Ray Shoaf
Preseason Nationals wraps up this weekend and out of the 217 registered wrestlers only 184 made the trip to Des Moines Iowa to the Hyvee Hall Events Center. Texas had multiple placers this year in all divisions and even ran into some head to head Texas matches. Some causing some to go home. Texas had 4 Champs over all through the weekend with 46 placers total.
The High School Boys finished up on Saturday with 7 placers in the 11th & 12th grade division and the 9th & 10th grade division Texas had 4 placers.
The 11th & 12th grade top finisher were Eamonn Jimenez @ 113lbs and Tristan Winters @ 220lbs both placing 4th. Winters ranked #2 @ 220-6A beat Peyton Madawi ranked #10-6A along the way. Both Jimenez and Winters went 5-2 on the weekend. #1 ranked @160-6A Austin Hartmangruber and Drake Madole both wrestled to a 5th place finish. Both wrestlers made the semi finals before gaining their first loss. #3 ranked @ 106-6A Juan Cantu @ 113lbs made the semifinals as well but had to settle for 6th place. #7 ranked @ 106-5A Copper Chapman and #1 ranked @ 138-6A Jakob Smith after both making the quarter finals placed 8th. Chapman beat Nikolas Govea a top 10 ranked 6A wrestler along the way.
The star in the 9th & 10th grade division would have to go to the up and coming freshman for College Park, Caio Aron @ 113lbs who isn’t ranked yet in the Texas rankings “YET” ran the gauntlet all the way to the finals before taking his first loss and settling for 2nd place. Aron has always been a top placer and champ on the national schoolboy scene and looks to extend his winning ways to the high school scene. Kody Tanimoto who placed 4th at the freakshow a couple of weeks ago wrestled to a 5th place finish here at 100lbs after reaching the semifinals. Ibraheem Ahmed @ 170lbs and Luke Garcia @ 195lbs both placed 7th.
The Middle School Boys had 10 placers out of the 19 wrestlers competing with 2 champions and 1 runner up. Steel Meyers @ 136lbs and Aiden Cooley @ 187lbs both won a Championship with Noah Santiago @ 149lbs making the finals but had to settle for 2nd place. Mikey Ruiz @ 92lbs lost in the round of 16 and stormed back in the consolation side to reach the 3rd place match and took it placing 3rd. Shea McKee @ 149 also made the semifinals before taking his first loss, made it to the 3rd place match and settled for 4th place. Will Deutschlander @ 136lbs battled his way to a 5th place finish. Dylan Ota @ 83lbs, Maddux Tindal @ 87lbs, and Maddox Preskitt @ 102 all placed 8th.
The Elementary Boys had 7 of the 11 wrestlers place with no champs but, Vinny Ferrari @ 78lbs made the finals but had to take a 2nd place finish in the 5th & 6th grade boys along with Benjamin Iturrino @ 105lbs taking 2nd as well but in the 3rd & 4th grade division. Ben Gruner @ 84lbs and Michael Lopez @ 105lbs both placed 5th in the 3rd & 4th grade boys with Costa Tuttle taking 6th place at 77lbs. Jaxon Johnson @ 70lbs in the 5th & 6th grade boys took a 7th place finish. Gino Ferrari @ 56 in the 1st & 2nd grade division took a 7thplace finish.
Now the Girls. The girls although only having 45 wrestlers competing had 24 top ranked wrestlers in the mix. With the 138lb class having 3 of the 4 ranked top 2. Over-all the girls had 16 placers with 2 champs. Starting out with 100lbs, #1 ranked @ 95-6A and 2x state champ Olivia DeGeorgio lost in the quarter finals to the eventual champ and stormed back taking 3rd placed. Isabella Cruz placed 6th and Brenna Trang placed 8th. 106lbs Akeelah Moore was the only placer at 6th place. At 112lbs Texas had 8 women in battle with the marque match being the battle of the state champs for 3rd place. #1 ranked @ 110-6ABayley Trang, 2021 state champ and #2 ranked @ 110-5A Avery Ashley, 2020 state champ went the way of Trang 4-2 with the 1st period of Ashley’s takedown going the distance to the 3rd period when with 12 seconds left Trang got the escape and then a takedown for the win. It was challenged by Ashley but held giving the extra point to Trang. Trang got to the 3rd place match the hard way after losing to Bernal in the round of 16, but avenging the loss in the consolation semifinals for the Trang vs Ashley match up. They were the only 2 placing out of the 8 Texas girls.
