2023 Ladies Maverick Stampede

Morton Ranch High School-Katy, Texas

Nothing better than spending a nice over casted Saturday then watching high level Texas High School Women’s wrestling. This two-day tournament had 39 teams, mostly 6A with a handful of 5A schools coming from as far away as San Antonio, Austin, and College Station. Was a pleasure to watch and had some great action and some big upsets. The tournament itself covered over 12 mats in over 5 rooms which made it difficult to catch a lot of matches over different weight classes. I’m sure there was a good reason, but a better venue would have been better for complete wrestling coverage. Also, with a tournament of this size better concessions, restrooms and overall facilities would have led to a better viewing experience. Coupled with the fact that trackwrestling kept on going down and the lack of a solid wi-fi made things a little frustrating from time to time. But I like tournaments that offer retail, always great to grab a tournament t-shirt, the overall hospitality of the volunteer workers was top notch and the actions on the mats was next level. Now let’s get into it!!!

Team Race

1st-188 pts Cypress Ranch 6A

Complete team win. Their wrestlers delivered in the big matches and the bench was clutch getting big points in the Cons bracket. 1st place Arriana Beltran 107#, and Mariah Smith 126#. 2nd place Raylan Ross 152# and Sara Garza 165#

2nd-182 pts Cibolo Steele 6A

Narrowly missing 1st place. Got points from the entire roster, but not enough 1st place points to overtake Ranch. 2nd place Mia Brown 100#, and Kaleigh Harron 138#, 3rd place Jayden Haese 107#, and Asaiya Golphin 185#

3rd-151 pts Richmond Foster 5A

Solid finish for the girls from 5A hanging tough against a lot of the bigger 6A schools. 1st place Jacey Kuntz 152#, and Lyndia Patterson 185#, 3rd place Kaelani Palmer 100#, 6th place Shaylynne Nelson 114#

Finals Matches

100#

#4 Christine Tran, Jersey Village

Dec. 7-1

#3 Mia Brown, Cilolo Steele

Tran had control throughout getting 3 TD in three consecutive periods. Brown fought valiantly but just couldn’t get to her feet intime to mount any offense.