Trenton Boys Wrestling

Season Dual Record: 14-8

Conference: GRC Conference Champion team

The Trenton Bulldog wrestling team finished it’s season with a 14-8 dual record. They won the GRC tournament two years in a row and placed 3rd in districts as a team and 6th overall in the state in class 1.

They had five state qualifiers and three medalist, with one being a state champion. The three seniors that will graduate are Gavin Chambers, Hunter McAtee and Sam Gibson. Each are four year lettermen. Gavin’s career record was 92-70 and was a two time state qualifier. Sam Gibson finished his career with a 147-26 record, which is fifth in school history for all time wins and became a state champion in his final year. Hunter McAtee finished with a 165-20 career record, which is third in all time school wins. Hunter also broke the school record for number of falls in a career with 116.

The previous record was 97 held by Mason Mounce. Hunter also became one of only four wrestlers in the history of the program to become a 4 time state medalist. Mason Rongey received the academic all state award.

Season’s Best Include: Sam Gibson with most Falls: 35. Most Takedowns: Hunter McAtee with 95. Most escapes: Brayden Wiggins: 38. Most reversals: Mason Rongey: 31. Most 2 point near fall: Brayden Hughs with 15. Most 3 point Near-fall: Hunter McAtee with 21. Most Match Points: Hunter McAtee with 325. and Most improved wrestler goes to sophomore Logan Wilson. Coach Bacon and the team have worked hard this year. “I am so proud of the achievements of this group and am looking forward to next year. We will miss these 3 seniors who have given so much to the program and gave me and many wrestling fans in the community so many great memories”.

Season Record: 6-19

Conference Record: 1-6

The Trenton Bulldogs spent this season improving their skills. They improved from last season winning six games and having 19 losses. Their biggest win on the season is when they took on Stanberry beating them 56-38. One of their wins was against King City during the GRC crossover game. They Bulldogs sat sixth on the East side of the conference with a record of 1-6. Their biggest rival on the season would be the Milan Wildcats. They played Milan twice, and during both games the Bulldogs played them in a close first half. Their first time was during the regular season where the Bulldogs ended up losing 48-78.

The second time was during districts. The

Bulldogs where able to make it through the first round of districts since 2019, when they beat Carrollton in overtime 72-59. Their next game was against Milan when during half time the two teams where tied. The Bulldogs just fell short and lost 36-55.

The team leaders for the Bulldogs were Kiefer Tolson and Gabe Novak. Both Bulldogs also made the All- district team for the Class 3 district 16 division. The Bulldogs will be graduating some important defensive players as well as other players that played big roles this season. Those seniors include Coleman Griffin, Frank Halstead, Levi Johnson, Tim Kempton, Tucker Otto, Landon Spears, and Trent Villacampa. The Bulldogs will continue to work on their skills and get ready for next season.

Trenton Girls Wrestling

The Trenton Girls wrestling team started the season with three potential wrestlers and ended the season with one. Sophomore Avery Clark started her season off strong by taking second at the Tiger Mat Classic. She would then not have many dual matches during the regular season year. She took fourth at the Battle at Katy Trail where she also officially dropped to 140 lbs. for the season. She then took first at the Mid-Buchanan Girls Invitational, starting to build a name for herself. She would continue this pace throughout the season. Her greatest achievement would be to place third at districts, qualifying for the State Wrestling tournament. There she took a first hard match losing by decision. Her second match was where she won by a major decision of 16-4. Finally she finished her season by taking a loss by a decision of 3-0 to a girl from Brookfield. Clark plans on coming back next season even stronger and to again qualify for state. She finished the 202223 season with a record of 29 wins and seven losses.