COLUMBIA, Mo. — The 92nd MSHSAA Boys Wrestling Championships began on Thursday at Mizzou Arena.
Below is a look at how Joplin area squads fared.
Joplin and Carthage have athletes competing in Class 4, while Carl Junction, Neosho and McDonald County are competing in Class 3. Seneca is competing in Class 2.
The tourney continues on Friday for those still alive in their respective brackets.
JOPLIN RESULTS
Joplin’s Draven VanGilder went 0-2 and saw his season end, while teammate Gunner Price went 1-1.
Competing at 195 pounds, VanGilder suffered a 4-3 loss to Fort Zumwalt South’s William Pierce in the first round and then fell 9-1 to Jackson’s Tyler Beyatte.
A heavyweight, Price lost by major decision, 8-0, to Blue Springs’ Brock Sullivan in the first round. Price bounced back and won by fall over Fort Zumwalt South’s Joseph Kaufman in the wrestlebacks.
CARTHAGE RESULTS
At 138, Eli Sneed earned an 8-3 decision over Northwest-Cedar Hill’s Landon Rogers.
At 145, Grey Petticrew went 0-2 to end the season. Petticrew suffered a 7-3 loss to Wildwood’s Gavin Shoulders in the first round and then lost by fall to Francis Howell’s Chris Gibson in the wrestlebacks.
At 152, Braxdon Tate won via major decision, 10-2, over Fort Zumwalt South’s Jeric Gumahin.
At 160, Davion King pinned Oak Park’s Karl Knaak.
CARL JUNCTION RESULTS
At 106 pounds, Lukas Walker won by fall over Winnetonka’s John Nguyen in the first round.
At 113, Sam Melton pinned Jefferson City’s Tytus Oliver.
At 120, Max Matthews lost by fall to Pacific’s Ethan Flaherty and then defeated Jefferson City’s Dominic Stafford 10-5.
Competing at 170, Tony Stewart won by fall over Vianney’s Westley Kruger.
At 182, Chance Benford suffered a 15-7 loss to Hillsboro’s Dalton Litzsinger, but then pinned Capital City’s Matthew Boyer.
At 220, Cayden Bollinger lost by fall to Platte County’s Jake Fernandez, but then pinned North Point’s Jimmy Thompson.
At heavyweight, CJ’s Kameron Bennett pinned Grandview’s Derek Joiner.
NEOSHO RESULTS
At 113, Fisher Butler pinned Capital City’s Sterling Wheatley.
At 120, Wyatt Black lost by technical fall to Farmington’s Presley Johnson and then won by tech fall over Chaminade’s Massimo Mattina.
At 126, Johnny Chrisco pinned Hazelwood East’s Kamron Watson.
At 132, Hayden Crane won by fall over North Point’s Leo Buchheit.
At 138, Nate Copeland won by fall over Farmington’s Nate Schnur.
Competing at 145, Bostyn Patterson lost by fall to Hillsboro’s Sam Richardson and then lost 10-2 to Whitfield’s Caleb Carter.
At 152, Trent Neece pinned Parkway West’s Tommy Wehrmeister.
At 160, Collyn Kivett won by fall over Platte County’s Ben McDaniel.
At 170, Eli Zar won by fall over Sikeston’s Sam Lancaster.
At 195, Ulysses DeLeon lost by fall to Warrenton’s Jacob Ruff and then defeated Farmington’s Rowdy Vaugh 8-4.
The Wildcats are in third place in the team standings after Day 1 with 31.5 points. Hillsboro is first (34) and Whitfield is second (32).
MCDONALD COUNTY RESULTS
At 113, Jose Mendoza Garcia went 0-2, falling by fall to William Chrisman’s Riley Ragan and Washington’s Couper Deckard.
Blaine Ortiz won by fall over Warrenton’s Nicholas Schulze at 126.
At 152, Levi Smith defeated Whitfield’s Rome Tate 8-4.
At 220, Samuel Murphy pinned Kearney’s Zach Olson.
At heavyweight, Jayce Hitt pinned Smithville’s Mason Crim.
SENECA RESULTS
At 106, Caden Thompson won by fall over Pleasant Hill’s Aiden Minor.
Keatin Burleson went 1-1 at 113. Savannah’s Gage Schottel pinned Burleson in the first round. Burleson earned a 9-2 decision over Fulton’s Cameron Cumins.
At 120, Brady Roark pinned Park Hills Central’s Austin Hassell.
At 132, Brayden Thiel defeated Fulton’s Kaden Barnes 6-4.
Andrew Manley won by tech fall, 18-1, over St. Clair’s Bass Hughes at 138.
At 170, Gabriel Commons pinned Potosi’s Levi Courtney.
At 182, Dane Napier won by fall over Braeden Stotts of St. Mary’s.
At 220, Nick Stephens lost 5-1 to Oak Grove’s Garrett Hudsepth and lost by fall to Potosi’s Aden Martinez.
