Texas Updates (2005 - 2006 Season)

 


State Results

2005-06 All-Area Girls Wrestling


Elizabeth Lewis (West Brooks High)

Awbrey Lowe

Rachel Woodruff

ACES OFF THE FIELD

Lady Buc wrestler (Kristi Smith) offered scholarship


Wrestling: Angel Diaz, Tascosa

Diaz, a Tascosa senior, put the finishing touches on a dominating high school career in February when she won her third state wresting title in four years.

After winning a state title at 102 pounds as a freshman and at 110 pounds as a junior, Diaz entered this year's state tournament undefeated at 100 pounds. In short order, she pinned Frisco Centennial's Breanna McNeil in 19 seconds and Houston Langham Creek's Courtney McGuire in 59 seconds. She then beat Austin Crockett's Alicia Sherill, 16-2, in the semifinals and Hereford's Georgette Villegas, 19-4, in the final.

"Watching what she's done has been phenomenal because of her work ethic in the mat room," Tascosa coach Johnny Cobb said. "She's not only talented and meaner than a junk yard dog, but she has that work ethic to go with it. Her senior year was great to watch because she was able to go out and dominate the state tournament and she made straight As for the first time in her life."

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WRESTLER OF THE YEAR: VANESSA EPPS

Frisco, Jr., 138 pounds
The way to Vanessa Epps' heart isn't with silver.

Try gold. As in state championship gold.


MEI-CHUN JAU/DMN
Vanessa Epps went 45-0 on her way to the state title in the 138-pound class.
Epps, a junior from Frisco, took her silver medal from last year's UIL State
Wrestling Championships to this year's tournament as a reminder of what she
didn't want to take back home with her. The pain was too great.

"I just didn't want any part of it," she said. "I took it out several times
just to let myself know I wanted gold."

Epps finished a 45-0 season with a dominating performance at the state
tournament. She pinned all four opponents, spending less than nine minutes
on the mat. She needed just 3:48 in the final to beat Arlington Seguin's
Ivonne Ramirez.

So what will Epps do for an encore? What will motivate her next year?

Learning new techniques, she says. Becoming a more complete wrestler. And
wrestling for her teammates and coaches.

Oh, and silver. She still doesn't like silver.



Notable: First at state meet; 45-0

About Epps: She said a key to her success is controlling her anger before a
match. "If I'm upset, I won't do well," she said.

What you don't know: Epps has her gold medal displayed on a pillow in her
room.


RECENT WINNERS

Year  Player  School
2001  Brandy Killingsworth  Arl. Sam Houston
2002  Suekoilya Shelly  Hurst L.D. Bell
2003  Suekoilya Shelly  Hurst L.D. Bell
2004  Desiree Cazares  S. Grand Prairie
2005  Katie Klammer  Lake Highlands

COACH OF THE YEAR

Chuck Brown, Frisco
Notable: Coached his team to the Region II title; 12th at UIL state meet

About Brown: He follows Frisco Centennial's Mike Eaton as Coach of the Year.

What you don't know: Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw hit Brown with
a golf shot while Brown was caddying at the Crown Colony Pro-Am.

NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR

Kirsten Strickler, Frisco, Fr., 119 pounds
Notable: UIL state meet qualifier; 29-14

About Strickler: She went 1-2 at the state tournament, but the 119-pound
division was considered the most difficult in the girls competition.

What you don't know: Strickler has never been on an airplane. She said the
first time she'll fly somewhere is in two years to a family reunion in
Florida.

FIRST TEAM

Lené Wood, Frisco Centennial, So., 95 pounds
Notable: First at UIL state meet; 37-0

About Wood: Wood and Frisco's Vanessa Epps were the first two state
champions in wrestling for Frisco ISD.

What you don't know: Wood likes to collect duck figurines and stuffed
animals.

Toni Rogers, Coppell, Sr., 165 pounds
Notable: First at UIL state meet; 27-1

About Rogers: She was fifth in state at 185 pounds in 2005. She decided to
drop in weight class, and it paid off with a state title.

What you don't know: Rogers has been riding, training and showing horses for
13 years. She plans on being on an equestrian team in college.

Sasha McElroy, Arlington, Sr., 148 pounds
Notable: Third at UIL state meet; 34-4

About McElroy: She helped Arlington to a third-place finish at state.

What you don't know: She has been a lifeguard for the last few years at the
Emler Swim School and the Elks Lodge in Arlington.

