Both boys’ and girls’ wrestling teams took the the mat to compete in the Region II District 8 wrestling tournament Friday and Saturday at Prosper High School.

Savannah West, Ashtyn Stevens, and Jordan Johnston all took first place on the girls side with  Ashley Cook, Princess Egbuchunam, and Daley Burkett earning second place, and Megan Weidenbach coming home in third.

“The girls’ team ended any drama early about who would claim the District Championship by advancing six wrestlers to the finals and building an insurmountable lead,” assistant coach Tim Brennan said. “The team came away with three district champions, three runners-up and one third place finisher.”

All seven wrestlers that competed are advancing to the regional tournament this weekend at Independence High School.

The boys team also had success as they advanced five wrestlers to the finals and gave the team seven qualifiers for the regional meet.

“Senior, Precious Essien and junior, Diego Lorenso each claimed their first place and earned the title of District Champion,” Brennan said. “Senior Broderick Green lost a close match to the defending state champion from Centennial while brother Jon Green fought his way to the finals before forfeiting due to an injury.  Junior Austin Widner continued to amaze and lost in the finals to the tournament’s outstanding wrestler from Prosper.”

Also qualifying for the boys’ team, Andrew Peters who took third place and Aramando Vasquez who finished in fourth.

This story was updated on 2/13/18 to correct the misspelling of Lorenso. In addition, the names of other boys who qualified for the regional tournament were also added.