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Four wrestlers advance to state meet, senior places third

Sophia Bradley, Editor May 3, 2023

The referee slams his hand down on the mat as he declares the winner sealing their ticket to the state meet.  Four wrestlers qualified for state: seniors Nicholas Gorman, Maddie Trejo, and Karol Vargas,...

Determined to succeed: Senior utilizes discipline to develop in wrestling, military career

Ron Toback-Wolf February 26, 2020
When thinking about an army soldier and a wrestler, one would initially think that the two are perfectly different. One is a massive, ripped, shirtless guy yelling at the crowd for glory, and the other is an astute, straight-backed fighter in a camo outfit and a rifle. Learning to fill one of these jobs might seem like it would take up all eight high school classes, there’s so much to learn and train before you’re even close to ready.

Family affair: Wrestlers succeed at state, follow in brother’s footsteps

Jaci Siegert April 8, 2019
For the Thomas’, wrestling is a family affair. This year, two of the members of the Thomas family advanced to the 6A state wrestling tournament where they were coached by their older brother, also a former Viking wrestler.

Band of brothers: Seniors lead wrestling team to state after four years of hard work, dedication

Kaywin McCall April 23, 2018

In high school sports, thousands of athletes strive toward the goal of being the best. The reality is, only a few can achieve top honors as head-to-head competition separates the wheat from the chaff....

Wrestling team wins region, heads to state tournament

adviser February 19, 2018

The wrestling team hosted the UIL Region III-5A championships this weekend where the boys finished with 226.5 points 58.5 pts ahead of the rest of the region. Dallas Highland Park was 2nd with 168, Carrollton...

Wrestling team dominates as district champions

adviser February 12, 2018

The wrestling teams competed in the UIL 10-5A district championships at Waller high school on Feb. 10. The boys varsity dominated the field by winning 8 of the 14 weight classes and finishing ahead of...

Wrestling season record improves to 27-4

adviser February 5, 2018

The wrestling team competed at the Burger Center in Austin for its final meet of the season on Saturday. The boys team competed against host team Bowie High School and Lake Travis High School. The Vikings...

Boys’ wrestling team wins at Snakebite Invitational

adviser January 5, 2018

The boys wrestling team closed out 2017 in the Rio Grande Valley at Rio Grande City High School. On Saturday, Dec. 30 the team competed in the Snakebite Invitational. The team was missing four starters,...

Wrestling team takes wins at quad meet

adviser December 7, 2017

The boys wrestling team picked up a pair of wins on Wednesday night at home where they hosted a quad with Willis, Cy-Ranch, and Rudder High School. The first match of the night was against Willis where...

Wrestling team places

adviser December 5, 2017

The Viking wrestling team competed at the Capital Classic hosted by Austin ISD where the boys varsity team finished in 5th place out of 39 teams and the girls varsity finished in 12th place of 28 teams....

Wrestling falls to Seven Lakes

adviser November 16, 2017

The wrestling team competed against Seven Lakes High School from Katy last nigh and dropped their opener 33-42. Pins were earned by: 120 Larry Duron 170 JaMarcus Thomas 182 Monyell Nutall Wins were...

Wrestling coach inducted into Hall of Fame

adviser May 4, 2017

Wrestling coach Michael Zito has coached wrestling at Bryan High for the last 23 years. He grew up wrestling and attended school in Northeastern Ohio where he developed his passion for the sport before...

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