WARRIORS OPEN NEW YEAR IN NATIONAL RANKINGS

Posted: Jan 11, 2024

Centerville, IA – The Indian Hills Wrestling programs opened up the new year in the national rankings as the Warriors set their sights on a run to the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Tournament in Council Bluffs, IA in March.

The latest NJCAA Men's Wrestling rankings, announced January 9, saw the Warriors check in at No. 14 in the team rankings, the third-highest ranked team from the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference (ICCAC) behind No. 3 Iowa Western Community College and No. 8 Iowa Central Community College.

The latest men's individual NJCAA rankings placed six Warriors in the top-10 of their respective weight class, led by sophomore Arojae Hart (Murphysboro, IL/Murphysboro) at No. 6 in the 133lb class.

In this week's The Open Mat NJCAA Women's Wrestling rankings, the Indian Hills Women's Wrestling squad regained the No. 1 in the Team Tournament and Team Dual rankings after its previous spot at No. 2. The Warriors have used a series of dominant dual victories over the last month over nationally ranked opponents to take the top spot.

The Open Mat rankings placed three Indian Hills individuals at No. 1 in their respective weight class – No. 1 Yaracely Saenz (Bernalillo, NM/Bernalillo) at 170lbs, Tiffany White (Oak Park, IL/Oak Park & River Forest) at 191lbs, and Eliana Bommarito (Brighton, MI/Hartland) at 235lbs. In total, the Warriors placed 17 individuals in this week's The Open Mat poll.

The Indian Hills Men's Wrestling team returns to action January 13 at the Spartan Invite in St. Louis, MO while the women head to the York Open in York, NE on January 13.

Full team and individual rankings:

NJCAA MEN'S WRESTLING - INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS (JAN.9)
Wt	Ranking	Name	School
125	1	Ane'e Vigil	Clackamas
	2	Bridger Ricks	Western Wyoming
	3	Elijah Cater	North Idaho
	4	Joe Petrone	Nassau
	5	Kaden Spragis	Pratt
	6	Trentin Walker	Iowa Central
	7	Isaac Gibbs	Indian Hills
	8	RJ Jones	Carl Albert
	9	Andre Giurini	Triton
	10	Jordan Simpson	SW Michigan

133	1	Cody Phelps	Western Wyoming
	2	Mauro Michel	Southwestern Oregon
	3	Anthony Schickel	Triton
	4	Paul Ruff	Iowa Western
	5	Corban Zugelder	Labette
	6	Arojae Hart	Indian Hills
	7	Zach Lopez	North Idaho
	8	Tim Lopez	Clackamas
	9	Tyson Wilson	Rochester
	10	Lance Olberding	Southeastern NE

141	1	Easton Taylor	Pratt
	2	Malachi Bordovsky	Iowa Western
	3	Isaac Church	NIACC
	4	Cole Holien	Ridgewater
	5	River Wardle	Western Wyoming
	6	Reggie Raiz	Clackamas
	7	Hunter Bidelman	North Idaho
	8	Marcus Terry	NE Oklahoma
	9	Ashton Hayhurst	Triton
	10	Cooper Evans	Carl Albert

149	1	Matt Sarbo	Iowa Central
	2	Chris Lopez	Western Wyoming
	3	Jaden Two Lance	Carl Albert
	4	Gabe Maki	Pratt
	5	Caleb Nadig	Northwest Wyoming
	6	Dante Oliverio	Clackamas
	7	Xzavier Suess	St. Clair
	8	Kolton Malone	Iowa Western
	9	Cohen Wiste	Rochester
	10	Anthony Bitner	Triton

157	1	Kris Ketchum	Nassau
	2	Tristan Stafford	Western Wyoming
	3	Manny Oliver	Morton
	4	Michael Myers	Iowa Central
	5	Gavin Gust	Rochester
	6	Davion King	Labette
	7	Channing Warner	Northeastern JC
	8	Porter Craig	North Idaho
	9	Jackson Wilkins	NE Oklahoma
	10	Job Lee	NW Kansas Tech

165	1	Cayleb Atkins	Pratt
	2	Cole Price	Iowa Western
	3	Rocky Raby	Clackamas
	4	Jayden Luttrell	Western Wyoming
	5	Connor Svatner	Triton
	6	Justice Compton	NE Oklahoma
	7	Travis Waldner	North Idaho
	8	Noah Smith	Carl Albert
	9	Peyton Asbury	Indian Hills
	10	Hunter Heath	SW Michigan

