Next Monday, November 13th, starts the beginning of the 2023-2024 Wrestling Season for Kansas High Schools. As a coach, this is an exciting and hectic time. Making sure all the wrestlers have their physicals and all the other paperwork and signatures they need to start the season, having parent and athlete meetings to talk about […]

Weight Class Results Girls – 115 Leiannah Landreth (Mulvane) WBF-1:03 over Ashley Alonso (Dodge City) Boys – 132 Logan Lagerman (Manhattan) WBD 7-4 over Spencer Mosier (Ark City) Girls – 100 Jaidyn Alvarado (Junction City) WBF-3:03 over Sheena Gocela (Winfield) Boys – 113 Brogen Monty (Beloit) WBD 5-1 over Ryder Dempewolf (Colby) Girls – 125

DEFENDING 5A STATE CHAMPIONS, MAIZE, MOVES TO 6A! (Well, I learned something this year, either wait until the new classifications come out to talk about returning team points or release it all before the new classifications come out and write and talk about the changes afterwards.) With defending State Champion and top returning point team,

The Washburn Rural Jr Blues have won 3 Team State Titles out of the 4 years that girls wrestling has been sanctioned by KSHSAA, and they were runner-ups the other year. The 2023-24 season looks like business as usual for the girl Jr Blues, as they return a comfortable 45 more points than the number

The Hoxie Indians look to continue their dominance in 321A wrestling again in the upcoming season. They return 134 team points from 2023, which is more than double the points of any other team. The real race is going to be for the other 2 trophies. Five teams; Sabetha, Effingham-Atchison, Hill City, Norton, and Phillipsburg

In the 3 years that KSHSAA has sponsored the 4321A Girls State Wrestling tournament it has been won by 3 different teams. Baldwin, Pratt and Chanute have each won a team state title. It is also the only division that the top returning state team point returner did not place in the top 3. This

Coach Ross capped off a great coaching career last year as his Derby Panthers were the 6A State Champions. The new Head Coach Heincker will have a hard time repeating due to a very large class of seniors last year. No doubt, Coach Heincker will have the Panthers ready but it will be an uphill

The Rose Hill Rockets seem poised to take over the top spot in 4A Wrestling in 2024. They return the most team points by more than 35 to the next team and many of their wrestlers competed all summer to get better for this season. But, as I am sure Coach Saferite and the rest

There are two main governing bodies that make rules recommendations for Collegiate Wrestling in the United States. The first is the NCAA Wrestling Rules Committee for college and university wrestling, the second is the NFHS Wrestling Rules Committee for high school wrestling. One is innovative in their rules recommendations and truly wants to make wrestling

Next season will be upon you before you know it. Have you taken the time to analyze what areas you need to improve on? Have you made a plan for the offseason yet? Or are you the 3 month a year wrestler that hopes to be better next year? Just hoping to be better will