Valley teams clean up at girls state wrestling meet, which doubled in its second year
Treasure Valley wrestlers brought back a load of hardware from Idaho’s second unofficial girls wrestling state championship Saturday, claiming eight individual champions and seven of the top eight places in the team race at Pocatello High School.
Columbia won the team championship with 116 points thanks to three individual champions and seven placers. Caldwell finished six points behind in second place with two champions and five placers.
Idaho does not sponsor a separate state tournament for its female wrestlers like many surrounding states. Instead, girls must compete against boys at the state level. Qualification for that tournament starts this week with district meets.
Pocatello started an unofficial state meet last season to reward the growing ranks of female wrestlers with an end-of-the-season tournament, complete with championship medals and state sweatshirts.
The meet saw 52 girls complete in nine weight classes last year. It nearly doubled this season to 103 girls in 12 weight classes.
Individual champions from the Treasure Valley include Columbia’s Payton Lanningham (148), Destiny Edgecomb (170) and Emily Rhodes (191). Jocelyn Bautista (100) and Marissa Jimenez (138) climbed the podium for Caldwell. Homedale sisters Savannah Turner (129) and Kaydince Turner (132) won their respective divisions. And Nampa’s Shekinah Talamantez claimed the 159-pound title.
Other high-placing teams from the Treasure Valley included Timberline (fourth), Homedale (fifth), Rocky Mountain (sixth), Payette (seventh) and Borah (eighth).
WRESTLING
Girls Unofficial State Championship
Saturday
At Pocatello High
TEAM SCORES
1, Columbia 116. 2, Caldwell 110. 3, Minico 80. 4, Timberline 54. 5, Homedale 48. 6, Rocky Mountain 46. 7, Payette 44. 8, Borah 39. 9, Aberdeen 33. 10, Mountain View 26.
11, Coeur d’Alene 23.5. t-12, Centennial 20. t-12, Grangeville 20. 14, Thunder Ridge 16. 15, Potlatch 14. t-16, Blackfoot 10. 1-16, Clearwater Valley 10. 18, Pocatello 8. 19, Hillcrest 7.5.
INDIVIDUAL PLACERS
100 pounds: 1, Jocelyn Bautista, Caldwell. 2, Alice Smith, Valley. 3, Holli Schumacher, Orofino. 4, Samantha del Fierro, Timberline. 5, Hali Statham, Snake River. 6, Taylor Call, Hillcrest.
106: 1, Lita Cruz, Minico. 2, Kadence Beck, Orofino. 3, Perla Alvarado, Ridgevue. 4, Kayelin Otterson, Sandpoint. 5, Sophie Sarver, Mountain View. 6, Fallon Wilkins, Clearwater Valley.
112: 1, Frankie Graham, Minico. 2, Mia Furman, Rocky Mountain. 3, Kayla Vail, Bonneville. 4, Liv Wieber, Eagle. 5, Taylor Stovern, Kellogg. 6, Lauren Henderhan, Filer.
120: 1, Heather Wallace, Sandpoint. 2, Camilla Tew, West Side. 3, Nadya Torres, Caldwell. 4, Trinity Calaway, Thunder Ridge. 5, Fortina Ketia, Boise. 6, Addison Ball, Grace.
122: 1, Alyssa Randles, Coeur d’Alene. 2, Aleks del Fierro, Timberline. 3, Arimiah Egner, Payette. 4, Hannah Dupay, Meridian. 5, Emma Ball, Grace. 6, Sami Lusk, American Falls.
129: 1, Savannah Turner, Homedale. 2, Alexandrea Crow, Centennial. 3, Alexandra Garvin, Rocky Mountain. 4, Hallie Campbell, Columbia. 5, Taylor McPherson, Potlatch. 6, Le Sandra Ruiz, Minico.
132: 1, Kaydince Turner, Homedale. 2, Zainab Ibrahim, Capital. 3, Angie Rios, Columbia. 4, Danika Cole, Minico. 5, Michael Bernier, Borah. 6, Jeniffer Sanchez, Caldwell.
138: 1, Marissa Jimenez, Caldwell. 2, Mercedes Ellison, Timberline. 3, Kayli Acosta, Borah. 4, Miah Garcia, Payette. 5, Aurora Hensley, Columbia. 6, AnnaMaria Martinez, Columbia.
148: 1, Payton Lanningham, Columbia. 2, Ornella Kero, Boise. 3, Brittney Benavidez, Grangeville. 4, Alaysia Valverde, Caldwell. 5, Vanessa Rangel, Minico. 6, Emma Ellard, Mountain View.
159: 1, Shekinah Talamantez, Nampa. 2, Larissa Carrillo, Aberdeen. 3, Lorena Gonzales, Aberdeen. 4, Chloe Fredline, Rocky Mountain. 5, Tiffany Romero, Blackfoot.
170: 1, Destiny Edgecomb, Columbia.
191: 1, Emily Rhodes, Columbia.
