State Wrestling Championship Results

COLUMBIA, MO—Here's a round up of how Ballwin- and Ellisville-area schools, as well as other St. Louis area schools, did in the state wrestling championships:

Parkway West (Class 2) finished tied for 32nd place with seven points.

Marquette (Class 4) finished tied in 29th place with 20 points. Matthew Mosior finished in fifth place in the 160-pound weight class.

Lafayette (Class 4) finished tied for 13th place with 38.5 points.

Class 1

Whitfield finished second overall with 147.5 points. Brookfield won the Class 1 championship with 186 points. Rodney Hahn looked dominant on his way to the 135-class state title. He defeated Brookfield’s Micah Blakely 11-3. Senior Mike Kissell also took home a championship by defeating 160-pounder Matthew Scheiber from Penney. Austin Smith finished third overall in the 119-pound pool. Chris Wilkes placed third at 130 pounds.

Principia High School  finished 10th overall with 59 points.Senior Josh Roometua concluded his wrestling career with a state title in the 189-pound weight class. Roometua defeated Brookfield’s Byron Clayton for the title. Senior Jake Roometua won third place at 171 pounds.

Class 2

Clayton finished tied for 39th with three points.

Class 3

Chaminade finished in 29th place with 15 points.

Ladue finished tied for 24th place with 18 points.

Parkway Central finished tied for 35th place with six points.

Fort Zumwalt North finished tied in ninth place with 52 points.Junior Zach Nelson finished in second place in the 112-pound bracket. He lost to Kearney’s Jaret Singh. Cole Reedy also finished in second place. He fell to Helias’ Tyler Loethen in the 152-pound championship match.

Fort Zumwalt East finished tied for 19th place with 24 points.

Rockwood Summit finished tied in ninth place with 52 points.

Class 4

Fox finished tied for 42nd with three points.

Seckman finished in fourth place with 103.5 points.Junior Matt Kraus made school history when he defeated Park Hill’s Michael Olsen to win the Class 4 112-pound state title.

“He’s the first multiple time state champ for the school,” coach Frank Valleroy said. “It’s huge.”

Kraus edged past Olsen with a 3-2 overtime win. “He’s one mentally tough son of a gun.” Valleroy said.

Tim Niewald finished second overall in the 171-pound bracket. He lost to Ozark’s Cody Lindsay.

Denny Kleinschrodt placed third overall in 125-pound weight class.

Parkway North finished 33rd place with 15 points.

Timberland finished in eighth place with 58.5 points. Senior Jesse Freise lost to Lindbergh’s Michael Slyman for the 152-pound championship. Junior Colton Orlando finished third in the 119-pound bracket.

Holt finished tied for 28th place with 20 points.

Francis Howell Central finished in second place with 126.5 points. Earlier this season senior Terrel Wilbourn lost to Blue Spring’s Keenan Hagerty, so Saturday’s rematch in the state championship was his shot at redemption, according to assistant coach Chris Wehmer.

But midway through the bout Wilbourn went down, clutching his knee. It appeared that his chance to win a third state title might be over.

“He’s had a problem with his knee all year,” Wehmer said. “He strained some ligaments. He sat out a portion of the year.”

The senior refused to quit. He finished the match favoring his strong knee and went on to win 6-3.

“This kid’s one of the hardest workers in the room,” Wehmer said. “He’s a very mentally tough kid. He wanted this more than anything.”

What Wilbourn showed Saturday night was exactly what Wehmer said made him the team’s leader.

“He’s like the foundation of the program,” Wehmer said. “The whole room revolves around him. Other kids see his work and they want to be like T. He showed a great example there.”

Ben Henson of Francis fell to Hazel Wood West’s Antoine White in the 119-pound championship. While Henson maintained control for the early portion of the match, a late push by White led him to a 502 victory.

Senior Matt Greene placed third in the 171-pound weight class.

Mehlville finished tied for 42nd place with three points.

Lindbergh finished tied for 13th place with 38.5 points. The atmosphere surrounding the two has changed quite a bit, but Lindbergh AD Mike Slyman has been coaching his son since he was five years old.

Back then, they were wrestling in the basement. Saturday night, the now junior in high school won his first state championship.

“We were in the back and I told him to just have fun,” Slyman said. “That made it nice. I know he was calm, and I was calm, too.”

Michael defeated Timberland’s Jesse Freise 2-0 in the 152-pound bracket.

“This was the goal all along,” Slyman said. “We set that goal at the beginning of the year, and he stayed on track.”

It wasn’t the first goal the father and son have accomplished together, and it probably won’t be the last.

As Slyman said: “It was awesome.”

Northwest finished in 15th place with 38 points. Nick Tufts fell to Lee’s Summit West’s Evan Boehm in the 289-pound title match.

Parkway South finished in 35th place with 11 points.