Steelville High School’s boys’ and girls’ wrestling teams wrestled on Jan. 22 in the St. James Quad Dual. West Plains and St. Francis Borgia also competed in the meet, which was highly competitive throughout.

Steelville’s girls’ team put on an impressive showing and went undefeated throughout the meet. Jaydon Sharp went 3-0 in the 105-pound class and is now 7-7 on the season. Lydia Smelser had her best meet of the season and went 3-0 in the 126-pound class. Smelser now has a 6-7 record on the year. Stormee Yates also was undefeated and went 3-0 in the 140-pound class. Yates, a freshman, has the Lady Cardinals’ best record so far this season and is now 10-6 on the year.

Steelville’s boys’ team wasn’t as dominant, but still had a solid performance.

Freshman Kyle Todd earned his first varsity win by fall in the 106-pound class and was 1-2 in the meet. Todd is now 1-10 on the season. Jacoby Eaton wrestled in the 126-pound class and finished with a strong 2-1 record during the dual. Eaton now has a 6-14 record so far this season. Owen Rutledge wrestled his best so far this season, and finished with a 2-1 record in the 150-pound class. Rutledge now has a 6-14 record on the year. Brandon Alexander (3-1) and Aiden Retkowski (8-7) have the best records for the Cardinals so far this season, but didn’t compete in the St. James Quad Duals.

Both of Steelville’s wrestling teams are scheduled to compete on Jan. 29 in the Quad at Potosi at Potosi High School. Steelville’s boys’ team is scheduled to compete on Jan. 31 in the Bob Georger Classic in De Soto and the girls’ team is scheduled to wrestle on Jan. 30 in the Lady Dragon Classic in De Soto.