174	1	Otgonbayar Batsuri	NW Kansas Tech
	2	Paul Ortiz	Clackamas
	3	Mustafa Salimi	Triton
	4	Will Harmon	Western Wyoming
	5	Garrett Davis	Labette
	6	Alden Cohen	Harper
	7	Paul Kadlec	Joliet
	8	Jaquan East	Indian Hills
	9	Lawrence Rosario	Iowa Central
	10	Conan Northwind	North Idaho

184	1	Darion Johnson	Western Wyoming
	2	Aziz Fayzullaev	Northwest Wyoming
	3	Blake Jouret	Pratt
	4	Lazaro Crespo	NW Kansas Tech
	5	Noah Poe-Hatten	North Idaho
	6	Tye Frnka	NE Oklahoma
	7	Jessey Colas	NIACC
	8	Brent Greenfield	Ellsworth
	9	Darion Thompson	Indian Hills
	10	Trystin Irvin	Iowa Central

197	1	Geoff Freeman	NE Oklahoma
	2	Matthew Marcum	Labette
	3	Luke MacDonald	Iowa Western
	4	Bradley Whitwright	North Idaho
	5	Wesley Reeves	Western Wyoming
	6	Gavin Dodge	NW Kansas Tech
	7	Hunter Hall	Carl Albert
	8	Ghee Rachal	Triton
	9	Jake Navarro	Henry Ford
	10	Ansel Cervantes	Indian Hills

HWT	1	Cody Pinkerton	Northwest Wyoming
	2	Dmarian Lopez	Western Wyoming
	3	CJ Carter	Iowa Western
	4	Tucker Hugg	Ridgewater
	5	Oleg Simakov	Harper
	6	Shane Edwards	SW Michigan
	7	Rylee Creasey	Snow
	8	Tominiko Takafua	North Idaho
	9	Riley Butt	Northeastern JC
	10	DJ Moehring	Iowa Central

NJCAA MEN'S WRESTLING TEAM RANKINGS (JAN.9)
RANK	TEAM	POINTS
1	Western Wyoming	108
2	Pratt	56
3	Iowa Western	55
4	Clackamas	51
5	North Idaho	43
T6	Northwest Wyoming	34
T6	Triton	34
8	Iowa Central	33
9	Northeast Oklahoma	31
10	Northwest Kansas Tech	30
11	Labette	29
12	Nassau	24
13	Carl Albert	21
14	Indian Hills	17
15	Ridgewater	16
16	North Iowa Area	14

THE OPEN MAT NJCAA WOMEN'S WRESTLING RANKINGS (JAN. 10)
RANK	SCHOOL	POINTS
1	Indian Hills	262
2	Umpqua	211
3	Iowa Central	196
4	Iowa Western	168
5	Carl Albert State	155
6	Snow	118
7	Southeast	63
8	Southwestern Oregon	61
9	Ellsworth	49
10	NIACC	31

NJCAA WOMEN'S WRESTLING - INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS (JAN. 10)
WT	RANK	NAME	TEAM	PREV.
101	1	Mia Siqueiros	Iowa Western	5
	2	Dutchess King	Indian Hills	6
	3	Emma Lewis	Iowa Central	1
	4	Tatiana Hernandez	NIACC	NR
	5	Calli Connally	Carl Albert State	10
	6	Melonie Barillas	Ellsworth	5 (109)
	7	Jennifer Thomas	Snow	4
	8	Myah Rausch	Iowa Central	7
	9	Jhaile De Guzman	Big Bend	8
	10	Ixzayana Cruz	Morton	9

109	1	Lexi Miller	Carl Albert State	1
	2	Javanica Mickens	Indian Hills	6
	3	Dianna Pineda	Iowa Central	2
	4	Nadiya Trujillo	Trinidad State	4
	5	Harley Stringer	Carl Albert State	3
	6	Rachel Jones	Snow	10
	7	Nia Perez	Umpqua	NR
	8	Natalie Duran	Iowa Western	7
	9	Adelina Valencia	Southwestern Oregon	2 (101)
	10	Natalie Johnson	Big Bend	9

116	1	Flavia Nagatani	Iowa Western	1
	2	Shammilka Miranda Diaz	Indian Hills	2
	3	Madison Leverknight	Indian Hills	NR
	4	Rodiat Adeduntan	Iowa Central	3
	5	Taryn Evans	Umpqua	9
	6	Angie Alvarado	Ellsworth	5
	7	Samantha Memmott	Snow	6
	8	Giana Roskam	Trinidad State	7
	9	Citori Bosserman	Northwest Kansas Tech	8
	10	Evelyn Simon	Morton	10

