emerson Reeves and had four takedowns in a 12-7 victory in the championship match.

“I knew what I could do on my feet. I knew when I got to my hand fighting, I could get in good position,” Mccleary said. “I stuck to my gameplan and got it done.”

Medalists:

1st Place – Lillian Mccleary of Lone Jack
2nd Place – Emerson Reeves of Herculaneum
3rd Place – Addison Cupp of Festus
4th Place – Janessa Avila of St. Clair
5th Place – Myla Woolridge of Kearney
6th Place – Macie Kempker of Blair Oaks

110: Brookfield junior Jayden Keller is one win away from joining elite company. She can become a four-time state champion next season as she won her third on Thursday as she got a lightning fast pin in 16 seconds over DeSoto sophomore Cheyenne Kincade in the title bout.

“It was exciting,” Keller said. “I went and got to my stuff and got a takedown. I worked really hard on top and it just opened up.”

Medalists:

1st Place – Jayden Keller of Brookfield
2nd Place – Cheyenne Kincade of DeSoto
3rd Place – Kyana Huseynov of Lafayette County
4th Place – Haley Brooks of Holden
5th Place – Nyia Ross of STEAM Academy
6th Place – Olivia Weaver of Fulton

115: Mid-Buchanan senior Delanie Smith ended her career with two state championships. After she edged Marshfield’s Carlynn Mynatt in the semifinals, she dominated her championship match against Martin and got a pin 3:13 to take her bracket.

Medalists:

1st Place – Delanie Smith of Mid-Buchanan
2nd Place – Bailey Martin of Kearney
3rd Place – Carlynn Mynatt of Marshfield
4th Place – Addison Eddleman of Odessa
5th Place – Emmersyn Miskell of Warsaw
6th Place – Sydnee Baldwin of Nevada

120: Fulton freshman Mackenzie Brewer got off to a good start to her high school career. She improved to 54-2 and won a state championship in her first season as she pinned Warrenton sophomore Alexis Ruff in the championship bout to take first place.

Medalists:

1st Place – Mackinzie Brewer of Fulton
2nd Place – Alexis Ruff of Warrenton
3rd Place – Riley Walker of Kearney
4th Place – Anjelika Alarcon of McDonald County
5th Place – Mallori Edwards of Eldon
6th Place – Aalyiah Sanders of Odessa

125: Chilicothe senior Yoo Jung Lee won back-to-back individual state championships to end her high school career. She either got a pin or a tech fall in all her matches. In the championship, she earned a 18-1 tech fall over Fulton senior Emmy Begemann.

Medalists:

1st Place – Yoo jung Lee of Chillicothe
2nd Place – Emmy Begemann of Fulton
3rd Place – Alivia Bottoms of Boonville
4th Place – Hadlye Sackrey of Brookfield
5th Place – Rylie Ingrassia of Harrisonville
6th Place – Jazmyne Blaney of Carl Junction

130: Odessa junior, like Lee, now has back-to-back championships. Title No. 2 came after she won by fall in 2:38 over Mid-Buchanan sophomore Sophia Smith in the championship match.

Medalists:

1st Place – Emily Bischoff of Odessa
2nd Place – Sophia Smith of Mid-Buchanan
3rd Place – Kylie Miller of Knob Noster
4th Place – Arianna Augustyniak of St. Charles West
5th Place – Sadie Sehnert of Wright City
6th Place – Elizabeth Hager of Lexington

135: Centralia Ava Ward did well on her feet and it translated to success at the state tournament. She had three takedowns in her championship match with Lawson freshman Josie Holman and eventually got a pin in 3:26 as she took first place.

“The thrill of it. I love it,” Ward said of winning a state title. “I honed in on doing my shots and working on my set ups. In big matches, you can get rushed and I made sure I didn’t.”

Medalists:

1st Place – Ava Ward of Centralia
2nd Place – Josie Holman of Lawson
3rd Place – Lauren Phillips of Oak Grove
4th Place – Virginia Myers of Smithville
5th Place – Peyton Dunn of St. Clair
6th Place – Isabella `bella` Montez of Carl Junction

140: Not much went wrong for St. Genevieve sophomore Keely Fallert. She has two pins and a tech fall going into her finals match with Brookfield senior Riley Howell. She controlled that match from start to finish and took a 10-0 major decision to finish in first.

“Pretty much anything I tried worked,” Fallert said. “My outside single was probably my best thing out of all of it.”

Medalists:

1st Place – Keely Fallert of Ste. Genevieve
2nd Place – Riley Howell of Brookfield
3rd Place – Dani Gullet of Festus
4th Place – Zafaran Satterfield of Southern Boone
5th Place – Sam Lage of Blair Oaks
6th Place – Dorie Richardson of Sullivan

145: Moberly junior Breanne Gibbs is now one win away from being a four-time champion. She finished her season unbeaten at 54-0 as she won by fall over Principia junior Julian Smith in the finals to take first place.

Medalists:

1st Place – Breanne Gibbs of Moberly
2nd Place – Julian Smith of Principia
3rd Place – Aliyah Jesse of Lawson
4th Place – Avery Clark of Trenton
5th Place – Zoey Schroeder of Knob Noster
6th Place – Karydon Jones of Gallatin

155: Brookfield senior Mya Sackrey didn’t let a matchup against a former state champion intimidate her. She faced off against Clinton senior Amitria Mcnack, who has consistently been one of the top wrestlers in her division since her freshman season. Sackrey gave Mcnack all she could handle and got a pin in the third period to earn a gold medal.

“Anybody can beat anybody. Wrestling is one of those sports,” Sackrey said. “You can throw in a headlock and pin someone. I had a good mentality. It is my senior year. I left it all out there.”

Medalists:

1st Place – Mya Sackrey of Brookfield
2nd Place – Amitria Mcnack of Clinton
3rd Place – Claire Barton of Maysville
4th Place – Lorelei Weaver of Lafayette County
5th Place – Sidney Zimmerman of Hannibal
6th Place – Allison Vacek of Warrenton

170: In a matchup of defending state champions, Jayci Shelton got the best of her matchup against Pleasant Hill senior Alana Thelin. Shelton got a pin in 3:18 in a marquee bout as she earned her second state championship of her career.

“I thought I wrestled really well,” Shelton said. “My footwork was really good. My hands were heavy and my underhooks were really good.”

Medalists:

1st Place – Jayci Shelton of Centralia
2nd Place – Alana Thelin of Pleasant Hill
3rd Place – Justice Sebree of St. Charles West
4th Place – Analeigh Winchell of Cassville
5th Place – Adalee Pickett of Smithville
6th Place – Caelyn Hanff of Wright City

190: It didn’t take Vargas long to win her championship match. It took her just 39 seconds to pin California senior Ivy Scorggins as she took first place.

“I wrestled with purpose,” Vargas said. “I wanted to get it over with quick and that’s what I did.”

Medalists:

1st Place – Carli Vargas of Kearney
2nd Place – Ivy Scroggins of California
3rd Place – Lexington Johnson of St. Charles West
4th Place – Eva Alexander of Oak Grove
5th Place – Kenlee Fish of Plattsburg
6th Place – Brooklyenn Rader-johnson of Kirksville

235: Blair Oaks senior Loghan Sumner’s match with Adrian junior Annabelle Lowe came down to an ultimate tiebreaker. She chose bottom and managed to escape less than 10 seconds into the period. She crouched down ready to wrestle after she escaped. It appeared she wasn’t aware that the escape granted her an automatic win as she won 3-2 and she captured her first state championship.

Medalists: