5a girls Semifinals Updates

It appears the Class 5A girls’ title will be from a Dallas-Fort Worth area school.

Azle surged ahead with 104 1/2 points after the semifinals and will have four wrestlers in the finals looking to lock up state title No. 2.

Azle started the day with a 1/2 point lead, 53 1/2 to 53 points, ahead of Melissa.

The Cardinals are still second, but now trail by 24 1/2 points.

El Paso Bel Air is in third with 62 and San Antonio Pieper is fourth with 54 heading into wrestlebacks.

Semifinal upsets

Corpus Christi King’s Isabella Arevalos knocked off defending state champion Addison Hunt from Anna in a 115-pound semifinal. Arevalos won by an 8-1 decision against Hunt, who was 39-0.

Elvia Davila keeps on pulling upsets. After knocking off a two-time all-stater in the quarterfinals, the Mission Sharyland senior beat Marisa Iturrino from Carrollton Creekview by a 10-0 major decision. She’s now in the finals of 130. 

Shelby Coyle of Henrietta picked up what could be called an unexpected win at 135 pounds, pinning Alyssa Indalsingh from Burleson at the 3:24 mark. At the time, Indalsingh, 6th at 132 last year, was up 9-3. 

Previous champions back in the finals 

Xazanya González, Amarillo Palo Duro 

Cydney Davis, El Paso Bel Air

Noah Kovach, Azle

Genevieve Bellino, Corpus Christi Mary Carroll

Malia Griffin, Melissa

Runners-up back in the finals

Jasmine Vick, Amarillo Palo Duro

Jordyn Parker, Frisco Centennial

Camille Harris, Frisco Memorial

Alyciana Rogers, Liberty Hill

Aro Ogle-Garza, Lucas Lovejoy

Ava Milliner, Killeen Chaparral (2024)