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Panther Wrestling Newsletter
11.27.09 Volume 2 - Issue 2
Panthers Start Pre-Season with Eight Medalists
La Joya Juarez-Lincoln Hosts 1st Annual Freedom Tourney
La Joya, Texas, Friday, November 20, 2009: The wrestling season began this weekend in a hectic, disorganized, yet an overall enjoyable tournament. Problems included starting 2 ½ hours late, scheduled matches being called for wrestlers that were not in attendance, matches being moved from one mat to another, matches that had been rescheduled for the second day suddenly being called on the first day, updated brackets that were slow in being posted or not posted at all, the tournament format being revised Saturday morning to allow wrestlers in the consolation bracket a second or third match, four teams in similar red singlets, and people who refused to clear the aisles after repeatedly being asked to do so. Allowing the La Joya Juarez-Lincoln staff some slack for their first time effort, the tournament was successfully completed at 7:00 p.m. Saturday evening, giving the teams competing in the tournament a good first-look at this year’s squads and what techniques or strategies need tweaking before district commences on December 3rd.
Our Panthers - two boys and six girls medaled – one 1st, five 2nd;s, and two 3rd’s. Tournaments usually list the top six wrestlers of the meet; WHS had ten girls and three boys in the top six.
La Joya, Texas, Friday, November 20, 2009: The wrestling season began this weekend in a hectic, disorganized, yet an overall enjoyable tournament. Problems included starting 2 ½ hours late, scheduled matches being called for wrestlers that were not in attendance, matches being moved from one mat to another, matches that had been rescheduled for the second day suddenly being called on the first day, updated brackets that were slow in being posted or not posted at all, the tournament format being revised Saturday morning to allow wrestlers in the consolation bracket a second or third match, four teams in similar red singlets, and people who refused to clear the aisles after repeatedly being asked to do so. Allowing the La Joya Juarez-Lincoln staff some slack for their first time effort, the tournament was successfully completed at 7:00 p.m. Saturday evening, giving the teams competing in the tournament a good first-look at this year’s squads and what techniques or strategies need tweaking before district commences on December 3rd.
Our Panthers - two boys and six girls medaled – one 1st, five 2nd;s, and two 3rd’s. Tournaments usually list the top six wrestlers of the meet; WHS had ten girls and three boys in the top six.
Panther fans (an assortment of parents, siblings, grandparents, and friends) were well represented. Among those noted were the Almaguer, Brown, Casarez, Garcia, Garner, Hernandez, Marines, Ozuna, Ponce, Sanchez, Soria, Trevino-Williams, Villarreal, Villanueva, and Villegas families. There were others in attendance that The Takedown was unable to meet or greet, but we will do so before long.
Teams competing were: La Joya Lincoln-Juarez High School, La Joya High School, La Joya Palmview High School, Rio Grande City High School, Mission Veterans Memorial High School, PSJA High School, McAllen Memorial High School, Victoria Memorial High School and Weslaco High School.
LizVillarreal’s victory over a wrestler from La Joya Juarez-Lincoln.
Samantha Martinez controls Deborah Earl of McAllen Memorial.
La Joya Juarez-Lincoln High School - Freedom Tourney – Results Lady Panthers Begin Season with 104 Pts/Third Place Tournament Finish
Lady Panthers:
102 Ashley Garcia won her first varsity match defeating fellow teammate Viviana Ponce (W) then lost in the finals to Araceli Handy of McAllen Memorial (L). Ashley finished in second place. Congratulations!
110 Samantha Martinez defeated Deborah Earl of McAllen Memorial (W) in her first round match, went on to defeat Jessica Solis of Rio Grande City (W) in the second round, and lost her finals match against Mallaly Aleman of La Joya Juarez-Lincoln (L). Samantha finished the tournament in second place. Congratulations!
119 Jessica Villegas lost her first varsity match to Sherry Hernandez of PSJA (L) then came back in the second round to win her first varsity match by defeating Noemi Arjona of La Joya Palmview (W) and completed her third place finish by defeating a wrestler from La Joya Juarez-Lincoln (W). Congratulations!
128 Liz Villarreal defeated Karina Marin of La Joya (W) in the first round, pinned BrendaMarquez of La Joya Juarez-Lincoln (W) in her second round match, before falling to Samantha Sepulveda of Rio Grande City (L) in the finals. Liz finished the tourney in second place. Congratulations!
