That’s two tournaments and two championships for Mexico boys wrestling. 

The Bulldogs won the Union tournament on Saturday by scoring 221.5 points, finishing ahead of Ste. Genevieve’s 193 points. Trevor Cole and Carlos Juarez Ramirez were each undefeated to finish first at 106 and 113 pounds, respectively, after picking up three pinfalls and two pinfalls and a technical fall.

Grant Walker was second at 190 pounds after going 3-1 with one decision loss; Evan Blair (3-1), Kyler Carr (4-1) and Travis Shramek (3-1) were third at 120, 157 and 285 after each having one loss, Logan Hilderman was fourth at 126 after going 3-2; Brayden Arnold and Brenden Wilson were sixth at 132 and 165 after each went 3-3; and Hunter Love was seventh at 175 after going 3-2.

Mexico girls finishes 4-1 at Carrollton Duals

The Mexico girls were on the losing end of only one dual on Friday.

In the Carrollton Duals, the Lady Bulldogs went 4-1 with the exception being a 54-29 loss to Warsaw. They beat Hallsville 48-30, Guadalupe Centers Charter 48-18, Penney 39-24 and Carrollton 36-34.

Among those who wrestled a match, Alexus Johns had no losses during the day while Ericka Pech and Lexi Rayhart each had one loss. Johns had a pinfall win over Carrollton, Pech had a 17-12 decision victory over Penney and Rayhart had a pinfall win over Hallsville.

Centralia boys finish 4-3 in Missouri Duals to start season

The Centralia boys wrestling season started with mostly victories this past weekend.

On Friday during the Missouri Duals at Helias in Jefferson City, Centralia finished 4-3 as it defeated Eureka 42-30, Father Tolton 40-30, Lebanon 41-36 and Jefferson City 43-33 and lost to Blue Springs 44-32, Neosho 43-24 and North Point 41-29. 

Louis Suddarth and Rex Bryson were undefeated during the weekend. Bryson had four technical falls and two pinfalls, and Suddarth had three pinfalls and two major decisions. 

Gradon Hedberg had one 6-0 loss to Father Tolton but six pinfall victories. Waylon Adkisson had one loss but one pinfall and one major decision.

Centralia girls finish sixth War in Wentzville Liberty Invite

The Centralia girls fared well on Friday night.

The Lady Panthers were sixth out of 27 schools with 123 points in the War in Wentzville Liberty Invite in O’Fallon. Avery Adams and Avery Griggs finished second at their respective weight classes of 105 and 115 pounds with a pinfall and major decision for Adams and two technical falls for Griggs.

Triztyn Tinker was third at 190 after going 5-1 with four pinfalls wins and one pinfall loss, Karli Andersen and Harper Mahan were fourth at 130 and 135 after each going 3-2, Ana Bruce and Alyssa Bodine were fifth at 125 and 135 after each going 3-2, and Aniya Havens was sixth at 110.

North Callaway girls pick up two second places at Orchard Farm

Some North Callaway girls finished high in their brackets on Friday.

The Ladybirds finished 10th out of 21 schools with 104 points in the Orchard Farm tournament on Friday. Ella Baker and Elka Endres were second in their respective weight classes of 135 and 140 pounds.

Baker had three pinfall wins and one 12-11 decision loss, and Endres had three pinfall wins and one pinfall loss. Lotus Gwaltney had one pinfall win to finish eighth at 130 pounds.