Last year Sharyland Pioneer led the way among the Big 7 schools with six wrestlers qualifying for state, while La Joya Juarez-Lincoln led the way among the Big 7 6A schools with four wrestlers qualifying. This year Pioneer is once again leading the way among the Big 7 schools with a total of seven Diamondbacks and Lady Diamondbacks qualifying for state, while Palmview has three qualifiers, Sharyland has two and Juarez-Lincoln, Mission High and La Joya High each have one wrestler that qualified.
The Pioneer wrestling program not only led the way in state qualifiers among Big 7 schools, but Coach Richard Eckley’s girls led the Valley in the number of state qualifiers for the second year in a row while his boys did the same for the third straight year.
Here is a list of the Big 7 State Championship qualifying wrestlers by school and weight class:
5A Boys
Sharyland Pioneer: Angel Avila (126 lbs.), Daniel Huerta (145 lbs.), Ethan Garza (220 lbs.), Orlando Camacho (285 lbs.)
Sharyland High: Alberto Mendoza (106 lbs.)
La Joya Palmview: Joseph Zieske (138 lbs.)
6A Boys
La Joya Juarez-Lincoln: Carlos Doria (126 lbs.)
La Joya High: Jacob Gonzalez (145 lbs.)
Mission High: Dante Lopez (285 lbs.)
5A Girls
Sharyland Pioneer: Emily Trevino (119 lbs.), Vanessa Ramirez (138 lbs.), Camila Flores (215 lbs.)
Sharyland High: Jerilyn Peralez (95 lbs.)
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