2022-23 Journal-World All-Area Teams: Girls Wrestling
The following selections were made by the Journal-World sports staff:
• Coach of the Year: Kit Harris, Baldwin High School

Kit Harris
Harris surpassed 300 career dual wins this season, finishing the season with 313 total wins. He led the girls’ team to a 13-2 dual record, a Frontier League championship and sent 10 girls to state.
• Wrestler of the Year: Audrey Darnell, Baldwin High School

Audrey Darnell
Darnell, finishing her senior year at 42-4, claimed runner-up honors at the Class 4A state championship wrestling at 140 pounds. Darnell ends her career as the first girls’ state finalist in school history, a two-time state placer and with 107 career wins – No. 1 on the all-time BHS career list.
• Madi Hargett, Baldwin High School

Madi Hargett
Hargett, finishing her senior year at 16-8, finished fourth at the Class 4A state tournament. Hargett (235 pounds), holding the second-most wins in the school history (87), is the first and only four-time state qualifier at BHS and holds KWCA Academic All-State honors.
• Brianna Mitchell, Baldwin High School

Brianna Mitchell
Mitchell, finishing her junior campaign at 36-11, placed sixth at the Class 4A state tournament. A two-time state qualifier, Mitchell (105 pounds) won the Frontier League championship and is tied for the second-most wins in BHS history with Hargett.
• Grace Stean, Tonganoxie High School

Holly Colvert (Left) and Grace Stean (Right)
Stean, finishing her sophomore campaign at 31-13, placed fifth at the Class 4A state tournament. Stean is a two-time state qualifier.
• Daijah Preston, Free State High School

Daijah Preston
Preston, finishing her sophomore campaign at 19-17, wrestled at 140 pounds and is one of two state qualifiers among the Free State and Lawrence High girls’ wrestling teams.
• Goldy Stephens, Lawrence High School

Goldy Stephens
Stephens, finishing her freshman campaign at 24-11, wrestled at 190 pounds.
• Skyy Hepner, Perry-Lecompton High School

Skyy Hepner (left)
Hepner, finishing her sophomore campaign at 23-10, wrestled at 125 pounds.
• Madelynn Arnold, Eudora High School

Maddy Arnold
Arnold, finishing her sophomore campaign at 21-9, is a two-time state qualifier and placed third at regionals this season. Arnold placed fourth at the Frontier League tournament and logged one victory at the Class 4A state tournament.
• Kyleigh Musick, Eudora High School

Kyliegh Musick
Musick, finishing her junior campaign at 24-6, placed first at the Frontier League tournament – her third league championship as a Cardinal.
• Jordan Dempsey, Eudora High School

Jordan Dempsey
Dempsey, finishing her junior campaign at 29-13, placed second at the Frontier League tournament, fourth at regionals, and logged one victory at the Class 4A state tournament.
• Holly Colvert, Tonganoxie High School

Holly Colvert (Left) and Grace Stean (Right)
Colvert, finishing her senior year at 34-2, finished third at the Class 4A state tournament and is a three-time state qualifier.
Honorable Mention: Autumn Wilson (Tonganoxie), Morgan Base, Canyon Burtis, Perla Baeckberg, Willow Dubois, Allee Darnell, Nora Prather and Elee Pittman (Baldwin), Ava Corbin (Free State).






