Editor
Katie Bowen is a freshman at Mexico High School. That alone may not seem remarkable — there are, after all, quite a few ninth graders at MHS. It’s when you add what she’s accomplished over the course of her first year in high school that Bowen stands out.
Among other things, she is Mexico’s first girls varsity wrestler to win a tournament and to go to state.
Bowen learned the sport from her father, who wrestled in high school and for Missouri Baptist University. She has been at it since first grade and participated in middle school wrestling under head coach Tony Senor.