The Holbrook Roadrunners came home from the Division IV State Wrestling Tournament with two individual champions, a fourth place and a sixth place finisher out of the seven team members who attended.
As a team the Roadrunners finished in eighth place with 75.5 team points. Mogollon won the overall team title, scoring 177 points. Morenci was second with 147.5, followed by Camp Verde in third with 118.5. Other area teams in the top 10 were the Snowflake Lobos, who placed sixth with 90, and the Joseph City Wildcats, who were ninth with 74.
Holbrook’s RJ Alvarado completed a 45-2 season with four straight wins in the 130-lb. division to place first. Alvarado defeated Jack Gaylor from Mogollon in the title match with a 6-3 decision.
Josh Hatch also took first place, winning the 152-lb. class with an 8-3 decision over De Andre Arnold from Canyon State Academy in the title match. Hatch completed the season with an overall record of 48-4.
James Self placed fourth in the 171-lb. class, posting a 3-2 mark at the state tournament.
Drew Shumway earned a sixth place finish with a 2-3 record in the 135-lb. pound division.
Also wrestling for Holbrook were Caleb McClellan, who went 1-2 in the 112-lb. class; Shem Bowman, 0-2 in the 160-lb. division; and Reuben Kee, 0-2 in the 215-lb. class.
