The Class 1-2 boys and Class 1 girls state wrestling championships finished up in Colubmia on Thursday evening with southwest Missouri bringing home four individual championships, 30 total all-state finishes and one team trophy.
The area’s most best class was Class 2 boys where three area wrestlers won state titles and Seneca finished runner-up in the team competition.
Brant Laughlin completed an unbeaten sophomore season with a 12-9 sudden victory win over Odessa’s Kamden Hooper in the 138-pound final. Laughlin finishes the season with a 52-0 record. He was state runner-up at 126 pounds as a freshman and has a 97-4 record through two seasons.
Teammate Jace Renfro, also an all-state football player, won at 190 pounds. Renfro, now a three-time state placer, won by an 11-0 major decision over Savannah’s Braylon Ellis. He finished his season with a 48-2 record improving his career record to125-16 overall.
The two individual champions give Seneca 44 individual champions in its history according to MSHSAA, which is tied for 11th all-time.
Seneca’s second-place trophy is the ninth runner-up finish in program history and the 18th top four finish as a team. In all, Seneca had five all-state finishers.
Cassville’s Colton Roark brought home the third individual title for the area in Class 2. He pinned Hallsville’s Colt West at the 2:49 mark of the match to win at 165 pounds. Roark finishes his junior season with a 49-4 record moving his career record to 139-19 with three all-state finishes.
Class 1 boys saw seven all-state finishers led by El Dorado Springs sophomore Emory Crawford’s historic state championship at 150 pounds. Crawford pinned Lexington’s Braxton Emerson at the 3:40 mark of the match to secure the first state wrestling title for the El Dorado Springs wrestling program. Crawford posted a 47-6 record overall this season with an 89-16 career record.
In the Class 1 girls competition, Marshfield’s Carlynn Mynatt was the area’s top placer taking third at 115 pounds.
CLASS 2 BOYS PLACERS
1st – 165 – Colton Roark, Cassville (49-4)
1st – 190 – Jace Renfro, Seneca (48-2)
1st – 138 – Brant Laughlin, Seneca (52-0)
2nd – 215 – Nolan Napier, Seneca (41-6)
2nd – 132 – Eli Manley, Seneca (45-6)
3rd – 157 – Tristan Thompson, Cassville (33-7)
4th – 150 – Jackson Snider, Logan-Rogersville (32-4)
4th – 190 – Zachary Myers, Cassville (44-11)
4th – 285 – Lucas Parris, Logan-Rogersville (41-8)
5th – 120 – Zion Hibbert, Logan-Rogersville (23-7)
5th – 126 – Caden Thompson, Seneca (44-9)
5th – 175 – Riley James, Cassville (38-6)
6th – 175 – Kason Clark, Nevada (20-12)
6th – 120 – Bradley Stumpff, Cassville (45-19)
6th – 215 – DJ Glidewell, Nevada (12-3)
CLASS 1 BOYS PLACERS
1st – 150 – Emory Crawford, El Dorado Springs (47-6)
3rd – 113 – Jayce Estes, Warsaw (41-1)
3rd – 157 – Bryson Whitman, Hollister (49-3)
3rd – 165 – Drake Murrell, Warsaw (47-5)
5th – 157 – James Lafever, Diamond (36-8)
5th – 175 – Josh Harvath, Warsaw (42-6)
6th – 165 – Grant Rodriguez, Cole Camp (47-7)
CLASS 1 GIRLS PLACERS
3rd – 115 – Carlynn Mynatt, Marshfield (43-11)
4th – 120 – Anjelika Alarcon, McDonald County (34-7)
4th – 170 – Analeigh Winchell, Cassville (43-11)
4th – 235 – Drew Leer, Nevada (28-4)
5th – 115 – Emmersyn Miskell, Warsaw (33-12)
6th – 115 – Sydnee Baldwin, Nevada (38-10)
6th – 125 – Jazmyne Blaney, Carl Junction (32-12)
6th – 135 – Isabella Montez, Carl Junction (34-6)
