Day 1 seen some upsets of #1 ranked wrestlers and some just plain OMG!!, below is how the top 4 made out.
106-6A
This wasn’t an upset per the rankings but more of confirmation that #2 Braxton brown from Allen is the real deal beating #3 Parker Decker in a 5-1 decision. #1 Dominic Chavez of Arlington Martin and #4 Jackson Crandall of Katy did what was expected.
106-5A
#1 Tyler Brennan of Frisco is living up to his #1 status but the other top 3 have not. #2 Deigo Serna got beat by #9 Axel Hernandez of Dumas, #3 Andres Gonzalez of Bryan got beat by #14 Sean Bonner of Lubbock. #4 Andres Mendoza of Caprock got beat by #6 John Richardson of Prosper.
113-6A
#4 Preston Parker of Keller didn’t make it past #5 Jude Camancho of Houston Cy-Ranch. #1 Noah Gochberg of Austin Vandegrift, #2 Gabe Martinez of Allen, and #3 Jaden Two Lance of Arlington Martin lived up to their rankings.
113-5A
#4 Coby Eikenhorst of Carrollton Creekview was the only top 4 wrestler here that didn’t make it out of the first round getting tech called by #14 Noah Duvall of Springtown who got beat by #6 Alex Pena of Lubbock.
120-6A
Like I said in the 6A preview story, 120 is in my opinion the toughest weight class this year with the #1, #3, and #4 all in the bottom half of the bracket. #4 Noah Yeamans of Allen gets beat by #4 Christian Moreno and will meet #1 Luke Garcia in the semi finals.
120-5A
#3 Larry Duran of Bryan gets beat by #7 Mason Purvis of El Paso Chapin. The other top 3 are still at the top with #1 Johnathon Ortegon of Canyon Randall will meet #2 Gregory Coapstick of Frisco Centennial in the semi finals. #4 Broderick Green of Frisco Liberty will face Purvis.
126-6A
Again we had #1, #3, and #4 all on one side of the bracket. #1 Logan Brown of Allen will meet #3 Adrian Rodriguez of El Paso Franklin who beat #4 Yahya Maqavi of San Antonio Reagan. #2 Isiah Delgado of El Paso Eastwood will have #7 Sam McCoy of Plano on the other side.
126-5A
#7 Nick Immel of Bushland gets by #3 Carson Pottenger of Georgetown. The other top 3 did what was expected. #1 Torres, #2 Steward, and #4 Pleasant.
132-6A
#2 Connor Manderfeld of Arlington Martin didn’t get passes #4 Connor Wilson of Allen, and #3 Jesse Diaz didn’t get past #9 Deshawn Cosby of Schertz Clemens. #1 Green takes care of business on his side.
132-5A
#1 Roth, #2 Leal, and #3 Ruelas do what is expected. but #10 Rene Fierro of El Paso Eastlake beats #4 Robert Fountain of McKinney North.
138-6A
#1 Dooley, #2 Bautista, and #4 Munguia live up to their rankings. #3 Brett Taylor gets decisioned by wrestler of the week #10 Gabriel Palos of Houston /Cy-Ridge.
138-5A
#1 Warden and #2 Kumlien are still headed towards each other. #3 Gilbert Falcon of Dumas gets beat by #6 Micah Wiginton of Pflugerville Weiss and #4 Spencer Buchholtz of Dallas Highland Park lost 1st round and 2nd round.
145-6A
#4 Zach Carpenter of Arlington Martin is the only top 4 not to make the semi finals here, #3 Elise Brown Ton of Allen got by Carpenter here. #1 Manibog and #2 Jewett will face off on the top side.
145-5A
Only top 4 wrestler here to prevail is #2 Christian Hernandez of El Paso Bel Air returning State Champ. #1 Brady Mistr of Wakeland gets beat by #6 Elliot Cortez of El Paso Del Valle. #3 Mason Kruijac of College Station A & M cons. gets beat by #10 Andrew Maldonado of Ft Worth Chisholm Trail and #4 Julian Delgado of CC King gets beat by #9 Braxton Montgomery of Dumas.
152-6A
The top 4 all make the semi finals here. #1 Haddock, #2 Two Lance, #3 Cooley, and #4 Cuevas.
152-5A
With the absence of #4 Branson Britton of Canyon Randall, #1 Dixon, #2 Fehrenbacher, #3 Mills and #5 Tolbert all regional champs make the semi finals.
160-6A
#4 Joseph Rodriguez of Keller Fossil Ridge didn’t make it past #1 Juwan Robinson of Allen in the quarter finals, #2 Mora and #3 Owcarz still on the other side of the bracket.
160-5A
The top 4 all made the semi finals here. #1 Flaherty, #2 Everts, #3 Woodley, and #4 Jean. #1 and #2 will battle on the bottom side of the bracket.
170-6A
#4 Dakota Kleffner of Vandegrift didn’t make it past the quarter finals. #1 Redlin who is 2 wins away from becoming only the 3rd 4x state champ in UIL history. #2 Kilgore, and #3 Kretzer round out the top 4.
170-5A
#4 Ryland Kinard of Dripping Springs didn’t make it past #5 James Wujek of Prosper in the quarter finals. #1 Dillion Thomas, #2 the other Thomas, Ja’Marcus meet in the semi finals #3 Hernandez is on the top side.
182-6A
#1 Zaire Ardoin of cinco Ranch and #2 Zachery Grimes of Keller Timber Creek both fell in the quarter finals. #3 Christensen and #4 Alvarez are still on top.
182-5A
#2 Luke Carlin of Georgetown didn’t get past #6 Diego Lorenso of Frisco Liberty. #1 Donnell, #3 Nutall, and #4 Cape-Lucio are still on top.
195-6A
#4 Kelby Davis of Vista Ridge didn’t make it out of the 1st round. #1 Ferrari, #2 Johnson and #3 Wilson still on top.
195-5A
#3 Hayden Schultz of Grapevine didn’t make it out of the 1st round, and #4 Jayden Lighthart of Beeville Jones fell in the quarter finals. #1 Conner and #2 Castleberry will battle in the semi finals.
220-6A
#4 Isaac Barron of Klein Collins didn’t make it out of the quarter finals, #1 Pulido, #2 DelMonte, and #3 Doddridge still going strong.
220-5A
#2 Geronimo Saucedo of Wylie East takes a loss in the quarter finals and #3 Jose Coubles didn’t get out of the 1st round. #1 Molinar and #4 Bell square off in the semi finals.
285-6A
#1 Williams and #3 Ousley are the 2 remaining top 4 here and will meet in the semi finals. #2 George Marsh didn’t get out of the 1st round, #4 Elijah Fernandez of El Paso Eastwood didn’t even wrestle.
285-5A
All 4 top ranked guys are in the semi finals here, #1 Laird, #2 Nwankwo, #3 Glenn, and #4 Sanchez