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The Catalina Invitational was held on January 9th and 10th. Like other tournaments, this one began with a series of dual meets. Because there were 14 schools attending (Amphitheater, Baboquivari, Canyon Del Oro, Catalina, Catalina Foothills, Cienega, Desert View, Douglas, Buena, Notre Dame Prep, Palo Verde, Sabino, Sahuaro, & Santa Rita), they split the teams into two pools and each school wrestled half of the others to earn team points.
The Sabino team now has a sufficient roster and enough depth that we were able to send two teams (Sabino A and Sabino B) PLUS a few extra wrestlers who were able to fill in matches where other schools had gaps in particular weight classes. This means a LOT of good experience for our whole team!
Then the wrestlers with the top three records for each pool moved on to the semi-finals and finals to determine the first through sixth place medalists.
As you may have guessed by now, our wrestlers had LOTS of wins!
Rather than make you wait or click through all the pictures, here's the team results up front:
Here at Sabino, we're delighted to report that we had 12 wrestlers make it into the individual event. That means 12 (1st through 6th place) medals for our team!
As we've explained before, wrestling is both an individual sport and a team sport. We're proud of our medalists, but it took the effort of the whole team to earn that trophy!
Want to see pictures of the matches? Check out our Catalina Gallery page, or the medal matches. You can also visit the Arizona Daily Star slideshow or Daily Star article (with an interview with our own Cody Day!)
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