Armani Kelly
Last weekend was the 4th Annual Wonder Woman Tournament held in Columbia, MO. This is the largest women’s only tournament in the country that comes with the some of the toughest competition for high school women’s teams. While it was clear from the start that the odds were against outside states, with Missouri having the majority of their own wrestlers competing, Oklahoma still showed up willing to take their chances.
On Thursday morning, wrestlers showed up from all over getting ready for weigh-in. There was hardly a blank space across the main floor in sight, as they all waited patiently for their teams to be called-in one at a time to be weighed in and added to their perspective brackets. Seats started filling up quickly, with lawn chairs sat up in every available place lining the arena. To say it was a packed house would be an understatement. Supporters from everywhere came to take-in some of the toughest matches and unbelievable wins as the tournament pushed through several hundred matches in the first day. Every division had Fargo placers, All-Americans, State Champions, and even a World Champion Gold Medalist. Upsets were bound to happen as mental and physical exhaustion began to set in.
