The stage is set for the 2022 Ohio High School Wrestling Coaches Association Girls State Championships.
Brackets for the tournament have been released and first-round matchups for the nine area girls who will compete are shown below.
100
Harvey’s Melany Herrera, a returning state qualifier, is ranked 13th in the state at 100 pounds. She’ll wrestle top-ranked Makennah Craft of Jackson High School in the first round. Herrera went 1-2 at the state tournament last winter.
110
Brooklyn’s Sofia Collins will wrestle fifth-ranked Lexi Simmons of Olentangy Orange. Simmons is a returning state qualifier. She was 1-2 at the tournament last season.
115
Mentor’s Ava Nelson enters the tournament ranked 10th. She’ll wrestled returning state qualifier Jacee Altaffer of Montepelier in the first round. Altaffer was 0-2 at state last season.
120
Lutheran West’s Catie Kerr is ranked 10th at 120 pounds. She’ll wrestle Columbus South’s Katina Ayala-Olguin in the first round. Kerr is making her third state appearance. She was 1-1 last season. Ayala-Olguin is making her first appearance at the state tournament.
125
Brush’s Joshika Sherpa will make her first trip to the state tournament, where she’ll wrestle third-ranked Rachel Nusky of Hamilton Badin in the first round. Nusky was the state runner-up at 121 pounds last winter.
140
Lutheran West’s Nat Rodriguez earned her first state berth. She’ll wrestle 15th ranked Sophia Rohrs of Lebanon in the first round.
145
Lutheran West’s Jaeyla Reyes will wrestle 13th-ranked Lexi Fornshell of Lebanon in her first state tournament bout.
Mentor’s Erika Novak enters her second straight state tournament ranked 15th in the state. She was 1-2 at 150 pounds last year. She’ll wrestle 9th-ranked Jesse Foebar of Clermont Northeastern in the first round. Foebar defeated Novak in the consolation bracket at last year’s state tournament, 7-2, on her way to a fifth-place finish.
170
Lutheran West’s Paris Willis enters her first state tournament ranked 13th in the state. She’ll wrestle 9th-ranked Olivia Perry of Port Clinton in the first round. Perry is making her first trip to state as well.
