Kentucky's Blugrass Warriors Wrestling Club won the 7th & 8th grade team competition yesterday at the US Army Midwest Nationals in Bloomington, Illinois. The team wrestled exceptionally well there and featured four individual Champions:

Keegan Duncan (115)

John Shirkey (124)

Dalton Geoghegan (183)

Nick Skaggs (253)

We also had second place finishes from Kohl Dodd and Matthew Davis; third place finishes from Zane Brown, Hudson Heidorf, and Max Emerson; and a few fourth place finishers. Our Warriors won several head-to-head matchups in beating the second-place team from Purler Wrestling Academy. Overall, we dominated the middle school age division and beat good teams from throughout the Midwest.

Congratulations to all 18 of our wrestlers who competed there, as well as to Coaches Wheeler, Branch, and Shirkey who made the trip to Bloomington and helped get the best from our team. Overall, it was a great day our boys and for Kentucky wrestling.

Mark Myers

Kentucky Bluegrass Warriors

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Congratulations to all on a successful weekend.

Very impressive. Looks like a bunch of kids working hard this summer. I considered taking my boys to this event, but we ended up at Jordan's camp instead. I see Max Emerson placed? Did Brady wrestle? I know those boys lost their grandfather just over a week ago. The greatest wrestling fans ever! The Emersons sat and watched me compete many a long Saturday (many years ago) and as far as I could tell hardly ever missed a minute of their grandchildren's matches in their young career. Keep wrestling hard Brady and Max. He will be there rooting you on.

Congrats!!! Looks like Kentucky wrestling is holding its own. Illinois is a great wrestling state and there were some tough kids there from the entire midwest!

Brady Emerson also had a good day. He placed 4th, losing a very close match to Hudson Heidorf in the 111# consolation finals. Both boys have been a big part of the Warriors success for the past two years.