Purple Eagles Academy hosts Novice Tourney

Contributed Story Posted 19 January 2026 at 10:20 am

Contributed Photo – The Albion High gym was packed Sunday as the Purple Eagles Wrestling Academy held its second annual Novice Tournament.

The Purple Eagles Wrestling Academy held its 2nd annual novice tournament yesterday. The tournament welcomed around 220 wrestlers to Albion High School. The Albion youth wrestlers finished as follows:

1st Place
Asher Dix, Jayce Rivera, Jagger Bourne, Jai’heem Drisdom, Jaxon Francis, Landon Stalker, Owen Whiting,

2nd Place
Carter Hall, Connor Murphy, Steele Sanders, Jaxson Stefaniak, Jordan Button, Storm Sanders, Lexington Pridgen, Major Dixon, Roman Pridgen

3rd Place
Chase Armer, Gaven Jackson, James Mahoney, Levi Purnell, Maelanni Rivera, Sam Conde, Zayden Leflore

4th Place
Josh Parkot, Melissa Mengs, Max Rivera, Mayson Vosburgh, Thomas Colmenero, Wayne Kent, Xavier Weiss

5th Place
Alex McAdoo, Apollo Chuddy, Artaevion Lewis, Atlas Chuddy, Blake Dawley, Caleb Martin, Isaiah Hewitt, Noah Button, Parker Dawley

“The Purple Eagles Wrestling Academy will be hosting a double-elimination tournament on February 1st to help prepare the youth wrestlers for their post-season,” added Purple Eagles Academy Director Mike Sanders.