For someone who just started wrestling three years ago, Lebanon junior Taylor Johnson has made a name for herself in the sport in Missouri. During the 2020-21 high school season, Johnson, who was a junior varsity wrestler during her freshman year, qualified for the Missouri State High School Girls Wrestling Championships for the first time […]
When he wrestles, college coaches watch. Liberty sophomore Hunter Taylor is going to be a force in the high school wrestling world, not only in Missouri, but in the United States. He proved that in the 2021 US Marine Corps 16U & Junior National Championships, which took place in mid-July in Fargo, N.D. Facing off […]
Since the girls wrestling division was established in 2019, the De Soto graduate became the most decorated wrestler in her school’s history. She finished her career undefeated with an astonishing 121-0 record with 85 coming by pin. That of course resulted in three state championships, with her last match resulting in a pin of Parkway […]
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Three-time NCAA national champion and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist J’den Cox will represent the United States at the Senior World Championships in Oslo, Norway, Oct. 2-10. Cox swept his finals match against Kollin Moore Sunday, shutting out the three-time All-American 5-0 and 4-0. This will be his fourth appearance on the Senior Worlds […]
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Her father was a professional mixed martial artist and did jiu-jitsu and his daughter had been around it for most of her life. She started wrestling at the age of five and within a few years she was a Missouri Youth state champion. The accolades continued to pile up and in the last calendar year. […]
That competition fueled him to earn All-American honors in his first trip to the USMC 16U and Junior Nationals Tournament in July. The Ozark product headed there with aspirations of earning a stop sign in both Greco-Roman and freestyle. He got on the podium in Greco, sparked by a less-than-satisfying showing in freestyle in Fargo, […]
Now the focus turns to adding a state title as well. The Staley wrestler took sixth place in Greco-Roman at the USMC 16U and Junior Nationals last month in Fargo, North Dakota. He reached the semifinals in that style and also competed in freestyle. While his sixth-place finish was a spot lower on the medal […]
The Marceline product opened with a convincing 10-0 win against Marlie Rigby from Utah. Then, the Missourian lost 9-2 to Washington’s Karianne Baldwin in the round of 16. With her back against the wall in the double-elimination format, she responded and came home with All-American honors. “I was surprised when it happened,” Weese said. “I […]
The Class 4 113-pound champion went to the USMC 16U and Junior National Championships last month in Fargo and earned his first All-American honors by taking third in the 120-pound Greco-Roman bracket. “It was fun,” Fugitt said of the trip north. “It was definitely a lot different than other tournaments. It was a pretty big […]