NEOSHO, Mo. — About 130 area wrestlers converged on the Neosho square for the Square Off on the Square Takedown Tournament on Wednesday, sponsored by Neosho Youth Wrestling.
The event, in its second year, featured four mats of action with wrestlers from kindergarten through 12th grade in front of the Newton County Courthouse and before hundreds of fans.
Neosho Youth Wrestling head coach Carter Boatright said his group got the idea for the Square Off on the Square from watching a video on social media of a similar event in Nebraska a couple of years ago.
"It was on a square like this," Boatright said. "I was like, 'Man, we can do that. So we kind of threw it together last year, last minute. We had 110 kids wrestle last year, and this year, we are over 130. So we have grown a bit."
Dash Chester, 12, of Neosho, wrestled in last year's Square Off. He said he has been wrestling since he was 7 years old and got into wrestling to help with his growth as a football layer.
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The event, in its second year, featured four mats of action with wrestlers from kindergarten through 12th grade in front of the Newton County Courthouse and before hundreds of fans.
Neosho Youth Wrestling head coach Carter Boatright said his group got the idea for the Square Off on the Square from watching a video on social media of a similar event in Nebraska a couple of years ago.
"It was on a square like this," Boatright said. "I was like, 'Man, we can do that. So we kind of threw it together last year, last minute. We had 110 kids wrestle last year, and this year, we are over 130. So we have grown a bit."
Dash Chester, 12, of Neosho, wrestled in last year's Square Off. He said he has been wrestling since he was 7 years old and got into wrestling to help with his growth as a football layer.
#neosho #Event
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