SECOND TEAM

Wt.  Name  School  Cl.  Notable
102  Tiffany Larriba  Southlake Carroll  Sr.  Second at UIL state meet, 32-3
119  Tessa Plana  Coppell  So.  Third at UIL state meet, 29-3
215  Sarah Lewis  Frisco Centennial  Sr.  Second at UIL state meet, 22-4
 


Sasha McElroy


The lack of respect is something with which Jackie Stiles has never had an issue.

That much is obvious as the Ray senior wrestler prepares for today's first round of the University Interscholastic League state championships at the Delco Center in Austin.

"I think female wrestlers get respect even though a lot of people don't think they do," said Stiles (24-2), who opens the competition against Keller Central's Courtney Ware (4-2).

"It seems like there's some controversy about that, but I feel like I get enough respect," she said. "That happens when you work hard at something."

One of six area wrestlers to qualify for state, Stiles, who wrestles in the 128-pound class, pinned Beeville's Maribel Cano in 1 minute, 35 seconds to win the 128-pound title at the District 30-5A tournament earlier this month. After receiving a first-round bye at the regional meet, she pinned her first two opponents in under a minute to advance to the finals.

San Antonio Lee's Danielle Walker took Stiles the full six minutes, but Stiles prevailed with a 7-3 decision.

"The biggest thing for her is that she is mentally tough," Ray coach Ed Arvin said. "She works hard and is just tough. She doesn't let stuff mess with her, stays focused and gets after it. That's something she developed more and more over the last four years."

Stiles made that evident by advancing to state last year, an experience she plans to put behind her this year.

Two quick losses on the first day ended Stiles' run in the tournament. This time, however, Stiles plans on surviving until Saturday.

"The big thing is handling the atmosphere," Stiles said. "If you get anxious then you don't do things right. Coach taught me how to cope with it and that it's just like any other tournament. This is my last chance to shine, only now I know what to expect."

Arvin thinks the experience last year at state might be the only motivation Stiles needs.

"She went to state last year with real high hopes and left there kind of disappointed in her own performance," Arvin said. "She really pushed herself this year to work hard so that she can make up for it."

 


If Caprock High School didn't already have a dynasty in girls' wrestling, the Lady Longhorns officially pinned down that distinction this past weekend.

Caprock captured its fourth state title since 2000, cementing its legacy in a sport that may be new to some, but is old hat to the Lady Longhorns.

When it comes to girls' prep sports in the Texas Panhandle, hoops hardware has long been the gold standard, but wrestling is making a name for itself.

Success will do that.

The Lady Longhorns had wrapped up the state title, mathematically speaking, before Saturday's final matches.

Individually, Tascosa High School's Angel Diaz won her third state title and was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler. Diaz is the first three-time champion in the eight-year history of the tournament, making her the Brandon Slay of her day.


Athlete of the Month: Tascosa wrestler continues dominance



 

 

 
For the Title: Tascosa's Angel Diaz wrestles Hereford's Georgette Villegas during the 110-pound final at the girls state wrestling meet last month at the Delco Center in Austin. Diaz won the match for the state title, her third title in four years.

TALK AMARILLO
"Coach Morris, not Morrison, has really turned that program around. They will crack the rankings soon I am sure. Dont be decieved by Claudes record. They lost to Canyon (who hasn't) Canadian, Panhandle, both who are ranked in 2A and Wellington. Wellington and Canadian are both in the Miami tourny this weekend. Might be fun to watch Coach M. go against his old team........." - From HS Football Fan
 


No one had won three state girls' wrestling titles since the sport was first sponsored by the UIL in 1999.

That is until Tascosa's Angel Diaz took to the mat last month.

Diaz, the Amarillo National Bank Athlete of the month for February, wrapped up her third title in four years at the state meet on Feb. 25 in Austin against Hereford's Georgette Villegas, 19-4, to win her second straight title in the 110-pound weight class. Diaz won the 102-pound class as a freshman.

"I've been to nationals and I've seen some really good ones, but as far as any girls competition, she's the best I've ever seen," Tascosa wrestling coach Johnny Cobb said.

"She's just so determined. She does not like losing. She's got that determination and that hard-nosed attitude."

Diaz gives a lot of the credit for her success to Cobb.

"I had the opportunity to be coached by a great coach," Diaz said. "When I first started, I wasn't really good with my takedowns, and that's something Coach taught me. That's what I mostly use now."

