
The 22nd version of the Cy Fair ISD Ladies Wrestling Tournament brought 91 teams from across the state of Texas, as well as from Louisiana and Colorado. 560 Lady wrestlers were registered for the tournament. According to my count, there were 135 Wrestling Texas ranked wrestlers in this tournament, including six who were ranked #1, seven #2, six #3, and forty-four more top 10 wrestlers. One of the things I really enjoy about this tournament is that it pits 6A and 5A wrestlers against each other in many matches. How many of you would love to see a season-ending tournament of 6A champs vs. 5A champs? I know I would. In this tournament, for the most part, once you made it past the first two rounds, you were probably going to be matched up with a ranked wrestler from either classification. Now there were a few exceptions to this, but only one unranked wrestler made it to the finals.

Photo: Brian S. Doyle

Photo: Brian S. Doyle

Photo: Brian S. Doyle

Let’s start with the 100 lb. finals, which featured the 6A #1 wrestler, Hailey Delgado of El Paso Eastwood. Delgado, only a 9th grader, earned her #1 status in November with an 18-0 Tech Fall over 2023 state champ and 2024 3rd bronze medalist, Jubilee Rendon of El Paso Franklin at the Montwood Madness Duals. I’m sure both Delgado and Rendon will have at least Districts and Regions, and maybe even the State tournament to decide who is the best this season.
Delgado made it to the finals on the strength of three first period pins and a 19-1 TF to face Abigail Mendoza of Corpus Christi Veteran Memorial. Mendoza, is a 3X 5A UIL qualifier and Region 4 champ. She has a UIL 4th place in 2022 at 95 lbs. Last year she finished second to Lillian Zapata of Flower Mound. Mendoza reached the finals via three falls and a MD.
Delgado did not give Mendoza the opportunity to get on offense, as she scored a takedown and two 4-point NFs in the first period. Leading 11-0 going into the 2nd period, Mendoza chose neutral, which resulted in another takedown and near-fall for Delgado, ending the match at 2:44, with an 18-0 Tech Fall for Delgado, and extending her record to 29-0.
At 107 lbs., another #1 ranked wrestler, Arianna Beltran-Villalobos (24-0) from Cy Ranch, made it to the finals on the strength of her victories by pin over both #15 Eva Horton (who defeated #8 Kamryn Quinn) and #18 Amanda Alvarado (who defeated #3 Katelynn Dockery) to face freshman phenom Alessandra Toscano (23-1) of El Paso Eastwood. After sometime on Trackwrestling, I could not find another Texas wrestler who has defeated Toscano.
After a scoreless first period, Toscano chose bottom and escaped within the first thirty seconds. Neither wrestler was able to score the rest of the period. Beltran chose neutral, and was able to earn a 3-point takedown with a power double. Toscano was able to escape soon after, but would not score during the remainder of the period, giving Beltran the title with a close 3-2 decision. Beltran improved to 28-0, but must know that she will have to deal with #2 Toscano in the future.