This past weekend, the San Marcos wrestling team competed in the UIL Region IV Championship tournament. Several wrestlers came in as district champions hoping for a ticket to the State Tournament on Saturday April 24.
For the boys’ team, back-to-back district champion Matt Banda blew through the competition to set up a showdown with an undefeated San Antonio Johnson wrestler in the championship. After a bruising and tough-fought battle Banda came out victorious in a 4-3 win that went down to the final seconds. He is the undefeated 120-pound Region IV champion and is a top seed in the State Tournament. Matt qualified for the State tourney for the third year in a row.
Undefeated at 95 pounds, district champion Nevaeh Banda looked to join her brother as a state qualifier in only her second year of competition. Starting the tourney off right, Banda won her first match by pin in under one minute. She continued her dominant ways throughout, winning the Region IV championship in her weight class by pin over a San Antonio Madison competitor. Nevaeh is the second undefeated regional champion in San Marcos girls’ history. She looks to take her No. 1 state seeding and turn it into a state championship.
