Hannibal’s Brown finishes as runner-up at Missouri state wrestling championships

By Muddy River Sports | March 2, 2025
Hannibal's Austin Brown, right, finished as the state runner-up at 120 pounds during the Class 2 state wrestling championships at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo. | Photo courtesy Will Johnson

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Austin Brown’s championship reign ended too soon. The Hannibal junior wrestler led Platte County sophomore Justin Shute 4-2 in the third period of Saturday’s Class 3 120-pound state title match at Mizzou Arena before Shute scored a takedown to earn a 5-4 victory and the crown. Brown had won the Class 3…

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Pirates’ Brown to chase second consecutive state wrestling title after winning district crown

By Muddy River Sports | February 24, 2025
Hannibal junior wrestler Austin Brown will head to the Class 3 state championships beginning Friday at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo., looking to win his second state title. | Shane Hulsey photo

ST. CHARLES, Mo. — Austin Brown’s road to winning another state wrestling championship has him heading back to Mizzou Arena. The Hannibal junior won the 120-pound championship at the Class 3 District 2 meet last Saturday at St. Charles High School, earning a 21-5 technical fall over St. Charles junior Derek Plaza-Smither in the title…

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Pritchett shows he’s ready to take center stage for Hannibal wrestling program

By Shane Hulsey, Sports Writer | December 4, 2024
Hannibal junior Peyton Pritchett gains control of Warrenton's Austin Schelhase during their match Tuesday night at Korf Gymnasium in Hannibal, Mo. | Shane Hulsey photo

HANNIBAL, Mo. — Peyton Pritchett waited in the shadows. He got his chance to step into the spotlight on Tuesday, and he delivered a riveting performance. Pritchett, a Hannibal junior wrestler in his first season on the varsity squad, won both of his matches at 150 pounds — one by pin and another highlighted by…

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Lessons learned in wrestling room help Hannibal’s Brown capture state championship

By Muddy River Sports | February 25, 2024
Hannibal sophomore Austin Brown pinned Carl Junction's Carter Foglesong in 3 minutes, 9 seconds to win the Class 3 113-pound state championship Saturday night at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo. | Photo courtesy Lisa Rigdon, Cheap Seats Photography

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The experience of battling with seniors daily in the wrestling room continues to pay off for Austin Brown. Now a state champion, he’ll be the one setting the tone in the future. Brown changed the momentum of the 113-pound title match against Carl Junction’s Carter Foglesong by getting a reversal with 18…

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Arch earns chance to win fourth state title; Hannibal sending nine wrestlers to Columbia

By Muddy River Sports | February 19, 2023
Palmyra's Collin Arch, shown wrestling in the Quincy Invitational in January, won four matches by pins at the Class 1 district meet on Saturday at Lafayette County. | File photo by Matt Schuckman

Hannibal is sending nine wrestlers to the Missouri State High School Athletic Associaton state wrestling meet in Columbia, while Palmyra’s Collin Arch earned a chance to claim a fourth state championship and will be joined by one male wrestler and one female wrestler at the state meet. Arch won the 150-pound class at the Class…

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