6A Preview: THSWCA State Duals
Class 6A girls breakdown
Will there be another new champion this year in the 6A bracket?
During the past three years, Euless Trinity, Allen and The Woodlands College Park have won titles, respectively.
Last January, the Cavaliers from College Park beat Allen, 42-27, to prevent the Eagles from repeating.
Also returning are Euless Trinity (5th), Katy Cinco Ranch (7th) and Haslet V.R. Eaton (8th).
Teams from the top 8 that won’t be back include Coppell, Killeen Harker Heights and Princeton. There are no El Paso teams in this year’s field, but four of the top 10 teams in the rankings are here.
Headlining that list of those coming to Wichita Falls is No. 2 Allen and No. 3 Katy.
College Park checks in at No. 7 and Cinco Ranch is No 10, giving the Houston area three of the top-ranked teams coming to Wichita Falls.
Weatherford, Grand Prairie and Conroe Caney Creek are new to the field this year, Conger said.
Katy has three wrestlers ranked in the top 2 in the state: No. 1 Emily Beltran (105) and No. 2s Haley Pitts (130) and Natalie Roberson (100).
Houston Clear Lake and Allen also have a No. 1 and No. 2 wrestler in the ranking here. For Clear Lake, Christina Decker is No. 1 at 145 and Sophia Tamayo is No. 2 at 125.
For Allen, Kailin Sebert is No. 1 at 135 and Grace Romans is No. 2 at 120.
Five other No. 1-ranked wrestlers are slated to compete:
115 — Nevada Daniels, sr., Katy Cinco Ranch
120 — Tiana Crawford, so., Rockwall-Heath
125 — Lucy Clarno, so., Dripping Springs
140 — Landri Von Gonten, jr., The Woodlands College Park
235 — Maliana Heimuli, sr., Euless Trinity
Heimuli, Von Gonten, Clarno, Sebert and Beltran are all defending UIL state champions.
Class 6A boys breakdown
Seven of the top 10-ranked teams in Class 6A will be meeting in what could be a good litmus test on how the teams could stack up the next month, battling for the UIL title.
Defending dual champion The Woodlands College Park is back after a 35-33 win last year against Arlington James Martin. That win by the Cavs prevented the Warriors from a three-peat at the THSWCA State Duals.
The 16-team bracket includes No. 2-ranked College Park, No. 3 Rockwall, No. 4 Southlake Carroll and Martin, No. 7 Houston Clear Lake, No. 9 Rockwall-Heath and No. 10 Austin Vandegrift.
Of that group, College Park, Martin, Carroll, Vandegrift, Heath and Rockwall were in the championship bracket last January and placed in the top eight.
Conroe Caney Creek, Grand Prairie and Round Rock are newcomers in the field in 2026.
Of the 14 weight classes, seven of the top-ranked wrestlers in the respective weight classes are going to be competing. That doesn’t include Ethan Sanchez, last year’s Most Outstanding Wrestler for the state champion College Park, who is back for the Cavs.
College Park features No. 2-ranked Nick Payne (106), No. 1-ranked Mason Milsaps (132), No. 2-ranked Luca Rios (138) and No. 1 Logan Milsaps (144).
Southlake Carroll has three ranked high: No. 1 Dylan Ota (113) and Keagan Sieracki (150) and No. 2-ranked Luke Burgar (165).
Rockwall is the only other team with two wrestlers ranked in the top two. Senior Dominic Wilson, who is No. 1 at 157 and sophomore Hunter Gordon, No. 2 at 144.
The remaining No. 1-ranked trappers are Cody Savage from Rockwall-Heath at 190 pounds and Grant Bahnsen from Houston Clear Lake at 285. Ota, Jackson Shipley from Dripping Springs, Sieracki, Logan Milsaps were UIL state champions last year, while Rios, Gordon and Wilson were all runners-up.