Casey, Tel, Kimball and Owen Parry were in the SVI studio on Friday, March 20, as they spoke about Tel winning his fourth state wrestling title to cap off his senior season. Below, find a feature on Tel and the Parrys.

This two-page feature appeared in the March 11, 2026 edition of the Star Valley Independent – 

At the Wyoming State Wrestling Tournament Tel Parry did something very few Wyoming wrestlers ever get to do. He put up four fingers to the crowd, signifying his four championships in his four seasons of high school. He’s just the 32nd person in Wyoming do it it, and he’s the first to ever do it in the illustrious history of the Star Valley High School program. The notion that it could happen began four years ago when he won his first title as a freshman, and the expectations built with every passing season and championship.

“There was a lot of pressure this season, I wanted to go undefeated,” Parry said. “I lost a match I probably shouldn’t have lost but that taught me what I needed to fix and go through the rest of the season. I was the first freshman to win it in a long time so there was pressure to keep winning; pressure on myself.”

And Parry did keep winning, rolling to titles in his sophomore and junior seasons. But while the attention kept growing, so did something else.

“After you keep winning the pressure adds on but the confidence grows,” he said. “It was always in the back of my mind, what if I lose, but my confidence kept going up too.”

To say that Tel comes from a wrestling family is an understatement. His dad, Casey, has been on the staff for many years and was a wrestler himself. His mom, Tami, is a Teichert from Cokeville, another name basically synonymous with the sport. Not to mention an all-stater in basketball, track and volleyball. Then there are his brothers, Kimball and Owen. Kimball just wrapped up his third state title in his junior season. Sophomore Owen placed sixth, the only underclassman to place in his stacked weight class this season.

The theme of the house is when you work to get better and try and wrestle the best, the accolades come and they certainly have.

“A huge part of what we do is we keep working out and wrestling in the offseason and the summer,” Tel said. “We do Cross-fit almost every day. Always training. There’s not a season where I’m not training. I’m running cross-country or something. Me and my brothers are always training.”

Casey says wrestling is a great way to force the boys to get along.

“It’s a great way to spend time together,” he stated. “It forces you to. We know what our goals are and what we wanna do. I think it gets them closer. We spend so much time traveling, they watch out for each other. You cheer for family.”

“It’s been good,” Tel said of battling his brothers. “We kind of fight sometimes when we wrestle but it’s been a big help and you never have to go somewhere else alone. Dad being a coach is tough sometimes because he’s your coach but he’s my biggest supporter. We both want each other to win almost more than anything.”

If things go as planned, Kimball will be the one collecting his fourth championship next season. This year he was overcoming a major and painful injury which completely changed up his style but still found a way to win.

“I don’t really feel the pressure on it too much,” he explained.  “I’m not really focused on state, but other tournaments. If I’m going up against a national champion, If I’m trying to win those than state should come along with the package.”

As for Owen, he is another brotherly element and is part of the daily sibling battles.

“They just kind of kick the crap out of me, it’s not much of a battle,” Owen deflected with a laugh. “It doesn’t really come back at home except when Kimball almost beat Tel.”

“What do you mean almost?” Kimball answered. This set off a spirited conversation about what happens behind the scenes of a successful wrestling family.

Some of those scenes played out on a mat set up in the back of a closed down grocery story on one of Cokeville’s streets. Betty and Stan’s Groceries’ sign has weathered and faded but the  main two letters remained and the BS Wrestling Club was born. In the wake of COVID-19 and restrictions and practices, the Parry’s as well as others spent time in the club and the results are staggering. Not just Tel, Kimball and Owen, but Flint Linford, Kashton Walker, Cael Thompson, Miles Dayton, Micah Peterson and Landon Walker were all part of the BS crew, totaling more than ten state championships between them.

It’s a camaraderie that those with brothers understand. And the Parrys are happiest when their siblings win.

“I get more excited when they wrestle,” Tel said.

“I just know they’re gonna win,” Kimball added.

Casey acknowledges the huge group of people who helped the boys get to where they are.

“We want to say thank you to so many who have supported them over the years,” he said. People who put their arms around them and help them. Blake Hoopes and Austin Graham. Chet Erickson. I don’t know how many times he nursed them through. Sam Linford for being a guy we can call with questions. All their coaches. Zeke Mendenhall for helping us do therapy. My old high school coaches have been around them a ton. There’s a lot of people involved.”

Tel is now wrapping up the final weeks of his high school career with a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Las Vegas waiting for him this summer. His brothers and his dad will continue the process of figuring out if another mat for the house is coming back.

“Mom doesn’t want the mats,” Owen says. “We put too many holes in the wall.”

From those mats to the BS Club and Ford Wyoming Center to the national tournaments in the summer, the process will continue.