138 Ana Almaguer defeated fellow teammate Danica Garner in her opening match (W), lost to Yolanda de Alejandro of La Joya Juarez-Lincoln (L) in her second round match, and defeated Leslie Lopez of Rio Grande City (W) in the third round before falling to a wrestler from PJSA (L). Ana won a third place medal for her efforts. Congratulations!
138 Danica Garner lost to fellow teammate Ana Almaguer in her first varsity match (L). Danica went on to defeat Alicia Guerrero of La Joya Palmview (W) in the second round for her first varsity win, Congratulations!
148 Selene Aleman, after a first round by, Selene won her first varsity match defeating fellow teammate Amanda Rodriguez (W) in the second round, went on to defeat Valeria Ramirez of La Joya Juarez-Lincoln (W) in the third round before falling to Jacqueline Cabrera of La Joya Palmview in her fourth match (L). Selene placed fourth in the tournament. Congratulations!
148 Amanda Rodriguez lost her first varsity match to fellow teammate Selene Aleman (L). Amanda came back in her second round match to win her first varsity match by defeating Valeria Ramirez of La Joya Juarez-Lincoln (W). In her final match of the tournament Amanda defeated Lisa Gonzalez of Rio Grande City (W) to capture a second place medal. Congratulations!
165 Clarissa Pina defeated Gloria Gonzalez of Rio Grande City in the first round (W) before losing to Yaressi Hernandez of La Joya Palmview (L) in the second round. Clarissa came back to defeat Brenda Martinez of La Joya Palmview (W) to capture third place in the tournament. Congratualtions!
185 Uncontested
215 Esmer Villegas lost her first varsity match to Adriana Pena of PSJA (L), defeated teammate Angelica Trevino (W) in the second round for her first varsity win, lost to a wrestler from La Joya Palmview (L) in the third round before defeating Ruby Alonzo of PSJA (W) to capture fifth place in the tournament. Congratulations!
215 Angelica Trevino lost her first varsity match to Maria M. of La Joya Palmview (L), then lost to fellow teammate Esmer Villegas (L) in the second round, won her first varsity match against a La Joya Palmview wrestler (W) Congratulations!, before bowing out of the tournament with a loss.
Panthers:
in a second round match, on his way to the championship.
Justin Ramirez maneuvers to pin Ramiro Torres of La Joya Juarez-Lincoln in his second match.
103 Justin Ramirez, defeated fellow teammate Santos Chavez (W), defeated Ramiro Torres of La Joya Juarez-Lincoln (W), and then lost to Jaime Flores of La Joya Palmview in the championship match, leading Flores in points before being pinned late in the 3rd period (L). Justin placed second in the tournament. Congratulations!
103 Santos Chavez lost his first varsity match to fellow teammate Justin Ramirez (L).
112 Madison Belcher, lost his first varsity match to Ramon Marquez of La Joya Palmview (L), and lost his second match to a Rio Grande City wrestler on the 5th/6th place mat.
119 Dennis Martinez lost his first varsity match to Espirio Campos of La Joya Juarez-Lincoln (L).
125 Juan C. (Charlie) Villegas, defeated William Rodriguez of La Joya (W), defeated Ryan Blaha of McAllen Memorial (W), defeated Benny Beltran of La Joya Palmview (W), and came from behind to defeat Carlos Olvera of La Joya Juarez-Lincoln in the 3rd period in the championship match (W). Charlie finished first in the tournament. Congratulations!
125 Mack Perez, lost in the first round to Benny Beltran of La Joya Palmview (L), and lost a close 6-4 overtime match to Joey Trevino of La Joya Juarez-Lincoln (L).
130 Jesse Rodriguez, lost his first varsity match to Albert Garza of La Joya (L), and came back to pin his second round opponent, Michael Trevino of Rio Grande City (W). Congratulations!
130 Gilbert (Gibby) Mata, lost his first varsity match to Ricardo Vasquez of PSJA (L), and lost his second match to David Marroquin of PSJA (L).
135 Nick Mireles, lost his first varsity match to Guadalupe Rodriguez of La Joya Palmview (L), and then came back to pin his second round opponent, Clay Mullins of Victoria Memorial, in the first period (W). Congratulations!
