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
Las Vegas High’s Nathan Rhoads pinned his opponent at 132 pounds on Saturday to clinch a 40-34 win over Foothill in the championship match of the Spring Valley Duals.
The Chargers return seven lettermen and hope to build on last season’s results.
Here is a recap of every team that won a state title during the 2016-17 winter sports season and will be looking to defend this upcoming season.
A look at the Review-Journal’s Athletes of the Year from the winter season.
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.
Arbor View’s Peyton Prussin beat Ryan Mitchell of Spring Valley 10-6 to take third place in the Class 4A Sunset Region tournament at Cimarron-Memorial and clinch the Aggies’ second straight region title before the championship matches started.
Sophomore Peyton Prussin went 2-0 at 106 pounds on Friday and is one of nine Arbor View wrestlers who advanced to the semifinals of the Class 4A Sunset Region tournament at Cimarron-Memorial.
Anthony Canedo recorded a first-period pin Wednesday to help Silverado’s wrestling team capture a 39-30 road win over Coronado in a Southeast League dual meet.
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.
