Since high school girls wrestlers got their own division in 2019 in the state of Missouri, one team has dominated. The Lebanon girls wrestling team has one three out of the first four state championships. The program has become a dynasty and still are the favorite to win the Class 2 title as the Yellowjackets […]
It was an exciting 2 days of wrestling in Wentzville. If you wanted to experience the full gambit of emotions wrestling can bring, this was the place. Excitement, disappointment, smiles, tears, cheers, and boos. For the seniors, it was their last attempt to make their mark. Some of them did and will be wrestling in […]
#11 Mizzou (7-3) vs #3 Iowa State (16-2) All Time Record vs: 10-45 Mizzou will be looking to bounce back from their first conference loss this season to take on an even bigger test in #3 Iowa State. Last year a short handed Mizzou team was upset at home 17-16, which gave the Big 12 […]
It has nearly become a tradition for this particular group of schools in recent years. Mexico gets to play host for a number of good reasons. The foremost is that they are nearly perfectly centered geographically between the St. Louis area schools and the northern teams such as Kirksville and Macon. This District Tournament does […]
For the first time in Missouri High School Girls’ wrestling, there are 2 classes. This is a testament to the explosion of girls wrestling in the state of Missouri. Not only is it growing at an incredible rate but our state is having great finishes from our female wrestlers at the top tournaments in the […]
The first senior night for the Westminster Lady Blue Jays in program history. There’s something to be said about being the first. It can be nerve racking, lonely, but also thrilling knowing your’e breaking new ground. Yes, there’s only one senior this year, Taylor Reed, wrestling for Westminster but more will come following in her […]
This marks the first post-season tournament in which the girls’ division in Missouri has been split into 2 classes between the large schools and the smaller schools. Some see this as dividing/watering down the talent pool since there won’t be a true “state champ” in each weight class for the first time since a girls’ […]
Just one week before districts, some Kansas City-area high school girls wrestlers got one final tuneup at the Winnetonka Girls Invitational Saturday. Standing out above the rest were the wrestlers from the Odessa Bulldogs. Although they are not ranked in the top 10 of the MissouriWrestling.com poll, they showed they can compete with some of […]
The sport of wrestling continues to grow at Center High School in South Kansas City and evidence of this was on display at Senior night activities held on Thursday February 2nd. Center Boys and Girls wrestling teams hosted a triangular meet against nearby rivals Ruskin and Grandview. This helped draw one of the larger crowds […]
#12 Oklahoma State over #9 Missouri (17-16) After dominating the Sooners on Friday, the Tigers struggled to score against OK State. Outside of Keegan O’Toole, no Mizzou wrestler scored more than four points and they only scored six takedowns. They suffered three significant upsets, including #1 Rocky Elam taking a loss. In the end the […]