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 […]
Mexico Lady Bulldogs Inaugural Season-Part 14 By: Jonathan Bowen With a season of firsts all around the team and during the season, hosting the District 4 Tournament seemed right up the Mexico Lady Bulldog’s alley. The mats were rolled out and a man who has hosted his fair share of boys’ district tournaments, Steve Haag, […]
Mexico Lady Bulldogs Inaugural Season-Part 13 By: Jonathan Bowen One more regular-season tournament. One more time having to get up and leave the school by 5:00 a.m. in order to make weigh-ins. This is after the night before the Mexico Lady Bulldogs faced off against a trio of opponents in their last home quad of […]
Mexico Lady Bulldogs Inaugural Season-Part 12 By: Jonathan Bowen Winter weather is usually a culprit for missed school and events in Missouri during the high school wrestling season. This week was no exception. The Mexico Lady Bulldogs were scheduled to wrestle at Kirksville and at Marshall on Tuesday and Thursday respectfully. However, due to weather […]
Mexico Lady Bulldogs Inaugural Season-Part 11 By: Jonathan Bowen Mental toughness. A good definition would be willing the physical body via the mind to do what the mind says the body should do, despite the circumstances that dictate otherwise. The Mexico Lady Bulldogs had to use every bit of the mental toughness after arriving around […]
Mexico Lady Bulldogs Inaugural Season-Part 10 By: Jonathan Bowen Getting out of school early on a Friday is usually a welcome event for most teenagers going to school. Start the weekend early or go on a quick vacation somewhere out of town with the family. However, for the Mexico Lady Bulldogs it meant that work […]
Mexico Lady Bulldogs Inaugural Season-Part 9 By: Jonathan Bowen A home meet against conference rival Fulton and St. Charles West before kicking off an eight day, five meet roadtrip is how the Lady Bulldogs are kicking off their weekend of competition (they leave school early on Friday to compete so it counts as part of […]
Mexico Lady Bulldogs Inaugural Season-Part 8 By: Jonathan Bowen On most Monday’s student-athletes are in a class all day and going to practice or a meet after school. But when it’s a holiday, things are a little different. For the Lady Bulldogs, it started earlier than normal. For the second time in a three-day stretch, […]
Mexico Lady Bulldogs Inaugural Season-Part 7 By: Jonathan Bowen Snow days are inevitable in Missouri. Some years there are one or two. Other times you have one every week and sometimes even enough snow to cancel school for almost a week. Most students, and let us be honest, teachers enjoy them to a certain degree […]
Mexico Lady Bulldogs Inaugural Season-Part 6 By: Jonathan Bowen The Lady Bulldogs were originally scheduled to face-off against the Macon Lady Tigers on Wednesday, January 13th concurrently with the Mexico Boys team hosting both Hannibal and Macon. But due to a recent quarantine of the entire roster (on Macon’s side), they were not able to […]