We were wondering how many Ks boys might be attending this tournament?The deadline is wed 16 april,we r still debating,but it depends on what Momma says.Boys&Dad say yes yes....

We got the ok to go from our momma, man up chief and just go

Is this some type of square dancing competition with monkeys or something? I see its in Branson, MO.

Might be deeohh...why dont u get your skirt&clogs on and come let the Spider Monkeys show u how to square dance Columbus style....

Where can we find info on this tournament?

TRILAKESNATIONALS,COM Its also on usawks calender Nebraska events.Deadline I think is wed. april 16 9p.m. $32 entry includes folkstyle in mourning& freestyle in afternoon.I also Think 6or7 kids from Columbus are going....

good luck kansas kids rep us well.

this tournament was an absolute JOKE last year. POORLY ran from the director. VERY unorganized....save your money folks and stay home....but if you're going to Branson anyway...spend your entry fee on go cart rides....seriously several from our club went last year and very few are returning...to those of you that go, best of luck

65TIGER, what sort of problems did you encounter?We havent entered as of yet,I dont want to spend the time & all the money if its really that bad....Were there alot of kids?Please elaborate,maybe we ll save some gas...Has anyone else from Kansas attended????????

Not a real huge turnout, 4 to 8 man brackets. It was in Ozark MO last year.Only in its third year hopefully it will get better. Below par for a national tourney,but where else u gonna wrestle this weekend, Jace and Dallas Koelzer from Olathe are going.

Lateral drop, The tournament I'm guessing had possibly 250-300 kids at the most and i'm being generous here....I do believe that it was the 2nd year for the tournament, last year it was at Ozark MO. The year before and this year it will be in Branson MO. I was told the HS division was pretty tough. The organizer didn't have all his bases covered for tournament workers, so when the tournament began there were no table workers at several of the mats. Luckily there were several parents who jumped in and got the job done. As far as quality of wrestlers...my son was in 3 man round robin and all were good wrestlers. The younger divisons had many combined weight classes to get matches in for the kids. I have heard through the grapevine they are expecting more kids this year but who knows, my suggestion is to call the guy and maybe you can get a feel for the numbers in your wrestlers age and weight class. There are a few comments about the tournament on MissouriUSAwrestling.org that you can read also to get other peoples input. If you do make the trip best of luck to your wrestlers.....we'll be staying home. I could elaborate further but i'm not really into mudslinging and I do want the tournament to grow.....we've got 4 more years to wrestle.

Here are the entries that are posted. Not much for the younger
kids,but the high school pools have a few good wrestlers (Ryan
Mango @119 ,Ethan Davis @130.) With both styles we hope to get
8 matches in.

Division One
40lbs
Cloe Roark Lebanon Mo

45lbs
Matt Bahl Monett Mo
Christopher Moores Bismarck Ar
Dallas Koelzer Olathe Ks
Joe Noah Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )
Andrew Miller Seneca Mo

50lbs
Katlyn Whittemire Elk City Ok
Sam Roark Columbus Ks

55lbs
Ty Roark Columbus Ks
Ayden Page Elk City Ok

60lbs
Clayton Cordova Monett Mo



Division Two
45lbs
Matt Balh Monett Mo
Noah Patten Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )

50lbs
Josh Bahl Monett Mo
Gunner Bradley Monett Mo
Cevion Severado St. Charles Mo

55lbs
Ty Paulk Joplin Mo
Mason Johnson McAlester Ok
Cameron Mills Elk City OK

60lbs
Clayton Cordova Monett Mo
Jacob Hart Keller Tx

65lbs
Cody Harris Nixa Mo

70lbs
Blake Standridge St Charles Mo

75lbs
Joshua Lumpkin Elk City Ok
Austin Williams Branson Mo

80lbs
Chago Martinez Branson Mo



Division Three
50lbs
Triston Cortez Elk City Ok

55lbs
Thomas Fullmer Branson Mo
Kaleb Hall Branson Mo

60lbs
Tristan Allen Webb City Mo
Stanton Finley Nixa Mo
Jacob Hart Keller Tx

65lbs
Joshua Ayliffe Little Rock Ar

70lbs
Bronte Staugaard Cape Fair Mo

75lbs
Gabe Rabideux Tri Lakes Wrestling Club Mo
Dakota Jones Archie Mo
Tyler Pace Union Mo

80lbs
Zack Roark Columbus KS
Porter Dennen Republic Mo
Dalton Fennessey Union Mo
Trey Smith Seneca Mo

85lbs
Regar Hardin Nevada Mo
Aaron Grigsby Webb City Mo

95lbs
Beau Crower Carl Junction Mo

100lbs
Justin Freas Elk City Ok

110lbs
Stacy Eveland Willard Mo

120lbs
Ethan Pilger Ozark Mo
Mike Vincent Monett



Division Four
80lbs
Taylor Watkins Columbus KS
Joseph Velliquette Nixa Mo

90lbs
Justin Butler Maumelle Ar
Gunner Harris Nixa Mo
Ryan Thomas Lebanon Mo
Kaleb Crook Willard Mo

95lbs
Nick Koon Carl Junction Mo

100lbs
Dalton Kuenzel Union Mo
Ty Cochran Harrisonville Mo
Chris Walton Reeds Springs Mo

140lbs
Carlos Cordova Monett Mo
Will Martinez Branson

150lbs
Jimmy Wheeler Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )
Joey Wing Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )

165lbs
Grant Kopplin Willard Mo

190lbs
Devin Cagle Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )



Division Five
Weights will be combined to make pools.

