The Maple Ridge secondary wrestling team won the Fraser North zone championship for girls wrestling for the sixth season straight.
Leading the way were female team captains Agnia Krakovska and Sophia Stark, who both placed first in their respective weight classes.
Bella Berner and Maya Shylov also made the finals and won silver, Margot Nielsen and Zoe Ndiom took third, and Caelan Fuller and Mya Corney were four. Krakovska, Stark and Berner are the only veteran wrestlers on the team, and with all other girls on the team in their first year, the future looks bright for girls wrestling at MRSS, said coach Kevin Menic.
The boys placed fifth in the team standings, and were led by future captain Linden Sinow-Horton who took first. There were other strong performances by Callum Ross, Ethan Corney and Tyson Deane-Freeman who placed second.
The combined standings saw the Ramblers in second as a team, missing first by a mere two points.
In total, MRSS has 22 wrestlers who qualified for provincials, and they include Bronson Mann, Domenic Gaudet, Jackson Van't Hullenaar, Lukas Rosencrans, Travis Schultz, Quinn Manweiler, Landon Peterson, Sofia Krakovska, and Eva Fuller.
The provincial tournament will be held on Feb. 21 and 22 at the PNE Forum.
