Sun, Jul 05, 2009
Billy Morris of Catalina Foothills takes down Flowing Wells' Tyler Kentz during their 152-pound match Wednesday.
James S. Wood / arizona daily star

high school sports

Catalina Foothills female wrestler runs her record to 6-0

By Casey Crowe
Arizona Daily Star
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 12.07.2006
One of the night's slightest competitors left the grandest impression in Wednesday's quadrangular wrestling meet at Salpointe Catholic.
Catalina Foothills junior Andrea Hughes snared the spotlight when the 103-pounder kept her record unblemished with three more wins, two by pins.
Hughes improved to 6-0 on the season with a victory by forfeit before two dominating efforts against Salpointe Catholic's Andrew Erly and Flowing Wells' Chris Bostic.
"I wrestled pretty well, but there are still things I'm trying to improve on; a lot to work on still," Hughes said.
"Right now, I'm just trying to stay undefeated longer than I did last year."
Hughes started 2005 with a 12-0 record before finally losing a bout.
She eventually finished second in the 4A Kino Region championships.
Flowing Wells was the only team to win all three matches Wednesday, beating Foothills, Salpointe and Cholla — all by double digits.
Zach Dojaquez, a 145-pounder, earned wins in all of his matches, two by pin and one on points.
Cholla, with just eight of 14 openings filled, still managed to keep most of its matches close.
Standout freshman Dylan Jose cruised to three triumphs by pinning all of his opponents.
"The chicken wing seemed to be working against everyone I faced," Jose said. "But I lucked out on some of those pins. I just slipped into a few of those."
Daniel Sotelo also won all three of his matches for the Chargers.
"I'll take the eight guys we have against anybody," said Cholla coach Robert Soza-Villanueva. "We should have 12 of our slots filled with wrestlers within the next few weeks, but for what we have right now, we're doing great."
Salpointe competed without seven of its starting wrestlers.
All were missing because of injury, sickness or eligibility issues, according to Salpointe coach Tim Brown.
"Almost nobody seems to be healthy or available, and that makes it a lot different," Brown said. "We just lost our heavyweight for the season with a dislocated ankle. He saw his foot looking up at him backwards. Once most everyone is back, we'll have a better idea of how good we can be."