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Three Bulldogs medal at Seckman tourney

Published by admin on Sun, 02/07/2021 - 7:18pm

Katie Bowen and Abby Drew took second in their weight classes at Seckman Tournament in Imperial on Saturday.

Mexico girls coach Tony Senor brought five wrestlers to the event. They came away with five individual match wins on the day, three of these by Bowen, who is having a standout year.

Bowen opened with two solid challengers in the 102 class. She put Hancock’s Zilynn Watt on the mat at the 3:04 mark and followed up by pinning Lily Meyer of Winfield at 3:02 – and this after wrestling the previous night at the Bulldogs’ home quad.

Fulton comes from behind to topple Bulldogs

Published by admin on Sun, 02/07/2021 - 7:16pm

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – a tale of two halves.

The Bulldogs could do little wrong before the break at The Sports Complex on Tuesday night, building up a comfortable 41-23 lead with just two minutes left in the half. By the time the game was over, however, it was Fulton with the edge, 64-61.

“We were giving them second chances, third chances,” Daeye Miller said. “We played into their game.”

Bulldogs flip the switch, come back against Fulton

Published by admin on Sun, 02/07/2021 - 7:12pm

It was all Fulton for much of the night on Tuesday at Mexico’s Sports Complex.

Or rather, it was all – almost – Fulton’s Sydney Hedgepath. She opened the scoring, banking one off the glass. When Bulldogs senior Abby Oetting drained a three, she responded with one of her own.

“We looked dead,” observed Mexico’s Mya Miller.

Hedgepath racked up 19 points. But her last score came with 5:23 left in the game. And by that time the Bulldogs had roared back to life.

Trojans suffer first loss of season

Published by admin on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 8:30am

Three Trojans finished in double-digits. Sarah Angel was her usual pesky self on defense, recording 4 steals. As a team, Community R6 was almost flawless from the line, converting 18 of 24 attempts.

Despite all this, the Trojans were no match for South Callaway, dropping the first game of their remarkable season 73-59 in the title game of the Sturgeon Tournament.

“Unfortunately we caught their A game, and they can really get it done,” said Community head coach Bob Curtis.

Team sweep for Mexico girls

Published by admin on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 8:28am

Matching the boys, the girls went 3-0 as a team in Friday’s quad with Kirksville, Brookfield and Palmyra at The Sports Complex.

Individually, Katie Bowen took two matches at 102, Kaylynn Pehle claimed a win in the Palmyra round at 132 and in the 122 class, Abby Drew topped her opponent against Kirksville.

Bowen was first on the mat and wrapped things up quickly against Palmyra’s Emma Watkins. After a few moments testing moves, she shot forward and dropped Watkins with 12 seconds on the clock in the first period.

Mexico fares well in home quad

Published by admin on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 8:26am

Keegan Koons and Gavyn Martin were undone in the first two matches of Mexico’s home quadrangular on Friday. Koons couldn’t escape Palmyra’s Kaden Crane and Martin contorted, but could not gain control over Collin Arch.

And when it came to the 138 pound match, Dylan Mosley wasn’t happy.

“I wasn’t ready and it showed,” he said.

Here’s the twist: he won.

“I should have had him pinned in the first minute,” Mosley explained.

MMA makes strong run as postseason looms

Published by admin on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 8:24am

In a big season for the Colonels, the big guys are leading the way.

Missouri Military Academy’s wrestling squad is 14-3 in duals as the regular season winds down. And their lineup at 182 and above have combined for a 55-7 mark in individual matches.

The 182-pounder, Christopher Bryant, is unbeaten on the season at 14-0. Phasakorn Cunningham at 195 also has 14 wins against 3 defeats. Noah Johnson (220) is 13-2 and heavyweights Pablo Garduno at 6-1 and Telmen Nasanbat’s 8-2 made for strong finishes.

Knipfel to golf for Columbia College

Published by admin on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 8:23am

Lilly Knipfel went to the state golf tournament all four years. The Mexico senior was named to the All State team three times.

And now she can add another accomplishment to her long list. On Friday Knipfel signed a national letter of intent to golf for Columbia College.

“I’ve always wanted to go to Columbia College,” she said. Knipfel cited the school’s psychology program as part of the reason for her excitement on signing day.

“It’s a really good school and a really good team,” she added.

Miller, Thurman, Bulldogs meet their goals

Published by admin on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 8:20am

Riley Thurman and Mya Miller set a goal for themselves as a tandem before the start of Friday night’s game at Kirksville: they would combine to score 30 points.

They didn’t. Instead, Miller recorded 19 and Thurman 12 – 31 points – as Mexico downed the Tigers 39-28.

“Riley just had fast break after fast break,” Alexis Willer said.

Most of these came in a fast paced spell that began midway through the second quarter and continued well into the third. Miller, Thurman and the rest of coach Ed Costley’s squad trampled Kirksville 19-0 over that stretch.

Blevins hot as Mexico tops Kirksville

Published by admin on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 8:20am

The first half belonged to Noah Copeland and the Tigers. But it was a much different story in the final 16 minutes at Kirksville on Friday night.

Led by Drew Blevins and Isaiah Reams, the Bulldogs pounded their hosts after the halftime break. Mexico poured in 40 points and put the clamp on Copeland, holding Kirksville to 23 on their way to a convincing 72-57 win over a conference foe.

Blevins knocked down 21 points in the game, much of it coming in a second half flurry in which he was almost perfect from eight to 10 feet and led a fast break.

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