Many of the wrestlers on the Lexington Minutemen Boys team performed very well in the first few rounds of the District Tournament this past weekend in Higginsville, but things took a turn for the worst, as the team had some tough luck on the final day, and failed to qualify any wrestlers for this week’s State Tournament.

Lexington was on the verge of qualifying at least 5 wrestlers for State, as Braxton Emerson, Jesse Dunkle, and Mason Bergsieker all advanced to the semi finals, while Ayden Harned and Noah Ellison each won two matches, and all five were only one win away from going to the Big Dance. Evan Fox and Johnnie Staus each also earned a win in the District Meet.

Not to make excuses, but Lexington was arguably in one of, if not the toughest District in the State, as it is probably a safe bet that many of the teams and wrestlers from this District, will do very well in the State Meet.

Following is a summary of how Lexington Wrestlers performed: 106 Kingston Henze 1) Was pinned by Max Evans (Marceline); 2) Bye; 3) Was pinned by Kobi Krentz (Hamilton).

113 Wyatt Sander 1) Bye; 2) Was pinned by Layton Crane (North Callaway); 3) Bye; 4) Was pinned by Marcus White (Trenton).

120 Garrett Dunkle 1) Was pinned by Zane Svendsen (Marceline); 2) Bye: 3) Lost 18-0 to Abe Morris (Higginsville).

126 Evan Fox 1) Bye; 2) Was pinned by Evan Chrisco (Higginsville); 3) Pinned Colten Lewis (Highland); 4) Lost 16-15 to Colson Kipping (Carrollton); 132 Ayden Harned 1) Pinned Gavin Odell (Carrollton); 2) Lost 9-4 to Behrett Lorenson (Palmyra); 3) Bye; 4) Pinned Kameron Unger (Centralia); 5) Lost 13-4 to Ryder Techau (Brookfield); Tied for Fifth 150 Hunter Meyer 1) Lost 15-0 to Michael Hines (Palmyra); 2) Was pinned by Liam Divine (Higginsville.

165 Braxton Emerson 1) Won 18-0 over Adam Mcclellan (Macon); 2) Pinned Braxton Moser (Carrollton); 3) Was pinned by Louis Suddarth (Centralia); 4) Lost by Medical Forfeit to Cody Rogers (Marceline), when the official disqualified him for suffering a possible concussion: Tied for Fifth 175 Noah Ellison 1) Bye; 2) Was pinned by Easton Freeman (Carrollton); 3) Won 16-0 over Houston Davenport (Higginsville); 4) Pinned Blake Kitchen (Macon); 5) Was pinned by Evan Ragsdale (Macon). Tied for Fifth 190 Jesse Dunkle 1) Pinned Keethan Dawson (Macon); 2) Won 17-0 over Dawson Costello (Palmyra); 3) Lost 101 to Benjamin Haubner (North Callaway); 4) Was pinned by Lee Fulks (Tipton). Tied for Fifth 215 Johnnie Staus 1) Was pinned by Braxton Castillo (Missouri Military); 2) Bye; 3) Pinned Levi Street (Tipton); 4) Was pinned by Darrell Clark Trenton).

285 Mason Bergsieker 1) Bye; 2) Pinned Gary Allen (Macon); 3) Was pinned by Gunnar Wennneker (North Callaway); 4) Was pinned by Peyton Baker (Trenton). Tied for Fifth TOP TEN TEAMS: 1) North Callaway; 2) Marceline; 3) Centralia; 4) Trenton; 5) Brookfield; 6) Macon; 7) Palmyra; 8) Carrollton; 9) Tipton; 10) Hamilton Three Lexington Girls Wrestlers, Mireya Gonzalez, Izzy Hager and Lainie Schumacher are competing in the State Meet today (Wednesday) and tomorrow at Mizzou Arena in Columbia.