The Mexico boys will have a big presence at state on Wednesday and Thursday.
The Bulldogs qualified 10 wrestlers and finished second among 16 schools to earn a plaque in the Class 2 District 2 tournament on Friday and Saturday at Mexico High School. Trevor Cole and Grant Walker were district champions at 106 pounds and 190 pounds, respectively; runners-up were Carlos Juarez Ramirez at 113, Logan Hilderman at 126, Kyler Carr at 157 and Brenden Wilson at 165; Travis Shramek was third at 285; and Evan Blair at 120, Brayden Arnold at 132 and Israel Hernandez-Jarquin at 144 were each fourth to snag that last spot in the top four. The freshmen Cole and Wilson and the sophomore Hernandez-Jarquin each qualify for the first time; Walker, Juarez Ramirez and Carr go for the third time; and Hilderman, Shramek, Blair and Arnold go for the second time.
Mexico had 197.5 points to finish behind Father Tolton's 217 points.
The Bulldogs begin state at Mizzou Arena in Columbia at 6 p.m. Wednesday and continue at 12.15 p.m. Thursday.
Look for the full story in the Feb. 25, 2026, edition of the Mexico Ledger.
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