After watching his team earn its first ever district title at the Class 3 District 7 meet in Grandview on Saturday, Feb. 13, Bolivar High School wrestling coach Jeff Davis was content to let the results speak for themselves.Â
Liberator wrestling claimed second place at the Willard Tiger Pride Battle wrestling tournament Saturday, Jan. 16.Â
It took less than a minute for Bolivar High School Drayton Huchteman to win the 220-pound overall title at the Monett Tournament on Saturday, Jan. 9.
Bolivar High School boys’ wrestling recently finished a spate of recent matches to close out the year.
Bolivar High School girls wrestling took on the 2020-21 season on Saturday, Dec. 12, competing in the Belton Lady Pirate Invitational.
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As Liberator wrestling and the Bolivar community celebrated as the team booked its second consecutive trip to the Class 2 state wrestling tournament earlier this month, Bolivar coach Jeff Davis said he had to force a smile at times.Â
Looking back at two consecutive state wrestling titles, a string of dominant high school and USA wrestling tournament wins, an undefeated 2018-19 season on the mat and an undefeated 2019-20 regular season on the gridiron, Hayden Burks’ overwhelming reflex is to credit his teammates.Â
Bolivar’s Thomas Pennington grapples with an opponent on day one of the Class 2 state meet in Columbia. Liberator wrestling claimed a bronze medal at the meet. Individually, senior Hayden Burks took home his second consecutive state title, Drayton Huchteman netted his second silver medal, Ca…
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For Jeff Davis, there’s sweetness — but also bitterness — in his team’s third-place finish at the Class 2 District 3 wrestling meet Saturday, Feb. 15.Â
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Watching first-year wrestler Hunter Davis on the mat Thursday, Jan. 30, Bolivar coach Jeff Davis had just one wish for the junior.
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