Cobb said Diaz has improved on the form that won Diaz her first state title in 2003.

"Technically, she's developed some more skills," Cobb said. "She was always just tough and hard to beat, but she never minded being coached and learned a lot of technique."

Diaz was tied with Villegas at the end of the first period in the final, the first time Diaz had not led at the end of the opening two minutes in any of her three state meet appearances. But Villegas had some insight into Diaz's moves that her previous opponents lacked.

"Hereford came over and worked out with us the week before state," Diaz said. "I didn't think I would see her in the finals, so I was teaching her how to counter different stuff, and when I wrestled her, she started using it to counter me."

Diaz rallied in the second and third periods for the win and her third state title. She plans to attend the University of the Cumberlands in Willamsburg, Ky., to wrestle.

"She's the complete package," Cobb said. "She's not only got dogged determination, but she's got talent and great technical skills, and she's also not afraid to work at it.

"When you put all of that together, I expect to see some great things from her on the college level."

Diaz is the first to win three UIL titles. Caprock's Tori Adams won two titles before wrestling was sanctioned by the UIL, and the first two UIL state titles in the 148-pound class in 1999 and 2000.

 


Athlete of the Week: Angel Diaz, Tascosa


 

 

 


  • SPORT: Wrestling

     

  • ON THE MAT: Diaz became the first wrestler to win three state titles in the eight-year history of the girls tournament and was named the state meet's Most Outstanding Wrestler. Diaz, a senior, won her first two matches with pins, both in under a minute, then beat Austin Crockett's Alicia Sherrill 16-2 in the semifinal and Hereford's Georgette Villejas 19-4 for the state championship in her final high school match.

     

  • TASCOSA COACH JOHNNY COBB: "To say I'm proud of her is such a huge understatement, she's the reason that coaches coach."

     

  • DIAZ: "It feels good to be known for winning state three times, I've been working hard all year for it."

     

  • BESIDES ATHLETICS: Likes to play in the park with her daughter.

     

  • FAVORITE ATHLETE: Michael Jordan.

     

  • LIFETIME GOAL: "I'd like to make it to the Olympics, then be a wrestling coach and be able to coach my daughter."

     

  • BET YOU DIDN'T KNOW: "I was a troublemaker growing up."

     

  • PARENTS: Dino and Estella Diaz.
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    Web-posted Sunday, February 26, 2006
    Lady Longhorns are No. 1 again


    Caprock captures third consecutive crown; Lady Rebs' Diaz honored


     

     

     

     
    State Champions: CaprockUs Maci Alvarado, left, Chelsea Colarelli, Lisa Martinez, Erin Ramon and Stephanea Hignight celebrate their state title Saturday.


     
    Angel Diaz: THS standout name top wrestler.


    AUSTIN - The last thing Caprock head coach Scott Tankersley was going to do before the finals of the UIL Girls StateWrestling Meet started Saturday was let his team know they had already sewn up their third consecutive state title.

    Heading into the finals and consolation finals, Caprock had an 85-60 lead over Katy, and Katy was mathematically incapable of catching the Lady Longhorns despite having two girls in the finals.

    "I told the girls Katy was right on our tails and we wouldn't win unless we won our final consolation matches," Tankersley said.

    Lisa Martinez (102 pounds), Daffney Barbosa (110) and Stephanea Hignight (138) each won their third-place matches en route to 91 team points and a three-peat. Katy finished second with 66 points, and Arlington High and Katy Taylor tied for third with 60. Hereford finished seventh with 53, Tascosa 13th with 45.5, River Road 27th with 16 and Amarillo High 31st with 14.

    Girls State Wrestling

     

  • Champions: Caprock wins its fourth title since 2000.

     

  • Individual Winners: Tascosa's Angel Diaz wins her third championship at 110 pounds.

     


    Go here for more photos.

  • Tascosa's Angel Diaz was the only area wrestler to bring home an individual title. She pinned Hereford' Georgette Villegas in the 110-pound final to win her third state title in four years. Diaz did not win the title as a sophomore because she was prohibited from competing at the state meet after getting into a fight in the parking lot of the regional meet.

    "It was harder this year than other years because Georgette is very good," Diaz said. "I feel glad about winning it three times and I hope people will remember me for that. I wish I could have won it all four years, but I messed up."

    Diaz was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler and became the first three-time winner in the eight-year history of the girls tournament.

