Wyoming High School State Wrestling Preview 2024
The last week of Wyoming High School wrestling ends in Casper. The state tournament is February 22-24, 2024 at the Ford Wyoming Center. The layout looks a little different this year with both boys and girls wrestling on all three days this year. Girls will wrestle first, then boys on all seven mats.
WYOMING HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLING STATE CHAMPIONSHIP BREAKDOWN 2024
Moorcroft, Kemmerer, Rawlins, Green River, Thunder Basin, and Star Valley all won their respective boys’ regionals last week. The girls’ champions were Star Valley and Sheridan. Find more results from all seven regional tournaments in the link below.
The defending champions are Star Valley (Girls), Kemmerer (2A), Green River (3A), and Sheridan (4A).
Three wrestlers are trying to join the rare four-time champions club. They are Broc Fletcher from Rock Springs, Thunder Basin's Antonio Avila, and Kale Knezovich of Green River. Good luck!
GIRLS' TEAMS COMPETING IN 2024
Big Piney, Buffalo, Burns/Pine Bluffs, Campbell County, Cheyenne Central, Cheyenne East, Cheyenne South, Cody, Cokeville, Douglas, Dubois, Evanston, Glenrock, Green River, Greybull/Riverside, H.E.M., Hulett, Jackson, Kelly Walsh, Kemmerer, Lander, Laramie, Lingle-Ft. Laramie/Southeast, Lovell, Lusk, Lovell, Mountain View, Natrona County, Newcastle, Pinedale, Powell, Rawlins, Riverton, Rock Springs, Rocky Mountain, Saratoga, Sheridan, Shoshoni, Sundance, Star Valley, Thermopolis, Thunder Basin, Tongue River, Torrington, Upton, Wheatland, Wind River, Worland, Wright, Wyoming Indian
Star Valley is the favorite to win the state title. We'll find out on Saturday if they can repeat. Here are the top two contenders for each weight class for the girls.
Individual rankings are provided by wyowrestling.com.
100 = McKinzie Mortensen (Pine), Rylie Meyer (Kemm)
105 = Kaylea Mortensen (Pine), Kenna Merritt (SV)
110 = Rebekah Anderson (Moor), Allison LeBlanc (Pow)
115 = Lilly Quintanilla (Therm), Paisley Smith (SV)
120 = Tai McBride (JK), Laynee Walker (Kemm)
125 = Eliza Clegg (Lym), Brueklyn Truempler (Shos)
130 = McKenna Barham (Lar), Ariel Kumelos (Wheat)
135 = Gabby Dowling (Grey/Riv), Remington Aullman (SV)
140 = Kaylie Julander (Kemm), Lacoda Kiser (Shos)
145 = Meadow King (Cent), Skylee Gangwish (KW)
155 = Josie Houk (LFLS), Kaelyn Ronnau (CE)
170 = Ashten Hubbs (Cody), Hali Witt (RS)
190 = Becca Oetken (Sher), Dankia Harris (Glen)
235 = Katyanna Dexter (Pine), Kaitlin Barral (Therm)
Here are the boys’ teams and classes for State.
2A BOYS TEAMS COMPETING IN 2024
Big Horn, Big Piney, Cokeville, Dubois, Glenrock, Greybull/Riverside, H.E.M., Hulett, Kemmerer, Lingle-Ft. Laramie/Southeast, Lovell, Lusk, Moorcroft, Rocky Mountain, Saratoga, Shoshoni, Sundance, Thermopolis, Tongue River, Upton, Wind River, Wright, Wyoming Indian
3A BOYS TEAMS COMPETING IN 2024
Buffalo, Burns/Pine Bluffs, Cody, Douglas, Evanston, Green River, Lander, Lyman, Mountain View, Newcastle, Pinedale, Powell, Rawlins, Riverton, Torrington, Wheatland, Worland
4A BOYS TEAMS COMPETING IN 2024
Campbell County, Cheyenne Central, Cheyenne East, Cheyenne South, Jackson, Kelly Walsh, Laramie, Natrona County, Rock Springs, Sheridan, Star Valley, Thunder Basin
The favorites to win the team titles are Kemmerer, Green River, and Thunder Basin. Being a favorite doesn't guarantee they'll be at the top of the podium on Saturday, team-wise or individually. Here are the favorites to win individual titles in each class, starting with 4A, 3A, then 2A.
Individual rankings are taken from wyowrestling.com.
106 = Kimball Perry (SV), Hudson Baker (Raw), Caleb Brown (BP)
113 = Levi Byrd (SV), Lucas Todd (GR), Dayne Humes (Moor)
120 = Cody Dunham (Sher), Ryan Nutt (Pine), Nathan Fish (LFLS)
126 = Caleb Morrison (SV), Trey Smith (Cody), Roany Proffit (Kemm)
132 = Tel Parry (SV), Zach Covolo (Raw), Braydnn Terry (Moor)
138 = Broc Fletcher (RS), Jake Hammer (Pine), Kaleb Brothwell (LFLS)
144 = Antonio Avila (TB), Nicholas Weipert (GR), Will Ward (Therm)
150 = Liam Fox (CE), Maddux Hintz (GR), Louden Bremer (LFLS)
157 = Jais Rose (TB), Kale Knezovich (GR), Gabe Emery (Kemm)
165 = Beau Russell (NC), Sage Lonn (Raw), Brody Sorensen (Therm)
175 = Dane Steel (Sher), Brady Roberts (Evans), Ty Stroschein (Grey/Riv)
190 = Cort Catlin (TB), Morgan Hatch (Lym), Wyatt Trembly (Dub)
215 = Noah Sides (NC), Jimmy Dees (Pow), Owen Barton (Kemm)
285 = Josef Sanchez (NC), Zaryc Prosser (Riv), Christian Reilly (Hul)
3A West Regional Wrestling Tournament
Gallery Credit: Frank Gambino