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Kendall Cross’ wrestling career blossomed after family moved to Oklahoma

Growing up as a young boy in Billings, Montana, Kendall Cross thought he was a good wrestler. He had won the Billings city championship, after all. Then he moved to Oklahoma. “I immediately realized how good the wrestling was here,” said Cross, who will be one of seven inductees into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame on Aug. 12. “I thought I was a good wrestler.

“Looking back, coming to Oklahoma was one of the best things that happened to me in terms of development. Oklahoma wrestling is a hotbed. In my childhood years, I’m so glad I got to wrestle here.” Cross went on to win one state championship while wrestling at Mustang High School in 1985, an NCAA title and three All-America honors at Oklahoma State, then wrestled in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games, winning gold in Atlanta in 1996. If you check the record books in Cross’ senior year of high school at Mustang in 1986, you won’t see his name among the state champions, however. Rest of the story at
https://oklahoman.com/article/5637944/kendall-cross-wrestling-career-blossomed-after-family-moved-to-oklahoma?mc_cid=b9eb082e8f&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

August 11, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized