Results from the War Horse Invitational - Girls Wrestling
Academy District 20 has a district-wide Girls Wrestling team available through Discovery Canyon Campus High School (DCCHS). Pine Creek has two wrestlers on the district team: Adrianna Lopez and Victoria Guinard.
Both Victoria and Adrianna won the tournament at their weight class! Victoria remains the #1 ranked wrestler in the state at 155 pounds and Adrianna is the #3 ranked at 135 pounds.
Victoria was named Wrestler of the Week at this event for being both an amazing wrestler on the mat as well as a fantastic student, teammate, and family member off the mat!
Results from the Rocky Welton Invitational - Boys Varsity
Pine Creek Varsity Wrestling won the Rocky Welton Invitational team title, beating the #1 ranked team in Colorado 4A and the overall #1 ranked team in Kansas. This is the second time the team has won this tournament since 2010. Five states were represented at this tournament.
Individual Results
A special shout out to Nate King for pinning all five of his opponents in the combined least amount of time of anyone in the tournament!
Griffin Rial 1st
Sir Pulido 2nd
Ryder Rhodes 4th
Eli Banks 3rd
Gavin Weichelt 8th
Treye Dashner 8th
Luke Graver 8th
Shay Jones 6th
Nate King 1st
Mason Miller 7th
Results from the JV Pueblo Tournament - Boys JV
The weekend of January 28th, Pine Creek Wrestling (JV) won the Pueblo Tournament!
Individual Results
Bobby Hubbard 1st
Mason Reed 2nd
Gable Rial 1st
Jacob Dalverny 3rd
Carson Mattsson 4th
Renzo Guinard 2nd
Eddie Giron 3rd
Luke Richard 2nd
Miquel Sanchez 2nd
Mason Humphrey 4th
Caleb Petree 4th
Matt Brady 3rd
Matt Jeri 1st
Isaac Landry 1st
About Team Leadership and Head Coach, Billy Gabel
The Pine Creek High School Boys Wrestling Team is in its 22nd year under the direction of Head Coach, Billy Gabel.
Coach Gabel started wrestling at the age of three with guidance from his dad, Larry Gabel, who was a high school head wrestling coach and ran a wrestling club for kids.
Larry Gabel has been inducted into the Kansas Wrestling Hall of Fame, the Kansas Coaches Fall of Fame, and recently was inducted into the National Coaches Hall of Fame for his contributions to the sport of wrestling. In his 32 years as a head wrestling coach he won 6 team state titles and coached 38 individual state champions, 8 two-time state champions, 3 three-time state champions, and one four-time state champion.
Billy Gabel, standing on his father's shoulders, has led Pine Creek Wrestling to claim seven city titles, eleven league titles, eleven regional titles, and team state championships. He has also coached 15 individual state champions as well as wrestlers who have gone on to compete at the Next Level: 10 that wrestled at the United States Air Force Academy, two that wrestled at West Point, two that wrestled for the Merchant Marines, and one Division 1 All-American.
Want to join the Pine Creek Wrestling Team?
Contact Coach Gabel.
