Tiger Tennis Splits Dual with Goddard, Hosts Alamogordo Invitational This Weekend; Wrestling Team Places 23rd at 5A State

Alamogordo High School Tennis picked up a split in Tuesday’s dual match against Goddard, then turned its focus to hosting the annual Alamogordo Invitational on Friday and Saturday at the Tiger Tennis Courts.

Girls – Alamogordo 7, Goddard 2

The Tiger girls rolled to a convincing 7-2 victory.

Singles winners (all straight sets): Talee Westover, Bella Romero, Shelby Romero, Cali Spencer

Ella Gigler won her match in three sets.

Doubles winners (pro sets): Westover/B. Romero and S. Romero/Spencer

Boys – Goddard 5, Alamogordo 4

The Tiger boys battled but came up just short in a 5-4 loss.

Singles winners (straight sets): Tate Westover, Dalin Albiston

Doubles winners (pro sets): Westover/Ryan Amberson and Benito Tave/Albiston

The Tigers are coming off a strong showing at last weekend’s Albuquerque Tournament, where the girls team finished 4th and the boys team placed 5th overall.

Tiger Wrestling

The Alamogordo boys wrestling team finished 23rd at the NMAA 5A State Championships. Individual results:

113 lb – Fynn Krafka

• Champ Rd 1: Loss to Alex Norby (La Cueva) by decision (7-3)

• Cons Rd 1: Win over Hunter Berry (Roswell) by fall (1:51)

• Cons Rd 2: Win over Paul Sanchez (Organ Mountain) by decision (9-6)

• Cons Rd 3: Loss to Devin Delgarito (Farmington) by fall (4:40)

120 lb – AJ Benitez

• Champ Rd 1: Win over Michael Garcia (Cibola) by decision (12-1)

• Quarterfinals: Loss to Elias Martinez (Volcano Vista) by fall (4:00)

• Cons Rd 2: Win over Andy Porsegue (Hobbs) by tech fall (19-2, 2:46)

• Cons Rd 3: Loss to Jacob Torres (Sandia) by decision (6-3)

106 lb – Terrence Armijo

• Champ Rd 1: Loss to Izaiah Trujillo (Atrisco Heritage) by fall (1:03)

• Cons Rd 1: Win over Ryan Wedekind (Las Cruces) by fall (3:00)

• Cons Rd 2: Loss to Mark Gallegos (Volcano Vista) by fall (0:42)

126 lb – Cody Phillips

• Champ Rd 1: Loss to Elias Martinez (Cleveland) by fall (1:10)

• Cons Rd 1: Loss to Dominic Delgado (Organ Mountain) by major decision (16-6)

Girls 140 lb – Ava Armijo

• Champ Rd 1: Loss to Natalie Romero (Pojoaque Valley) by fall (0:56)

• Cons Rd 2: Loss to Olivia Ortiz (Belen) by fall (2:00)

Congratulations to all Tiger tennis and wrestling athletes on their efforts this week and season. The Alamogordo Invitational gets underway Friday morning — come out and support the Tigers at home!

This sports report is provided as a public service by 2nd Life Media / Alamogordo Town News & KALH Radio.

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