For the second year, Great Bend High School hosted the Grapple on the Gridiron team dual wrestling camp. Wrestlers from 20 high schools came to Central Kansas to get in some mat time and learn how to be a better grappler. Unfortunately, the Kansas heat kept the wrestlers inside instead of wrestling under the lights…
During the summer, most people think of football and basketball teams doing camps and other activities. Wrestlers get to enjoy camps also. Great Bend High School hosted one of the more unique camps in the state with the Grapple on the Gridiron. Coach Nathan Brockelman set up a camp where schools could bring teams to…
The culmination of the season brings hundreds of wrestlers to Hays, Kansas and Gross Memorial Coliseum for the KSHSAA Class 321A State Wrestling Tournament. This year the Hoisington Cardinals brought eight wrestlers and hopes of finally winning the State Title. By the end of the first day, seven wrestlers remained in the competition and two…
For many years, if a high school girl wanted to wrestle, she was left with boys as her competition. This year, 37 schools traveled to McPherson to take part in the first ever Kansas Girls High School Wrestling Championship. The goal of the day was to spread the word that Girls Wrestling is happening in…
One of the first wrestling tournaments of the season, the Cardinal Corner Classic gives teams from schools large and small a chance to hone their skills. Below are some of the pictures I took at the meet: Click here to purchase prints or downloads of these pictures. Click here to purchase prints or downloads of…
Wrestling meets can take brackets of individual wrestlers competing against their weight class and earning team points. A Dual puts two teams head to head in each class to win points for the team. Instead of competing for an individual place or medal, the wrestlers work to win for their school only in a dual….
I was able to make it to the last two rounds of this year’s Hoisington Cardinal Wrestling Classic. Below are some of the pictures I took: Click here to purchase prints or downloads of these pictures. Click here to purchase prints or downloads of these pictures.
I went to my first wrestling meet of the year in Larned. It was a Duals Round Robin Tournament with several schools competing on three mats. Below are some of the pictures I took at the Duals: Click here to purchase prints or downloads of these pictures. Click here to purchase prints or downloads of…
I made it to the Hoisington Cardinal Wrestling Classic for the last couple rounds. This was the first time I ever went to a wrestling tournament, not to mention shot it. It was quite the experience. Once a round started, they moved quickly. I would move from mat to mat looking for the next pairing…
