Centralia and Odessa held on during the championship bouts, claiming narrow point margins to successfully repeat as state champions in boys wrestling Thursday, Feb. 26 in Columbia.

In Class Two, Makai Smalley and Jet Brown claimed individual titles to lead Odessa to a three-point victory over Seneca. Smalley secured a fall in the third period of his bout at 138 pounds against Seneca’s Eli Manley, while Brown capped his season with an 87-second technical fall over Drake Meyer of Ste Genevieve in the 150-pound title match. Seneca had three wrestlers win titles, including Jace Renfro at 190 pounds when he won by an 8-3 decision over Odessa’s Michael Scott. Kamden Hooper at 144 pounds and Lake Waters at 157 pounds each finished third for Odessa.

Oak Grove finished seventh in the team standings, with Kale Martin winning the battle of undefeated wrestlers at 106 pounds in an 8-4 decision over Trevor Cole of Mexico. Victor Schmalz of Pleasant Hill won the 120-pound class with a 9-4 decision win over Paxton Crane of Hallsville.

It was a much closer margin of victory for Centralia this season, as they held off Marceline to repeat as Class One boys champions. Rex Bryson completed a perfect season with his 49th win at 175 pounds coming in the state final against Jack Sportsman of Marceline. Marceline had one of their wrestlers also complete a perfect season, when Carter Wallis secured a major decision over Centralia’s Charles Robinson at 138 pounds. Reece Stufflebean also finished second for Marceline at 113 pounds, when he was defeated by Jayce Estes of Warsaw; that was another state title for Estes as his season wrapped up at 54-1. Estes’ performance led Warsaw to a fifth-place team finish.

Lawson finished sixth, followed by Brookfield. Gallatin finished 12th but are celebrating two state champions, with Eli Sperry going 50-0 this year following a technical fall of Lathrop’s Drake Coots in the 144-pound title match, while Nicholas Larsen locked down the 106-pound title with a major decision over Windsor’s Nico Punshon. Conner Menke of Lawson prevailed in the 150-pound title bout over Corbin Kelly of Carrollton, needing 80 seconds to record the fall.

The Class One girls meet saw Brookfield finished third, led by Jayden Keller’s four-peat. The senior landed a 10-1 major decision win over Myle Woolridge to win the 110-pound title. Lillian McCleary of Lone Jack repeat as a state champion when she defeated Carlynn Mynatt of Marshfield for the 115-pound title.  McCleary got past Dylan Parn of Brookfield in the semifinal, who went on to finish sixth. Marshall’s Sian Palmer finished fourth in the weight class, defeating Park in the wrestlebacks before being brought down by a fall in the second period of the bout against Mallori Edwards of Eldon.

Odessa’s Emily Bischoff also claimed a repeat state title, winning the 130-pound class with a fall in just 17 seconds of Carl Junction’s Bella Montez.  Lorelei Weaver of Lafayette County also claimed a consecutive title, winning at 155 pounds by way of a major decision over Addie Davis of Adrian.  However, Breanne Gibbs of Moberly was unable to defend her state title and undefeated season at 145 pounds, when Zafran Satterfield of Southern Boone recorded a fall in 2:26. Gibbs had recorded wins by fall in her three previous matches, all within 30 seconds.  Kimber Drenon of Windsor finished third in the 100-pound class with a 3-1 decision win over Milanya Drummond of De Soto.  Drenon was defeated in her semifinal by eventual state champion Lexi Wolk of Ste Genevieve.

2026 MSHSAA State Wrestling Team Results (Area Teams Only)

Boys Class Two Area Podium Finishers

Boonville
Bryce Newham (3rd 215)
Clayton Schuster (5th 190)

Chillicothe
Marshall Boon (4th 106)
Tucker Slattery (6th 190)

Clinton
Connor Bramell (6th 144)
Payton Goth (5th 175)
Tianta McNack (6th 132)

Excelsior Springs
Gaige Carr (3rd 150)
Cooper Collins (2nd 144)
Carson Vandoremalen (3rd 138)

Hallsville
Paxton Crane (2nd 120)
Colt West (4th 175)

Knob Noster
Elijah Avery (5th 144)
Raef Braman (4th 132)

Moberly
Logan Banker (6th 138)
Carter Bkoss (5th 285)

Oak Grove
Lex Johnston (3rd 113)
Kale Martin (1st 106) (46-0)
Perry Morgan (3rd 120)
Amos Parks (5th 157)

Odessa
Jet Brown (1st 150)
Camden Hooper (3rd 144)
Michael Scott (2nd 190)
Makai Smalley (1st 138)
Lake Waters (3rd 157)

Pleasant Hill
Victor Schmalz (1st 120)

Richmond
Brady Hyder (5th 126)
Ryan Sharp (4th 144)

Boys Class One Area Podium Finishers

Brookfield
Cole Huwar (3rd 106)
Jace Keller (3rd 144)
Weston Linscott (5th 157)
Kameron Perry (6th 138)
Ryder Techau (3rd 120)

California
Connor Farmer (2nd 120)

Carrollton
Corbin Kelly (2nd 150)

Centralia
Waylon Adkisson (3rd 113)
Rex Bryson (1st 175) (49-0)
Marshall Kable (5th 285)
Charles Robinson (2nd 138)
Gradon Hedberg (5th 120)

Cole Camp
Grant Rodriguez (2nd 165)

Gallatin
Nicholas Larsen (1st 106)
Eli Sperry (1st 144) (50-0)

Hamilton Penney
Hunter Nixdorf (6th 215)

Lafayette County
Xavier Myers (2nd 132)

Lawson
Braxton Bye (5th 215)
Colton Diibon (6th 106)
Ryan Kisner (6th 165)
Conner Menke (1st 150)
Brayden Sullard (6th 120)

Lone Jack
Barrett White (4th 150)
Ty White (4th 138)

Macon
Chase Cook (4th 113)
Rhett Pollard (6th 126)

Marceline
Roper Niemeier (5th 132)
Dane Phillips (6th 144)
Cody Rodgers (3rd 165)
Jack Sportsman (2nd 175)
Reece Stufflebean (2nd 113)
Carter Wallis (1st 138) (44-0)

Polo
Chase Wilson (2nd 157)

Stover
Brayden Jones (5th 113)
Brodie Zeller (4th 120)

Tipton
Evan Ragsdale (4th 175)

Versailles
Wyatt Burks (3rd 215)

Warsaw
Johrdan Decker (4th 144)
Jayce Estes (1st 113)
Sean Reinertsen (5th 126)

Windsor
Nico Punshon (2nd 106)

Girls Class One Area Podium Finishers

Boonville
Alivia Bottoms (4th 130)

Brookfield
Dylan Parn (6th 115)
Jayden Keller (1st 110) (59-0)
Hadlye Sackrey (2nd 120)

Clinton
Gwen Phillips (5th 235)

Excelsior Springs
Lilly Goetz (6th 120)

Gallatin
Miah Parker (1st 235)

Holden
Haley Brooks (5th 120)

Lafayette County
Lorelei Weaver (1st 155)

Lexington
Elizabeth Hager (4th 135)

Lone Jack
Lillian McCleary (1st 115)

Marshall
Sian Palmer (4th 115)

Moberly
Breanne Gibbs (2nd 145)

Odessa
Emily Bischoff (1st 130)
Bella Palmer (3rd 145)
Wylie Smith (5th 155)

Polo
Allexa Storts (2nd 140)

Windsor
Kimber Drenon (3rd 100)