Lady Bulldogs defeat Fulton first time, finish second at NCMC tournament
The Mexico girls were good competition on Tuesday.
The Lady Bulldogs finished second behind Marshall at the North …
This item is available in full to subscribers.
We have recently launched a new and improved website. To continue reading, you will need to either log into your subscriber account, or purchase a new subscription.
If you are a digital subscriber with an active subscription, or you are a print subscriber who had access to our previous website, then you already have an account here. Just reset your password if you have not yet logged in to your account on this new site.
If you are a current print subscriber and did not have a user account on our previous website, you can set up a free website account by clicking here.
Otherwise, click here to view your options for subscribing.
Please log in to continue |
Lady Bulldogs defeat Fulton first time, finish second at NCMC tournament
The Mexico girls were good competition on Tuesday.
The Lady Bulldogs finished second behind Marshall at the North Central Missouri Conference Tournament at Moberly Area Community College with a 4-1 record. Mexico won 33-31 over Highway 54 rival Fulton for the first victory over the Lady Hornets in program history, defeated Hannibal 45-24, Kirksville 54-21 and Moberly 48-24, and lost to Marshall 48-27.
Head coach Tony Senor said Abbie Seibert, Abby Bowen and Karisa Hayden were effective no matter what weight class they wrestled at. Seibert finished 4-1, with victories at 170 against Marshall’s Mareli Andrade-Gonzales via a 9-8 decision and Hannibal’s Addison Friday via a 10-8 sudden victory; Bowen was 4-1, with a 44-second pinfall victory at 130 pounds over Marshall’s Keeley Robinson; and Hayden was 4-1, with victories at 190 pounds over Fulton’s Layne Simerl via a 7-2 decision and Marshall’s Olivia Martin via first-period pinfall.
Alexus Johns went 5-0, with a pinfall victory over Marshall’s Sherlyn Solano, and Alizabeth Welch was 5-0 at 105 pounds, with a pinfall over Marshall’s Kendra Bellamy.
Senor said all-conference wrestlers won’t be released until after the state tournament but expects Mexico to have two first-team honors and three second-team members.
Bulldogs finish third at NCMC tournament same day Van Horn wins 100th
The Mexico boys experience a dose of history to go with a solid night on the mats on Tuesday.
The Bulldogs finished third at the North Central Missouri Conference Tournament at Moberly Area Community College after going 2-3, with victories of 39-30 over Marshall and 42-36 over Kirksville and defeats of 42-39 by Fulton, 40-30 by Hannibal and 57-20 by Moberly. Grant Van Horn won all five of his matches, reaching his 100th career victory in his first match.
Grant Van Horn's journey to 100 Wins
At 157 pounds, Van Horn pinned Fulton’s Braydon Jolly in 45 seconds to reach the 100-win milestone before continuing his march through school history with a pinfall over Marshall’s Mason Evans, an 8-2 decision over Hannibal’s Koen Ramage, a pinfall over Kirksville’s Nikalous Jordan and a 16-0 technical fall over Moberly’s Evan Davis.
Carlos Juarez Ramirez was 5-0 at 106 pounds, with pinfalls over Moberly’s Gavin Lippelman and Marshall’s Romey Maupin. Emille Scanavino finished 4-1, with wins of an 18-second pinfall over Marshall’s Levin Duncan, a pinfall over Kirksville’s Cody Drury and a 4-3 decision over Moberly’s Rhett Wilborn. Brayden Arnold went 4-1, with 113-pound pinfalls over Moberly’s Kaiden Leonard and Kirksville’s Ethan Hale and a 120-pound first-period pinfall over Marshall’s Aidan Alling. Jayden Hodge finished 3-2, with a first-period pinfall over Hannibal’s Memphis Craig.
The all-conference awards will be announced after the state tournament, but head coach Gayle Adams said he expects Mexico to have two first-team honors and two second-team members.