    Maci Alvarado was the only Caprock wrestler to reach the finals. Klein's two-time state champion Lindsey Brooks pinned her at the 5:09 mark of the final. It was Brooks' 76th consecutive win and improved her to 44-0 this year.

    Alvarado might have produced the biggest win of the tournament for Caprock. Caprock entered the semifinals with a commanding lead and four wrestlers still alive. Martinez, Barbosa, and Hignight all lost their semifinals, leaving Alvarado to stop the bleeding. Alvarado pinned Austin Akins' Samantha Richardson 20 seconds into the second period.

    "It was really scary because I watched all my teammates go down, bam, bam, bam," Alvarado said. "I was like: I don't want that to happen to me. I'll do anything to help my team. I'd rather my team win and not win individually than to win individually and not have my team win."

    Caprock won the 2004 state title without an individual champion, but Caprock assistant Chris Allen thinks this year's team epitomized teamwork as well or better than any of the championship teams. Last year's champion had two individual winners. This year's team got off to a slow start before catching fire at the District 5 Meet and Region I Meets.

    "It was just about team," Allen said. "The one thing I tell these girls more than anything else is: if you're improving every day, you're winning. All these girls have steadily gotten better all year long."

    Caprock took a commanding lead Friday. All six girls won their first-round matches, and four of those won their quarterfinal matches. When the team appeared to run into trouble with the three losses in the semifinals, Caprock assistant TJ Johnson had a feeling the girls would come through. He had watched this team overcome adversity all season long and figured Saturday would be no different.

    "I think this is the most rewarding of all the state titles because nobody picked us," Johnson said.


    Friday photos

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    Tiffany Larriba (Carroll)

    Austin preview


    Web-posted Saturday, February 25, 2006
    The Rock keeps Rolling


    Lady 'Horns take control in their bid for another mat crown



     

     

     
    Fast Start: Caprock's Chelsea Colarelli gains an advantage against Arlington High's Amy Stephens during a first-round match in the 119-pound division Friday at the University Interscholastic League State Wrestling Meet in Austin's Delco Center. Colarelli cruised to a 12-2 victory but later lost her second-round match.


    AUSTIN - The Caprock girls wrestling team took charge of its destiny in its quest for its third consecutive state title.

    After a slow start in 2005 left the Caprock girls scrambling to capture their second straight title by one-half point over El Paso Hanks, a lightning start this year has the Lady Longhorns in a position to capture a three-peat.

    Friday at the Delco Center, the Lady Longhorns won all six of their first-round matches and four of six quarterfinal matches to accumulate 49 first-day points, 20 more than Arlington High and Southlake Carroll, which are tied for second. Katy and Katy Taylor are tied for fourth with 28 points.

    If Caprock holds its lead, it would be the fourth state title since 2000 for the Lady Horns.

    "We need to keep fighting," Caprock coach Scott Tankersley said. "We don't have near enough points. You never know what can happen. We can't come out saying, 'We're Caprock. We're better than everybody else.' Because we've got too big a target on our backs."

    Hereford is 10th with 21 points and two wrestlers in the semifinals, Tascosa is 12th with 18 points and one in the semis, River Road is 24th with 11 points and one in the semis, and Amarillo High is 32nd with seven points and one in the semis.

    "We need to keep fighting. We don't have near enough points."

    Caprock wrestling coach Scott Tankersley

     


     

    Caprock's Lisa Martinez (102 pounds) will face Carroll's Tiffany Larriba in the semis. Martinez pinned Cypress Ridge's Jessica Nguyen in 3:24 in the first round and beat Austin Crockett's Nancy Rodriguez 14-3 in the quarterfinals.

    Caprock freshman Daffney Barbosa (110) will face Hereford's Georgette Villegas in the semis. Barbosa beat Dallas Jefferson's Roxana Castillo on a disqualification in the first round and beat Cypress Fairbanks' Courtney Weisner 11-3 in the quarters. Villegas pinned Arlington Bowie's TJ Cannon in the first round and beat Austin LBJ's Rachel Woodruff 7-6 in the quarters. The winner of that semifinal will face the winner of the semifinal between Tascosa's defending state champion, Angel Diaz, and Austin Crockett's Alicia Sherrill. Diaz pinned Centennial's Breanna McNeil and Houston Langham Creek's Courtney McGuire in a total time of 1:18.

