Holbrook High School hosted 18 boys and girls teams at this year’s annual Pat Kenny wrestling tournament held on Friday and Saturday. Two days of wrestling had 14 weight classes of boys and 12 weight classes of girls competing for individual and team titles.
On the boys side, Coconino took home the boys team title with 230.0 points. Winslow followed closely in second with 228.5. Monument Valley was third with 219.5, and Holbrook placed fourth with 184. Mesquite rounded out the top five with a total of 176 points.
Round Valley claimed the girls team title with 200 points. Winslow was second with 185, followed by Ganado with 132, Monument Valley with 131, and Holbrook placed fifth with 117 team points.
The boys individual weight class champions were Anthony Escalero from Coconino at 106, Wyatt Ouellette from Mesquite at 113, Trevor Oullette from Mesquite at 120, Gabe Gonzales of Globe at 126, Kinnly Colwell of Round Valley at 132, Morgan Orona of Round Valley at 138, John Martinez of Globe at 144, Gabe Gerardo of Globe at 150, Cooper French of Coconino at 157, Owen Beattey of Joseph City at 165, Thayer Nez of Coconino at 175, Gage Thomas of Winslow at 195, Zach Shumway of Winslow at 215, and Rudy Gonzales of Winslow was the champion in the 285 pound weight class.
Girls individual champions were Jennifer Alcott of Monument Valley at 100, Dasha Wortham of Ganado at 114, Riley Davila of Winslow at 120, Jaden Finch of Round Valley at 126, Alyssa Harmon of Winslow at 132, Riley Quetel of Round Valley at 138, Lerille Begay of Monument Valley at 145, Elyna Lopez of Winslow at 152, Seneca McCall of Round Valley at 165, Lyla Tree of Red Mesa at 185, and Charry Benecke of Winslow at 235.
Most Outstanding Wrestler awards for the boys tournament went to Gabe Gonzales of Globe for Lower Weights, Cooper French of Coconino for Middle Weights and Gage Thomas of Winslow for Upper weights.
Most Outstanding Wrestler awards for girls went to Jennifer Alcott of Monument Valley for Lower Weights, Larilee Begay of Monument Valley for Middle Weights and Cherry Benecke of Winslow for Upper Weights.
Round Valley’s team was selected to receive the Pat Kenny Memorial Team Sportsmanship Plaque.
Holbrook’s boys wrestlers placing in the top six in their respective weight classes were Ty Larson, sixth at 113; Jason Ramirez, second at 126; Daniel Montijo, second at 138; Joshua Pack, third at 144; Isaac Martinez, sixth at 165; Aiden Legg, fourth at 175; and Malakai Johnson, second at 195.
Holbrook’s girls wrestlers placing in the top four in respective weight classes were Isabella Moyte, fourth at 114; Mia Iguado, fourth at 138; Sierra Aho, third at 145; Katie Lee, second at 152; and Sara Speers was fourth at 235.
