The high school wrestling state championships were held at the Jack Stephens Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Saturday and a number of North of the River athletes came home with state titles or runners-up.
Brandon Bauer, who wrestles for Central Arkansas Christian, won the 4A title in the 150 pound weight class when he defeated Pottsville’s Cutter Boyse. Bauer was also named one of the three outstanding wrestlers in the 138-165 pound grouping.
Bauer wasn’t CAC’s only state champion as Augustus Smith won by decision against Pottsville’s Slayden Graham in 4A’s 157 pound weight class.
CAC’s Izzy Hovater won a 5A girls state title by defeating Mena’s Emmery Anderson in the 140 pound weight class.
CAC’s Zane Tafoya finished as a runner-up in 4A’s 285 pound weight class when he lost a 5-1 decision to Subiaco’s Camarion Raino.
North Little Rock had a state champion and two runners-up in 6A.
It was a familiar name as North Little Rock’s Ka'liyia Chism won her second consecutive title in the 125-pound weight class in girls wrestling. Chism, this year, defeated Bentonville’s Nahomy Ranero-Garcia.
North Little Rock’s James Couch lost to Springdale Har=Ber’s Jacob Campbell in the 113 weight class while Little Rock Central’s Max Mobly won a 7-1 decision over North Little Rock’s Amarion Jones in the 285 pound weight class.
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The high school wrestling state championships were held at the Jack Stephens Center on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock on Saturday and a number of North of the River athletes came home with state titles or runners-up.
Brandon Bauer, who wrestles for Central Arkansas Christian, won the 4A title in the 150 pound weight class when he defeated Pottsville’s Cutter Boyse. Bauer was also named one of the three outstanding wrestlers in the 138-165 pound grouping.
Bauer wasn’t CAC’s only state champion as Augustus Smith won by decision against Pottsville’s Slayden Graham in 4A’s 157 pound weight class.
CAC’s Izzy Hovater won a 5A girls state title by defeating Mena’s Emmery Anderson in the 140 pound weight class.
CAC’s Zane Tafoya finished as a runner-up in 4A’s 285 pound weight class when he lost a 5-1 decision to Subiaco’s Camarion Raino.
North Little Rock had a state champion and two runners-up in 6A.
It was a familiar name as North Little Rock’s Ka'liyia Chism won her second consecutive title in the 125-pound weight class in girls wrestling. Chism, this year, defeated Bentonville’s Nahomy Ranero-Garcia.
North Little Rock’s James Couch lost to Springdale Har=Ber’s Jacob Campbell in the 113 weight class while Little Rock Central’s Max Mobly won a 7-1 decision over North Little Rock’s Amarion Jones in the 285 pound weight class.