123	1	Victoriana Kim	Southwestern Oregon	1
	2	Chanelle Alburg	Carl Albert State	2
	3	Aniyah Dinwiddie	Iowa Central	3
	4	Kailyn Younger	Iowa Central	4
	5	Angelica Vicente	Indian Hills	5
	6	Valery Ethington	Snow	6
	7	Valentina Martinez	Snow	7
	8	Danica Linn	Iowa Western	8
	9	Kyah Miller	Big Bend	9
	10	Deanna Williamson	Trinidad State	10

130	1	Zainab Ibrahim	Umpqua	1
	2	Talia Lee	Southeast	2
	3	Bronwyn Brenneman	Iowa Central	3
	4	Julian Raabe	Umpqua	4
	5	Emily Barragan	Big Bend	5
	6	Dakota Whitman	Iowa Central	7
	7	Jimena Serna	Morton	9
	8	Anna Sondall	Iowa Central	10
	9	Amaria Ridgner	Indian Hills	NR
	10	Kailey Langley	Ellsworth	NR

136	1	Annabel Garcia	Umpqua	2
	2	Hadlie Hood	Iowa Central	3
	3	Avery Shinkle	Umpqua	10 (143)
	4	Isabelle Clements	Snow	4
	5	Malia Kehne	Carl Albert State	5
	6	Adessa Leibfried	Ellsworth	6
	7	Alexis Ross	Iowa Central	7
	8	Lily Polvado	Snow	8
	9	Edna Fuentes	Southwestern Oregon	6 (130)
	10	Ruth Jimenez	Indian Hills	9 (143)

143	1	Ana Barnoski	Carl Albert State	1
	2	Eve Herlyn	Southeast	2
	3	Essence Charles	Iowa Western	NR
	4	Celeste Cubillo	Iowa Western	NR
	5	Sarah Lewis	Indian Hills	6
	6	Alondra Valles	Carl Albert State	3
	7	Kammie Schanz	Iowa Central	4
	8	Tarnpreet Kaur Saroya	Umpqua	5
	9	Abigail Trayhorn	Snow	7
	10	Corrie Williams	Snow	8

155	1	Ferny Hernandez	Iowa Western	1
	2	Angella Van Valkenburg	Snow	2
	3	Kylie Hulse	Carl Albert State	5
	4	Jennifer De La Torre	Umpqua	3 (170)
	5	Genesis Gilmore	Indian Hills	4
	6	Tarleen Saroya	Umpqua	7
	7	Arionna Beatty	Northland	8
	8	Ja'nya Banks	Indian Hills	NR
	9	Sidnee Busch	Southeast	NR
	10	Isabelle Stoops	Carl Albert State	NR

170	1	Yaracely Saenz	Indian Hills	2
	2	Zoey Smalley	Umpqua	3 (191)
	3	Destiny Harris	Umpqua	6 (155)
	4	Iasiah Turrentine	Iowa Western	9
	5	Destiny Ware	Umpqua	5
	6	Tanihya Wilson	Indian Hills	NR
	7	Grace Thompson	Carl Albert State	4
	8	Jocelyn Ambriz	Southeast	7
	9	Makaela Simpson	Iowa Western	8
	10	Sarah Balbarino	Southwestern Oregon	NR

191	1	Tiffany White	Indian Hills	1
	2	Makinzie Parsons	Iowa Western	NR
	3	Norma Alejandro	Indian Hills	2
	4	Taylor Knox	Southwestern Oregon	4
	5	Isabella Canada	Iowa Central	7
	6	Gracie Orr	Ellsworth	7 (235)
	7	Angelique Trueblood	Umpqua	NR
	8	Audrey Gribble	Snow	6
	9	Margaret Jordan	Carl Albert State	8
	10	Tori Poulsen	Snow	10

235	1	Eliana Bommarito	Indian Hills	1
	2	Maranda Bell	Iowa Central	5 (191)
	3	Karla Padilla Zepeda	Indian Hills	2
	4	Faith Wooley	Umpqua	3
	5	Brooke Burns	Indian Hills	4
	6	Kiara Boldridge	Southeast	5
	7	Alyssa Nazario	NIACC	6
	8	Alaina Jackson	Iowa Western	8
	9	Destine'e Thomas	NIACC	9
	10	Aurora Parsons	Southwestern Oregon	10

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