At the 117 weight it was an all Texas finals with #2 @ 119-5A Madison Canales vs #4 @ 119-6A Alyssa Ruiz. Canales got the fall in the 2nd period. At 122 #1 ranked @ 119-6A Olivia Moreno won the championship with a fall in the 2nd period as well becoming the 2nd women’s champ. Brooke Trevino place 8th in this weight as well. At 127lbs Brooke McCurley took a 7th place finish. The 138lb class had 8 Texas wrestlers as well with #1 ranked @ 128-5A Aubrey Yauger grabbing the 4th place finish. #2 ranked @ 138-6A Olivia Crutchley got a 6th place finish which should move her up to the new #1. #9 @ 128-6 A Rebecca Natvig got her a 7th place finish. Maegan E. Flaherty placed 8th @ 144lbs. 152lbs Bailey Ford ranked #5 @ 148 placed 6th. Shenita Lawson placed 4th at 180lbs.
The Middle School Girls standout was Nevada Daniels @ 110lbs reaching the finals but had to settle for a 2nd place. Analia Urias at the same weight took 5th place and Aniz Ramirez @ 97 took a 4th place finish.
Below is the compete W/L of all the wrestlers
| 11th-12th Grade Boys | ||||
| 106 lbs | Nikolas Govea | 1-2 | ||
| 106 lbs | Cooper Chapman | 3-3 | 8th place | |
| 113 lbs | Eamonn Jimenez | 512 Outlaw Wrestling | 5-2 | 4th place |
| 113 lbs | Juan Cantu | Gracie Barra Westchase Wrestling Club | 3-3 | 6th place |
| 113 lbs | Ty Ferguson | Cobra Kai Elite Wrestling Academy | 0-2 | |
| 113 lbs | Marcus Hayes | 0-2 | ||
| 120 lbs | Carter Taylor | 3F Wrestling | 1-2 | |
| 120 lbs | Maddox Oakley | Spartan Mat Club | 0-2 | |
| 120 lbs | Caden Lopez | 0-2 | ||
| 120 lbs | Johnathan Haneisen | Spartan Mat Club | 0-2 | |
| 120 lbs | Luke Burgess | 3F Wrestling | 0-2 | |
| 120 lbs | Noah Ledyard | KT 3 Style Wrestling Club | 0-2 | |
| 120 lbs | Kane Sistrunk | 512 Outlaw Wrestling | 1-2 | |
| 126 lbs | DeCory Hussey | Ohana Northeast Wrestling Academy | 0-2 | |
| 126 lbs | Francisco Limon | G.Y.M.R. | 0-2 | |
| 126 lbs | Richard Davila | Caprock High School Wrestling | 3-2 | |
| 126 lbs | Justin Maricle | Spartan Mat Club | 0-2 | |
| 126 lbs | Jackson Herman | Praetorian Wrestling Club | 0-2 | |
| 126 lbs | Josiah Pina | Caprock High School Wrestling | 2-2 | |
| 126 lbs | Zachary Evans | Arlington Martin | 2-2 | |
| 126 lbs | Anthony Tritico | 0-2 | ||
| 132 lbs | Nicholas Silva | Thundercat Wrestling Club | 0-2 | |
| 126 lbs | Nicholas Gorman | BRYAN | 3-2 | |
| 132 lbs | Caden Brown | Best Trained Wrestling | 2-2 | |
| 132 lbs | Gian Rangel | G.Y.M.R. | 0-2 | |
| 132 lbs | Joseph Richardson | Texas Pride Wrestling Club | 2-2 | |
| 132 lbs | Esteban Duran | Tribe Wrestling Club | 0-2 | |
| 132 lbs | Khoi Hoang | Cobra Kai Elite Wrestling Academy | 1-2 | |
| 138 lbs | Xavier Payne | G.Y.M.R. | 0-2 | |
