Madison Girl’s Wrestling

Earlier this week the Lady Cubs held their banquet for the 2025-26 Season. It was a wonderful reflection of a great season capped off with a 3rd Place team finish at Sectionals and 2 State Qualifiers.

Individual Award Winners:

Most Valuable Wrestler - Maylie Skinner

Kelsey Bilz Mental Toughness Award - Maya Bullock

Most Improved - Kearston Phillips

Most Valuable Newcomer(s) -
Hannah Ferguson & Lilly Cline

LETTTTTTS GOOOOOO!
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Yesterday 3 Lady Cubs battled it out in Indiana’s Freshman & Sophomore State Championships.
Bella Zuckschwerdt - 5th
Kearston Phillips - 7th
Lilly Cline - Wrestled tough but comes up just short of placing losing only to placers.

The future remains bright for this young program!
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6 Lady Cubs took to that mat today at the Central Qualifier for Freshman/Sophomore State.
Top 5 move on to State March 28.

1st - Bella Zuckschwerdt defeats an IHSAA State Qualifier 12-4 in the finals.

3rd - Lilly Cline

5th - Kearston Phillips

6th - Jesselynn Goldsmith & Jolene Kennett

DNP - Hannah Ferguson

I want to thank all of these young ladies and everyone that continues to show up and support them. Having a young group that continues to want to be in the room and compete is what keeps our future looking brighter than ever.
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After I dropped the ball last year, these ladies rebounded with a force. All 5 of our elegible athletes are 1st Team Academic All State!

Congrats to Maylie Skinner, Maya Bullock, Bella Zuckschwerdt, Kearston Phillips, and Hannah Ferguson.

This is one of most coaches I know favorite awards.
You must be a Regional Qualifier(64 across the entire State per weight class), Sophomore or older, and hold a 3.25 cumulative gpa or higher which is then compared to your peers.

These ladies make us proud to be Cubs!
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“The ultimate measure of a [person] is not where [they] stand in moments of comfort and convenience, but where [they] stand at times of challenge and controversy.” - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Maylie Skinner becomes Madison Girls Wrestling’s first 4x State Qualifier. She also becomes our 2nd 3x State Placer, notching 101 career wins along the way, 2nd most in girls program history. Maylie was a 3x Sectional and 2x Regional Champion, both good for most all time.

Maylie cements herself not just as one of Madison’s best wrestlers or female athletes, but one of Madison’s best athletes EVER.

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You’ve seen the posts and there’s more to come.
This years Lady Cubs Wrestlers took 2 to State and brought home a State Runner up!

Both losses came at the hands of top 10 Nationally Ranked competitors securing their 4th State Title.

Maylie Skinner picks up back to back pins to notch her 100th career win beore knocking off returning State Champion in just 47 seconds to make the State Finals Championship Match. Maylie falls to #2 Nationally ranked Aleksandra Bastaic from Highland to finish her Senior season 37-2 as the IHSAA State Runner up.

Maya Bullock pulls the toughest toughest draw there was at her weight in #9 Nationally ranked Kendall Moe from Indianapolis Cathedral and didn’t back down. Maya finishes her junior season 30-8 and an IHSAA State Qualifier.

These young women exemplify what it is to be a wrestler and make us proud to be Cubs.
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As we prepare for The 2nd IHSAA Girls Wrestling State Tournament, I would like to take a look back at some of the young women that helped make this possible.

The IHSGW era ran from 2017-2024 in which MCHS compiled 11 State Qualifiers, 9 State Placers, 1 State Runner-Up and 1 State Champion.

Including last years inaugural IHSAA State Tournament, this year brings MCHS up to an 8 year streak of state qualifiers, making it 9 out of 10 years we’ve been represented.

Here are our State Qualifiers from the IHSGW era.
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