The Southeast girls wrestling team has had significant success this season. This year more girls qualified than ever before. This year is also the first year we had a girl’s regional champion, TaNayaih Hunt (12), who placed first at regionals.
Dayana Gonzalez (11), Brooklyn Orange (11), Aileya Sath (12) and Summer Sath (10) also qualified.
“This is my first time in wrestling ever in life and it’s my first year too. I’m nervous but I’m ready to handle business,” Gonzalez (11) said.
“This year was my second year wrestling and i just felt like it would be another learning experience,” Summer Sath (10) said.
Zach Rathman, the head coach of the girls wrestling team, believes the qualifiers will perform admirably at state.
“I’m excited to see what they’re going to do. I think we have some potential for some really high places. Some people will be really shocked. I’m just proud to see their hard work pay off. I’ve seen a lot of these girls grow over the last few years. And having them getting opportunities that they are having this year. It just warms my heart to see some of them finally getting those results. It’s great to see that opportunity come,” Rothman said.
This is also the first time that a pair of siblings qualified for state in girls wrestling, Aileya and Summer Sath.
“It feels good. I am really happy for my sister because her qualifying match was like the blood round. So whoever like lost the match didn’t get to go. She really like the match. She didn’t know what to do. She was just out there,” Aileya Sath said.
It so happens that two siblings on the boys wrestling team qualified for the state tournament together. This is the very first time we had two pairs of siblings qualified for state in boys and girls wrestling as Caphers Orangi (12), and Lincoln Orangi (11) qualified for the boys.
