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Girls Wrestling Districts

There have been a lot of firsts this year for the Lady Dragon wrestling team and they look forward to another new “first” this year.  In only their second season participating in the sanctioned Idaho high school female wrestling, the Lady Dragon wrestling team will be sending wrestlers to the state tournament.  After competing in their district tournament, two Lady Dragons- Cambree Howe and Cale Carter- have qualified to compete at the state tournament in Nampa, Idaho February 23-25.

The district tournaments were held at Skyline High School in Idaho Falls Saturday, February 11.  Competing there were teams from both Districts 5 and 6, consisting of schools from 1A to 5A.  Representing the Lady Dragons on the mats were Dannilyn Chournos, Dezirae Haven, Rylee Nielson, Cale Carter, and Cambree Howe.  110 lady wrestlers from the various teams wrestled through the brackets of 12 different weight classes, crowning a champion in each and sending their top athletes on to the state tournament.

From Malad, Danni wrestled well but unfortunately, dropped both her matches to knock her out of the tournament.  Danni joined the team late into the season, setting her at somewhat of a disadvantage in the meet.  The coaches look forward to seeing what she can do next year.

Dezirae went 1-2 in the tournament, defeating her first opponent but then dropping to wrestlers from Teton and West Jefferson.  Rylee moved up a weight class to the 126# bracket, where she wrestled six times throughout the tournament, going 3-3 for the day and placing 7th overall in the tournament.  Cale, wrestling at 145lbs went 2-2 in the tournament and placed 4th overall.   Cambree, wrestling at 152, also went 2-2 and placed 4th as well.  

With their 4th place finishes Cale and Cambree both qualify for the Idaho State Tournament on Feb 23-25 at the Ford Center in Nampa. These 2 ladies will be the first lady wrestlers from Malad to represent our school for the girls wrestling program.   

After an exciting season for the Lady Dragon wrestling team, Coach Clark shared, “Four of the 6 girls that came out for wrestling this year came in without any experience and now 2 of them are representing our school at the state tournament!  The coaches are proud of what each and everyone of these girls have accomplished this season.  I can't express how proud I am of them all.” 

In addition, Coach Morrison spoke of the girls wrestling, “We are incredibly proud of these girls.  They have all done extremely well this year and we are excited to watch Cam and Cale represent Malad wrestling at the state tournament. We are excited to grow Lady Dragon wrestling.”