Three Socorro wrestlers strike gold at 3rd annual Sammy V meet

The third annual

Sammy Vivian Invitational

wrestling meet brought

25 teams to town as three

Socorro wrestlers struck

gold on Saturday.

Warriors Isiah Estrada

and David Gutierrez Jr.

and Lady Warrior Jayden

Kayser topped all comers in their weight classes.

Earning third places were

Chloe Etsitty and Kane

Johnson, while fourth places went to Kadeyn McNeil

and Marius Lucero

107 Champ. Round

1 – Marius Lucero

(Socorro) over Santiago

Medina (Highland) (Fall

1:38); Quarterfinals –

Marius Lucero (Socorro)

over Landen Deckert

(Centennial) (Fall 1:47);

Semifinals – Sasha Kliegl

(La Canada) over Marius

Lucero (Socorro) (Fall

2:20); Cons. Semis –

Marius Lucero (Socorro)

over Max Maes (Taos) (Fall

0:23); 3rd Place Match –

Yovan Suarez (Valencia)

over Marius Lucero

(Socorro) (Fall 1:36).

114 Champ. Round 1

– Isiah Estrada (Socorro)

over Alejandro Garcia

(Centennial) (Fall 0:53);

Quarterfinals – Isiah

Estrada (Socorro) over

Richard Madrid (Valencia)

(Fall 2:37); Semifinals –

Isiah Estrada (Socorro)

over Austin Lopez

(Miyamura) (Dec 3-0); 1st

Place Match – Isiah Estrada

(Socorro) over Elias

Martinez (Cleveland) (TF

19-2 5:34).

121 Champ. Round 1 –

Elijah Gonzales (Pojoaque

Valley) over Lucas Lopez

Saavedra (Socorro) (Dec

7-0); Cons. Round 1 –

Lucas Lopez Saavedra

(Socorro) over Jordan

Hunter (Belen) (MD 11-1);

Cons. Round 2 – Breslyn

Dodd (Cleveland) over

Lucas Lopez Saavedra

(Socorro) (Dec 12-7).

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127 Champ. Round

1 – Kane Johnson

(Socorro) received a bye;

Quarterfinals – Kane

Johnson (Socorro) over

Hamilton Rosa (Capital)

(Fall 0:08); Semifinals –

James Romero-Montoya

(Robertson) over Kane

Johnson (Socorro) (Fall

3:08); Cons. Semis – Kane

Johnson (Socorro) over

Matthew Wehner (Los

Alamos) (Fall 1:34);

3rd Place Match – Kane

Johnson (Socorro) over

Mythias Layton (Belen)

(Fall 0:59).

139 Champ. Round 1 –

Kadeyn McNeil (Socorro)

over Aaron Romero (Taos)

(Fall 1:43); Quarterfinals –

Kadeyn McNeil (Socorro)

over Clemente Garcia

(Grants) (Fall 2:25);

Semifinals – James Luttrell

(Cleveland) over Kadeyn

McNeil (Socorro) (MD

16-5); Cons. Semis –

Kadeyn McNeil (Socorro)

over Aaron Romero (Taos)

(Fall 4:30); 3rd Place

Match – Kolby Gonzales

(Las Cruces) over Kadeyn

McNeil (Socorro) (Dec

11-8).

145 Champ. Round

1 – Patrick Ware Moya

(Socorro) over Daniel

Rodriguez (Capital) (Fall

2:25); Quarterfinals –

Larry Meador (Grants)

over Patrick Ware Moya

(Socorro) (Fall 1:43);

Cons. Round 2 – Patrick

Ware Moya (Socorro) over

Tyler Fisher (Valencia)

(Fall 2:51); Cons. Round

3 – Marcos Chavarria

(Miyamura) over Patrick

Ware Moya (Socorro) (Fall

1:27).

152 Champ. Round 1 –

Nikoli Ashley (Miyamura)

over Patrick McBride

(Socorro) (Fall 0:20);

Cons. Round 1 – Patrick

McBride (Socorro)

over Maliki Alderete

(Tucumcari) (Fall 0:48);

Cons. Round 2 – Benjamin

Riesberg (La Canada) over

Patrick McBride (Socorro)

(Fall 2:56).

215 Champ. Round 1 –

Yahir Chacon (Centennial)

over Dominic Anaya

(Socorro) (Fall 3:15);

Cons. Round 1 – Elijah

Alvarez (Los Alamos) over

Dominic Anaya (Socorro)

(Fall 2:41).

285 Champ. Round

1 – David Gutierrez

(Socorro) received a bye;

Quarterfinals – David

Gutierrez (Socorro) over

Hernan Salas (Capital)

(Fall 1:39); Semifinals –

David Gutierrez (Socorro)

over Omar Estrada

(Valencia) (Fall 0:02);

1st Place Match – David

Gutierrez (Socorro)

over Taye Silversmith

(Miyamura) (Fall 1:58).

Lady Warrior top finishes

114 Champ. Round

1 – Emely Gilcrease

(Centennial) over Iliana

Perez (Socorro) (Fall 0:57).

126 1st Place Match –

Jayden Kayser (Socorro)

over Zaira Montoya

(Centennial) (Fall 1:13).

132 Champ. Round

1 – Alina Matkin

(Centennial) over Kalena

Vanlandingham (Socorro)

(Fall 2:32).

138 3rd Place Match

– Chloe Etsitty (Socorro)

over Moana Loewe

(Centennial) (Fall 2:50).

Socorro’s wrestlers are

honing their skills in antcipation of qualifying for the

regional and state meets.

The Warriors took on

Ruidoso on Wednseday

and are headed to the Tiger

Duals on Jan. 20 and then

travel to Roswell on Jan.

24.