135 Gautier Tirado, lost his first varsity match to Justin Guerra of Mission Veterans Memorial (L), came back to defeat David Arredondo of Rio Grande City in his second round match (W), Congratulations!, and then lost to a wrestler from Victoria Memorial on a disqualification (L).
140 Josh (Chip) Cruz, lost his first varsity match to fellow teammate Hector Villanueva, Jr. (L), and lost his second round match to a wrestler from McAllen Memorial (L).
140 Hector Villanueva, Jr., defeated teammate Josh (Chip) Cruz (W), Congratulations!, then lost to Alex Becerra of La Joya Juarez-Lincoln (L) in the second round, and to Luis Cota of Rio Grande City (L) in the third round.
145 Chris Brown lost his first varsity match to Manuel Arriaga of La Joya Juarez-Lincoln (L). Chris won his second round match due to a forfeit from PSJA (W). Congratulations!
145 Gonzalo Gutierrez, won his first match against Miguel Saenz of Rio Grande City (W), Congratulations!, lost his second round match to Frank Rivera of La Joya High School (L) (who placed 6th at the state tournament last year), and lost his third round match to Edgar Vela of McAllen Memorial High School (L).
152 Adrian Sanchez, lost his first match to Daniel Salazar of Mission Veterans (L), then came back to win his second round match against Martin Chapa of Rio Grande City (W). Congratulations!
152 David Casarez, lost his first varsity match to a wrestler from McAllen Memorial (L), and lost his second round match to a wrestler from PSJA (L). (Names not posted on bracket.)
160 Andres (Andy) Sanchez, lost his first match to Jorge Ibarra of Rio Grande City (L), then came back to pin a wrestler from PSJA in the second round (W) Congratulations!, before falling to a wrestler from McAllen Memorial in the 5th/6th place mat (L).
171 Everardo Tirado lost his first round match to Stephen Badillo of La Joya Juarez-Lincoln (L), and his second match to a wrester from PSJA (L).
171 Tino Garces lost his first varsity match, in the second period, to Jose Reyna of Victoria Memorial (L). Garces forfeited his second match to Chris Salinas (L).
180 Nick Rodriguez lost his first varsity match to J. L. Garza of Rio Grande City (L), and his second round match to Pedro Balderas of PSJA (L).
189 Manuel (Manny) Cruz, after a bye in the first round, Manny lost in his first varsity match to Ricardo Escamilla of PJSA (L), and then lost his next match to Gilbert Garcia of Mission Veterans (L).
189 Matt Torres forfeited his first match to Joey Mayorga of Rio Grande City (L) and his second match to Joshua Ruiz of McAllen Memorial (L).
215 Uncontested.
285 Alex Solis, after waiting for a match that did not materialize on Friday, Alex consulted with Coach Pederson and opted to attend a college orientation session at Texas A & M – Kingsville on Saturday. Alex reported afterwards that he was accepted into the program of his choice, the Geosciences Department. Congratualtions Alex!
Of the twenty-three boys attending, three are seniors, six are juniors, eleven are sophomores, and three are freshmen. Fifteen of the boys were competing in their first wrestling tournament/matches; with five of these wrestlers winning their first official varsity match.
Next Up: Panthers Host San Benito Greyhounds in District Dual Meet: District dual matches for our Panthers begin Thursday, December 3, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. (Check with your wrestler on whether the dual matches will be in the Sepulveda Gym or the Lackey Gym.) The Panthers will travel to San Benito on Saturday, December 5th for the Greyhound’s annual tournament.
Of the twenty-three boys attending, three are seniors, six are juniors, eleven are sophomores, and three are freshmen. Fifteen of the boys were competing in their first wrestling tournament/matches; with five of these wrestlers winning their first official varsity match.
Next Up: Panthers Host San Benito Greyhounds in District Dual Meet: District dual matches for our Panthers begin Thursday, December 3, 2009, at 7:00 p.m. (Check with your wrestler on whether the dual matches will be in the Sepulveda Gym or the Lackey Gym.) The Panthers will travel to San Benito on Saturday, December 5th for the Greyhound’s annual tournament.
"If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started." Marcus Tillius Cicero
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