Keaton Overcast won the 144-pound district championship last weekend, punching his ticket to the Class 4 state tournament and earning this week’s Performance of the Week.
Overcast pinned his first two opponents — Joplin’s Kemper Loyd in 1:31 and Nixa’s Alton Novinger in 2:00 — before edging Ray-Pec’s Evan Gatlin 6-3 in the semifinals. In the title match, Overcast handled Waynesville’s Lincoln Stearns with a 16-5 major decision to cap the day at 31-1 on the season.
Overcast becomes the first four-time state qualifier from Republic since Michael Taylor qualified every year from 2016 to 2019.
Overcast joins girls wrestling district champions Mabel Rogers and Savannah Bratten, who earned the honor last week, as Republic’s district title winners this season. In all, eight Republic wrestlers will compete at the state tournament in Columbia next weekend.
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