ES girls grapplers visit Pleasant Hill, host tourney
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS – The latest high school girls wrestling season is underway at Excelsior Springs.
The Tigers opened Dec. 4 at the Steve Leslie Girls Invitational at Pleasant Hill. Junior Jacey Brewer began her season with a first-period pin of Harrisonville’s Justice Jacobs. She won twice more by pins – first against Lydia Nelson, then against Southern Boone County’s Victoria Endsley – before Harrisonville’s Nonnie Justice pinned her in 52 seconds. Brewer’s 3-1 record earned her second place.
In the 132-pound bracket, freshman Bailee Baxter dropped her opener to Harrisonville’s Chloe Fitzgerald by a first-period pin, while senior Jacky Perez pinned Nevada’s Teresa Dawn. Baxter then dropped her second-round match by fall to Dawn in the first period and Perez won a 5-4 decision over Fitzgerald.
Round three pitted the two Tigers against each other, with Perez pinning Baxter ...