The medal rounds for the Class 3 boys wrestling state championships are complete, and Hillsboro is in prime position to win its first title in the sport.
The Hawks have five wrestlers – Carter Wallis, 106 pounds; Gavin Alexander, 126; Jackson Tucker, 132; Sam Richardson, 157; and Griffin Ray, 165 – in the championship matches out of the 14 weight classes later tonight at Mizzou Arena in Columbia. Jordan Penick (120) will wrestle in the third-place match and 2022 state champion Evan Morris (150) goes for fifth for Hillsboro as it tries to maintain its lead in the team standings over Whitfield, winners of the last two state championships.
De Soto senior Isaac Foeller (41-1) will try to become the second Foeller to win a state title (his sister, Jaycee, was a three-time undefeated state champion for De Soto’s girls team) and the Dragons’ second heavyweight champ in three years later tonight when he wrestles undefeated McDonald County junior Jaycee Hitt (25-0) for the 285 crown.
De Soto’s Brenton Drummond (113, fifth place) and Windsor’s Brice Henry (175, third) have advanced to the medal round.
The Class 4 boys semifinals and wrestlebacks are later today.
So far in Class 2 girls state wrestling, Seckman’s Andrea Karagiannis (105) and Northwest’s Abby Chandler (190) have qualified for the medal rounds.
Check back tonight for the conclusion of the 2022-2023 wrestling season.