| 138 lbs | Mason Gordon | Texas Pride Wrestling Club | 3-2 | |
| 138 lbs | Jimmy Benne | NB Elite Wrestling Club | 0-2 | |
| 138 lbs | Adrian Delgado | Caprock High School Wrestling | 0-2 | |
| 138 lbs | Nick Martinez | 0-2 | ||
| 138 lbs | Adrian Martinez | 3F Wrestling | 1-2 | |
| 138 lbs | Aidan Burke | 512 Outlaw Wrestling | 0-2 | |
| 138 lbs | Simon Behrndt | Colleyville Heritage High School Wrestling | 0-2 | |
| 138 lbs | Camden Whitehead | Burleson Area Wrestling Club | 0-2 | |
| 145 lbs | Joshua Moreno | 3F Wrestling | 0-2 | |
| 145 lbs | Tyler Gutierrez | Ohana Northeast Wrestling Academy | 0-2 | |
| 145 lbs | Noel Torres | Thundercat Wrestling Club | 0-2 | |
| 145 lbs | Cole Bennett | Southlake Carroll High School Wrestling | 0-2 | |
| 145 lbs | Jakob Smith | Boneyard Wrestling Academy | 3-3 | 8th place |
| 145 lbs | Aiden Valadez | NB Elite Wrestling Club | 3-2 | |
| 145 lbs | Isaiah Hunter | Lovejoy Wrestling Club | 1-2 | |
| 152 lbs | Tyten Volk | LoftonStyle Wrestling Club | 4-2 | |
| 152 lbs | Emmanuel Ramos | G.Y.M.R. | 2-2 | |
| 152 lbs | Seth Gutierrez | Ohana Northeast Wrestling Academy | 1-2 | |
| 152 lbs | Trent Evans | Cobra Kai Elite Wrestling Academy | 1-2 | |
| 152 lbs | Samuel Nichol | Spartan Mat Club | 0-2 | |
| 152 lbs | Jacob Marquez | FARMERS BRANCH | 0-2 | |
| 152 lbs | Carmelo Delgado | 0-2 | ||
| 160 lbs | Benjamin Sanders | 1-2 | ||
| 160 lbs | Austin Hartmangruber | Ohana Northeast Wrestling Academy | 5-2 | 5th place |
| 160 lbs | Freddie Pagan | Gracie Barra Westchase Wrestling Club | 1-2 | |
| 160 lbs | John Allen | 512 Outlaw Wrestling | 1-2 | |
| 160 lbs | Malaki Deleon | 2-2 | ||
| 160 lbs | Titobiloluwa Akenroye | Southlake Carroll High School Wrestling | 0-2 | |
| 170 lbs | Logan Park | Spartan Mat Club | 0-2 | |
| 170 lbs | Ryan Bithorn | G.Y.M.R. | 2-2 | |
| 170 lbs | Sean Payne | Spartan Mat Club | 1-2 | |
| 170 lbs | Hasnat Raza | Spartan Mat Club | 2-2 | |
| 170 lbs | Bryce McLaren | 512 Outlaw Wrestling | 1-2 | |
| 170 lbs | Abdus-Samad Al-Khatib | Vici Wrestling Club | 0-2 | |
| 170 lbs | Corey Soliz | Lovejoy High School Wrestling | 0-2 | |
| 182 lbs | Tyrese Robinson | Ohana Northeast Wrestling Academy | 2-2 | |
| 182 lbs | Cameron Tobias | 3F Wrestling | 0-2 | |
| 182 lbs | Vincenzo Oliva | Best Trained Wrestling | 2-2 | |
| 182 lbs | Joshua Mitchell | G.Y.M.R. | 0-2 | |
| 182 lbs | blake palmer | Best Trained Wrestling | 0-2 | |
| 182 lbs | Ryan Nichols | Best Trained Wrestling | 2-2 | |
| 182 lbs | Andrew Clayton | Spring Klein Wrestling Club | 1-2 | |
| 195 lbs | Jayson Stahl | Best Trained Wrestling | 2-2 | |
| 195 lbs | Porter Traves | Caprock High School Wrestling | 1-2 | |
