Holbrook welcomed in 14 schools to the Pat Kenny Invitational Wrestling Tournament held Friday and Saturday at Tony Munoz Gym. Monument Valley came away with the first place team trophy scoring 185 points. Blue Ridge was second with 142 and Winslow finished third as a team with 132 points.
The rest of the placing went at follows: Round Valley, 4-117; Joseph City, 5-107; American Leadership, 6-100; Mesquite, 7-94, Red Mesa 8-69; Holbrook, 9-56; Pinon, 10-49; Parker, 11-44; Chinle, 12-35; Hopi, 13-29; and Many Farms did not earn any team points.
The Lower Weight Outstanding wrestler was Tyrell Kinlicheenie of Joseph City. The Middleweight Outstanding Wrestler was Michael Dunsmore of Winslow, and Lewis Everette from Mesquite was selected as the Upper Weight Outstanding Wrestler. Chinle was given the Sportsmanship award.
Holbrook’s ninth place finish was credited to five individual wrestlers who qualified to the bracket portion of the meet and earned placing points. Samsel Yellowhair went 2-1 and placed third in the 126-pound weight class. Shaun O’Brien also went 2-1 to place third in the 152-pound weight class. Tony Espitia placed fourth with a 1-2 record in the 285-pound weight class. Jake Shumway was fifth place with a 2-1 record in the 132-pound weight class and Malakai Daniels placed fifth in the 138-pound weight class with a 2-1 bracket result.
