Katy’s Martinez among champions

GARLAND — Boos rang out at Culwell Center when Katy’s Christian Martinez defeated Dylanger Potter of Midlothian by one point Saturday night in the UIL Wrestling State Championships.

Martinez (56-1) was awarded the winning point in the Class 5A 132-pound final before overtime actually started because of a false start by Potter, who had been cautioned twice about the infraction.

“It’s the first time I’ve been booed,” Martinez said. “You don’t like to win that way.

“I wish I could have showed the people, because I felt good going into overtime. I was going to win it anyway.”

Four area wrestlers repeated as champions:

Taylor Alva (46-0) of Cypress Woods won her second straight 5A girls title in the 128-pound division with her second consecutive undefeated season. She is 85-0 over the last two years.

Alva (45-0) defeated Felicity Bryant of Amarillo Tascosa 9-3.

William Homalon (51-3) of Morton Ranch pinned Dallas Jesuit’s Shane Ross to end a competitive 5A 126-pound title match.

Bradley Rains (25-0) of Friendswood defended his title in the Class 4A 170-pound division with a 7-4 win over Luke Hodsden of Dripping Springs.

Jacob Weingrad of The Woodlands won the 195-pound class.

Three others completed undefeated seasons:

Conroe’s Nicola Newton (40-0) took the 5A 185 title over Mashyrah Rayson (30-4) of Cypress Ridge.

Ricky Regas (34-0), a Cinco Ranch junior, captured the 5A 182 title.

Rachel Bates (39-0), an Oak Ridge senior, defeated Klein Oak junior Flania Keya for the 5A 148 crown.

Area girls dominated the 5A ranks for the second straight year with titles by Klein’s Morgan Zogg (95 pounds), Clear Springs’ Cassidy Jasperson (119), Cypress Falls’ Anel Cantu (138) and Conroe’s Rebecka Winton (215).

Cypress Ridge finished second in the 5A girls team standings.

Klein’s Michael Oramas (43-2) came up short in the 5A final for the second straight year, losing 4-2 to Amarillo Tascosa’s Braden Urquhart at 152.