Wrestling

In their last time on the home mat, North Callaway’s seniors led their team to resounding victories.

The Thunderbirds earned a sweep at their home tri meet Thursday night, defeating California 65-18 and Missouri Military Academy 58-24. All six of the team’s seniors — AJ Siegel, Gabe O’Neal, Carson Safranski, Eli Henry, Mathias Lobb and Caleb Rohrbach — won at least one match.

Siegel has a second-period pin at 138 pounds, O’Neal won by a 15-0 technical fall at 144 pounds, Safranski won via a first-period pin and 12-0 decision at 150 pounds, Henry had a first-period pin at 157 pounds, Lobb finished with a first-period pin and a victory due to injury at 165 pounds, and Rohrbach had a first-period pin at 215 pounds.

Head coach Ronnie Kimbley said the senior class did a great job leading the team to an all-around nice performance.

“(Caleb) just started when he got into high school, and he’s worked his tail off in just about everything he’s ever done,” Kimbley said. “Safranski has been wrestling for a long time, and he’s definitely taken his lumps. Here in high school, he’s had the other side of that. Eli Henry is always a leader in the room. Mathias did great, he took some nice shots and was very aggressive. Gabe is a transfer for us from Fulton. They all did really good.”

Prior to the boys duals, Brooke Giboney was able to have a match with California’s Camryn Wingate. It was a match that persisted into the third period, with Giboney taking the early advantage until Wingate gradually made up ground on the scoreboard and pinned Giboney.

Boys wrestling

Mexico 41 St. Charles West 21 in Fulton. Wins by Casey Minter, Grant Van Horn, Quaid Grubb, Isai Hernandez, Grant Walker and Dominick Watson

Mexico 45 Fulton 27 in Fulton. Wins by Evan Wilson, Watson Azdell, Minter, Van Horn, Jacob Johnson, Hernandez and Jayden Hodge

Kirksville 45 Mexico 26 in Fulton. Wins by Azdell, Minter, Van Horn and Hernandez

Girls wrestling

Fulton 30 Mexico 6. Alexus Johns earned points from open slot.

St. Charles West 54 Mexico 12. Abby Bowen and Alexus Johns each with pinfall victories.

Girls basketball

Shryock ties school record in 69-54 loss in Clopton

The North Callaway girls (11-8, 3-3 EMO)  lost 69-54 to Eastern Missouri Conference foe Clopton (9-7, 2-2 EMO) on Thursday, which is days before the teams meet in the first round of the Bowling Green tournament at 5:30 p.m. in the middle school gym.

Natalie Shyrock tied a school record by hitting seven 3-pointers in the game, finishing with 24 points and eight rebounds. Riley Blevins followed with 14 points and five assists.

Madelyn Brune led Clopton with 17 points, including 12 points and an 8-for-8 performance at the free throw line in the fourth quarter, Jasmine Hammett followed with 16 points, and Braya Smith had 11 points.

Van-Far defeated Clark County to advance to consolation final at 5 p.m. today against Highland

Boys basketball

Van-Far 40 Monroe City 38 in Tony Lenzini tournament in Palmyra. Nikos Connaway had 14 points, and Cody Smith finished with 11 points and game-winning shot. Van-Far plays for the championship at 8 p.m. Saturday against Palmyra

Look for the full stories in the Wednesday, January 25, 2023, edition of the Mexico Ledger.