HARRISONVILLE, Mo. — Eight area athletes secured a trip to the state tournament at the MSHSAA sectional girls wrestling tournament on Saturday at Harrisonville High School.
The top three in each weight class advanced to the state tournament on March 9 in Independence.
Competing at Sectional 3, the area produced three sectional champs—Seneca’s Isabella Renfro (174 pounds), Monett’s Abigail Jastal (107 pounds) and Cassville’s Annie Moore (112).
Diamond’s Josey Crisp advanced by placing second at 112 pounds, while Nevada’s Claire Pritchett finished third at 235 to advance.
Also advancing were Cassville’s Kailey Artherton (122), Hailey Roark (132) and Faith James (137). James was the runner-up in her bracket, while Artherton and Roark both placed third.
Seneca’s Kirsten Bruegel just missed moving on after finishing fourth at 151.
Carl Junction’s Shiloh Sluder and Joplin’s Erika Washom were unable to advance. Sluder went 1-2 at 117 pounds. Washom went 0-2 at 127 to end the season.
McDonald County’s Jaslyn Benhumea (102) and Gisel Aragon (159) also competed, but failed to advance.
