Freshman 138-pounder Devan Parn of Brookfield High School uses his head to help drive an opponent to the mat for a takedown during the Class 1 state tournament at Columbia last week. Parn earned fifth place. (Martin Cupp/LCL PHOTO)
Marceline High School Tiger Canaan Wright (nearest camera) brings Payton Arnold of Knob Noster crashing to the mat during their first-round bout in the Class 1 segment of the 2022 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships at Columbia last Thursday. Wright defeated Arnold by fall in 2:14 and went on to earn the sixth-place medal in the 126-pounds weight division. (Martin Cupp/LCL PHOTO)
Although he’s the one actually lying on the mat, senior Hunter Nelson of the Marceline High School wrestling Tigers actually has control and is scoring near-fall points against Ethan Jackson of Cape Girardeau: Notre Dame during their first-round bout in the 182-pounds weight division of the Class 1 state tournament last Thursday. Nelson, expected to be a strong contender for another state medal and possibly battle for the state title, sustained an apparent head injury in his quarterfinal bout and had to withdraw from the competition after a 33-5 season. (Martin Cupp/LCL PHOTO)
The action carries a bit outside of the circle as sophomore Colton Parn of the Brookfield High School wrestling Bulldogs, left, controls North Callaway’s Blake Whipple during Parn’s opening-round 12-3 major decision last Thursday in the Class 1 state tournament at Columbia. The Bulldog went on to finish fourth in the 145-pounds division. (Martin Cupp/LCL PHOTO)
Brookfield High School wrestling Bulldogs senior Jaden Abongo smiles broadly seconds after defeating Marceline’s Mason Barnett 6-4 in sudden-victory overtime to capture Missouri’s 2022 Class 1 boys’ state-tournament championship in the 170-pounds weight division at Columbia last Saturday. (Martin Cupp/LCL PHOTO)
Freshman Peyton Parn of Brookfield High School’s wrestling Bulldogs has Cody Strope of Westphalia: Fatima down and soon to be pinned in the championship bout of the 113-pounds division of the Class 1 competition in the 2022 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships at Columbia last Saturday. Parn finished his freshman season not only as state champion, but with a 41-1 record. (Martin Cupp/LCL PHOTO)
Senior Mason Barnett of Marceline High School has far the better of Chase Willis of Westphalia: Fatima in their Class 1 opening-round bout in the 2022 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships last Thursday. Barnett pinned Willis in 1:42 and eventually came within a couple of seconds of earning the 170-pounds state title before finishing second to Brookfield’s Jaden Abongo on a 6-4 overtime loss. (Martin Cupp/LCL PHOTO)
Junior Gambal Staddie of Brookfield High School tries to get David Maschger of Kansas City: St. Michael the Archangel pinned during their first-round bout in the 2022 Class 1 state tournament at Columbia last Thursday. While he didn’t get the win by fall, Staddie did win, 9-2, and went on to finish fourth in the 126-pounds weight division. (Martin Cupp/LCL PHOTO)
Freshman Drew Griffin of the Marceline High School Tigers tries to make Hamilton’s Alex Martin do a wheelbarrow walk during their Class 1 106-pounds third-place bout at the 2022 MSHSAA Wrestling Championships at Columbia last Saturday afternoon. Griffin won the bout by 12-2 major decision to end the season 35-3. (Martin Cupp/LCL PHOTO)
Sophomore 138-pounder Conner Quinn of the Marceline High School wrestling Tigers has Riley Humphrey of North Callaway prone during the Tiger’s 8-0 major-decision victory in last Thursday’s first round of the Class 1 state tournament at Columbia Quinn went on to finish third. (Martin Cupp/ LCL PHOTO)