Rollie Lane in Idaho and Super Girl 64 in Oklahoma offered late-season tune-ups for their surrounding areas, and with that, state championships are starting to roll in. Alaska held its state tournament in December while Indiana held its girls’ tournament last week, and this week is Alabama. 

Also, the new girls’ rankings were just released on Jan 12. You can check them out here. 

Thunder Ridge Claims Title at Rollie Lane Invitational With Record-High Participation

Idaho staged the sixth edition of the Rollie Lane Girls Invitational on Jan. 6-7 with 491 participants from 118 teams and five states — Idaho, California, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington — filling the brackets and turning the tournament into one of the best in the Northwest. 

Thunder Ridge (Idaho) won the tournament with 158.5 points and one champion — sophomore Taylor Brown who took home her second Rollie Lane championship with six wins at 100 pounds. Reed (Nev.) finished second with 139 points and also had a lone champion — Fargo All-American Maria Aiono at 185. The senior, ranked #10 at 190, won all five of her matches by fall. 

#16 Amie Hartman (Mountain Home, Idaho) also took home her second title 235. Idaho’s reigning state champion ended each match with a pin. Her only bout that went past the first period came in the finals, where she pinned #28 Madisen Pillers, a Washington state champ, in 3:32. 

Last year’s 132-pound runner-up, Hannah Hernandez (Ontario, Oreg.), bumped up two weight classes and captured the championship at 145. Hernandez took out last year’s tournament champion and Oregon state champion MacKenzie Shearon in the semifinals before pinning Fargo All-American and North Central commit Clare Waite (Boise) in the finals. 

Buhl (Idaho) crowned two freshman champions Ali Svancara (107) and Roxy Sheen (138). Svancara, who was a 14U Women’s Nationals finalist, pinned fellow Idaho senior and two-time state placer Toni Avelino at the 1:31 mark in the finals. Sheen pinned five of her six opponents, ending the tournament with a fall over Kyler Scott at 1:09. 

The remaining champions included #25 Joely Slyter at 114 (Lewiston, Idaho), MaKenna Duran at 120 (Crook County, Oreg.), Keanna Conrad at 126 (Blackfoot, Idaho), Zoe Ortiz at 132 (Bonneville, Idaho), Brooklyn Anderson at 152 (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho), and Jasmine Morales at 165 (McQueen, Nev.). 

Full results from Rollie Lane. 

Broken Arrow Claims Victory at First Annual Super Girls 64 

Union High School in Oklahoma hosted its first annual Super Girls 64 tournament on Jan. 6-7 with 46 schools from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri and Texas. 

The brackets were capped at 64 participants at each weight with the wrestlers separated among eight different pools. The top two of each pool advanced to the Gold bracket while the bottom two advanced to the silver bracket.  

Broken Arrow (Okla.) won the team title behind six individual champions across the gold and silver brackets. Emily Beckley and Tiffany Breshears won the gold brackets at their weight. Beckley ran through her pool with three falls before battling four more matches in the 120-pound gold bracket and ending the weekend with a 7-3 decision over Aiyana Perkins (Tulsa Union). Breshears racked up five falls over the weekend and a 4-0 decision in the finals over Millie Bradley (Tuttle) 4-0 at 130. 

Nixa (Mo.) finished second in the team race and had two gold bracket champions — #8 Brenya Crahan (145) and #13 Cali Dupree (155). Crahan, a two-time state champion, blasted through her pool and gold bracket, winning all seven matches by fall. Dupree, a Fargo All-American, picked up six wins while giving up only one point. 

The nationally-ranked host school — Tulsa Union (Okla.) — finished third and had a pair of gold bracket champions: Kali Hayden (170) and #15 Azreal Smith (235). Hayden notched a quick six-second fall in her second match with a feet-to-back blast double. The 2022 Fargo runner-up ran through her pool and bracket winning all by pin. Her teammate Smith, a Preseason National runner-up, didn’t spend more than 30 seconds on the mat at a time. Her quickest pin came in 10 seconds with a knee pick straight to the back. 

