Armdrag.com: Maleah McKinney-Updegraph proves her strength as first Lockport female to place in sectionals

Maleah McKinney-Updegraph may be the toughest wrestler @LockportSports has and the first female in school history to place at the Class AA sectional tournament. Now she's ready to carry the weight of girls wrestling into the Section VI state qualifier.https://t.co/LOqm7VfWsU
— Nick Sabato (@NickSabatoGNN) February 10, 2022

THUD.

An entire gym simultaneously turned their heads at the sound of a body forcefully being slammed to the mat. It wasn't the featured 110-pound match taking place at the moment, but Maleah McKinney-Updegraph stole the show.

The Lockport junior trailed nearly the entirety of the Class AA 110-pound third-place match and was nearly pinned in the third period. But an escape and a stalling penalty put the match within reach. McKinney-Updegraph took down Jamestown's Connor Bush with a hip toss with 15 seconds left and held him for a near fall, scoring eight points in the final period to win 9-7.