| 220 lbs | Tristan Winters | Timber Creek High School Wrestling | 5-2 | 4th place |
| 220 lbs | Trenton Kelly | ARGYLE | 2-2 | |
| 220 lbs | Peyton Madawi | Power Wrestling Club | 1-2 | |
| 220 lbs | Peter Etheredge | Southlake Carroll High School Wrestling | 0-2 | |
| 285 lbs | Kadence Baker | FLOWERMOUND | 1-2 | |
| 285 lbs | Drake Madole | Best Trained Wrestling | 2-2 | 5th place |
| 9th-10th Grade Boys | ||||
| 100 lbs | Kody Tanimoto | Spartan Mat Club | 4-2 | 5th place |
| 100 lbs | Aodhan Jimenez | 512 Outlaw Wrestling | 2-2 | |
| 106 lbs | Titus Howell | 0-2 | ||
| 106 lbs | Colton Jones | Ohana Northeast Wrestling Academy | 0-2 | |
| 106 lbs | Ivan Lopez | 1-2 | ||
| 113 lbs | Santiago Ramirez | 1-2 | ||
| 113 lbs | Christopher Rouse | Spartan Mat Club | 0-2 | |
| 113 lbs | Brett Burgess | 3F Wrestling | 0-2 | |
| 113 lbs | Diego Galvan | Caprock High School Wrestling | 1-2 | |
| 113 lbs | Enrique Uribe | Best Trained Wrestling | 1-2 | |
| 113 lbs | Connor OBrien | NB Elite Wrestling Club | 0-2 | |
| 113 lbs | Aaron Martinez | Prosper Wrestling Academy | 0-2 | |
| 113 lbs | Caio Aron | Boneyard Wrestling Academy | 5-1 | 2nd place |
| 120 lbs | Jadyn Johnson | 0-2 | ||
| 120 lbs | joseph liescheski | Best Trained Wrestling | 2-2 | |
| 120 lbs | Zalantrice Seale | Caprock High School Wrestling | 2-2 | |
| 126 lbs | Kaleb Smith | Boneyard Wrestling Academy | 2-2 | |
| 126 lbs | Ethyn Ramey | G.Y.M.R. | 1-2 | |
| 126 lbs | Xavier Royere | 0-2 | ||
| 126 lbs | Alan Villanueva | 2-2 | ||
| 126 lbs | Jack McDonald | Spartan Mat Club | 3-2 | |
| 126 lbs | Gavin Garcia | 1-2 | ||
| 132 lbs | Nathaniel Ruiz | Caprock High School Wrestling | 4-2 | |
| 132 lbs | DeLante Turney | Spartan Mat Club | 1-2 | |
| 132 lbs | Vincent Echavarry | Gracie Barra Westchase Wrestling Club | 0-2 | |
| 132 lbs | Joshua Walters | Boneyard Wrestling Academy | 0-2 | |
| 138 lbs | Kyle Lew | 3-2 | ||
| 138 lbs | Griffin Mitchell | 0-2 | ||
| 138 lbs | Mercer Ashley | Lovejoy Wrestling Club | 1-2 | |
| 145 lbs | Kolten Oborny | Cy-Select Wrestling, Inc. | 0-2 | |
| 152 lbs | Gavin Ramos | NXT Level Wrestling Academy | 4-2 | |
| 152 lbs | Allistair Mohmed | 0-2 | ||
| 160 lbs | Kevin Farrell | Spartan Mat Club | 3-2 | |
| 160 lbs | Matteo Nikolov | Katy Area Wrestling Club | 0-2 | |
| 170 lbs | Isaac Sheeren | Spring Klein Wrestling Club | 1-2 | |
| 170 lbs | Ibraheem Ahmed | 4-2 | 7th place | |
| 195 lbs | Luke Garcia | 0-2 | 7th place |
| 7th-8th Grade Boys | ||||
| 77 lbs | Aaron Garcia | Katy Area Wrestling Club | 0-2 | |
| 83 lbs | Dylan Ota | Dragon Youth Wrestling | 3-3 | 8th place |
| 83 lbs | Nathan Reilly | 512 Outlaw Wrestling | 3-2 | |
