Wrestling

Mango, Lester earn All-Amercian honors at NCAA wrestling tournament

Mango, Lester earn All-Amercian honors at NCAA wrestling tournament

Two local wrestlers now can call themselves college All-Americans. Stanford junior Ryan Mango finished fifth and Oklahoma sophomore Nick Lester wound up eighth at the 2012 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships that were held at the Scottrade... read more »

 

Mango, Lester brothers will be local wrestlers competing in NCAA Tournament

Mango, Lester brothers will be local wrestlers competing in NCAA Tournament

Eureka twin brothers Nick and Matt Lester and Whitfield graduate Ryan Mango are three local matmen will be competing this week at the NCAA Wrestling Championships. Mango, who wrestles for Stanford, is in the 125-pound weight class and he... read more »

 

Parkway South’s Walker ends wrestling career as a state champion

Parkway South’s Walker ends wrestling career as a state champion

Parkway South senior Donnell Walker knows there is only one path winning at the state wrestling tournament. “Hard work and sacrifice can make anyone into a state champion,” said Walker who finished his Patriots career with a 119-12 record,... read more »

 

Eureka’s McClimens worked hard to win state championship

Eureka’s McClimens worked hard to win state championship

Eureka coach Tim Yancey had no doubts what junior Matt McClimens would do at the recent state wrestling tournament. “We expected him to finish right where he did — on top of the medals stand,” Yancey said. McClimens won the... read more »

 

Whitfield captures state wrestling title

Whitfield captures state wrestling title

Whitfield wrestling coach Charlie Sherertz got a feeling few fathers get to experience and he enjoyed it immensely. His son, Ethan, won the Class 1 state championship at 182 pounds. The gritty senior overcame a knee injury he sustained last... read more »

 

Timberland wrestler Devan Richter wins state title

Timberland wrestler Devan Richter wins state title

Timberland sophomore Devan Richter won the Missouri Class 4 State Wrestling Championship in the 113 pound weight class on Saturday, Feb. 18, at the Mizzou Arena in Columbia. Richter capped off a spectacular season during which he went 38-3,... read more »

 

Whitfield takes 12 matmen to state wrestling tournament

Whitfield takes 12 matmen to state wrestling tournament

The Whitfield Warriors have experienced success in recent years at the state wrestling tournament and coach Charlie Sherertz said he expects to have another good meet this year. The 82nd annual Missouri state tournament begins Thursday (Feb.... read more »

 

Whitfield dominates Class 1, District 1 wrestling tournament

Whitfield dominates Class 1, District 1 wrestling tournament

Winning a district wrestling championship is getting to be old hat for Whitfield. The Warriors dominated the Class 1 District 1 it hosted and seven Whitfield matmen won their weight class and 12 total grapplers earned a ticket to the state... read more »

 

Local wrestlers qualify in districts for state tournament

The Suburban West Conference had four wrestlers win their weight class in the  Class 4, District 1 wrestling tournament at Lindbergh. Lafayette’s Nick Olejnik won the 138-pound class. Olejnik won by pinfall over Mark Smith, over Vianney,... read more »

 

Whitfield will host Class 1 district as postseason action begins for Class 2, 3 as well

The road in Class 1 to the  82nd Missouri State High School Athletic Association Wrestling Championships begins this weekend at Whitfield with the district tournament. The state meet will be held Feb. 16-18 at Mizzou Arena in Columbia. The... read more »

 
 
 
 

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