Park City, Kan., (March 6, 2021)- The Missouri Valley College men’s wrestling team competed at the 2021 NAIA Men’s Wrestling National Championship in Park City, Kan., and produced three All-Americans. Leading the team was Sophomore Joshua Isaac (Woodbridge, Va.), who placed fifth at 285 pounds. No. 7 Sophomore Joshua Isaac (Woodbridge, Va.)-285 pounds: First Round: […]
By Michael Smith Whether they wrestled together or in different years there, have been quite a few dominant siblings in Missouri high school wrestling history. Whether it’s Zach and Mac Bailey of Oak Park, Nick and Tony Purler of Wentzville or Cameron and Colin Valdiviez of Rockhurst, just to name a few, there have been […]
Class Two State Wrestling Preview By: Sean Mael Overall Thoughts: Pleasant Hill has a really strong team this season. I have them winning the team race going away. I have Seneca taking second, Odessa third and I like Excelsior Springs to round out the podium in Class 2. All rankings utilized in this article are […]
Class One State Preview By: Sean Mael Overall Thoughts: The team race between Mid- Buchanan and Centralia should be electric. I have Mid-Buchanan winning a tight one. I like Fatima to take third and have Brookfield taking the last spot on the team podium. Random musing here, but I picked a lot of #1 ranked […]
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 […]
39 min read Missouri Girls State Wrestling Preview By: Sean Mael Overall Thoughts: In the team race I have Lebanon winning, followed somewhat distantly by Lafayette, then Holt taking third. The fourth spot on the team podium is rather up for grabs. Harrisonville will likely grab it by a hair over St. Charles, Staley and Nixa. […]
Class 4 state is March 13. Check out the pre-state rankings here. Team Liberty CBC Lafayette View all rankings >> 🤼♂️ 106 Hunter Taylor Liberty Draegan Orine Seckman View all rankings >> 🤼♂️ 113 Zan Fugitt Nixa Kolby Warren CBC View all rankings >> 🤼♂️ 120 Peyton Moore Nixa Cael Keck Park Hill View all […]
By Michael Smith Liberty had thirteen competitors in the Class 4 Sectional 4 Tournament Saturday at Staley High School, and they pulled off what would be an improbable feat for most teams. But it’s not improbable for the Blue Jays. They qualified all 13 of their wrestlers for the Missouri State High School Wrestling Championships, […]
18 min read By Michael Smith If you ask any coach in the Kansas City area what the most difficult sectional tournament in Missouri is, most of them will say Class 4 Sectional 4. Not only does the tournament have the No. 1 ranked team in the state in Liberty, there are other strong programs that […]
27 min read By: Sean Mael 125 (4 Automatic Qualifiers) Preseeds: 1. #2 Drew Hildebrandt, CMU (7-0) 2. #19 Connor Brown, MIZZ (Not competing due to injury.) (6-2) 3. #23 Jake Ferri, KENT ST. (10-1) 4. Luke Werner, LH (0-0) 5. Jonathon Tropea, RID (4-2) 6. Josh Jones, GMU (7-2) 7. Lucas Rodriguez, EDIN (8-3) 8. […]