RRPS sending 14 wrestlers to girl's state championship

LAS VEGAS, NM – The Rams and Storm girls wrestling squads headed north to Las Vegas this past weekend for the NMAA Girls Region 1 District Championships. The meet determines both the district champions and who will go on to compete at the State Championship, Feb. 21-22 at the Rio Rancho Event Center.

The Cleveland Storm were the big winners on the day, taking the 1st-place trophy with 190 points.

The RRHS Rams took 11th (out of 30) with 85 points.

In the 114-pound class, Storm freshman wrestler Miranda Stewart continued her dominant season with a win by Fall over Sandia sophomore Brianna Lucero. Stewart now sports a 34-8 record.

At the 132-pound level, Heaven Guevara boosted her season record to 21-3 with the win over Eldorado’s Madelyn Quintana in the first-place match.

Eloise Woolsey remained undefeated this season after winning the 152-pound class with a victory over Jade Blackhart of Los Alamos.

In total, nine Storm and five Rams wrestlers qualified for the State Championship.

NMAA Girls Region 1 Championship

Feb. 8-9 in Las Vegas, New Mexico

Team Scores (Out of 30)

1 Cleveland 190.0

2 Bloomfield 151.0

3 Miyamura 134.0

3 Volcano Vista 134.0

5 Aztec 122.0

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11 Rio Rancho 85.0

Individual Results

100

Guaranteed Places

1 — Esperanza Gallegos, Volcano Vista

2 — Amber Gutierrez of Miyamura

3 — Sophia Pacheco of Los Alamos

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5 — Julie Thurgood, Cleveland

6 — Amariah Lamar, Rio Rancho

107

Guaranteed Places

1st Place — Emma Gutierrez of Manzano

2nd Place — Alina Franco of La Cueva

3rd Place — Emmy Lopez of Miyamura

4th Place — Alexis Birner of Cleveland

114

Guaranteed Places

1st Place — Miranda Stewart of Cleveland

2nd Place — Brianna Lucero of Sandia

3rd Place — Brielle Lucero of Farmington

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6th Place — Grace Warren of Rio Rancho

126

Guaranteed Places

1st Place — Alexis Morales of Miyamura

2nd Place — Hailey Robinson of Kirtland

3rd Place — Analisya Lopez of West Las Vegas

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6th Place — Ashley Smith of Cleveland

132

Guaranteed Places

1st Place — Heaven Guevara of Cleveland

2nd Place — Madelyn Quintana of Eldorado

3rd Place — Tiana Tom of Gallup

145

Guaranteed Places

1st Place — Wendy Sheppard of Los Alamos

2nd Place — Maliah Goins of Bloomfield

3rd Place — Jianna Coon of Cleveland

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7th Place — Tatum Dain of Rio Rancho

152

Guaranteed Places

1st Place — Eloise Woolsey of Cleveland

2nd Place — Jade Blackhart of Los Alamos

3rd Place — Kassandra Arundale-walton of Sandia

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7th Place — Salinda Stallings of Rio Rancho

165

Guaranteed Places

1st Place — Jaden Meadows of Sandia

2nd Place — Ava Gomez of Rio Rancho

3rd Place — Veronica Rodriguez of Miyamura

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6th Place — Briseis St john of Cleveland

235

Guaranteed Places

1st Place — Caylee Miller of Bloomfield

2nd Place — Lydia Gabaldon of Moriarty

3rd Place — Melany Jim of Shiprock

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6th Place — Aja‘nea Banks of Cleveland