BOYS HIGH SCHOOL MATCHES

There were a number of ranked boys (based upon the Flo Rankings on the card, and not all of them were able to win their battles. In addition, it was a great night for wrestlers from the host school, St. Pius X, the 2023 Missouri Class 1 state champions, which had three of their athletes coming away with victories.

The home crowd enjoyed the 230-pound battle, when state champ Rylan Kuhn defeated No. 12 ranked Oscar Williams of Oklahoma, 3-1. Kuhn scored the only takedown of the match in the second period, and was able to keep Williams at bay in the third period when the wrestlers were on their feet the entire period.

Another ranked athlete was beaten at 132 pounds, when Dean Anderson of Arizona defeated No. 17 Thomas Verrette, a Colorado state champion who is now in Oklahoma, 10-7. Although Verrette scored the opening takedown, Anderson came back to take an 8-4 lead. Another Verrette takedown closed it to 8-7 and an Anderson escape made it 9-7. Anderson rode out Verrette in the third and added a riding time point.

The ranked wrestler who had little trouble was No. 18 Joseph Jeter of Oklahoma, who ran up the score before cradling and pinning Marco Dalakishvili of Missouri in 3:07.

Joining Kuhn as winners from St. Pius X High School were Marco Dalakishvili (150) and Jackson Rotterman (190).

Dalakashvili wrestled twice, and won his opening match, beating Brady Duling of Kansas, 11-6. He was able to jump to a 7-0 lead and maintained his edge as Duling battled back.

Rotterman scored a takedown as time was running out to defeat Cash Colley of Texas, 6-4. Cooley scored a first-period takedown and led 4-3, when Rotterman fired up the crowd with his last-second heroics. Cooley was a member of the 2023 U.S. U17 Greco-Roman World Team.

At 135 pounds, Hudson Hackbarth of Oklahoma was totally in control of his 15-0 technical fall over Dillan Chisam of Missouri. Hackbarth displayed a variety of scoring moves on his way to the victory.

Colin McAlister of Kansas was the winner in a 165-pound battle with Elijah Sanders of Missouri, 13-6. Sanders scored the first period, and the lead went back-and-forth for awhile. McAlister scored the last two takedowns in the match and added a riding time points.

Quinn Herbert of Illinois was tough on the top, turning Cash Cooley twice in the third period and earning riding time for an 8-1 victory at 190 pounds.

YOUTH BOUTS

There were six youth boys matches on the card, featuring some talented young athletes from the region. The winners were Jeremiah Minikwu of Feelhaver Elementary in Iowa (60), Billy Roberts, a Home schooled wrestler from Missouri (61), Ira Samm of St. Pius-St. Andrews in Missouri (70), Cole Martin of Platte City Middle School in Missouri (77), Jacobie Robbins of Kearney, Missouri (95) and Liam Vargas-Todd of Eagle Heights Elementary in Missouri (60), MO (60).

UFC champion and USA Wrestling Greco-Roman World Team member Randy Couture was in attendance, as this event is a fundraiser for his Extreme Couture GI Foundation.

The event was streamed live and is now archived on FloWrestling.

MISSOURI BORDER BRAWL

At Kansas City, Mo., March 19, 2024

105 Girls – No. 10 Aroma Marrufo (Fort Osage HS, MO) tech fall No. 29 Hannah Lopez (Moore HS, OK), 10-0

140 Girls – Louise Juitt (Belton HS, MO) dec.d No. 17 Maggie Buurma (Fowlerville HS, MI), 7-1

103 Girls – No. 16 Zoey Haney (Troy Buchanan HS, MO) tech fall Jaydin Alvardo (Junction City HS, KS), 12-2

127 Girls – No. 6 Angelina Vargas (Park Hill HS, MO) vs. No. 14 Leiannah Landreth (Mulvane HS, KS), 10-0

145 Girls – No. 8 Brenya Crahan (Nixa HS, MO) tech. fall No. 9 Kaylee Davis (El Reno HS, OK), 10-0

152 Girls –No. 18 Sage Rosario (Manhattan HS, KS) dec. No. 6 Jayci Shelton (Centralia HS, MO), 6-6

60 Boys –Jeremiah Minikwu (Feelhaver Elementary, IA) dec. Liam Vargas-Todd (Eagle Heights Elementary, MO), 2-0

61 Boys – Billy Roberts (Home schooled, MO) pin Khylen Sanderson (Seal Elementary, KS), 2:49

70 Boys – Ira Samm (St. Pius-St. Andrews, MO) pin Graeme Lockhart (BCLUW Elementary, IA), 3:59

77 Boys – Cole Martin (Platte City Middle School, MO) pin Abel Mixon (Derby Middle School, KS), 3:46

95 Boys – Jacobie Robbins (Kearney, MO) dec. Jacob Bonebrake (Shawnee Heights, KS), 9-5

60 Boys – Liam Vargas-Todd (Eagle Heights Elementary, MO) vs. Kai Stevens (Derby Elementary, KS), 6-0

105 Girls – No. 6 Jayden Keller (Brookfield HS, MO) pin No. 29 Hannah Lopez (Moore HS, OK), 1:27

145 Girls – No. 10 Sevreign Aumua (Grain Valley HS, MO) dec. No. 17 Maggie Buurma (Fowlerville HS, MI), 12-10

133 Boys – No. 2 Jax Forrest (Bishop McCort, PA) dec. No. 3 Kyler Larkin (Valiant Prep, AZ), 10-6

150 Boys – Marco Dalakishvili (St. Pius X HS, MO) dec. Brady Duling (Bishop Carroll Catholic HS, KS), 11-6

190 Boys –Jackson Rotterman (St. Pius X HS, MO) dec. Cash Cooley (Allen HS, TX), 6-4

190 Boys – Peyton Parn (Brookfield HS, MO) pin Brock Johnson (Paola HS, KS), 1:52

135 Boys –Hudson Hackbarth (Edmond North HS, OK) tech fall Dillan Chisam (St. Pius HS, MO), 15-0

132 Boys – Dean Anderson (Valiant Prep, AZ) dec. No. 17 Thomas Verrette (Edmond North HS, OK), 10-7.

165 Boys – Colin McAlister (Mill Valley HS, KS) dec. Elijah Sanders (Richmond HS, MO), 13-6

230 Boys – Rylan Kuhn (St. Pius X HS, MO) dec. No. 12 Oscar Williams (Edmond North HS, OK), 4-1

150 Boys - No. 18 Joseph Jeter (Edmond North HS, OK) pin Marco Dalakishvili (St. Pius HS, MO), 3:07

190 Boys – Quinn Herbert (Loyola Academy, IL) dec. Cash Cooley (Allen HS, TX), 8-1

Forrest, Crahan named Outstanding Wrestlers at Missouri Border Brawl, loaded with talented boys and girls

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