On Friday night, Sedalia School District 200 enshrined its first class in the Smith-Cotton Athletics Hall of Fame. It certainly appears that in a few years, Libby (Howard) Ecker, Norris Kelley, Charles Van Dyne and Kim and Kathy Anderson will be joined by Emily Webster.
A member of the S-C Class of 2011, Webster is blazing a trail in the rising sport of women’s wrestling. As reported by the Democrat’s Eric Ingles, last weekend Webster, a sophomore at Oklahoma City University, became a two-time Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association national champion. She ripped through the competition at the championships, posting four victories by pinfall.
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