Kansas City youth wrestling teams dominated the field at the USA Wrestling Youth State Tournament that ended on March 10.
Greater Heights Wrestling Club won the state title with 149 points. Grind House was second with 119 and Victory was third with 95. All three are Kansas City area teams, with the latter two having connections to Liberty. Greater Heights, with ties to Park Hill, won the state title for the 17th straight year.
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The Greater Heights Wrestling Club won the 2019 USA Wrestling Missouri State championship earlier this month at Hyvee Arena in Kansas City. The championship is the 17th straight for the program.
Other teams with area ties competing at Hyvee Arena was Platte County, North Platte and Team Viper.
There were six state champions from those area teams. Five came from Greater Heights, which practices at Park Hill and Oak Park high schools.
K’lyn Curtis pinned Neosho’s Gabriel Busteed in the second period to win the 10-and-under 170 pounds. At 12U 60, Mason Brayfield won 5-2 against Spencer Cunningham of Victory. Ryder Shelton added a title at 12U 70 by beating Devon Harrison of Victory by a pin in the second period.
Rylan Kuhn pinned Matthew Burch from Fort Zumwalt in the 12U 135 title match. Carter McCallister took a title at 14U 105 by posting a 16-4 major decision against Tanner Barker of Jackson County Wrestling.
Curtis and Brayfield were 3-0, while Shelton, McCallister and Kuhn went 4-0.
Platte County Wrestling had a champion at the 8U division. Hank Marriott nipped Memphis Harmon of Lebanon, 6-4, in the 80-pound class.
Other state medalists
Team Vipers
4th place: Cameron Clarke, 14U 285
Greater Heights
2nd place: Alexander Hall, 8U 55; Kaiden Phillips, 10U 85; Kyler Kuhn, 10U 130; Noah Cooper, 10U 150; Erik Egstad, 12U 65
3rd place: Jayden Morgan, 8U 115; Phoenix Shelton, 10U 60; Cooper Moore, 12U 110; Derek Joiner, 12U 150; Alexander Hutchcraft, 14U 95; Chance Phillips, 14U 100; Chase Short, 14U 115; Koven Ehrhatdt, 14U 135
4th place: Chase Quinn, 10U 120; Aiden Hinkle, 12U 125; Mason Christian, 14U 135
5th place: Caden Hulett, 12U 95; DJ Morris, 14U 285
6th place: Caylor Schrick, 8U 65; Levi Taylor, 10U 55; Braydon Ward, 14U 285
North Platte
6th place: Owen Stockbauer, 12U 165
Platte County
2nd place: Nicholas Horsley, 8U 90; Jake Fernandez, 12U 165