Here are Saturday’s results for the championship and third-place matches at the Class 4A, 3A and 2A state wrestling meets.
Senior David Kalayanaprapruit and sophomore Caleb Uhlenhopp won individual titles to lead Green Valley to the Class 4A team championship at Cimarron-Memorial.
Here are Friday’s results from the Class 4A state wrestling meet and the schedule for Saturday’s championship matches for all classes.
Green Valley and Spanish Springs have combined to win the past eight state titles, but Shadow Ridge coach Gus Gledhill thinks his team has the experience to compete with them.
Arbor View’s Israel Mann and Rickey Jones, Legacy’s Lee Wilson and BJ Phillips, and Bishop Gorman’s Mark Person and James Petrie will play at Southwest Minnesota State.
Here are the preps athletes who signed for national signing day on Wednesday or during the fall.
Spanish Springs, which edged the Gators by two points last season, has the first-day lead at the Class 4A state wrestling tournament with 110½ points.
Cimarron-Memorial’s Matthew Rodgers avenged three regular-season losses to Shadow Ridge’s Marc Williams by winning 3-1 in overtime in the 160-pound division, to help the Spartans win the region championship, 231-228½.
Connor Bourne, who has a 171-29 record during his high school career after pinning Eldorado’s Marques Anaya-Casarez in the 182-pound quarterfinals on Friday, will face Centennial’s Ike Edwards in Saturday’s semifinal round, which begins at 10 am at Bonanza.
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.
State championships: None
State runner-up finishes: None
Individual state champions: Alika Villiatora (2017, 132 pounds), Francisco Martinez (2016, 106 pounds), John Scarpati (2015, 182 pounds), Dustin VanRiel (2013, 132 pounds)
Region championships: 2015, 2010
Region runner-up finishes: 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2011
2018 postseason: Tied for sixth at the Class 4A state meet with 53 points.
Finished second at the Class 4A Sunset Region meet with 182.5 points, 3.5 behind first-place Cimarron-Memorial.
Last 10 seasons
2017-18: Tied for sixth in 4A state meet, second in Sunset Region meet
2016-17: Seventh in 4A state meet, second in Sunset Region meet
2015-16: Fourth in Division I state meet, second in Sunset Region meet
2014-15: Fourth in Division I state meet, Sunset Region champion
2013-14: Fourth in Division I state meet, second in Sunset Region meet
2012-13: 11th in Division I state meet, second in Sunset Region meet
2011-12: 12th in 4A state meet, fifth in Sunset Region meet
2010-11: Fifth in 4A state meet, second in Sunset Region meet
2009-10: 12th in 4A state meet, Sunset Region champion
2008-09: 26th in 4A state meet, fourth in Sunset Region meet