75lbs
JJ Dorrell Ozark Mo

80lbs
Auston Finley Nixa Mo
Tim Noah Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )

90lbs
Nate Rodriguez Neosho Mo

95lbs
Dimidry Loftis Rolla Mo
Caleb Shuck Willard Mo
Danny Fernel Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )

100lbs
Tanner Charles Nevada Mo

105lbs
John Oss Ozark Mo
Mark Andrews Maumelle Ar
Blake Pepper Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )

110lbs
Marshall Phelan Nixa Mo

120lbs
Cody Chavis Waynesville Mo
Joey Bradford Dixon Mo

125lbs
Michael Cuthbertson

135lbs
AJ Martinez Branson Mo
Cameron Noland Eureka Mo

145lbs
Thomas Schlechter Harrisonville Mo
Zack King Fenton Mo
Cody Lindsay Ozark Mo

155lbs
Joe Zimmer Rogersville Mo
Kyle Benz Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )

165lbs
Tyler Brown Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )

175lbs
Jesse Ruark Willard Mo
Evan Campbell Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )



Division Six
98lbs
John Oss Ozark Mo
Taylor Spackler Clinton Mo
Josh Boyer Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis ) SQ

( We can combine these two weights for more matches after regular Round Robin )

103lbs
Nate Kelly Carthage Mo 7th Brute
Brycen Miner Joplin Mo SQ

112lbs
Matt Noah Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis ) SQ
Andrew Cauble Nixa Mo 3 rd State 6 th Brute
Patrick Grigsby Webb City Mo 6 th State
Nathan Wilson Hillcrest Springfield Mo
Jesse Conaway Rolla Mo 6 th Brute
Zach Schall Marthasville Mo SQ

119lbs
Robert Martin Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis ) SQ
Jared Fricke Centralia Mo 3 rd State 5 th Liberty
Andrew Angelbeck Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )
Ryan Mango Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis ) State Champ
Tyler Alvarez St Peters Mo
Tyler Ussery Ozark Mo COC Champ

125lbs
Seth Revelle Bonne Terre Mo SQ
Wes Kelly Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )
Andrew Wells Little Rock Ar 5 th State
Derrick Weller Piper Ks 4 th State
Johnny Pepper Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )SQ
Brenden Southards Cedar Hill Mo
Xenepher Austin Ferguson Mo

130lbs
Mason Hymer Willard Mo
Matt Robins Ozark Mo SQ
Dylan May Ozark Mo
Ethan Davis Monett State Champ
Sam Evans Nixa Mo SQ 7 th Brute
Adam Cline Little Rock Ar State Champ 8 th Brute

135lbs
Ty Loethen Ozark Mo 2 nd State
Seth Steele Kickapoo Springfield Mo
Seth Golay Carthage Mo
Richard Rodgers Webb City Mo
Ben Cline Little Rock Ar 5 th State
Aaron Starnes Lebanon Mo
Steven Wallace Warrenton Mo
Terry Osborne Nixa Mo
Taylor Powers Belton Mo 3 rd State Brute 6 th
Rodney Carr Webster Groves HS St. Louis SQ

140lbs
Mike Merrit Monett Mo
Tyler Zimmerman Lebanon Mo
Jake Waterkotte Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis ) SQ Brute 7 th
Greg Amos Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis ) SQ
Jeremiah Phillips Tri Lakes Wrestling Club Mo

145lbs
Jacob Garner Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )
Garett Koon Carl Junction Mo
Sam Corsolini Nixa Mo
Justin Bradford Dixon Mo
Joaquin Genel Springfield Mo
Jimmie Cowan McClure High St. Louis Mo
Taylor Ball Willard Mo
Dillon Drennen Francs Howell High St Louis Mo
Connor Anderson Inver Grove Heights MN SQ

152lbs
Dexter Carter Little Rock Ar 2 nd State
Alex Degood Tri Lakes Wrestling Club Mo
Nick Rapp Nixa Mo
Ben Fowler Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )
Mack Mankowich Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )
Christain Camp Kickapoo Springfield Mo
Jake Declue Warrenton HS Mo
Corey Davis Republic Mo

160lbs
Garrett Mayfield Willard Mo SQ
Ian Meyers Tri Lakes Wrestling Club Mo
Caleb Noland Eureka Mo 8 th USA Nationals Cedar Falls
Zach Taylor Grandview Mo 5 th Liberty
Caleb Nolan Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )

