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Cassidy Benwell is our schools 1st ever State Qualifier and Individual sport district CHAMPION!
Technical fall over
#3
ranked Bliss (Wash) in the semis, and pin over a very tough Donahue (Boonville) in the finals.
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Alyssa Anderson ‘25
Sophomore State Qualifier at 115 lbs
Alyssa is now our schools first athlete to qualify for state in two different sports! (Track and a wrestling) She did so after wrestling for a little over 2 months.
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Trouble with the mic, and the wrestling community stepped up to sing the
anthem together. Awesome way to start the district tournament!
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Please join us in welcoming Wentzville native Colby Smith to the North Point Wrestling Family!
Coach Smith is eager to give back to the wrestling community by mentoring our youth in the best way he knows how. Through building relationships and wrestling!
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Our inaugural season has come to an end and was one for the record books. We brought 9 to the state tournament, and came away with 4 state medals including 3 state finalists, and our programs first state Champion!
The future is bright!
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#ItsTIME
5th place as a team out of 16 in our first ever Varsity tournament! Congrats to all of our guys who placed top 4.
106 Purler 🥇
113 Tyson 4th
120 Tieman 4th
152 Sapp 🥉
182 Witbeck 4th
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Congratulations to our guys who placed top 3 at the Warrenton JV tournament.
195 🥇 Gertken
126 🥈 Schimweg
138 🥈 Bucheit
145 🥈 Thomas
170 🥈 Williams
182 🥈 Schmidt
152 🥉 Smith
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Shout out to
@jsapp_04
for earning his 100th varsity win today at the always tough Thrasher tournament!
He is the first Grizzly wrestler to achieve this milestone, and will forever go down as one of the greatest to do it sporting the Grizzly on his back!
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Congratulations to our two State Champions on being named wrestlers of the year for the GAC North!
Mens Wrestler of the Year:
Kaden Purler
Women’s Wrestler of the Year:
Cassidy Benwell
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Tonight we secured GAC North Conference Championship for the 3rd year in a row, for both boys and girls programs!
In top of it all, Kaden Purler secured his 100th career varsity win, over a very game Charlie Reid of St. Charles!
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Faith Abunaw upsets the returning state champion and advances to the semi finals tomorrow!
She has earned herself a state medal, and has an opportunity for a trip to the state finals!
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Hailey Ivancic ‘25
Sophomore State Qualifier at 110 lbs
In just her second year of wrestling, Hailey punched her ticket to the state tournament. Way to go!!
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#StateBound
The ice man Jackson Sapp!
Jackson wrapped up his phenomenal HS career over the weekend with another state medal in an absolute grinder of a bracket.
We look forward to seeing him compete as a bear at
@parksidewrestling
next season!
#GreenAndBlack
#WeAre
#CollegeBound
HUGE congrats to
@HoltFB
and their advancement to the state championship game!! Incredibly exciting to have our district represented at the show!
Well done Indians!! 👏🏼 👏🏼
#WeAreWentzville
Solid day 1 for our girls in Columbia.
Cassidy Advances to the semis and secured another state medal.
Alyssa bounces back and will have a chance earn a spot on the podium tomorrow.
Hailey drops two tough matches.
📸:
@north_point_grizzlies_ad
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New addition to the room!
Hold yourself and your teammates accountable each and every day, both on and off the mat.
Get 1% better each day!
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Cassidy Benwell ‘24
Junior State Qualifier at 120 lbs
Cassidy is now a 2X District Champion and seeks her perfect season with a second State Title!
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#StateBound
Lady Panther Invitational Results:
Congrats to our medalists:
155 lbs Ava Arrezzio 🥈
100 lbs Madison Wilmes 🥉
105 lbs Dakota Ivancic 🥉
130 lbs Mena Southward 🥉
And all girls who competed on a 3rd Place Team Finish (24 teams)!
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Previously serving as a volunteer assistant, we are thrilled to share that Coach Marki Simmons will be joining us officially as an Assistant Coach for the 2022-2023 season!
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Fargo 2022 recap:
16U FS
Chad Benwell (0-2)
16U GR
Chad Benwell (3-2)
JR Women FS
Cassidy Benwell (2-2)
*Cassidys two losses came from the National Champion and the eventual 3rd place finisher.
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#ItsTIME
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It’s with great pleasure to introduce assistant coach Danny Swan!
Danny was born and raised in southern suburbs of Chicago in the city of Oak Forrest. He is a graduate of
@LUWrestling
where he was a 3x National Qualifier and 1x DII AA.
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@missouriwrestle
We are proud to share that we have our first ever state ranked lady Grizzly wrestler!
Sophomore Cassidy Benwell enters the rankings as the 8th ranked 120 in the state. Keep an eye on this kid!
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#ItsTIME
North Point was well represented at the annual MWA banquet this afternoon. Huge congratulations to our academic all state wrestlers!
(State Medalist with 3.5 or Higher GPA)
Academic All State
Cassidy Benwell
Chad Benwell Jr.
