Westlake’s Jack Skudlarczyk finished his high school wrestling career in the most theatrical way possible: with a pin. Skudlarczyk stuck his opponent, Logan Brown of Allen, to the mat in the Class 6A 126-pound championship match Saturday at the Berry Center. He became the first Austin-area wrestler in UIL history to win three state titles. The unprecedented victory also sealed the only undefeated season of Skudlarczyk’s career. He finished 31-0 to improve his career record to

The Vandegrift wrestler whose lucky T-shirt reads “Filthy McNasty” has turned out to be filthy good on the mat. Two years ago as a sophomore, Riley Jacops won a Class 5A boys state championship at 120 pounds, gutting out an overtime victory. As he heads to his final UIL state meet, though, Jacops’ motivation flows from a one-point loss in a 138-pound final at the 2016 championships. Jacops’ senior teammate Adam Wachnin shares a similar circumstance. Wachnin joined Jacops as a

This article features Vandegrift high school lead by 8 current and former 3F Wrestlers and Leander high school lead by returning state finalist John Geiger...Riley Jacobs, who is ranked No. 2 at 152 pounds right now and was state runner-up at 138 last season won his weight class at the Capital City Classic as did Aaron Peterson. Michael Ford and Luke Sloan finished second, James Clarkson came in third and Logan Lee and Dawson Taylor finished fourth in their respective weight

Tell me about the first time you competed in organized wrestling. The first time I wrestled was in sixth grade against a kid from Dallas. He beat me up pretty bad, but I beat him the next time I wrestled him four years later. What led you to become a high school wrestler? Without my dad, a two-time state champ in Utah, I would never have been exposed to wrestling. While he never pushed me into wrestling, he’s the reason I started wrestling. What’s the most difficult move to l