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State Wrestling Championships: Seckman in Third, Fox Tied for 42nd
After the first day of wresting at the state championships at Mizzou, where more than 1,800 matches occurred, Seckman is in third place with 25.5 points. Blue Springs High School is in first with 34 points, Francis Howell Central is second with 30.5 point
COLUMBIA, MO — 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 Fox C-6 District high schools fared on Thursday:
Class 4
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.
Fox – Tied for 42nd with three points.
Alex Vaughn, Chris Repple and Kenny Hanes all lost their first bouts.
Mehlville – Tied for 42nd place with three points.
James Brockman was pinned in his first bout.
Oakville – Tied for last with zero points.
Both Jonathon Bromeie and Matthew Jackson lost in the first round.
Clarification: Lenny Goldman wrote this article. The writer's byline was inadvertently omitted when the editor erred.