Gabriel Taledo won by pin as time expired at 106 pounds to clinch Shadow Ridge’s 36-34 wrestling win over host Centennial on Wednesday.
Wrestling
Virgin Valley’s Ty Smith won a national championship at 113 pounds at the Freestyle Junior National Wrestling Championships in Fargo, North Dakota, last week.
Green Valley sophomore Steele Dias won the 106-pound state championship to help the Gators to their sixth consecutive state title Saturday at Spanish Springs High School.
Having won five consecutive state championships, Green Valley coach Jon Ferry might have expected to feel comfortable with a lead after the first day of the Class 4A state tournament. But Ferry wasn’t feeling so secure as his team prepared to leave the gym after Friday’s semifinal round at Spanish Springs.
Raised in a non-violent culture in Ethiopia, Clark’s Melekte Demdemyanos can’t be blamed for getting emotional after his 120-pound Championship at the Bulldog Grappler at Centennial on Saturday.
Liberty’s wrestling team dominated the lower weights Wednesday, winning five of the six lightest classes to edge visiting Coronado, 40-39.