Grant Leeth, 3x state champion from Kearney and a 2018 All-American at Mizzou is headed out west. Leeth, who has been most recently living and training in Florida, posted the following on his Instagram page about headed out west to Stanford: “Life Update: Tomorrow I move to Palo Alto, California to join the Stanford/California RTC […]
Zach and Rocky Elam were two of the most successful high school wrestling brother duos in the history of Missouri wrestling. The Staley High School graduates combined for four-state championships and six state medals in their time as Falcons. Now, the brother duo are wrestling together at the University of Missouri. Zach Elam competed at […]
Arguably one of the best high school wrestling coaches in the history of Missouri is coming back to add onto an already impressive legacy. Oak Park High School, in the North Kansas City School District, announced the hiring of Gary Mayabb as its wrestling coach for this upcoming school year. The hire is a reunion […]
Eric Akin wanted to give girls wrestlers in the Midwest another chance to hone their skills with the Diamonds in the Rough Tournament. We are trying to grow girls and boys wrestling really,” Akin said. “The level of women’s wrestling is going to get bigger and better over the next decade. We’re going to start […]
Each year Missouri is able to produce a great crop of wrestlers that are able to take their talents to the next level in college. This year’s list of wrestlers who have committed to wrestle in college looks to take the same stance as previous years and make a large impact. Let’s take a look […]
2x State Placer Wyatt Haynes from Wentzville Liberty wasn’t done after his dominant high school season. A season where he went 49-2 with 41 of those being falls. 41! (If you’ve never seen Haynes wrestle… beware of the cradle). Along with that impressive tally he secured a state finals trip adding to his 3rd place […]
5 min read What Odessa senior Bryce Palmer went through during his senior year at high school, some people don’t even experience in a lifetime. It has been a tumultuous and heartbreaking senior year for Palmer. During the summer of 2020, the heartbreak started when one of his teammates on the high school football team, Kade […]
Unless you have been living under a rock for the past month you shouldn’t have missed the wrestling community explode over Paulina Biega. The new hire for Sacred Heart University as their Head Women’s Wrestling coach. Originally thought to be the first woman to head a DI wrestling team the community immediately began expressing their […]
We are extremely proud of our grapplers for a strong finish to the Spring semester and academic year. Drury Wrestling finishes the year with 11 team members on the Dean’s List for the Spring semester. This mix of high achieving panthers includes graduating seniors and extremely bright and talented younger team members. Top Left to […]
6 min read By Michael Smith Odessa senior Gavin Gross finished his high school wrestling career with a flourish. The Bulldog captain ended his senior year with a 45-2 record, winning his third Missouri state championship in Class 2 after a 4-2 win in sudden victory over Excelsior Springs’ Damon Ashworth in the Missouri State […]