The Snowflake Lobos will have 10 wrestlers heading to the state meet this weekend, with all ten having placed at least in the top five of their respective weight divisions at the sectional meet held in Holbrook last Friday and Saturday.
St. Johns easily won the overall team title scoring 227.50 points. Round Valley was second with 182.50, followed by Snowflake with 177, Joseph City with 169.50 and Holbrook rounded out the top five by scoring 140 team points.
Snowflake had four individual champions, three wrestlers earning third place, two fourth place winners and one placing fifth.
Zane Owens won the title in the 103 weight class, posting victories in all three of his matches, two by pins. He defeated Winifred Yazzie of Piñon 3-2 in the title match.
Wyatt Hatch wrestled just two matches, but won both by pin to claim the title in the 160-pound division.
At 171 Brandt Perkins went 3-0 with two pins. He won the title match with a 4-2 decision over James Self of Holbrook.
Chris Pacheco also won the individual title in the 275-pound weight class. He won both matches, including a close 3-2 decision over Allan Holden of St. Johns in the championship round.
Those placing third for Snowflake included Tyson Haws in the 112 class. Haws went 3-1 at the meet. Lane Whipple posted a 2-1 record, taking third in the 135 class.
Justin McCray went 3-1 in the 189 class to place third.
Isaiah Diaz went 2-2 in the 130 division to place fourth. Jed Floyd also went 2-2 at 145 to place fourth and earn a trip to the state meet.
Hunter Frost earned a trip to the state meet placing fifth with a 2-2 record in the 119-pound class.
Cody O’Keefe placed sixth at 152. Tyler Richey went 1-2 in the 125-pound class, and Preston Stinnett dropped both of his matches in the 215-pound weight class.
Those who qualified for the state tournament will open competition on Friday, Feb. 11, at Tim’s Toyota Center in Prescott.
