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State Wrestling Championships: FHN tied for 27th After Day 1

Francis Howell Central High School is tied for 2nd overall.

COLUMBIA -- Wrestling fans from across the state speckled the typically gold-filled seats of Mizzou Arena all day on Thursday for the 81st Missouri State Wrestling Championships.

It took eight simultaneous matches at a time, but all four different classes completed their first round matches and also their consolation (wrestleback) rounds.

“There are a lot of logistics that go into it,” said Jason West, Communications Director of the Missouri State High School Activities Association. “We have over 1,600 matches over the next three days. There are four classes. There’s a lot of planning.”

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Midway through the first day of competition, West said he felt like everything was running smoothly.

“The good thing is that this particular championship is at the point where it’s sort of a well-oiled machine now,” West said. “It’s more of planning logistics to just make sure the dominos fall the way they’re supposed to.”

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It also requires a large number of workers to come in and make sure the various operations run efficiently.

“There are approximately 65-70 different workers and volunteers,” West said. “We’ve got mat officials, table officials, people entering computer stats and other things like that. There’s a lot of volunteer work as well.”

After a long day of grappling, here’s how St. Louis-area high schools fared on Thursday:

Class 4:

Fox – Tied for 42nd with three points.

Alex Vaughn, Chris Repple and Kenny Hanes all lost their first bouts.

Seckman – In third place with 25.5 points.

All of Seckman’s wrestlers won their first-round bouts. They are Brock Winbermue, Matt Kraus, Danny Farrell, Denny Kleinschro, Blake Pepper, Corey Matt and Timothy Niewald.

Oakville – Tied for last with zero points.

Both Jonathon Bromeie and Matthew Jackson lost in the first round.

Pattonville – Tied for 42nd with three points.

All three wrestlers lost in the first round – Wesley Raiche, Matthew Murphy and Jesse Farmer.

Parkway North – Tied for 25th with seven points.

David Smith was the sole member of Parkway North to win his first bout. Chris Carter, David Evans, Austin Adderley and Zach Cusamano all lost.

Timberland – Tied for 12th with 13.5 points.

Devan Richter, Colton Orlando, Jesse Freise and Jacob Hawks all won for Timberland.

Holt – Tied for 27th with six points.

Clayton Ream won his first bout while Brett Beckmann and Gaige Dunnermann both lost.

Francis Howell Central – In second place with 30.5 points.

Ben Henson, John Wood, Terell Wilbourn, Justin Dickey, Andy King, Matt Greene, Wyatt Miller and Brian Paur all won in the first round. Cole Anderson and Luke Knoche fell in the opening bouts.

Francis Howell North – Tied for 27th place with six points.

Harold Ritchie and Jason Shell got the only wins for Howell North in the first round. Brendan Hachtel, Tyler Smith and Sam Stewart lost.

Marquette – In 22nd place with nine points.

Matthew Mosior and Ryan Tulley both won their first bouts while Thomas Makowsky, Zachary Conn, Philip Stanley and Recardo Gordon all lost.

Lafayette – Tied for sixth place with 15 points.

Ryan Jones, Nick Olejnik, Brandon Hundley and William Burgess all won their first bouts. Kyle Black, Ryan Siebert and Daniel Wrocklage fell in the first attempts.

Mehlville – Tied for 42nd place with three points.

James Brockman was pinned in his first bout. 

Lindbergh – Tied for 17th place with 10.5 points.

Tom Korenak and Michael Slyman won their first matches. Matthew Ratterre, Same Stinebrook and Christopher Kew all lost.

Northwest – In 16th place with 11 points.

Justin Nahlik, Robert Martin, Brenden Southard, Zachary King and Nick Tufts all won their first bouts. Cameron Noland lost.

Parkway South – Tied for 34th place with four points.

Donnell Walker got the only win for Parkway South. Andrew Hayes and Tyler Sonnabend both lost their first bouts.

Fort Zumwalt West – Tied for 14th with 12 points.

Ryan Kiethline was the only first-bout winner for Fort Zumalt West. Jesse Czerniewski, Cody Zeik, Jordan Young and Travis Wheatley all lost.


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