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9 top 10 Teams to do battle in Arlington Martin Warrior Invitational
5 of the top 10 6A ranked tournament teams, 2 top 10 5A and 2 top 10 Prep teams will be battling it out this weekend at the Martin Warrior Invitational. Along with the host Arlington Martin, El Paso Franklin and Eastwood are making the trip from west Texas, Southlake Carroll, and Flowermound make up the other 2 teams for 6A. Prosper and Dallas Highland Park are the 5A, and TCA and Liberty Christian are the Prep teams. There could potentially be some state champion match ups as well as a lot of ranked wrestlers from various teams from 5A, 6A and Prep divisions.
Quote by Coach Spangler
The Martin Warrior Invitational is a great way to start the season. We use it as a measuring stick to see where our kids are at and what improvements need to be made technique wise. Our expectations are for our kids to compete hard, wrestle through every position, hustle ,and get better as the tournament goes on. Coach Dunn has run the tournament since he took over the program in the Fall of 2004 (I joined in Fall of 2009). With the wrestling season being pushed back a week, a lot of the tournaments that used to be held the previous week are now the same weekend. Texas is one of the earlier states to start competition, so over the years we mostly have had Texas teams with an exception here or there. This years teams will be be competing from DFW, Houston, San Antonio, and El Paso.
Matt Spengler
Below is a break down of potential match ups in each weight class.
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Arlington Martin’s #5 ranked Donavon Whitted will make his High School debut, as well as #9 ranked Christoper Martinez of El Paso Franklin from the 6A division. 5A division has #3 ranked Jackson Bourne from Frisco Reedy. Aaron Hernandez from El Paso Eastwood and Owen Holloway of Southlake are other top 20 wrestlers.
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#3 ranked Dominic Chavez of Arlington Martin headlines this weight. #8 Sam McCoy of Plano, and #12 Alex Maestas of McKinney Boyd are other 6A ranked. Prosper and Frisco Reedy have some top 20 wrestlers as well.
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#5-5A Caleb Redman of Prosper, #6-6A Kobe Nelms are the top 10 guys here. #13 freshman Jaden Two Lance of Arlington Martin makes his debut. #8 Jordan Haskins of Lewisville could take this scene as well.
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This weight is loaded. Possibly the match of the tournament #1 ranked and State Champ Isaiah Delgado of El Paso Eastwood could meet up with #3 ranked and State Champ from 106 Luke Garcia of Arlington Martin. #4 Adrian Rodriguez of El Paso Franklin could upside either one. #10 Tatsuro Iwase of Plano, #12 Jeremy Acevedo of El Paso Coronado are some more top 20 wrestlers.
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Another awesome match may be #1 and State Champ James McClain-Green and #3 Connor Manderfeld of Arlington Martin. El Paso boys #9 Joshua Jimenez of Coronado and #11 David Denney of Eastwood will be contenders along with the #1 Prep Noah Miller from TCA.
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#2 Adam Maestas from McKinney Boyd leads this pack. #5 Hector Perez of Franklin and #6 David Reyes of Arlington Martin will make for an interesting weight class.
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#1 Prep ranked Foti Pakes of TCA, #2 Cameron Haddock of Southlake, could go 152. Will have #6 Kaleb Jewett of Franklin and #7 Brett Taylor of Arlington Martin to content with, #10 Austin Cooley of Plano will be competitive.
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#1 Prep ranked Riley Crow of TCA, #3 Caleb Kimsey of Highland Park, #4 Zach Carpenter of Arlington Martin and #7 Anthony Martinez of Eastwood . will all battle for the top spot.
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#1-5A Tommy Flaherty of Prosper is the top guy here. #3-6A Eric Two Lance of Martin, #2-Prep ranked Hunter Balk of TCA will have something to say about that.
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#5-5A James Wujek of Prosper and #7 David Powers of Franklin are the top ranked guys here.
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#3 Nathan Dotson of Martin is the top wrestler at this weight along with #7 Jake Carrillo of Flowermound.
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#1-6A Jake Johnson of Southlake (if not in Football) and #1-5A Aidan Connor of Highland Park headlines here. #6 Victor Molina of Franklin should make the trip. #11 Austin Baker of Martin can climb the rankings with some quality wins here.
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Again the #1 ranked guy Jacob Doddridge of Southlake will probably still be in football. #5 Miquel Castro of Franklin and #8 Adam Nix of Martin, #5-5A Jeremy Hanes of Highland Park could be doing the battle for the Championship.
