Winslow Wins Pat Kenny Title, Roadrunners Earn Second Place

December 5th, 2007


By Greg Perkins
    The Winslow Bulldogs posted 197.5 points to win the 2007 Pat Kenny Invitational wrestling meet held last weekend at Holbrook High School. The hosting Roadrunners were second with 184 points, followed by Payson with 151.5, Mountain Ridge, 130.5, Monument Valley,    96, and Round Valley, 74.
    The Alchesay Falcons won the Sportsmanship Award.
    Andy Perez    of Trevor Browne was named the Lightweight Outstanding Wrestler, Ty Sells of Monu-ment Valley was selected as the Middleweight Outstanding Wrestler and Alex Tsosie of Ganado was named the Heavyweight Outstanding Wrestler.    
    Individual results follow by division, with the wrestlers listed in order of finish.
    103 lbs., Sheldon Maloney of Monument Valley, Rueben Serna of Holbrook, Preston Hancock     of Win-slow, Jed Ward of Payson, Bryan Bitsui of Ganado and Bradley Yazzie of Many Farms.
    112 lbs., Jesus Arando of Mountain Ridge, Anthony Guzman of Winslow, Ben Lee of Payson, Mitchell Udall of Round Valley, Wayne Kuwannyoima of Greyhills and Shaun Curley of Sanders.
    119 lbs., John Beecroft of Winslow, Gabi Aguilera of Holbrook, Nick Suwya of Mountain Ridge, Jacob Cluff of Payson, Lyle Begay of Window Rock and Kyle John of Ganado.
    125 lbs., Andy Perez of Trevor Browne, Lloyd Grey of Red Mesa, Eddie Montano of Winslow, Andrew Murray of Holbrook, Evander Alchesay of Alchesay and Darwin Tyler of Window Rock.
    130 lbs., Richard Serna of Holbrook, Ben Sandoval of Payson, Klay Donaldson of Mountain Ridge, Jefferson Udall of Round Valley, Garrett Manygoats of Greyhills and Emery Yazzie of Chinle.
    135 lbs., Markos Serna of Holbrook, Justin Cuevos of Mountain Ridge, Bryant Billie of Valley Sanders, Colten Mortensen of Round Valley, Ryan Cox of Payson and Keifer Gilbert of Winslow.
    140 lbs., Bryce Bigham of Round Valley, Isaac Cluff of Payson, Jon Kessler of Mountain Ridge, Johnny Montoya of Winslow, Vernon Benally of Chinle and Joseph Begay of Monument Valley.
    145 lbs., Ty Sells of Monument Valley, Kirk Ramsey of Winslow, David Hatch of Holbrook, Ryan Bigelow of Round Valley, Alex Brown of Many Farms and Ryan Arrendondo of Mountain Ridge.
    152 lbs., Mark McCarthy of Payson, Carlos Barela of Holbrook, Frank Villa of Alchesay, Casey Livingston of Fort Wingate, Antonio Anagal of Monument Valley and Niko Gutierrez of Round Valley.
    160 lbs., John Gonzales of Winslow, Brandon Pinto of Ft. Wingate, James Lerma of Holbrook, Isiah Kee of Trevor Browne, Jeron Abe of Ganado and Conner Lee of Sanders.
    171 lbs., Alex Tsosie of Ganado, Mikel Hernandez of Winslow, Oshay Chovanec of Payson, Ulises Aragon of Mountain Ridge, Luke Bowman of Holbrook and Niel Wagoner of Chinle.
    189 lbs., Adrian Perkins of Holbrook, Aaron Sakievich of Mountain Ridge, Myka Franklin of Window Rock, Dominic Manygoats of Greyhills, Frank Larzelere of Alchesay and Pat Young of Winslow.
    215 lbs., Bryan Burke of Payson, Joe Larsen of Winslow, John Hardy and Ganado, Joshua Hashnic    of Monument Valley, Sheldon Murphy of Sanders and Dushane Litso of Window Rock.
    285 lbs., Josh Johnson of Alchesay, Michael Williams of Monument Valley, Pat Lomeli of Winslow, Ira Puhuhefvaya of Hopi, Robert Begay of Ft. Wingate and Gregory Tabaha of Window Rock.
    “We knew going in that this would be a challenging tournament with the addition of Payson and Round Valley.  There were some very tough wrestlers. The Pat Kenny is a great starter for our season. Many of our guys got seven to 10 matches, which is some great experience. We lost some heartbreakers, as well as won some hard fought matches. The Las Vegas duals tournament is this weekend. There is always some top notch competition there.  I am looking forward to some amazing matches,” said Holbrook Coach John Bokker.
    The Roadrunners will be in action on Friday and Saturday, Dec. 7 and 8, in the Las Vegas Duals.


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