Some thoughts from the Amphi-Safford Dual (11/24 @ Catalina HS):
Safford 53, Amphi 21
-Amphi looks pretty young/inexperienced up until Aldiva (145). Will they be able to get some point scorers at state from the lower weights?
-Aldiva wrestled Rios at 145, maybe he drops later. It was a tight 4-3 battle, lots of wrestling on the edge, a few finishes for both guys just out of bounds. Looks like a potential state finals match if Aldiva were to stay up.
-Forfeits for Andrews (Safford - 152) and Payan (Amphi - 160). Once Payan drops, should be a barn burner.
-At 170, Paredes wrestled up a weight after weighing in at 160.0. It was back and forth, both wrestlers not in fantastic shape at this point, with Paredes eventually getting the pin against Manyfield.
-Rodriguez looks good at 195.
-At 220, Umphres from Safford controlled the match well, ended up beating Gonzales 7-1.
-At 285, Sanchez was up 5-1 at the end of the first, but completely shut it down and ended up being DQ'd for stalling against Romero with about 30 seconds left.