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Emma Moore
3x KHSAA girls' state champion for Walton-Verona; titles at 100 pounds in 2024 and 2025 and at 107 pounds in 2026
Crittenden, KY · Walton-Verona High School HS · Edinboro University
By Joe Spisak, Pennsylvania state champion and 4x NCAA qualifier at Virginia · Published September 28, 2026
Emma Moore is from Crittenden, Kentucky, and wrestled for Walton-Verona High School. She began wrestling as a sophomore in the 2023-24 season, the first year the KHSAA sanctioned girls' wrestling.
In February 2024 she won the Region 3 title at 100 pounds at Bryan Station High School in Lexington, 17-8 in the final.
On Feb. 17, 2024, she won the 100-pound title at the first KHSAA girls' state tournament, at Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park. She beat Payton Pomeroy of Pleasure Ridge Park 9-2 in the final. Her match opened the championship round, and LINK nky called her the first Kentucky girls' champion.
As a junior in 2025 she won a regional title at 100 pounds again. At the state tournament she won her first three matches by fall. She then beat Naiya Delos Santos of Taylor County 7-0 in the final for her second straight state title.
She moved up to 107 pounds as a senior. On Feb. 14, 2026, she won the Region 3 title at Robert D. Campbell Junior High School in Winchester. She was Walton-Verona's only regional champion that day, and Peyton Brinkman of Ryle placed second.
At the 2026 state tournament at Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park, she won her first two matches by fall, the second over Hayley Cappelli of Boyle County. She beat Genevieve Cox of Woodford County 16-1 by technical fall in the semifinals. In the final on Feb. 28 she met Brinkman, whom she had beaten 17-1 by technical fall two weeks earlier. She won 13-5 with four takedowns and an escape for her third straight state title.
She wrestles for Edinboro University, an NCAA Division II program in Pennsylvania.
Results
| Season | Level | Event | Weight | Place | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-24 | High school | KHSAA Region 3 girls' tournament | 100 lb | 1st | At Bryan Station High School in Lexington. Won the final 17-8. |
| 2023-24 | High school | KHSAA girls' state tournament | 100 lb | 1st | The first KHSAA girls' state tournament, at Alltech Arena. Beat Payton Pomeroy of Pleasure Ridge Park 9-2 in the final. |
| 2024-25 | High school | KHSAA girls' regional tournament | 100 lb | 1st | LINK nky lists her among the Northern Kentucky girls who won regional titles and went on to state. No cited page names the region. |
| 2024-25 | High school | KHSAA girls' state tournament | 100 lb | 1st | 4-0. At Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park. Three wins by fall, then a 7-0 decision in the final over Naiya Delos Santos of Taylor County, whose name LINK nky prints as Naiya De Los Santos. LINK nky times her quarterfinal pin of Teagan Hundley of Boyle County at 2:00, while the KHSAA bracket prints 1:49. |
| 2025-26 | High school | KHSAA Region 3 girls' tournament | 107 lb | 1st | At Robert D. Campbell Junior High School in Winchester. Walton-Verona's only regional champion. Peyton Brinkman of Ryle placed second. |
| 2025-26 | High school | KHSAA girls' state tournament | 107 lb | 1st | 4-0. At Alltech Arena at the Kentucky Horse Park. LINK nky places the arena in Lexington and NKyTribune in Georgetown. Two pins, the second over Hayley Cappelli of Boyle County, a 16-1 technical fall over Genevieve Cox of Woodford County, then a 13-5 major decision over Peyton Brinkman of Ryle in the final. LINK nky places her first opponent, Iris Wells, at North Hardin, while the KHSAA bracket lists Wells for North Oldham. |
What we could not confirm
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Sources
- https://gofightingscots.com/sports/womens-wrestling/roster/2026-2027 · Edinboro University's 2026-27 women's wrestling roster lists Emma Moore of Crittenden, Kentucky, and Walton-Verona High School.
