This Wyoming Wrestler Without Legs Just Won A State Title

Wyoming wrestler Sammie Cyrus won a state championship to end his senior season, a remarkable accomplishment for the double-amputee.

The Dubois native was diagnosed with a rare form of meningitis at 10 months old, and spent the first eight years of his life in pain before undergoing his second amputation.

Cyrus learned adaptive snowboarding before being turned on to wrestling in sixth grade.

Hassan Hawthorne, a double amputee wrestler who was then at North Idaho College, mentored Sammie and he began to excel.

Under Dubois coach David Trembly, Cyrus finished fourth in state as a freshman, third in regionals as a sophomore and runner-up as a junior.

Trembly passed away after a five-year battle with color cancer in September, and Sammie made him proud, winning the 2A state title five months later.

The championship match at 106 pounds was Cyrus’s sixth against friend Ace Arnold.

“You’re a great competitor and an even better friend to me,” Sammie wrote. “I'm happy I can end my high school career on one last go with you.”

photos/videos: @SammieCyrus, @KellyCyrus