The Blair Oaks Falcons go to the Missouri Duals to wrestle bigger schools and top-quality programs.
It’s also an opportunity to gauge the team’s progress early in the season, but facing tough competition is the key goal.
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The Blair Oaks boys wrestling team won’t be at full strength when it begin its season tonight at the Pleasant Hill Tournament. The Falcons likely won’t be at full strength next weekend during the Missouri Duals at Helias either. With seven wrestlers still playing with the Blair Oaks football team and a few more wrestlers suffering preseason injuries, the Falcons will be a little short-handed as they get their season underway.
It wasn’t all about winning a second state title for Helias senior Jack Lage. “I wanted go out and have fun and help my team try to stay in second,” Lage said after he captured Class 2 individual honors at 126 pounds Saturday night at Mizzou Arena. But adding another first-place medal to the 120-pound one he earned in 2021 has been on his mind for a while.
For the second straight season, the Blair Oaks Falcons are leaving the Class 2 state wrestling championships with three state medalists. But this time, they’ll have a wrestler vying for a state title.