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Eldon junior Jesiah Simmons and School of the Osage senior Zach Green will make up 50 percent of the semifinals at 113 pounds in the Class 2 boys wrestling state championships. Simmons and Green both had 2-0 records Wednesday night on the opening day of the state tournament at Mizzou Arena, clinching state medals.
COLUMBIA Nobody enjoys losing. But for Eldon’s Jesiah Simmons, going from losing in the bubble round as a freshman to losing in a state championship match as a sophomore was a huge step forward.
It was a good start for the Blair Oaks Falcons, but they were hoping it would be better. “There was a lot of good, but we missed out on a couple of opportunities,” Blair Oaks coach Mike DeMilia said, as the Falcons sit in fifth place in the team standings following Wednesday’s competition in the Class 2 boys wrestling state championships at Mizzou Arena. “We lost a couple matches that could come back to haunt us."
Fatima junior Cody Strope has a pair of runner-up finishes at state wrestling. Now he’s looking to get to the top of the podium.
Strope will be one of five Comets competing in the Class 1 boys wrestling state championships, which begin today at 8:15 a.m. at Mizzou Arena in Columbia.