    Caprock's Stephanea Hignight (138) will face Seguin's Ivonne Rodriguez in the semis. Hignight pinned Mission's Aliera Villareal in 1:12 in the first round and Waller's Whitney Disotelle in 3:30 in the quarters.

    Caprock's Maci Alvarado (148) will face Austin Akins' Samantha Richardson in the semis. Alvarado pinned Killeen Ellison's Sasha Nelson in 1:57 in the first round and Arlington Martin's Brittane Mergerson in the quarters.

    Hereford has Chelsi Pickens still alive at 95. Pickens will face Centennial's Lene Wood in the semis. Pickens La Joya's Diana Jaime in 1:50 in the first round and beat South Grand Prairie's Alex Sprinkles 8-2 in the quarters.

    AHS' Bethany Courkamp is alive at 102 and will face El Paso Hanks' Aubrey Lowe in the semis. Courkamp scored a 7-3 win over Katy Taylor's Courtney Hole in the first round and a 5-4 win over Centennial's Emily Martin in the quarters.

    River Road's Natali Ramos (165) is still in the hunt for an individual title. She pinned Klein Oak's Stephanie King in the first round and held off Austin High's Ana Torres 10-9 in the quarters.

     


    Girls State Wrestling

     

  • Impact: The Caprock girls, looking for their third straight state title, lead Arlington High and Southlake Carroll by 20 points heading into the semifinals.

     

  • Key Stat: Four Caprock girls are in the semifinals and two are alive in the consolation bracket.
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    Texas/ Caprock H.S.:

    Web-posted Monday, February 13, 2006
    WT maroon dominates in spotlight

    TALK AMARILLO

    what they're saying...
    "Congratulations to the Buffs last night! I was really proud of them and
    even prouder to be on the sidelines with them! Keep it up!" - wtamu trainer

    Join this discussion or start your own at TalkAmarillo.
    It's happenin'!

    The Ordway Auditorium stage had a definite maroon tint on Sunday.
    Five Buffaloes from West Texas A&M picked up hardware during the Panhandle
    Sports Hall of Fame induction and awards ceremonies.

    WT's awards included three players of the year, a coach of the year and the
    honor for the single-biggest play of 2005.

    "It's been a great year at West Texas A&M," Buffs head football coach Don
    Carthel said. "It's a testament to the success we've had across the
    university. It wasn't just football. We did well in a lot of things. When we
    started back in August, we told the players to look at the other programs at
    WT and you see winners across the board. We wanted to have a program just
    like the others."

    WT's football team came out of hibernation in 2005. The Buffs went 10-1
    during the regular season and won the Lone Star Conference championship.
    Carthel, in his first season at WT, picked up the PSHOF Football Coach of
    the Year honor. Jacob Felton, whose field goal at the end of regulation
    provided the margin of victory in the Buffs' 19-17 win against Texas
    A&M-Commerce, received the Leslie and Nard Cazzell Big Play Memorial Award.

    "It's a great feeling, especially after we'd struggled so much last year
    (2004)," Felton said. "It's an amazing feeling, especially when they were
    running video of the other big plays we'd had. I kept thinking that any one
    of those could have been it."

    Ceremony organizers ran video of three other WT game-winning plays from 2005
    as finalists before announcing Felton as the award winner.

    WT's Josh Fender was named the PSHOF Soccer Player of the Year. He scored 18
    goals and had six assists for the Buffs in 2005.

    Brittani Bell, the Lone Star Conference's career digs leader, was named
    Volleyball Player of the Year.

    Another all-time WT great, Celeste Stevenson, was given the Basketball
    Player of the Year honor. Stevenson finished her career in 2005 as the
    program's scoring leader.

    "It's a credit to all the great sports programs we have at WT," Felton said.
    "It was fun to be up there with so many of us on the stage. We had a great
    year."

    Maybe the best moment of the program was Scott Tankersley's story about how
    Caprock won its second straight girls state wrestling title. The Lady
    Longhorns had a half-point lead over El Paso Hanks after all the Lady
    Longhorns had wrestled. Tankersley was sweating out the final title matches,
    and just one Hanks wrestler had a chance to win an individual title and push
    the Lady Longhorns into second place. Crystal Valdez, who had already won
    her gold medal, sought out the Hanks wrestler's opponent and let her try on
    the championship medal. Then Valdez told her to go win one of her own. Hanks
    lost the match, and Caprock rode its half-point lead to a second straight
    title.

