Coppell once again hosted the Middle School State Championships in the Arena on Saturday, March 7. Over 30 schools with a mix of 7th and 8th graders attended, including Houston ISD, Spring ISD, Carroll, Frisco, Princeton ISD, and more. This tournament is not on the traditional UIL Wrestling calendar and experienced hardship when snowy weather forced its rescheduling from January to March.

Nonetheless, nearly 50 Coppell wrestlers from North, East, and West participated- the girls squad returning with increased numbers from last year, and the boys squad competing for the first time - and finished with six state champions and a multitude of placers.

Middle School North:
Leo Popp, STATE CHAMPION
Nathan Campbell, 2nd
Noah Voorhies, STATE CHAMPION
Soren Mehta, 2nd
Isaiah Vela, STATE CHAMPION
Nathan Quintero, 2nd
Yahel Hernandez, 2nd
Blake Holguin, 3rd
Max Sturch, STATE CHAMPION
Matthew Castaneda, 2nd
Milleena Garcia, BACK-TO-BACK STATE CHAMP
Anjali Sukumar, 4th
Camila Luquin, top 6
Eno Benedict-Usoro, 4th
Aubree Wiley, top 6
Joy Nascimento Oliveira, 4th
Nadia Stanback, 2nd
Campbell Long, STATE CHAMPION
Nazareth Clack, 3rd
Participants: Elliott Hunter, Xylon Rambo

Middle School East:
Ryder Sidebottom, 2nd
Ryan Davis, 4th
Adam Duff, 2nd
Ahan Kothalkar, top 6
Nick Taylor, top 6
David Morris, 3rd
Camryn Grayson, 2nd
Scout Salcido, 2nd
Elena Smith, 3rd
Taeya Lopez, 2nd
Mariana Landaeta, 2nd
Gwen Evans, 3rd
Ella Thompson, 3rd
Participants: Ivy Nguyen

Middle School West:
Muaaz Hasan, 4th
Darsh Tarway, top 6
Tarun Raja Aravind Kumar, 4th
Ashton Hunter, 2nd
Atharwa Rohilla, 3rd
Eden Fernandez, top 6
Lilia Delarosa, top 6
Aanshika Narula , top 6
Participants: Landen Howard, Emery Evans

Coppell Wrestling would like to thank financial sponsors, including Core Personnel Staffing Services, Caio Terra Academy Irving, Vertical Raise, and additionally thank Aledo High School for co-hosting, and Dan McCready for serving as the primary tournament director.

Coach Maxine Lisot served as primary coach, recruiting athletes and organizing practices for the past two months, in addition to working as one of the tournament directors. She would like to thank parent volunteer coaches Colin Grayson, Brett Sidebottom, and Kyle and Greg Sturch; the countless parent and high school volunteers who gave up Saturday to help; and the ongoing efforts by our middle school wrestling coach staff. From North, Coach Siebermann and Coach Huseth; East, Coach Mitchell and Coach Hill; and West, Coach Stivers and Coach Narro.

The stellar performances by our Cougars, Broncos, and Wranglers demonstrate the growing excellence of Coppell Athletics. We hope they shine as future Cowgirls and Cowboys on the high school stage!