Cape Girardeau Little League Wrestling

April 20, 2019

Moments from the 2019 Cape Girardeau Little League Wrestling program. "The main thing is we want the kids to have some fun and just get a wrestling background," Ronald Coleman Jr. said. "Our mentality is to not only change the community, but to change our program. ... It's through, you know, the kids that we could have a successful junior high and high school program." Read the full story in the Southeast Missourian's Weekend Edition.

Jacob Wiegand

Lincoln Gerhardt of Jackson, 4, puts up his hands while preparing to take on an opponent during a match of Cape Girardeau Little League Wrestling on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Cape Central High School.

Ronald Coleman Jr., originally of Omaha, Nebraska, and now Cape Girardeau, high fives his son Ronald "Tripp" Coleman III, 3, during a match Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Cape Central High School.

Holden Covington of Cape Girardeau, 8, executes an exercise while practicing with Cape Girardeau Little League Wrestling on Thursday, March 7, 2019, at Cape Central High School.

Maddox Reed of Cape Girardeau, 6, (left) and Jeremiah Sloan of Cape Girardeau, 8, exercise during practice Thursday, March 7, 2019, at Cape Central High School.

Ronald "Tripp" Coleman III of Cape Girardeau, 3, puts his hand in with others in the Wolfpack team during a match Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Cape Central High School.

Davion Steele of Cape Girardeau, 16, works with Demarion Brown of Cape Girardeau, 13, in an exercise during practice Thursday, March 7, 2019, at Cape Central High School.

Corbin Matysik wrestles Arjay Jennings, on top, both 9 and of Cape Girardeau, during a match of Cape Girardeau Little League Wrestling on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Cape Central High School.

Joshua Pulle of Cape Girardeau, 17, referees a match Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Cape Central High School.

Joseph Baker, left, and Kaden Lamb, both 8 and of Cape Girardeau, face off during a match Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Cape Central High School.

Corbin Matysik of Cape Girardeau, 9, puts his hand on his head during a pause in his matchup with Arjay Jennings, also 9 and of Cape Girardeau, during a match Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Cape Central High School.

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