EXCELSIOR SPRINGS SPORTS NOTEBOOK
UNDEFEATED CHAMPION Nobody has defeated Cooper Collins this season in varsity boys wrestling.The Excelsior Springs senior was 22-0 entering Saturday’s Richmond Invitational, according to trackwrestling. com. He got four of those 22 victories Jan. 31, when he won the 144-pound division title at the Throwdown in Joe Town at St. Joseph Civic Arena.“Cooper is tough and has been a consistent face in our lineup the past four years,” coach Cody Beck stated Monday via email. “He is a very talented wrestler with high goals for his senior season. Cooper knows how to make small adjustments when he has an opponent on their back to get the fall, and he has great match awareness where he manages the match and time in the period due to his wrestling experience.”All of Collins’ victories were by firstperiod pin. His longest match was his title bout against Tyson Jeffers. Collins finished off the Sav...