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Team Preview: Katy Cinco Ranch

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The 2024 District 9 Coach of the Year, Coach Bill Dushane, and his Cinco Ranch Cougar Wrestling teams are in full swing in their conditioning and preparations for their 2024-25 season.  Both Boys’ and Girls’ teams are bringing back a strong core of experienced wrestlers to go along with several freshmen with youth club wrestling experience. As we all know, there is no substitute for experience. 

Coach Dushane began the wrestling program at Cinco Ranch when the school opened in 1999. He led the Lady Cougars to a State team championship title in 2016, as well as being at the helm of the Boys team title in 2007. When the girls won in 2016, Cinco Ranch was the only Texas team to have won both a Girls and Boys team championship.

Of the twenty girls that are competing in the wrestling room, the returning core of the girls’ roster has to start with Nevada Daniels, a junior who capped a 50-6, 23-24 season by placing 4th in the UIL Championship at 114. It was her second year of qualifying for the UIL tournament, having won the Region 3 tournament the last two years.

The 114 lb. weight class looks to be one of the strongest in the state as all of the top six placers are returning this season. During this off-season, Daniels finished 1st in both the TX-USA Greco Roman and Freestyle events, and followed that up with an All-American finish at Fargo. Most recently, she went 4-2 at the Keck Preseason Nationals this past weekend. This year she looks to run her 109-9 record over the last two seasons up to 160 wins, and a better placement at State.

Michelle Holden qualified to compete in the 126 lb. UIL tournament with her 4th place finish at the Region 3 tourney. The senior will look to improve her 28-13 varsity record this year.

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