In the three seasons since being in high school, Maddie Kubicki has done something that very few wrestlers have accomplished.
The Park Hill South junior has never lost a match and has more recently surpassed the triple digit win barrier. When the Panthers became back-to-back Red Division conference champions in their most recent dual against Lee’s Summit on Feb. 1, Kubicki won her 100th match.
Park Hill South junior Maddie Kubicki, above, won her 100th career wrestling match against Lee’s Summit on Feb. 1.
“It’s just another step in the process, I’m just going to keep wrestling,” Kubicki said. “For me, it’s an accomplishment, but it is not going to change my mindset. I’m going to keep going and focusing on the next one.”
Technically, the 141-pound wrestler has 105 career wins since she bested five boys’ opponents when she was competing with both genders in her freshman season in 2020. However, the most recent match gave the junior her 100th career win among girl wrestlers.
Kubicki is the two-time reigning state champion in the 135 and 143 weight classes with a likely chance to three-peat as a state champion this season. In her historical 30-0 freshman campaign, the 135-pound wrestler pinned Lawson’s Savannah McCutchen in the state championship to be the first state champion in program history – which includes the Park Hill South boys’ wrestling program.
“I just take it one match at a time and go out there and do my thing and properly prepare myself. I like to clear my head before my matches and go out there and wrestle the way that I do, and see what happens,” Kubicki said.
In her sophomore season, the Panther poured out 39 more wins and no losses with the most recent victory happening in the 143-weight class state championship. Kubicki imprinted her name in the history books of being a two-time state champion when she defeated Holt’s Esther Han with an 8-3 decision.
Kubicki has been wrestling ever since she was five years old, following in the footsteps of her older brother and father who have both wrestled. While she expected to reach this feat before her first match as a freshman, the junior Panther’s mindset has changed throughout the years as she has improved her game.
“It’s happened over the years of wrestling because I have been wrestling my whole life. I feel like throughout the years and getting more into it and going all year-round my mindset has changed a lot to just be able to think in certain situations and to be able to build that,” Kubicki said.