SLAM ACADEMY
Head coach: Jacob Rollans, second season
Returning lettermen: Five
Top wrestlers: Gabriel Ojeda (So.), Antonio Zepeda (So.), Brandon Corsaro (So.), Samson Enos (Fr.)
Outlook: Ojeda, who likely will wrestle at 132 pounds, had three top-four finishes in invitationals last year, including a first-place finish at the Chaparral Invitational.
He leads a group of five returning lettermen.
The Bulls also expect big things from Enos.
Makhi Clark and Aidan Hernandez won individual titles to lead Sierra Vista to its second straight Class 4A state wrestling championship Saturday at Western High.
SLAM! Nevada’s wrestling team continued its dominance by winning its fourth straight Class 5A team state title Saturday in Fallon. Centennial won the girls title.
Girls high school wrestling is expanding across the country. The trend is the same in Nevada, even though the sport isn’t fully sanctioned by the NIAA.
High schools from small towns are among some of the most dominant wrestling teams in state history. Just one Southern school has more than eight state titles.
Ten SLAM Academy wrestlers won individual titles as the Bulls cruised to the Class 5A Southern Region team title Saturday at Shadow Ridge.
As Southern Nevada wrestlers prepare for this weekend’s league meets, most of them in Class 5A will be batting for second place behind SLAM Academy wrestlers.
Centennial’s girls wrestling team won the Southern Region team title Saturday. The Bulldogs lost last year’s region title by a single point.
Two of the top wrestlers at SLAM Academy this season will spend next year competing at the collegiate level.
More than 500 wrestlers competed at the Chaparral Invitational on Saturday at Valley High School. Here is a list of winners and photos from the matches.
Liberty High senior Melvin Whitehead has dominated his weight class for four years and expects to continue his success on the wrestling mat at Arizona State.
