🏆 State Open Championship — Next Weekend!

The State Open Championship is coming up and ACWA will be on the mat competing! Come cheer on our wrestlers as they take on the best in Texas!

🏅 Novice State — Beau 3rd, Parker 5th in Forney!

Two ACWA wrestlers made the trip to Forney, TX for the Texas USA Wrestling Novice State tournament and both came home with hardware!

• 🥉 Beau Taylor — 3rd Place
• 🏅 Parker Lewis — 5th Place

Outstanding effort from both — representing Claude and Armstrong County on the biggest stage!

High Plains Shootout 2026 — In the Books!

What a day at the old Claude High School gym on January 17th! Our wrestlers competed tough and represented ACWA with pride. Here’s how the team did:

• 🥇 Ford Taylor — 1st Place, D2 Novice 70 lbs | 2-0 — won semis by fall (1:50), won championship by MD 12-0
• 🥇 Beau Taylor — 1st Place, D3 Novice 70 lbs | 4-0 undefeated — wins by fall (0:28), Dec 11-8, fall (1:18), Dec 8-1  |  also 3-0 in D3 Open 70-75 — MD 13-2, Dec 8-6, fall (0:56)
• 🥉 Brody Honea — 3rd Place, D1 Novice 46 lbs | 2-2 — won cons semis by fall (1:24), won 3rd place match TF 16-0
• 🏅 Cristian Diaz — D2 Novice 58-65 lbs | 3-1 — all 3 wins by fall (0:14, 0:23, 0:58); one close loss 7-6 to the division champ
• 🏅 Riley Honea — D2 Open 70 lbs | 3-1 — rattled off 3 straight wins by fall after early loss; fall (1:09), TF 18-3, fall (1:17)
• 🏅 Jed Slack — D3 Open 90 lbs | 2-0 — both by tech fall, 15-0 (0:48) and 18-1 (1:18)
• 🏅 Jayden Garrison — D3 Open 85 lbs | 2-1 — 2 pins, fall (3:36) and fall (0:27)
• 🏅 Lawson Fields — D3 & D4 Open | 4-2 across two weight classes — 2 pins in D3 Open 120-135, 2 wins in D4 Open 126-140
• 🏅 Grady Honea — D4 Open 92-98 lbs | 2-1 — TF 18-0 (2:41), fall (1:19)
• 🏅 Henslee Fields — D2 Novice 70 lbs | 2-2, 4th place — TF 21-6, Dec 5-4; tough loss in 3rd place match
• 🏅 Parker Lewis — D3 Novice 90-95 lbs | 1-1 — win by fall (0:49)
• 🏅 Magnus Clark — D1 Open 60 lbs | 1-2 — win by fall (1:28) over Siler Cunningham

Massive thanks to our volunteers — and look, if you think you know what volunteering is, you’ve never worked a wrestling tournament. You haven’t lived until you’ve explained a bracket to the same dad four times, tracked down a missing 46-pound kid who was definitely just at the concession stand, and hauled mats at 6am before you’ve had coffee. These people are built different and we owe them everything.

And a special shoutout to Ben T’s Boneshack BBQ, proud winner of the 2026 High Plains Wrestling Region BBQ Excellence Award — as voted by 200+ hungry wrestlers, parents, coaches, and refs who cleaned every tray.

2026 Wrestling Season is Rolling!

We wrestled in our first tournament this season and went 29-6 for the weekend... 79% win percentage! Everyone looked great and we are fired up for the season!

What a Day! The 2025 High Plains Shootout is in the books!

Thanks so much to our volunteers that made this a huge success! We cannot thank you all enough!