The 27th annual Doc Hess Classic

The 27th annual Doc Hess Classic took place at the Legends Event Center in Bryan, Texas on December 16th. Forty-nine teams attended, bringing over 400 wrestlers. Half of the brackets this year were split into an A and B bracket and at the conclusion of those brackets, the two champions of each bracket wrestle each other in the super finals. Klein Oak comes out on top with fourteen wrestlers competing, producing five finalists, including 190lb Super Champion, Dino Navarro. Other tournament standouts are Clayton Kampwerth, Matteo Nikolov, and Devin Quantz, who all pinned their way through the entire tournament.

Team Results

1st – Klein Oak – 185 points

2nd – Lake Travis – 151.5 points

3rd – Langham Creek – 148 points

4th – Katy Tompkins – 145.5 points

5th – St. John’s School Houston – 139.5 Points

Below is a breakdown and results of each weight.

106

#12-5A Nathan Reilly of Cedar Park pins his way to the finals where he defeats fellow freshman #10-6A Braiden Bartlett 9-0 to remain undefeated. #11-5A Roel Marquez-Rocha collects a first-period pin to earn himself third place at this weight.

• 1st Place – #12-5A Nathan Reilly of Cedar Park
• 2nd Place – #10-6A Braiden Bartlett of Austin Lake Travis
• 3rd Place – #11-5A Roel Marquez-Rocha of College Station A&M Consolidated
• 4th Place – Diego Carvajal of Katy Tompkins

113

This was the smallest bracket of the weekend with only twenty-two wrestlers competing. #3-5A Aodhan Jimenez of Killeen Ellison wins gold at this weight, knocking off the #5 and #6 6A wrestlers in the process, both by decision.

• 1st Place – #3-5A Aodhan Jimenez of Killeen Ellison
• 2nd Place – #6-6A Garrett Patterson of San Antonio Johnson
• 3rd Place – #5-6A Derrick Collins of Conroe Oak Ridge
• 4th Place – Ethan Cobarrubias of Comal Pieper

120

The #6-5A 126 Max Brandt of Cedar Park came down a weight class, which paid off for him in this tournament, as he racked up two pins and a tech fall to win this weight class…