Bolivar’s Tyson Moore has wrestled for three different teams during his high school career, and managed to make an impact on all three.
As a kid, wrestling was never on Moore’s radar until one random conversation with his dad.
“One night I was just laying in my room, and he came in and asked me if I wanted to start wrestling and I started the next day,” Moore said.
Since that day he’s never looked back, wrestling varsity his freshman year at Park Hill.
“Right before state my freshman year I tore my meniscus, so I didn’t get to wrestle in state that year,” said Moore.
However, he rebounded stronger than ever, winning a state title as a sophomore in Lexington before transferring to Bolivar for his junior and senior season.
“Move here (Bolivar) last year, my junior year, I wanted another state title I was grinding and grinding. Came up a little short,” the Bolivar Senior said.
Tyson lost in the 152-pound final, a loss that still sticks with him.
“I got in a single, should of kept both hands on the leg but I didn’t, I went to that hip, set him back and he was explosive and sent me to my back,” Moore added.
However, that’s Tyson’s only loss since becoming a Liberator. Proving he’s a force to be reckoned with on the mat, “He’s the total package, he’s really good on his feet with head inside singles and he always seems to have an answer on what he’s doing and why he’s doing it, and of course his top game is pretty nasty,” Bolivar Wrestling Coach Jeff Davis said.
He’s also making a difference off the mat, “He’s got a tremendous work ethic, work habits, he does everything right in the room and outside the room. He’s a great example for our kids to immolate. It’s always great to have that guy in the room, it’s like ‘Hey, we want to act like Tyson, we want to do things like Tyson, and we want to work like that,’” Davis added.
Tyson’s talent has many college coaches wanting him at the next level, but will he choose to continue wrestling? That’s the big question.
“I was thinking about going into MMA and start training for that because I box too. I’ve boxed for as long as I’ve been wrestling,” said Moore.
“I think he’s every bit as good as a boxer, maybe a better boxer than he is a wrestler. I don’t know what he’s going to do yet, I think the sky’s the limit,” said Davis.
