Keys to success

Ally Weis (12) made a splash at her fourth consecutive appearance at the 43rd annual MSHSAA girls swim and dive meet at St. Peters Rec Plex, Feb. 17. Weis has landed a spot on the podium her last three dive seasons, this season finishing in second place in the Class Two portion of the competition. She scored 451.6 points “I felt very proud of myself for getting second,” Weis said. “It felt like after fou...

Lily Harrell (10) proudly took the podium at the Class Two portion of the 43rd annual MSHSAA Girls Swim and Dive state meet at St. Peters Rec Plex, Feb. 16-17. Harrell competed in four events at state, but her success in the 200-yard medley individual race with a time of 2:09.5 was what granted her a fifth place spot on the state podium. “My season was a really fun and great experience,” Harre...

For Kyle Dickhaus (182) his fina wrestling season may not have been what he anticipated but the successes he had will be positive memories. "It was a pretty good season," Dickhaus said. "I enjoyed wrestling with all my teammates." As a former state champion of the 182 pound class, this wasn't his first state trip, so making it back to the tournament didn’t shock him. Regardless, the rush of su...

For Matt Gentry (195), this wrestling season was all about improvement and growth from his past seasons. His numbers indicate this improvement. “I did a lot better than I did in my freshman and sophomore years,” Gentry said. “I had more wins and less losses.” Gentry attributes his extra work in the wrestling room as to why he successfully returned to the state tournament. He previously ...

The state wrestling championship ended in a third place finish for Brendan Carter (285) but it didn't come without trouble along the way. Injuries kept Carter from competing early on in the season. “It was a difficult season,” Carter said. “I wasn’t able to wrestle at the beginning of the season because I had an injury from football. I missed a good three weeks because of that injury.�...