- https://gofightingscots.com/news/2025/4/11/general-fighting-scots-announce-the-addition-of-womens-wrestling.aspx · Edinboro University Athletics, April 2025. PennWest Edinboro announced women's wrestling, the newest NCAA championship sport, as a varsity sport at the Division II level, with competition slated to begin in the 2025-26 academic year.
- https://khsaa.org/02-28-26-girls-wrestling-state-championships-conclude-at-kentucky-horse-park/ · KHSAA, February 2026. Emma Moore of Walton-Verona won the 107-pound title at the girls' state championships at the Kentucky Horse Park.
- https://khsaa.org/Publications/Programs/20252026/Wrestling/wrestlingprogram2026.pdf · The 2026 KHSAA state championship program lists Emma Moore of Walton-Verona, a senior, first at 107 pounds, with Peyton Brinkman of Ryle second.
- https://khsaa.org/Publications/Programs/20242025/Wrestling/wrestlingprogram2025.pdf · The 2025 KHSAA state championship program lists Emma Moore of Walton-Verona, a junior, first at 100 pounds, with Naiya Delos Santos of Taylor County second.
- https://khsaa.org/Publications/Programs/20232024/Wrestling/wrestlingprogram2024.pdf · The 2024 KHSAA state championship program lists Emma Moore of Walton-Verona, a sophomore, first at 100 pounds, with Payton Pomeroy of Pleasure Ridge Park second.
- https://linknky.com/sports/wrestling/2026/03/01/an-nky-triple-threat-moore-svec-hood-win-state-wrestling-titles/ · LINK nky, March 2026. Her 107-pound state title, a 13-5 win over Peyton Brinkman of Ryle, her route to the final, and her earlier 17-1 technical fall over Brinkman.
- https://web.archive.org/web/20260310024949/https://nkytribune.com/2026/02/northern-kentucky-wrestlers-win-four-weight-class-titles-at-girls-boys-state-championship-tournaments/ · NKyTribune, February 2026. The Walton-Verona senior won the 107-pound final 13-5 over Peyton Brinkman of Ryle for her third straight state title, after winning at 100 pounds the two years before. The page places Alltech Arena in Georgetown, while LINK nky and the KHSAA place it at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington.
- https://linknky.com/sports/2026/02/17/walton-verona-scores-big-at-region-3-girls-wrestling-tournament/ · LINK nky, February 2026. The Walton-Verona senior won the Region 3 title at 107 pounds in Winchester as her school's only regional champion.
- https://linknky.com/sports/wrestling/2025/03/03/trumble-moore-anderson-ryle-walto-verona-wrestling/ · LINK nky, March 2025. Her second straight state title at 100 pounds, with three pins and a 7-0 final. KHSAA girls' wrestling was sanctioned the year before, and because her final opened the 2024 championship round, she became the first Kentucky girls' champion.
- https://linknky.com/sports/wrestling/2025/02/27/mccloskey-simon-kenton-200-wins/ · LINK nky, February 2025. Walton-Verona's Emma Moore at 100 pounds is among the regional girls' champions from Northern Kentucky competing at state.
- https://linknky.com/sports/2024/02/19/northern-kentucky-girls-wrestling-state-titles/ · LINK nky, February 2024. At the inaugural KHSAA girls' state tournament at Alltech Arena, she won the 100-pound title 9-2 over Payton Pomeroy of Pleasure Ridge Park, capping her first season of wrestling.
- https://linknky.com/sports/wrestling/2024/02/06/northern-kentucky-girls-wrestling-region-3/ · LINK nky, February 2024. The Walton-Verona sophomore won the Region 3 title at 100 pounds at Bryan Station High School, 17-8 in the final.
- https://khsaa.org/wrestling/2026/wrgbrackets.pdf · The KHSAA's 2026 girls' state bracket at 107 pounds shows Emma Moore of Walton-Verona winning four matches, the last a 13-5 major decision over Peyton Brinkman of Ryle. It lists her first opponent, Iris Wells, for North Oldham, while LINK nky places Wells at North Hardin.
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