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NSAA Girls’ State Wrestling: Winners, scores, highlights
6758. GIRLS WRESTLING. NOW IN ITS FIFTH YEAR AS AN NCAA SANCTIONED SPORT IN NEBRASKA. INDIVIDUAL FINALS IN TWO CLASSES TONIGHT AT THE C-H-I HEALTH CENTER. STILL LOOKING FOR THAT FIRST FOUR TIME NSAA STATE CHAMP. DISCUSS KALYN CARROLL ON TRACK. JUNIOR WINS HER THIRD STRAIGHT GOLD MEDAL, 120 POUNDS IN CLASS A, CAPPING A 16 ZERO SEASON. OTHER WINNERS TONIGHT OMAHA WESTVIEW’S KATELYN LYONS WINS BACK TO BACK TITLES AT 130 POUNDS. THE SENIOR 49 AND OH THIS YEAR, CLASS B 135 POUNDS. YUTAN JORDAN CAMPBELL WINS HER THIRD STATE TITLE. CLASS A SAME WEIGHT CLASS MILLARD WEST, SOPHIA POJMAN WINS THE GOLD AND AT A 155. IN CLASS B, MAGGIE FEENEY OF CONESTOGA WITH THE PIN FOR BACK TO BACK STATE TITLES IN CLASS A AT 155. WEST SIDES MADELINE GRASSER ALSO GOES BACK TO BACK, GETTING THE PIN. THE BEST COMEBACK IN CLASS A 170 DOWN SEVEN NOTHING PLATTSMOUTH SOPHOMORE OLIVIA GREEN WITH THE PIN TO WIN HER FIRST STATE TITLE AND BENNINGTON MIA ANDERSON WINS HER SECOND STRAIGHT STATE TITLE AT 110 POUNDS. IN CLASS A, SHE’S HAD TO COME SOME MAJOR ADVERSITY EDDIE MESSEL WITH HER STORY. MIA ANDERSON ENTERED THE STATE TOURNAMENT WITH JUST ONE LOSS ON THE YEAR, WHICH IS PRETTY IMPRESSIVE WHEN YOU THROW IN A SHOULDER INJURY THAT HAPPENED LAST SUMMER AND WAS RE-AGGRAVATED IN DECEMBER. I MEAN, I DON’T REALLY FEEL IT IN THE MATCH, SO THAT DOESN’T REALLY MATTER TO ME. SHE’S A SUPER COMPETITOR, SO THERE’S NO WAY SHE WOULD LET YOU KNOW SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT WAS A MATTER OF LIKE, OKAY, WHAT IS IT? AND WHAT DO WE DO TO GO THROUGH THE WHOLE SEASON? THERE WAS NEVER A THOUGHT OF HANGING IT UP FOR THE SEASON AND NOT WRESTLING THE SEPARATED SHOULDER. NOT A PROBLEM THIS YEAR, DESPITE ONE TECH FALL DURING THE SEASON, ANDERSON HAS PINNED EVERY OPPONENT SHE’S DEFEATED THIS YEAR. THAT INCLUDED WEDNESDAY’S STATE SEMIFINAL ROUND. YOU KNOW, I’VE WORKED ALL SEASON REALLY HARD, YOU KNOW, THROUGH INJURIES, THROUGH SICKNESS, THROUGH ALL THIS STUFF. LIKE IT WOULD MEAN A LOT. YOU KNOW, I PUT IN A BUNCH OF HARD WORK. ANDERSON ENTERED THE STATE TOURNAMENT WITH THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME THE BADGERS NEXT FOUR TIME STATE CHAMPION, RIDING A STREAK OF 18 CONSECUTIVE FIRST PERIOD FALLS, ALL WITH HER SHOULDER STILL WRAPPED UP. I JUST THANK GOD FOR IT ALL, YOU KNOW, I’M LUCKY TO EVEN BE HERE WRESTLING, LIKE PRETTY CLOSE TO MY BEST. WHAT I WOULD SAY IS MY BEST. AND, YOU KNOW, I’M JUST GRATEFUL. COVERING THE GIRLS STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENT FROM HOWELLS CENTER EDDIE MESSEL KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN SPORTS. THANK YOU. EDDIE. TEAM SCORES. WEST SIDE WINS AT SECOND STATE TITLE IN THREE YEARS, TAKING CLASS A, ADAMS CENTRAL WINS ITS FIRS
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NSAA Girls’ State Wrestling: Winners, scores, highlights
Girls wrestling is now in its fifth year as an NSAA-sanctioned sport in Nebraska, and on Wednesday night, it was the individual finals in two classes at the CHI Health Center.Still looking for that first four-time NSAA championship, but Skutt’s Kaylyn Harrill is on track. The junior won her third-straight gold medal at 120 pounds in Class A, capping a 60-0 season.Other winners include Omaha Westview’s Kalynn Lyons, who won back-to-back titles at 130 pounds. The senior is 49-0 this year.In Class B at 135 pounds, Yutan’s Jordyn Campbell won her third state title.Then in Class A, same weight class, Millard West’s Sofia Hogemeyer took gold.At 155 in Class B, Maggie Fiene of Conestoga with the pin for back-to-back titles.In Class A at 155 pounds, Westside’s Addeline Grasser also won back-to-back after a pin.The best comeback in Class A was at 170 pounds, when down 7-0 Plattsmouth sophomore Olivia Garrean with the pin to win her first state championship.Bennington’s Mia Anderson won her second straight state title at 110 pounds in Class A.See more from girls’ state wrestling in the video above.Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
Girls wrestling is now in its fifth year as an NSAA-sanctioned sport in Nebraska, and on Wednesday night, it was the individual finals in two classes at the CHI Health Center.
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Still looking for that first four-time NSAA championship, but Skutt’s Kaylyn Harrill is on track. The junior won her third-straight gold medal at 120 pounds in Class A, capping a 60-0 season.
Other winners include Omaha Westview’s Kalynn Lyons, who won back-to-back titles at 130 pounds. The senior is 49-0 this year.
In Class B at 135 pounds, Yutan’s Jordyn Campbell won her third state title.
Then in Class A, same weight class, Millard West’s Sofia Hogemeyer took gold.
At 155 in Class B, Maggie Fiene of Conestoga with the pin for back-to-back titles.
In Class A at 155 pounds, Westside’s Addeline Grasser also won back-to-back after a pin.
The best comeback in Class A was at 170 pounds, when down 7-0 Plattsmouth sophomore Olivia Garrean with the pin to win her first state championship.
Bennington’s Mia Anderson won her second straight state title at 110 pounds in Class A.
See more from girls’ state wrestling in the video above.
Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.
NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
