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Dominic Chavez is your National Champion
61 Texas wrestlers went and 8 are coming home All Americans. After a 3 day brutal grind with some of the guys wrestling their 10th match of the weekend to medal place. Some wrestlers wrestled 6 matches and didn’t even place while Dominic Chavez wrestled 6 and became the sophomore national champ in a 128 man bracket. Goes to show you not to lose early, James McClain Green and Adam Kilgore each wrestled 10 matches to get their medal placing.
Dominic Chavez in the Sophomore division is your National Champ with a 6-2 win over Nicholas Babin of New Jersey
Freshman Aaron Lofton at 126 takes a 3rd place finish by fall over Jared Simma of Kansas in the 3rd period wrestling his 9th match
James McClain Green at 132 junior division goes 8-2 and wins a 5th place finish over Kyle Gollhofer of Georgia by fall in the 1st period. Making this his 3rd year in a row to All American.
Kyle Kretzer the lone senior placer takes a 5th place finish as well at 170 wrestling his 8th match of the weekend. Kretzer wins over Drew Hoselton of Illnois by a 7-0 decision.
Daniel Manibog in his 8th match at 145 junior division takes a 7th place finish over Wyatt McCarthy of New Jersey
DeShawn Cosby and Jude Camacho both placed 8th in the freshman division. While Adam Kilgore got him an 8th place finish in the junior division
Congrats to all the Wrestlers making the long trip to Virginia Beach. Below is how all the wrestlers did.
Some ACTION SHOTS OF THE EVENT
| Freshman | ||||||
| Rank | Weight | First | Last | HS | W/L | Place |
| NR-6A | 106 | RUBEN R | CALDERON | Cy-Falls | 3-2 | |
| 5-6A | 106 | JACKSON | CRANDALL | Katy High School | 4-2 | |
| 17-6A | 106 | CHRISTOPHER | MARTINEZ | Franklin | 1-2 | |
| 6-6A | 113 | JUDE | CAMACHO | Cy Ranch | 6-3 | 8th |
| 12-6A | 113 | LUKE | HOLLAND | Katy | 1-2 | |
| 3-6A | 120 | JADEN | TWO LANCE | Arlington Martin | 3-2 | |
| 3-5A | 120 | JAREN | POWELL | Centennial | 2-2 | |
| 3-6A | 126 | AARON | LOFTON | Vista Ridge | 8-1 | 3rd |
| 2-6A | 132 | DESHAWN | COSBY | Samuel Clemens HS | 5-3 | 8th |
| 15-6A | 138 | TRUMAN | TIMMONS | Katy High School | 3-2 | |
| 9-6A | 138 | JONATHAN | WERTZ | Cy-Lakes | 3-2 | |
| NR | 170 | DARWIN | HULL | Wyoming Seminary | 3-2 | |
| 9-6A | 182 | MAX | SOTO | Arlington Martin | 2-2 | |
| Sophomores | ||||||
| Rank | Weight | First | Last | HS | W/L | Place |
| 2-6A | 106 | DOMINIC | CHAVEZ | Arlington Martin | 6-0 | Champ |
| 4-6A | 106 | CHRISTIAN | LOPEZ | Westside | 2-2 | |
| 13-6A | 113 | EMILIO | ACOSTA | Franklin HS | 1-2 | |
| 3-6A | 113 | PARKER | DECKER | Keller High | 4-2 | |