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#5-5A Tristan Baugher of Prosper is the top wrestler here. #8 DJ Ousley of Martin and #9 Elijah Fernandez of Eastwood will battle for the top spot.
Below is a compete list of wrestlingtexas ranked wrestlers that could be at the tournament.
| Weight | Rank | 6A-Ranked | Rank | 5A Ranked | Rank | Prep |
| 106 | 5 | Donavan Whitted | 3 | Jackson Bourne | ||
| 9 | Christoper Martinez | |||||
| 11 | Gabriel Gamez | |||||
| 15 | Aaron Hernandez | |||||
| 17 | Owen Hollaway | |||||
| 113 | 3 | Dominic Chavez | ||||
| 8 | Sam McCoy | |||||
| 12 | Alex Maestas | |||||
| 14 | Joey Galvan | |||||
| 16 | Ben Delemos | |||||
| 17 | Will Caillet | |||||
| 120 | 6 | Kobe Nelms | 5 | Caleb Redmen | 1 | Karston Johnson |
| 7 | Jordan Haskins | 3 | Alan Fandrich | |||
| 12 | Jaden Two Lance | |||||
| 18 | Brendan Noetzel | |||||
| 126 | 1 | Isaiah Delgado | 3 | Skylar Smith | ||
| 3 | Luke Garcia | |||||
| 4 | Adrian Rodriguez | |||||
| 10 | Tatsuro Iwase | |||||
| 11 | Daniel Vance | |||||
| 12 | Jeremy Acevedo | |||||
| 132 | 1 | James McClain-Green | 14 | Enis Ida | 1 | Noah Miller |
| 3 | Connor Manderfeld | |||||
| 4 | Joaquin Bautista | |||||
| 9 | Joshua Jimenez | |||||
| 11 | David Denney | |||||
| 18 | Jason Beltran | |||||
| 138 | 3 | Adam Maestas | 2 | Hunter Stinnett | ||
| 5 | Hector Perez | |||||
| 6 | David Reyes | |||||
| 9 | Adrian Zubia | |||||
| 11 | Brian Najera | |||||
| 16 | Ty Owens | |||||
| 19 | Mo Zain | |||||
| 145 | 7 | Kaleb Jewett | 2 | Eric Pacheco | 1 | Foti Pakes |
| 8 | Brett Taylor | 3 | Tommy Flaherty | 5 | Matthew Melody | |
| 12 | Austin Cooley | |||||
| 13 | Mason Mitchell | |||||
| 16 | Destin Fischer | |||||
| 152 | 2 | Cameron Haddock | 4 | Caleb Kimsey | 1 | Riley Crow |
| 4 | Zach Carpenter | 3 | Graham Stanush | |||
| 7 | Anthony Martinez | |||||
| 160 | 5 | Eric Two Lance | 1 | James Wujek | 2 | Hunter Balk |
| 11 | Chris Reese | 5 | Zachary Vasquez | |||
| 13 | John Lisenby | |||||
| 17 | Quinn Armstrong | |||||
| 170 | 8 | David Powers | 3 | Cameron Keller | ||
| 10 | John Holland | |||||
| 11 | Anthony Kingsbury | |||||
| 18 | Yoseph Hernandez | |||||
| 19 | Alex Huerta | |||||
| 182 | 2 | Nathan Dotson | ||||
| 3 | Nathan Grimes | |||||
| 7 | Jake Carrillo | |||||
| 18 | Matt Breland | |||||
| 195 | 1 | Jake Johnson | 1 | Aidan Connor | 3 | Jack Podsednik |
| 6 | Victor Molina | 12 | Alex Varela | 5 | Zane Ahlfinger | |
| 10 | Austin Baker | 13 | Thomas Champan | |||
| 11 | Miguel Castro | |||||
| 13 | Johnny Thompson | |||||
| 17 | Jontre Charles | |||||
| 220 | 1 | Jacob Doddridge | 5 | Jeremy Hanes | 4 | Grayson Mann |
| 5 | Miquel Castro | |||||
| 8 | Adam Nix | |||||
| 10 | Bryce Bennett | |||||
| 16 | Dillion Richards | |||||
| 285 | 6 | Elijah Fernandez | 5 | Tristan Baugher | 3 | Charles De La Rosa |
| 8 | Devon Hopkins | 9 | Greyson D’Aloisio | |||
| 10 | DJ Ousley | 14 | Joaquin Martinez | |||
| 18 | Angel Rodriguez | 19 | Dylan Francis | |||
| 20 | Braylon German |
