Wrestlers from over 70 teams descend on Cleveland

RIO RANCHO — It’s coming. Can you hear it? The pounding? The cheering? The THUNDER? If not, then unplug your ears because it’s time for the largest wrestling event of the year: the Conflict at Cleveland.

Over 70 teams from across the country will make their way to the Rio Rancho Event Center (RREC) for an all-out battle royale Jan. 3 and 4.

The Conflict at Cleveland is a 64-person bracket with double-eliminations. Each team is allowed up to 15 boy wrestlers and 14 girl wrestlers. Results can be tracked through TrackWrestling.com.

The Cleveland boys are the defending champions of this tournament, having beaten out rival school Volcano Vista in Jan. 2024. The Cleveland girls will be looking to finally make the medal stand, after falling just nine points short in 2024 and grabbed the fourth-place finish.

Conflict at Cleveland

Jan. 3-4 @ RREC

Out-of-State Teams:

Adams City (CO)

Air Academy (CO)

Antonito (CO)

Bayfield (CO)

Campo Verde (AZ)

Centaurus (CO)

Corona del Sol (AZ)

Desert Ridge (AZ)

Durango (CO)

Eagle Rock (CA)

Eagle Crest (CO)

El Dorado (TX)

Falcon (CO)

Happy (TX)

Hanks (TX)

Hereford (TX)

Higley (AZ)

Las Animas (CO)

Loveland (CO)

Mancos (CO)

Mesa Mt. View (AZ)

Monte Vista (CO)

Montwood (TX)

Montezuma-Cortez (CO)

Morenci (AZ)

Palmer Ridge (CO)

Pima (AZ)

Pueblo Central (CO)

Pueblo East (CO)

Thompson Valley (CO)

Walsenburg (CO)

Widefield (CO)

New Mexico Teams:

Abq. Academy

Atrisco Heritage

Aztec

Belen

Bernalillo

Bloomfield

Capital

Carlsbad

Centennial

Cibola

Cleveland

Cobre

Deming

Eldorado

Espanola Valley

Farmington

Goddard

Grants

Kirtland Central

La Cueva

Las Cruces

Legacy Academy

Los Alamos

Los Lunas

Manzano

Mayfield

Miyamura

Organ Mt.

Piedra Vista

Rio Grande

Rio Rancho

Roswell

Ruidoso

Sandia

Santa Fe

Socorro

St. Pius

Taos

Valencia

W. Las Vegas

West Mesa