Wrestlers have to fight on and off of the mat.
On the girls’ side of this year’s state tournament, San Marcos sophomore Anisa Moreno, junior Kaylynn Martin and junior Jesyka Banda head to Houston after impressive showings in the regional state qualifiers. But it took a lot of will and determination to get there.
For Martin and Banda, they’ve been to the state tournament before but it took a massive toll on their bodies and major grit and determination to get to this point again. Banda suffered an elbow injury in Houston over the summer. It happened during a drill where the junior was taken down by her sparring partner while she posted her arm to the mat. At first, Banda thought to herself “it was just hypertension.” She fought through it.
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