| 87 lbs | Maddux Tindal | Best Trained Wrestling | 2-3 | 8th place |
| 92 lbs | Mikey Ruiz | Wesley Club Wrestling | 6-1 | 3rd place |
| 97 lbs | Yusuf Uribe | Best Trained Wrestling | 2-2 | |
| 102 lbs | Keagan Sieracki | 3F Wrestling | 0-2 | |
| 102 lbs | Maddox Preskitt | 4-3 | 8th place | |
| 114 lbs | Enrique Uribe | Best Trained Wrestling | 3-3 | 8th place |
| 114 lbs | Brodie Bedford | Spartan Mat Club | 0-2 | |
| 119 lbs | Luke Burgar | 0-2 | ||
| 119 lbs | Nicholas Torres | Thundercat Wrestling Club | 0-2 | |
| 119 lbs | Jack Malinconico | 512 Outlaw Wrestling | 1-2 | |
| 136 lbs | Will Deutschlander | 3F Wrestling | 4-2 | 5th place |
| 136 lbs | steel meyers | Whitted Trained Wrestling Club | 4-0 | Champ |
| 149 lbs | Noah Santiago | Wesley Club Wrestling | 4-1 | 2nd place |
| 149 lbs | Shea McKee | Spartan Mat Club | 4-2 | 4th place |
| 149 lbs | Xavier Brooks | Prosper Wrestling Academy | 1-2 | |
| 187 lbs | Aiden Cooley | Best Trained Wrestling | 3-0 | Champ |
| Elementary Boys | ||||
| Boys – 1st & 2nd Grade ONLY | 56 lbs | Gino Ferrari | 2-2, 7th place | |
| Boys – 3rd & 4th Grade ONLY | 105 lbs | Benjamin Iturrino | 3-1, 2nd place | Prosper Wrestling Academy |
| Boys – 3rd & 4th Grade ONLY | 105 lbs | Michael Lopez | 0-4, 5th place | Ohana Northeast Wrestling Academy |
| Boys – 3rd & 4th Grade ONLY | 77 lbs | costa tuttle | 2-3, 6th place | 512 Outlaw Wrestling |
| Boys – 3rd & 4th Grade ONLY | 84 lbs | Ben Gruner | 4-2, 5th place | Scots Wrestling Club |
| Boys – 5th & 6th Grade ONLY | 67 lbs | Adam Uribe | 3-2 | Best Trained Wrestling |
| Boys – 5th & 6th Grade ONLY | 70 lbs | Jaxon Johnson | 4-2, 7th place | |
| Boys – 5th & 6th Grade ONLY | 74 lbs | Ernest Franklin | 0-2 | Scots Wrestling Club |
| Boys – 5th & 6th Grade ONLY | 82lbs | Jax Hanson | 0-2 | Scots Wrestling Club |
| Boys – 5th & 6th Grade ONLY | 78 lbs | Vinny Ferrari | 4-1, 2nd place | |
| Boys – 5th & 6th Grade ONLY | 92 lbs | Holden Jacobs | 0-1 | Scots Wrestling Club |
| 9th-12th Grade Girls | |||||
| #1, 95-6A | 100 lbs | Olivia DeGeorgio | 5-1 | 3rd place | Boneyard Wrestling Academy |
| 100 lbs | Isabella Cruz | 2-3 | 6th place | All American Wrestling Club | |
| 100 lbs | Brenna Trang | 2-3 | 8th place | All American Wrestling Club | |
| 106 lbs | Akeelah Moore | 4-3 | 6th place | LoftonStyle Wrestling Club | |
| #5, 102-6A | 106 lbs | Melissa Cifuentes | 2-2 | ||
| #2, 102-6A | 106 lbs | Arianna Rodriguez Sauceda | 1-2 | Spartan Mat Club | |
| 106 lbs | Valerie Gonzalez | 1-2 | Southlake Carroll High School Wrestling | ||
| #2, 110-6A | 112 lbs | Jocelyn Lass | 3-2 | 3F Wrestling | |
| 112 lbs | Meadow Hernandez | 2-2 | All American Wrestling Club | ||
