Young Wichita wrestlers decorated with national titles

Malley Jones
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WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) – Beau and Brooks Blevins are decorated wrestlers at just 8 and 10 years old, each taking home lists of titles.

“Some of my favorite parts of wrestling are like traveling around the United States, having fun and meeting my friends,” Brooks said.

“They’re both super competitive,” their dad and coach Nate Blevins said. “They both like to win. They definitely push each other.”

“I just won Tulsa nationals, which is one of the toughest tournaments for kids in the U.S. I was really happy when I won. It was really tough,” Beau said.

Wrestling is a part of growing up in the Blevins house, and the boys started when they were young.

“When I was like around 3, me and my dad would shoot, I’d like work on my singles and stuff, and I just always liked it,” Brooks said.

“My brother started wrestling, so I wanted to wrestle,” Beau said.

The sport teaches them wrestling off the mat.

“Our motto is building champions on the mat and in life,” Nate said. “We talk about the definition of success, talk about persistence, effort, resilience, leadership, courage, confidence, consistency, responsibility, all are things that we think translate into life skills, and wrestling teaches that. It teaches them to get comfortable being uncomfortable, and the delayed gratification piece of it where they’re putting in the work today, but they may not see those results for 30, 60, 90 days down the road. And so, you know, maybe they lose two or three matches in the year, but it’s only losses they don’t learn from. One of our things is sometimes you win, sometimes you learn. If you go back and evaluate the film, and we get better, and we make the appropriate adjustments at the end of the year, we might beat that candidate.”

Nate says working for what you want is important today.

“I think the kids now, we live in an internet world, digital age,” Nate said. “They might tell their mom, I need to get this game, or we can get on Amazon and have something here the next day. Whereas wrestling, a lot like life, you got to put in a lot of work to get that promotion or to get that job or to pass that test. So it’s, you know, it’s not instant results in the real world. And so I think it teaches them those skills, and they get comfortable with doing things that are difficult.”

The boys’ accomplishments fuel new goals.

“At home, we have a goal board, and we have like goals to win, like the Triple Crown, state title, and lots of other stuff like Tulsa Kickoff, like Tulsa Nationals and Reno.”

Beau’s next goal is to win Reno Worlds so he can get the trinity.

Nate says although his boys have the same love for wrestling, they are different.

“Beau just goes to work,” Nate said. “He has five or six things that he does at an elite level. Brooks is probably a little bit more technical as far as what he can do and how many moves. But both they’re both super competitive. They both like to win. They definitely push each other, and it’s good that they’re two years apart in age with about the same age group. So, if we want to go down and work on some stuff in the basement, they have good practice partners. And I think as much as they kind of fight at times and don’t get along, it’s something that they’ll be grateful for when they get older.”

Brooks “Hammer Champ” Blevins – 10U Wrestler 

  • 2023 Ranked #1 in the USA at 71 lbs in USA Wrestling Future Olympian Rankings

  • 2023 Ranked #3 overall in the USA in 10U Overall in USA Wrestling Future Olympian Rankings

    • Future Olympian Rankings are based on a points system by placement of each wrestler at USA Wrestling Folkstyle Nationals, USA Wrestling Freestyle Kids Nationals, and USA Wrestling Kids Greco Nationals.

    • Won every match at USA Wrestling Kids Nationals by Major Decision (8+Points), Fall (Pin), or Technical Fall (10+ Points).

  • 2023 USA Wrestling 10U Kids National Team Member

  • 8X Kansas State Champion

    • 2020 KS Folkstyle State Champion, 2021 KS Folkstyle State Champion, 2022 KS Folkstyle State Champion, 2022 KS Freestyle State Champion, 2022 KS Greco State Champion, 2023 KS Folkstyle State Champion, 2023 KS Freestyle State Champion, 2023 KS Greco State Champion.

  • 2022 Kansas Triple Crown Award Winner (State Champion in Folkstyle, Freestyle, and Greco)

  • 2023 Kansas Triple Crown Awards Winner (State Champion in Folkstyle, Freestyle, and Greco)

  • 2023 National Champion at the United States Junior Open Championships

  • 2023 WOW (World of Wrestling) Tulsa Nationals Finalist

  • 2022 National Champion at the United States Junior Open Championships

  • 2022 Reno Worlds Runner-Up

  • 2022 World of Wrestling World All-Star Team Member

  • 2021 WOW Tulsa Nationals Kickoff Champion

  • 2021 USA Wrestling Folkstyle National Champion

  • 2019 RMN (Rocky Mountain Nationals) Events Freakshow Nationals Champion

    • Brooks has won 13 National Tournaments from 2019-2023 and has been named an All-American 33X based on National Tournament placements from 2019-2023.

  • Career Record of 359-41, with 78% of wins coming by Major, Technical Fall, or Fall.

Beau “Ironside” Blevins – 8U Wrestler

  • 2023 USA Wrestling Folkstyle National Champion, USA Wrestling Freestyle National Champion, USA Wrestling Greco National Champion

  • 2023 USA Wrestling National Triple Crown Award Winner (National Champion in Folkstyle, Freestyle, and Greco).

  • 2023 USA Wrestling Kids National Team Member at 8U

  • 2023 WOW Tulsa Nationals Kickoff Champion

  • 2023 National Champion at United States Junior Open Championships

  • 2023 United State Junior Open Championships 8U Outstanding Wrestler

  • 2024 WOW Tulsa Nationals Champion

    • Currently Ranked #1 in the WOW National Youth Rankings

    • Will be wrestling at Reno Worlds to win the World of Wrestling Trinity Award, which is a prestigious award given to those wrestlers who win all 3 World of Wrestling National Events (Tulsa Kickoff, Tulsa Nationals, Reno Worlds)

  • 2022 WOW Tulsa Nationals Champion

  • 2022 WOW Reno Worlds Runner-Up

  • 3X Kansas State Champion

  • Beau has won a total of 8 National Tournaments and is a 16X All-American based on placements at National Tournaments.

  • Career Record of 215-30 since 2020.

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