A gallery of photos from the boys and girls state wrestling tournament on Feb. 17 and 18. All photos provided by Charles Bolton.
Category: Wrestling
Northern Kentucky girls win four state wrestling titles
Northern Kentucky wrestlers Emma Moore, Sophie Anderson, Gabby Ocasio and Viktoriya Emelianova won state titles at the inaugural girls state wrestling tournament at Alltech Arena in Lexington.
Northern Kentucky wrestlers fall just short of state titles
Three Northern Kentucky wrestlers finished one step from state titles Friday, including Highlands senior Rilen Pinkston, Walton-Verona’s TJ Meyer, and Union County’s Jayden Raney, while Caleb Duke of Ryle survived septic shock after getting a tattoo last October.
Conner wrestlers don’t have to grapple with Cougars history; they have “The Wall” and Wayne Badida
Conner High School has a hallowed wall of state placers that goes back to 1970-71, and is a family project with the help of coach Zack Fisher and his wife.
Ryle wins fourth straight wrestling regional team title
Ryle wrestling coach Tim Ruschell wasn’t sure how many Region 5 team titles the Raiders have won. “Hell, I don’t know, I couldn’t tell you,” Ruschell said. “I don’t keep […]
Highlands girls finish third at Region 3 wrestling meet
Highlands girls wrestling coach Dakota Riley may have been the happiest man in Lexington. The Bluebirds finished third with 97 points at Saturday’s Region 3 meet at Bryan Station High […]
Coach Peebles has a lot of people preparing blue-collar Pioneers for wrestling work
This story originally appeared in the Dec. 29 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. Jarrod Peebles has been involved with aspects of the Simon […]
A ‘cool accolade’: Mayer closes in on Thomas More wrestling record
Thomas More senior Daulton Mayer enjoys the time he’s on a wrestling mat. The 106 men Mayer’s defeated in nearly four seasons likely took no pleasure. He’s one win away from Avery Jones’ […]
Walton-Verona wrestling: Big-time small-school power ready to take down opponents
This story originally appeared in the Dec. 8 edition of the weekly LINK Reader. To get these stories first, subscribe here. In 10 short years since its inception, the wrestling program […]
‘Long overdue’ girls wrestling comes to NKY
Tim Ruschell thought it was long overdue. Ryle’s wrestling coach said it was about time to sanction girls wrestling, and last February the Kentucky High School Athletic Association listened. The […]