Canyon Randall Knocks Off Defending State Champ Lubbock Cooper for District Title

Canyon Randall knocked off defending state champion Lubbock Cooper at the District 3-5A tournament on Jan. 29 in Vernon. 

Randall finished with 192 1/2 points, while Cooper — ranked No. 8 in the latest team rankings — had 178.

There were 12 teams at the event and the top four finishers advanced to the 5A Region 1 meet, which will be at Lubbock Memorial Civic Center this upcoming weekend.

Randall had only one champion — No. 3-ranked Lillian McHam. The Raiders sent 8 of its 11 district wrestlers to the regional meet. 

The freshman improved to 46-4 with three wins, all by pins, in the 100-pound bracket. She beat Canyon West Plains’ Serenity Cervantez, ranked No. 7, by a pin in 1:32.

A quartet of wrestlers were runners-up for Randall: Lauren McHam (115), Hanna Trujillo (120), No. 18-ranked Addison Hardie (125), and No. 6 Macey Jeffrey. 

Lubbock Cooper

The Pirates had a trio of individual champions out of the 11 wrestlers at the district meet. Seven of those 11 moved on.

Anaveh Gonzales (105) went 3-0 and won the 105-pound bracket. The senior, ranked No. 2 at 110, dropped down a weight class. 

In the final, she beat No. 3 Felicity Tarango of Lubbock by a pin in 5:02.

Tylie Ramos was another Pirate to drop down.

Ranked No. 4 at 125, she went to 120 and took first. The junior (36-4) beat Randall’s Trujillo by a pin in 2:25. 

Dereona Young (140) went 3-0 and won the 140-pound bracket. The sophomore beat Canyon’s Maklyn Lee by pin in 3:24. 

Other champions 

110 — Savanna Denton, Canyon West Plains 

115 — No. 3 Tessa Urias, Lubbock Coronado 

125 — No. 18 Ariana Henderson, Lubbock Coronado 

130 — No. 1 Dalilah Coyle, Henrietta 

135 — No. 2 Shelby Coyle, Henrietta 

145 — Khloie Gomez, Lubbock Coronado 

155 — No. 9 Charlotte Campsey, Canyon 

170 — No. 3 Kylie O’Dell, Canyon West Plains 

190 — No. 8 Shaianne Brown, Lubbock Monterey 

235 — No. 8 Marielle Prieto, Lubbock