| NR-6A | 113 | TYLER | SLIMAN | Katy High School | 3-2 | |
| 5-6A | 120 | PRESTON | DECKER | Keller High | 2-2 | |
| NR-PREP | 152 | KENDRICK | WILLIAMS | All Saints Episcopal School | 0-2 | |
| Juniors | ||||||
| Rank | Weight | First | Last | HS | W/L | Place |
| 1-5A | 106 | TYLER | BRENNAN | Frisco | 4-2 | |
| 17-6A | 113 | ISAIH F. | CALDERON | Cypress Falls | 4-2 | |
| 1-PREP | 113 | KARSTEN | JOHNSON | Liberty Christian School | 2-2 | |
| 8-6A | 120 | KOBE | NELMS | Franklin High School | 4-2 | |
| NR-6A | 120 | FLETCHER | SEMONES | Clear View High School | 1-2 | |
| 2-6A | 120 | JORDAN | STRMISKA | Lake Travis High School | 3-2 | |
| 11-6A | 126 | MICHAEL | CASTANEDA | Langham Creek | 2-2 | |
| 17-6A | 126 | EDWARD | MENDOZA | James Madison | 1-2 | |
| 7-6A | 132 | JESSE | DIAZ | Tascosa | 1-2 | |
| 1-6A | 132 | JAMES | MCCLAIN-GREEN | Franklin High | 8-2 | 5th |
| NR-6A | 145 | ERIC | STARR | Cy-Ranch | 2-2 | |
| 3-6A | 145 | KALOB | JEWETT | Franklin | 3-2 | |
| 1-6A | 145 | DANIEL | MANIBOG | Katy | 6-2 | 7th |
| NR-6A | 145 | TRISTAN | TADEO | Arlington Martin HS | 4-2 | |
| NR-6A | 152 | ZACK | GOOD | Cypress Ranch | 0-2 | |
| NR-6A | 152 | RYAN | IERUBINO | Clear Lake HS | 3-2 | |
| 2-6A | 152 | ERIC | TWO LANCE | Arlington Martin | 3-2 | |
| 1-PREP | 160 | HUNTER | BALK | Trinity Christian Academy | 3-2 | |
| 2-6A | 160 | SAMUEL | MORA | Tascosa High School | 4-2 | |
| 11-5A | 170 | ESTEBAN | GALLARDO | Moody High School | 0-2 | |
| 2-A | 170 | ADAM | KILGORE | Arlington Bowie | 7-3 | 8th |
| 6-6A | 195 | JAROD | CAMACHO | Cy Ranch | 1-2 | |
| 6-5A | 220 | GERONIMO | SAUCEDO | Wylie East High School | 2-2 | |
| NR-6A | 285 | CLAY | MORRISON | Clear Creek High School | 2-2 | |
| Seniors | ||||||
| Rank | Weight | First | Last | HS | W/L | Place |
| 2-5A | 120 | BRODERICK | GREEN | Frisco Liberty | 1-2 | |
| 2-6A | 126 | ISAIAH | DELGADO | Eastwood | 3-2 | |
| 14-6A | 126 | JORDAN | WEBBER | Tascosa | 0-2 | |
| 1-5A | 132 | DANIEL | LEAL | CC Veterans Memorial | 3-2 | |
| 2-6A | 138 | JOAQUIN | BAUTITSA | Cy Lakes | 2-2 | |
| 9-5A | 152 | ADOLFO | ALMANZA | Carroll High School | 0-2 | |
| 3-6A | 160 | JOSEPH | GUERRA | South Grand Prairie HS | 0-2 | |
| 3-6A | 170 | KYLE | KRETZER | CLEAR SPRINGS HS | 6-2 | 5th |
| 1-PREP | 182 | HOLDEN | FRICKS | All Saints Episcopal School | 1-2 | |
| NR-5A | 182 | JAVONTE | KNOXON | Waller High | 1-2 | |
| 1-PREP | 182 | CALEB | SILVIA | All Saints Episcopal School | 0-2 | |
| 11-6A | 195 | KELBY | DAVIS | Vista Ridge Highschool | 1-2 | |
| 9-6A | 220 | TIM | DENDY | Cypress Woods | 0-2 | |
| 3-6A | 285 | BLADE | MCCONNELL | South Grand Prairie | 0-2 | |
| 1-6A | 285 | DESMON | WILLIAMS | Rockwall-Heath | 4-2 | |
