Centralia boys stay undefeated at Class 1 district, send 10 to state

For the sixth straight year, the Centralia boys are district wrestling champions.

In every season the Panthers have been a Class 1 team, they have won a district title including Saturday’s Class 1 District 3 championship in Versailles with 218 points to beat runner-up Brookfield’s 147 points. Centralia will be sending 10 wrestlers to the MSHSAA Wrestling Championships that begin at 8:15 a.m. today at Mizzou Arena in Columbia.

Bryson Dubes at 106 pounds, Waylon Adkisson at 113, Charlie Robinson at 132 and Rex Bryson at 165 each won district titles. Louis Suddarth at 157, Mason Adkisson at 190, Ian Tuggle at 215 and Marshall Kable at 285 each lost in the district championship match to finish second. Wyatt Adkisson won his third-place match at 175, and Blake Bodine lost his third-place match to still qualify in fourth at 126.

Dubes won all three of his matches with a 6-1 decision over Marceline’s Reece Stufflebean for the title, Waylon Adkisson won all three of his matches with a pin over Palmyra’s Blake Rife for the title, Robinson won all four of his matches with a 7-4 decision over Marceline’s Andrew Griffin for a title, and Bryson won all four of his matches with a 22-5 technical fall over Brayden Pillars for a title. 

Suddarth lost first place 8-3 to North Callaway’s Collin Moore to go 2-1 at districts. Mason Adkisson lost first place by medical forfeit to Brookfield’s returning state runner-up Devan Parn to go 2-1 at districts. Tuggle was pinned by Marceline’s Scout Gooch to go 3-1 at districts, and Kable was pinned by North Callaway’s Gunnar Wenneker to go 2-1 at districts.

Wyatt Adkisson went 3-1 and finished his day with a pin over North Callaway’s Ben Haubner, and Bodine went 3-2 with a technical loss to Lafayette County’s Xavier Myers closing his day.

North Callaway boys come out of districts with two champions, four state qualifiers

The North Callaway boys won a couple of district titles on Saturday.

The Thunderbirds will have four kids compete at state starting at 8:15 a.m. today at Mizzou Arena in Columbia after sending them through the Class 1 District 3 Tournament in Versailles. Collin Moore at 157 pounds and Gunnar Wenneker at 285 pounds were district champions, Casper Safranski was third at 190 and Ben Haubner was fourth at 175.

Moore won all three of his matches and closed his districts with an 8-3 victory over Centralia’s Louis Suddarth. Wenneker won all three of his matches and finished his districts with a pin of Centralia’s Marshall Kable. Safranski went 3-1 and closed his districts with a 9-4 win over Versailles’ William Dobbins. Haubner went 2-2 and closed his districts being pinned by Centralia’s Wyatt Adkisson after a 12-5 decision over Lexington’s Jesse Dunkle in the consolation semifinals.

All 13 of North Callaway’s wrestlers qualified for the second day of districts and five — Eli Borcherding at 106, Lucas Riecke at 120, Aiden Wimmer at 132, Wyatt Haden at 165 and Justice Moore at 215 — fell one match short of state qualification in the consolation semifinals.

Missouri Military Academy’s Miles qualifies for second straight state meet

Ryan Miles will have one more shot at the state tournament starting at 8:15 a.m. today.

The Missouri Military Academy senior finished third at 150 pounds on Saturday at the Class 1 District 3 Tournament in Versailles. Miles went 4-1 and finished his day with an 11-6 decision over Carrollton’s Zackary Stewart in the third-place match.

The Colonels qualified all eight of their wrestlers for the second day of districts. Four — Daniel Bravo at 113, Deonte Kerns at 126, Michael Pfeifer at 138 and Roberto Lavalle at 157 — fell one match short of state qualification in the consolation semifinals.