Boulder City’s wrestling team had three individual champions on Saturday to claim the team title at the Class 3A Southern Region tournament at Overton.
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Boulder City holds the lead after Friday’s opening rounds of the Class 3A Southern Region wrestling tournament in Overton.
Here are the top records as submitted by coaches for Southern Nevada wrestlers prior to the region tournaments.
Akram Zerhouni pinned his 138-pound opponent in 1 minute, 3 seconds on Thursday to help host Sierra Vista’s wrestling team to a 64-18 win over Desert Oasis.
Marc Williams and Noah Gallardo each won individual titles on Saturday to lead Shadow Ridge to a second-place team finish at the Las Vegas Holiday Classic at South Point.
Five wrestlers went 4-0 with four pins to lead Boulder City to the team title at the Boulder City Duals on Saturday.
With four returning state meet qualifiers, the Cowboys are hoping for a big season.
Spring Valley 132-pounder Andres Garcia beat the Sunrise Region champion, the Sunset runner-up and last week’s Sunset Region champion to claim his first Class 4A state championship Friday at The Orleans Arena.
Boulder City’s Zayne Dennington trailed Vicente Pinto of Virgin Valley 3-1 with 15 seconds remaining in the championship match at 126 pounds. But Dennington managed a one-point escape, then spun and forced a takedown at the very edge of the mat with one second left to earn two points and pull out the dramatic 4-3 victory.
After Friday’s competition at Western High, Boulder City earned 93½ points and first place in the standings on the strength of having a dozen wrestlers make it to the semifinals. Virgin Valley sits in second with 84, with Cheyenne and Mojave tied for third with 72.