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.
Wrestling
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.
Faith Lutheran’s Dominic Paulos and Connor Bourne each needed less than a minute to record pin-fall victories and help clinch the Crusaders’ 39-35 victory visiting Palo Verde on Tuesday.
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.
Las Vegas High’s Antonio Saldate won an 11-4 decision over Victor Valley’s Sunny Luna in the championship match of the 120-pound weight class Saturday to become one of just two Southern Nevada wrestlers to win his weight class in the Las Vegas Holiday Classic at the South Point Arena.
Coronado’s Noah Moreno pinned his opponent in 24 seconds at 220 pounds on Tuesday to clinch a 42-40 win over Basic at Foothill.
Virgin Valley’s wrestling team recorded eight first-period pins on Thursday on the way to a 65-9 win over Moapa Valley in Overton.
The Bulldogs are young, but return three state-meet qualifiers and are primed for a successful season.
Here is a recap of every team that won a state title during the 2015-16 winter sports season and will be looking to defend this upcoming season.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal announces its 2016 all-state wrestling teams.
Victor Torres-Parra didn’t fully grasp the magnitude of his accomplishment until he stepped on the school bus Monday morning and was congratulated by the driver.
Adrian Ojeda and fellow senior Robert Razo each won individual state titles at Star of the Desert Arena, helping Green Valley capture its fifth consecutive team championship at the Division I state wrestling tournament.
As expected, Arbor View captured the Division I Sunset Region wrestling tournament, outdistancing 2015 champion Shadow Ridge, 179-165.
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