January 2023

ES girls grapplers win first-ever tournament title

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The Excelsior Springs High School girls wrestling program closed 2022 by doing something the program hadn’t done before: win a tournament title. Producing one champion, four runnersup, three third-place finishers, a fourthplace finisher and a fifth-place finisher, the Excelsior Springs girls claimed the team title at the Western Missouri Tournament, hosted Dec.
EXCELSIOR SPRINGS junior Alyssa Betts, right, works her way out of the bottom position in tournament action Dec. 28 at Center. DUSTIN DANNER | Staff