| #2, 110-5A | 112 lbs | Avery Ashley | 4-2 | 4th place | Lovejoy Wrestling Club |
| #10, 110-6A | 112 lbs | Neelie Parker | 2-2 | Spartan Mat Club | |
| #1, 110-6A | 112 lbs | Bayley Trang | 7-1 | 3rd place | All American Wrestling Club |
| 112 lbs | Julianna Zavala | 0-2 | |||
| 112 lbs | Eliana Martinez | 2-2 | Rise Wrestling | ||
| #3, 102-6A | 112 lbs | Kaylynn Martin | 2-2 | 3F Wrestling | |
| 117 lbs | Bela Madrid | 0-2 | 3F Wrestling | ||
| #2, 119-5A | 117 lbs | Madison Canales | 4-0 | Champ | Gracie Barra Westchase Wrestling Club |
| #4, 119-6A | 117 lbs | Alyssa Ruiz | 3-1 | 2nd place | All American Wrestling Club |
| 122 lbs | Nicole Gallagher | 0-2 | All American Wrestling Club | ||
| #10, 119-6A | 122 lbs | Asalynne Herrera | 1-2 | Ohana Northeast Wrestling Academy | |
| 122 lbs | Brooke Trevino | 3-3 | 8th place | ||
| #1, 119-6A | 122 lbs | Olivia Moreno | 4-0 | Champ | 3F Wrestling |
| 122 lbs | Stephanie Gonzalez | 0-2 | |||
| #7, 128-6A | 127 lbs | Brooke McCurley | 3-2 | 7th place | 512 Outlaw Wrestling |
| 127 lbs | Laisha Rios | 1-2 | |||
| 132 lbs | Lilly Harden | 0-2 | 512 Outlaw Wrestling | ||
| 138 lbs | Lily Bedford | 0-2 | Spartan Mat Club | ||
| #2, 138-6A | 138 lbs | Olivia Crutchley | 2-3 | 6th place | G.Y.M.R. |
| #4, 138-6A | 138 lbs | Shaili Davis | 1-2 | 3F Wrestling | |
| 138 lbs | Khailey Toney | 1-2 | All American Wrestling Club | ||
| #1, 128-5A | 138 lbs | Aubrey Yauger | 3-2 | 4th place | Spartan Mat Club |
| #9, 128-6A | 138 lbs | Rebecca Natvig | 3-2 | 7th place | Southlake Carroll High School Wrestling |
| #1, 138-6A | 138 lbs | Taylor R. Martinez | 1-2 | Prosper Wrestling Academy | |
| #7, 148-6A | 138 lbs | Anisa Moreno | 0-2 | 3F Wrestling | |
| 144 lbs | Nevaeh Loter | 0-2 | |||
| 144 lbs | Maegan E. Flaherty | 2-3 | 8th place | Prosper Wrestling Academy | |
| 152 lbs | Olivia Fischer | 0-2 | G.Y.M.R. | ||
| #5, 148-5A | 152 lbs | Bailey Ford | 6th place | Spartan Mat Club | |
| #2, 165-6A | 164 lbs | Marisol Lopez | 0-2 | G.Y.M.R. | |
| #3, 165-5A | 164 lbs | Erika Peterson | 1-2 | 3F Wrestling | |
| 164 lbs | Ruth Mendez | 1-2 | |||
| 164 lbs | Kenzy Sobh | 0-2 | Southlake Carroll High School Wrestling | ||
| #3, 185-6A | 180 lbs | Faith Perez | 0-2 | G.Y.M.R. | |
| 180 lbs | Shenita Lawson | 2-2 | 4th place | All American Wrestling Club | |
| 200 lbs | Daisy Cabriales | 0-2 | Southlake Carroll High School Wrestling | ||
| Middle School Girls | |||||
| 92 lbs | Marisa Iturrino | 0-2 | Prosper Wrestling Academy | ||
| 97 lbs | Aniz Ramirez | 2-2 | 4th place | 512 Outlaw Wrestling | |
| 110 lbs | Analia Urias | 1-2 | 5th place | NB Elite Wrestling Club | |
| 110 lbs | Nevada Daniels | 2-1 | 2nd place | Katy Area Wrestling Club |