C3D2 Coach of the Year
Chris Purcell
#Code1
Our Freshman Boys traveled to the FZW dual tournament, went 4-1 and came away with a 2nd place team plaque!
NP over FHN 72-9
NP over THS 39-30
NP over FZS 54-30
NP over LHS 42-36
FHC over NP 54-30
Very proud coaches! Well done boys!
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#Year2
Your 2022 GAC Tournament runner up at 152 lbs, Jackson Sapp!
Jackson is now a two time GAC finalist (Champion at 145 in 2021)
#letsGo
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Shout out to
@CoachKolons
for showing his support of our Grizzly Grapplers today!
Wrestlers show your support of your fellow Grizzlies by attending our upcoming events. No easier way to build a culture of family than being each other’s biggest fans!
#Twinning
#Family
Each year, we intend to take part in service opportunities and give back to the community. Today we assisted Mr. Elzy over at Rotary Park in cleaning up the Xmas displays.
Thanks to
@CoachStache_
for setting this up!
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#Service
#Wrestling
Very proud of this group of hammers that get to represent Wentzville as members of team Missouri tomorrow morning!
For those of you interested in following online, you can catch all the action on
@FloWrestling
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Please join us in welcoming Coach Londoff to the North Point Wrestling Family!
Coach is a proud Wentzville native and is eager to mentor our Grizzly wrestlers as he concurrently completes his final year of eligibility at
@LUWrestling
.
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Another big congratulations to senior team captain Meghan Menke for a rock solid district tournament, earning state qualifier status. She, along side Abunaw and Jacobs, will competing at the MSHSAA State Tournament in a few weeks!
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Seckman Girls Tournament Results:
100 Weiler - Champion
110 Menke - 5th Place
115 Ivancic - 4th Place
120 Benwell - Champion
Congrats on a strong showing ladies! Time to prep for districts next weekend!
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Results from the Warrenton JV/F tournament. Our boys and girls showed up and came to compete, coming home with a ton of hardware in a tough field. Very proud of every wrestler who represented North Point today!
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Get ready Grizzly Nation!
For our home duals, we will be introduced by the one and only
@brucebufferufc
Just a sneak peak of what’s to come!
Future Grizzlies interested in being a part of something special? Contact coach Purcell.
See you tomorrow at 5 pm!
#AllAreWelcome
Some grizzlies competed at the annual Flight Co. Take Off FS/GR tournament!
FS Results:
132 K Purler 🥇
144 L Buchheit 🥇
150 L Redel 🥉
112 M Menke DNP
GR Results
140 K Purler 🥇
150 L Buchheit 🥈
150 L Redel 🥇
🎵 credit: Trust Company - Downfall
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Massive congratulations to Junior Reese Jacobs for qualifying for the state wrestling tournament today! Reese has come a long way since last February, and we couldn’t be more proud!
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Congratulations to our varsity boys who received All-Conference Honors!
1st Team
120 Kaden Purler
132 Chad Benwell
138 Leo Buchheit
165 Jackson Sapp
2nd Team
144 Logan Redel
157 Brody Wilmes
175 Brody Williams
190 Dom Colombatto
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#KingsOfTheNorth
#GACNorth
Varsity girls complete a sweep of the GAC North and are back 2 back Conference Champions!
NP over Warrenton 51-15
NP over Orchard Farm 70-0
NP over Winfield 72-6
NP over St. Charles 60-12
NP over St. Charles West 51-24
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#QueensOfTheNorth
Home opener for all levels of boys and girls wrestling this Wednesday at 6 PM.
Evening begins with F/JV boys and girls followed by
Varsity boys and girls under the spotlight.
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#PackTheDen
Best of luck to these 3 as they head to the Disney Duals with coach
@wier_joe
and crew.
Kaden is representing one of the All Star teams, and Logan and Talon both will be representing the developmental team.
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Ayamba (Faith) Abunaw has earned distinction as a member of the 2024 Grizzly State team with a runner up finish at the district tournament. Congratulations to the 130 lb MSHSAA State Qualifier!
We are very proud of you, Faith!
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Competed in the GAC tournaments over the weekend, and came away with 4 medals (2 finalists).
Congratulations to our first GAC medalists in program history!
4th 125 Cassidy Benwell
2nd 120 CJ Benwell
2nd 152 Jackson Sapp
4th 220 Jimmy Thompson
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Quick wrestling update:
The girls at Wonder Woman battled tough, but come up just shy of advancing to day 2 of the tournament. Shout out to Mena Southward for having a record of 3-2 on the day!
The boys have 2 advancing to the gold bracket at the Kinloch classic.
Our V/JV boys team competed at the Liberty Tournament today. All competed well and gained a ton of experience in the process!
JV
🥉 113 C. Schimweg
🥉 120 Ca. Schimweg
🥇 160 D. Colombatto
🥈 170 B. Williams
🥉 220 B Sydnor
V
🥈 152 J. Sapp
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