How Hunter Yeargan became a perfect wrestler

Buy PhotoWe all chase perfection in some form or fashion.

Hunter Yeargan has an honest chance of achieving it.

The Willard senior is an incredible 50-0 headed into this weekend's Missouri state wrestling championship tournament.

He wears a giant bull's-eye on his back as the defending Class 3 state champion at 195 pounds. He returns to Columbia in hopes of winning a second state title and ending his senior season 54-0. To achieve his goal, he’ll have to wrestle through Missouri’s toughest tournament.

Willard would regard him as a legend, the greatest to ever take another man to the wrestling mat.

Even with perfection at stake, Yeargan has not lost a match since Feb. 14, 2015. As with most…