Aumua, Moehle wrestle final dual together in Team Missouri

by Michael Smith
 
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At one point, senior Sevreign Aumua was the only girl wrestler in the Grain Valley program.
 
When she was a freshman during the 2020-21 season, she had to practice against the boys. During her sophomore season, she had one other teammate. In 2022-23, the Eagles had multiple girls on the team; and for the first time, Aumua had a teammate, Jayden Moehle, join her in qualifying for the Missouri State High School Wrestling Championships.
 
At the time, Aumua said she was excited to have a teammate join her at state for the first time in three years.
 
Moehle and Aumua have developed a special bond and are good friends on and off the mat. On Friday, they got to compete on the same team at the Rogue Dual at the Mabee Fieldhouse on the Campus of Avila University.
 
It’s an event that features some of the best wrestlers in the Kansas City metro area on the Kansas and Missouri side. The Grain Valley duo represented Team Missouri and were integral in their team’s 57-27 victory over Team Kansas.
 
“I am really happy I got to have one of my actual teammates here, Aumua said. “I am glad I could spend my last high school event with her.”
 
Moehle echoed similar sentiments about their final dual together.
 
“This means a lot to me. I love my teammates. This was a great experience. It’s sad that this was my last event with Sevi, but she is always going to be my teammate and I am always going to have her back.”
 
The sophomore had a tough battle with Maize senior Meya Howell, who won a state championship this year. With the match tied at 4-all, Moehle (235 pounds) nearly got taken down. But she reversed the attempt from Howell into a fat man roll and got the takedown herself. She then used an armbar to turn Howell for the pin in the second period.
 
“I did that move in youth and I just kind of remembered it,” Moehle said of the fat man roll. “It’s just kind of a last-minute move but I am glad it worked.”
 
Aumua (140), a three-time state champion, used her signature chicken wing to turn Goodland senior Destiny Gonzalez for a pin in the second period after being up 8-1. The Grain Valley senior will move on and wrestle for Missouri Valley College after this school year.
 
“That is a move I have been working on since the beginning of my high wrestling career,” Aumua said. “I just ended up really liking it and if it’s there, I am going to use it. If it’s not, I know some other moves.”

Grain Valley senior Sevreign Aumua looks to turn Goodland senior Destiny Gonzalez during the Rogue Dual Friday at the Mabee Fieldhouse on the campus of Avila University. She pinned Gonzalez to help Team Missouri beat Team Kansas 57-27. Photo credit: Michael Smith

​Grain Valley sophomore Jayden Moehle, right, prepares for her next move in her match with Maize senior Meya Howell. Moehle pinned Howell in the second period. Photo credit: Michael Smith