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Wrestling teams make top rankings at state

Grace Williamson, Sports EditorFebruary 24, 2020Leave a Comment

Arms up, senior Hannah Lee smiles at the camera. Lee is the only senior on the girls varsity team. "The best part about the season was being able to have successful games," Lee said. "And have a memorable senior year."

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With his hands holding the ball above his head, junior J'Den Shields prepares to shoot a free throw. On Dec. 10, Max Preps ranked the boys varsity basketball team as No. 13 in Texas and No. 4 in the region. Head Coach Scott Imes leads the boys varsity team along with assistant coaches Ryan Lamberson, Gabe Owens, and Matthew Alford.

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Feet on the free-throw line, junior J'Den Shields gets ready to take a shot. Shields hit 1,000 career points during the teams' game against Frisco Memorial on Nov. 19. In that non-district match-up, Shields contributed 37 points to the Eagles' 85-72 win.

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Ball tucked, senior Leo Anguiano rushes for a first down. Prosper is undefeated in district and ranks 19th in the state of Texas. "Fridays game was definitely a tough one," Anguiano said. "I’m mostly proud of the way we handled adversity as a team. We showed that we don’t back down from a fight. In close games we’ll find a way to win and that’s gonna come in handy this week against Allen."

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Standing in green Malcom Hill continues his passion for football as a coach. This marks his second year working for Prosper High School. "I kind of fell in love with the sport in middle school," Hill said. "Played it throughout high school and up until college.”

Malcolm Hill brings faith to the field

photo courtesy of Sion King

The 220-pound weight class champions display their awards. Senior Rylan Bonds placed first. Sophomore Taylor Martinez placed fourth in the 138-pound weight class.” We have a state wrestling champion and several state placers coming back to Prosper,” coach Sion King said. “The boys team places 11th, and the girls team places 19th.”

In the 6A State Championship, the boys wrestling team, which included one state champion, placed 11th overall, and the girls team placed 19th. The competition was at Berry Center, Cypress Fairbanks Independent School District, and the first round started at 8:30 a.m., Feb. 21. The Eagle wrestlers went against 89 teams at the 6A meet. Last year, the highest placing wrestler was John Richardson, who placed sixth in the 126 pounds weight class.

Senior Rylan Bonds placed as the state champion of the 220-pound weight class. Junior John Richardson took fourth place in the 138-pounds weight class. In the region meet, Bonds and Richardson both placed second in their respective classes.

Coaching doesn’t get any better than this!!! UIL State Wrestling Championships….here we come!!
Thanks for the video Coach Pierce! @OliverPierce157 @JohnMBurdett @PISD_Athletics @ProsperHS pic.twitter.com/25WWb63Qf2

— Prosper Eagles Wrestling (@Eagle1Wrestling) February 18, 2020

In the girls division, sophomore Taylor Martinez placed fourth in the 138-pound weight class. Senior Juliana Baugher placed sixth at 128-pound weight class. At the region meet, Martinez was the champion of her weight class, and Baugher placed second.

Heading into the final round of the UIL State Wrestling Championships, we have 1 Finalist in Rylan Bonds, 2 going for 3rd place w/ LJ Richardson and Taylor Martinez, and 1 going for 5th place w/ JJ Baugher! Finish strong Eagles!! 🦅 @JohnMBurdett @PISD_Athletics @ProsperHS pic.twitter.com/ONd7XXvaiI

— Prosper Eagles Wrestling (@Eagle1Wrestling) February 22, 2020

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Grace Williamson is the 2020-2021 Editor-in-Chief of Eagle Nation Online. This is her third year on the school newspaper, and she was previously the 2019-2020 sports editor. She plans to strengthen the newspaper as a team, and help promote brilliant reporting and coverage this year. Following graduation, she plans to major in criminal justice at a currently undecided college. When she is not working in the newsroom at school, you can probably find her spending time with her dog, Newt. For any questions, you can reach her at willigra002@k12.prosper-isd.net or prosper.eaglenationonline@gmail.com.