    Canyon High School also had strong representation on the PSHOF stage. The
    school won a Special Achievement award for its third straight Lone Star Cup,
    the 2004-05 all-sports honor. Joe Lombard was named Basketball Coach of the
    Year, Brittney Lanehart was Track Coach of the Year, and Aaron Gomez was
    Golf Coach of the Year.

    Hereford had a multi-sport presence as well, led by one-time Herd coach
    Larry Dippel, who was inducted into the Hall of Fame. Hereford runner Erin
    Charest was presented the Dee Henry Memorial Award, former Herd quarterback
    Cody Hodges, who guided the Texas Tech offense in 2005, won the Football
    Player of the Year award, and the girls state champion cross country team
    was given a Special Achievement award.
     


    Update on Caprock H.S. in Texas:

    Caprock teams take district mat crowns


    Caprock made a clean sweep of the District 5 Wrestling Meet, taking home the
    boys and girls titles in front of about 600 on Friday at the Caprock
    Activity Center.

    Twenty years removed from their last state title, the Caprock boys racked up
    213 points and advanced 10 wrestlers to next weekend's Region I Meet at El
    Paso Bowie. The two-time defending state champion Lady Longhorns racked up
    150 points and advanced 11 to the regional tournament. The top two finishers
    in each weight class advance to regionals.

    "It's fulfilling because we spend so much time working with both groups,"
    Caprock coach Scott Tankersley said. "It takes everybody working together to
    make something like this happen. I'm speechless."

    The Amarillo High boys finished second (162 points), Tascosa was third
    (134), and Palo Duro was fourth (126). The Tascosa girls finished second
    (85), AHS was third (72), and PD was fourth (52).


    On the girls side, it was the 102-pound final that had the crowd on its
    feet. Caprock's Lisa Martinez took a 4-1 lead into the final period against
    Amarillo High's Bethany Courkamp. Courkamp fought back to tie it at 5-5 at
    the end of regulation. Both wrestlers battled for position for the first
    half of the one-minute, sudden-death overtime period before Martinez was
    able to work her way around behind Courkamp for the takedown and the 7-5
    win.

    District 5 Wrestling Meet


    Girls

    Team Standings

    1. Caprock 150. 2. Tascosa 85. 3. AHS 72. 4. PD 52.

    Regional Qualifiers

    95: 1. Erin Ramon, CHS. 2. Toni Cortez, AHS. 102: 1. Lisa Martinez, CHS. 2.
    Bethany Courkamp, AHS. 110: 1. Angel Diaz, THS. 2. Daffney Barbosa, CHS.
    119: 1. Chelsea Colarelli, CHS. 2. Whitney White, AHS. 128: 1. Brandi
    Kenyon, PD. 2. Jamie Overton, CHS. 138: 1. Stephanea Hignight, CHS. 2. Sarah
    Alpar, THS. 148: 1. Maci Alvarado, CHS. 2. Tyra Taylor, THS. 165: 1. Kayla
    Reed, THS. 2. Tara Mayez, CHS. 185: 1. Marissa Schrepel, THS. 2. Mercedes
    Gonzalez, Caprock. 215: 1. Claudia Cera, CHS. 2. Marchay Coffey, AHS.


     


    Jackie Stiles (Corpus Cristi)

    La Joya Lady Coyotes

    Arlington's Girls Team


    What she did: Epps, a junior, went 4-0 with four first-period pins to win
    the 138-pound division at the Houston Lee Tournament.

    Vanessa Epps The stats: Epps is 28-0 with 24 pins. She has won four matches
    by forfeit, so none of her matches have gone the distance.

    Who is she? Epps, a member of SportsDay's 2004-05 All-Area team, was 40-3
    last season and runner-up in the 138-pound class at the UIL state
    tournament.

    She said it: "Basically, I'm trying to prove myself to some people. I still
    don't get a lot of respect as a wrestler because I like the headlock. I'm
    someone you need to watch out for instead of 'that girl with the headlock.'
    "

    Coach said it: "She's so much better than she was last year, it's
    unbelievable. The biggest thing is her leadership has taken off. ... When
    she gets in the room, she's going to joke around and have fun, but when it's
    time to work, she works. When she walks in the room, she's the leader." -
    Frisco coach Chuck Brown

    Did you know? Epps' boyfriend, Vlad Cirmati, isn't exactly thrilled with her
    choice of sports. "He doesn't think girls should wrestle," she said. "He's
    typically worried, and I like pushing his buttons."

     


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