Tenth-ranked Bixby (Okla.) also had a pair of gold division champions in #20 Jadyn Roller (110) and #9 Brissa Bernal (125). 

Fargo champ Lynn Horn, who’s ranked sixth at 135, was the other nationally-ranked champion. 

Five other schools had individual champions in the gold bracket: 100 — Ashly Johnson (Poteau, Okla.), 105 — Kyrstan Perez (Westmoore, Okla.), 115 — Dru Turner (Hinton, Okla.), 140 — Trysten Rittberger (Yukon, Okla.) and 190 — Tessalynn Goodner (Putnam City, Okla). 

Full results for Super Girl 64. 

IHSGW Crowns Multi-Time Champions as State Awaits Sanctioning Status 

Indiana is one of the few states left that isn’t sanctioned, despite being the home state of Olympians and World medalists Sarah Hildebrant and Kayla Miracle. Fortunately, the state holds emerging sport status and is on the road to becoming a sanctioned sport. 

On Jan. 12 in Kokomo, three star athletes became three-time state champions — #4 Julianna Ocampo (110), #26 Mallory Winner (155) and #27 Varzidy Batchelor (235). 

Six reigning state champions returned and won a second title — #12 Kendall Moe (100), #4 Rose Kaplan (125), #14 Aleksandra Bastaic (140) and Elly Janovsky (145). 

AvaLyn Mosconi (170) also won her second title. Her first came in 2022 before a runner-up finish in 2023. 

#2 Heather Crull (105), Sophia Buechner (120), Kyra Tomlinson (130), and Jaiah O’Neal (190) also returned to the finals but this year took home championships. 

Freshmen Ysabelle Ocampo, who’s ranked #30 (115) and #20 Maddie Marsh (135) also claimed titles. 

New Haven racked up the most team points with 90 and Southport finished second with 72 points. 

Full results for the IHSGW State finals.

Coming Up: Alabama Girls State

Alabama’s girls' state tournament is coming up this week with the final eight placement matches being wrestled on Friday at the Birmingham Crossplex. There are seven returning champions to keep your eye on. 

Juniors Evelyn Holmes-Smith (120) from Enterprise and Kalyse Hill (132) from Daphne are looking for their fourth state titles; both are entering the tournament undefeated this year. Holmes-Smith is Alabama’s only currently ranked wrestler #19 at 125. Bob Jones High School senior Carly Thomas (126) also has a chance for a fourth state title. 

Pinson Valley senior Aniyah Griffin (185) can return to the finals for a fourth time. Griffin won the inaugural 2021 tournament, then earned runner-up in 2022 before winning the championship again in 2023. 

Three other young wrestlers are looking to become multi-time champions — sophomore Mackenzie Schultz (152) from Enterprise, along with freshmen Alanah Girard (100) from Daphne and Juliana Eldrige (114) from Wetumpka, both of whom won the tournament as eighth-graders. 

The brackets are here on Trackwrestling. The finals will be streamed on Jan. 19 here. 

Coming Up: Tulsa Nationals

World of Wrestling stages the second part of its World of Wrestling Championships this weekend: Tulsa Nationals. 

The coveted Trinity Award comes from winning the three WOW tournaments. The Kickoff Classic in November was the first part. 

Winners from the Kickoff Classic who are registered for Tulsa Nationals include Kassie Sapp (90), Justice Gutierrez (98), Ella Hughes (115) and Lily Weinreich (135). 

Nationally-ranked athletes on the entry list are gathered at 100 pounds: #8 Abigail Gonzalez (Fla.), #14 Lyric Hetzer (Ohio), and #17 Violet Diaz (Iowa). 

You can watch it live here. 

The final part of the WOW Championships comes April 4-7 at Reno Worlds in Nevada.