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Apple Valley has done it again. The High School Wrestling Season is complete and for the entire 2010-2011 season, Apple Valley held on to the No. 1 National Ranking. Finishing the 2011 season undefeated with dominant performances week after week, Apple Valley can claim the title of a National Championship. 2011 HSWrestling National Champions The...
Darick Lapaglia (H.M. @ 130) earned the Class 4, 130-pound state championship with 3-0 win against Park Hill’s Russell Coleman. Lapaglia finishes the season with a 44-3 record. Lapaglia was methodical in his match against Coleman as neither found an advantage in the first period. The sophomore then spent the second period trying to turn...
Rock Bridge’s Sam Crane is the underdog, the freshman, the newcomer. Park Hill’s Bricker Dixon (No.10 @ 125) is a state-champion senior looking to end his career on top. The Class 4 125-pound state wrestling championship match Saturday at Mizzou Arena began with Dixon slamming Crane to the mat three times. Each loud thud of...
For Francis Howell Central senior Terrel Wilbourn (No.4 @ 140), this time it was personal. With a 6-3 victory over Blue Springs’ Keenan Hagerty in the Class 4 title match at 140 pounds Saturday evening in the Missouri Wrestling Championships at Mizzou Arena, Wilbourn won his third consecutive championship. But this one was different. Wilbourn...
The moment had finally arrived, and Cody Brewer (No. 8 @ 130) — who had been downplaying it all week — couldn’t help but yell. And pump his fist. And leap into the arms of his older brother, Dustin. Yes, becoming a four-time state champion means plenty to Brewer, a senior 130-pounder from Oak Park...
To compete at the state wrestling championships, athletes must have solid technique, a strong body and a resilient mind. One’s focus must always be on the task at hand. But Hickman’s 215-pound sophomore J’den Cox (HM @ 215) is not a conventional wrestler. He sat on the mats in the event level of Mizzou Arena...
Neosho senior Dallas Smith finally earned that gold medal that had eluded him his entire high school wrestling career after dominating Warrensburg’s Cody Johnston (No. 12 @ 189) in one of the best finals matches featured at the 2011 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships Saturday at Mizzou Arena. Smith, a four-time state qualifier, can now add his...
The Waynesville Tigers will be well represented at the final day of the Missouri state wrestling tournament. Sophomore Andrew Wallace and senior Gabe Asano pushed through to Saturday’s title matches with two wins each Friday. Asano (145) knocked off Park Hill’s Preston Crouse (HM @ 145) 6-5 in the semifinals to reach the title match....
81st MSHSAA Wrestling Championships When: February 17-19, 2011 Where: Mizzou Arena – Columbia, Mo Championship Bouts: The championship bouts will begin with the 112-pound weight class. Watch Video: Video from each day may be seen at www.MSHSAA.tv. ARTICLE: 5 things you should know about By: Cody Dyer of the Carthage Press 1. Mizzou Arena Mizzou...
J’den Cox (H.M. @ 215) is undefeated this season, but during the Class 4, District 3 Wrestling Tournament on Saturday at Jefferson City High School, he was finally pinned. Cox’s mother, Cathy Cox, heard about it when she came across the person that accomplished the feat in the bleachers at Fleming Fieldhouse. She had to...
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