171lbs
Miles Copple Joplin Mo
Chris YoungBlood Reeds Spring SQ
Ryan Teuscher Willard Mo SQ
Aaron Butler Little Rock Ar State Champ
Nate Osborne Ray-Pec Mo 3 rd State
Brian Patton Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis ) AAU State Champ
Darrell Risinger Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )
Devian Golden Ozark Mo 2 nd State
Ryon Ward Nixa Mo

189lbs
Derick Pitts Joplin Mo 5 th Tulsa East Central Tournament
Joel Wyman Willard Mo SQ
Norman Graves Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )

215lbs
James Smith Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )
Colin Brixley Ozark Mo
Matt Guidicy Greater Missouri Loins Heart Club ( St. Louis )

HWT
Kory Zimmerman Hancock St Louis Mo SQ
Robert Madison Sikeston Mo
Chris Mcmullin Willard Mo State Champ 2 nd Brute 7 th NHSCA Nationals
Jorcell Davis Hazelwood West HS St. Louis Mo 2 nd State
Justin Britt Lebanon Mo
Mikial Metzger Republic Mo

If i added correctly 89 Div 2 -5 wrestlers and 88 HS wrestlers....looks like there will be many combined weights to get matches....best of luck to the folks that go. The HS division looks tough, hopefully there will be some good matches. With the low numbers hopefully they can run this better than last year, then once they figure out how to run a tournament maybe the numbers will go up and in a few years they can actually be considered a "National Event"....long way to go with less than 200 signing up. I wish them the best!

65 TIGER you were correct. I wish I would have seen your warning before we went. We would have rode the ducks instead. By far the worst ran tourney this year. Its a nice place, great idea, but they just need someone to run it. The kids division was combining weights way beyond the USA limit so the kids could get matchs they said. The High School division was combing ages from 8th grade to 12th grade. My baby had whisker burns on him from one of his opponents and the kid went outside to smoke a cigarette after the match. Heres an idea for a new tournament name, THE SHOW ME WHAT A TOURNAMENT IS NATIONALS. Also $32.00 per wrestler sign up fee, $20.00 coachs pass fee, insane.

This is actually it's third year in existence and it sounds like it hasn't gotten any better... we went when it first started (in the Branson Rec-plex) and it had that creepy feeling of a time-share sales trip from the very beginning (they actually had us register at a Branson tourism center and told us that if we went to look at a time-share property after the tournament that they would give us some kind of cash prize!). The facility was small, the brackets were small, they let kids slide at weigh ins (up to 2 or 3 lbs), it started late, had matches going on 2 mats while 3 or 4 would sit idle, they skipped bouts, and on top of that they actually had an hour lunch break with Yakov Smirnov and a juggler (which was actually entertaining)!!! It was pathetic then and they promised it would be better the next year (which we didn't attend), but the stories out of that were just as bad, and it sounds like this year they didn't have their crap together again! Not to beat a dead horse, but there is no evidence that next year will be any better, or any year following that for that matter!

Ive read several responses about Tri Lakes that took place last weekend.Well.......we had fun going to Branson and spending another weekend wrestling,I could probably say that we ve been to tougher,somewhat better ran,etc...but there were a lot of things that we got to enjoy also,super nice awards,great facilities,the folks who ran it were really nice and tried very hard to accomidate everyone.I havent been to any perfect tournaments including Iowa,each one is what it is.We ll probably go back,I hope more folks support this tournament,I also hope that TRI LAKES learned from their past and improve for the future. As far as I know Ks boys had 5 first,2 seconds,and a3rd. Oh yea,dad got to go to bass pro

I really wish I would have saw this post before hand. I saw a tournament that looked like it could be good for my little brother and a chance to get to hang out with him, since I live in Kansas City and he lives in Minnesota. He drove down from Minnesota (about 10 hours) to come wrestle in this tournament, and it was absolutely terribly run.

We showed up at 6:00AM for weigh-ins and the person that was supposed to be there didn't even show up. Someone finally showed up at about 7:00AM to weigh kids in.

After that, once wrestling finally started, half the kids didn't even show up, which means there were a lot of forfeits, and obviously the tournament people didn't look to see who weighed in and adjust the brackets accordingly.

On top of that, the mat workers had never seen a wrestling match in their life, had no clue how to work at a table, didn't know what the points were for, and didn't know how to read the brackets to get the right kids to the mat. I ended up having to help them half the time, because they had no clue what was going on.

The refs did really well in Folkstyle, but it looked like half of them had never refereed a Freestyle match before, as they had to keep asking the ref on the mat my brother was wrestling on for help on how to score certain moves.

Overall, I am fairly dissatisfied with this tournament, and feel sorry I had my brother drive down from Minnesota to wrestle a whole 4 matches (2 in Folkstyle and 2 in Freestyle), where only one of his matches was competitive.