By Michael Adams 
Austin Sports Journal 

The 2026 UIL wrestling state tournament is scheduled for Friday-Saturday at the Barry Center in Houston.  

Matches begin at 8:30 a.m. both days with the championship finals slated to begin at 4:45 p.m., Saturday.  

Single day tickets are $15 and an all-tournament pass is $25. Tickets can be purchased here. Parking is $2 and will be added to the cost of the ticket.  

What to watch 

Dripping Springs’ Jackson Shipley grapples with Braiden Bartlett of Lake Travis in teh 113-pound boys final at the Class 6A Region IV wresting tournament on Saturday, Feb. 8, 2024 at the Delco Activity Center in Austin, Texas. (Michael Adams/Austin Sports Journal)

Cedar Park’s Nathan Reilly looks for his third state championship, this time in the 120-pound weight class. Reilly won his second straight championship in the 113-pound weight class last year, defeating Jaxon Johnson of Melissa by a 9-0 decision.  

 Smithson Valley’s Bryce Palmer enters the 157-pound division undefeated at 23-0 and will look to be a two-time state champion. Palmer won the 150-pound state title last year in a 6-4 decision.  

Palmer is one of two area wrestlers entering the state championships undefeated. Georgetown’s Hayden Ross is the Region III champion in the 113-pound weight class and the heavy favorite to win the state title.  

Dripping Springs’ Jackson Shipley is the defending state champion in the Class 6A 113-pound division, but will look for another state title this year in the 120 class. He is 43-1 entering this weekend.  

Westlake’s Nico Maurici and Pasquale Maurici are coming off Region IV championships in the 170- and 195-poind weight classes, respectively. Nico enters with a 46-2 record, while Pasquale is 45-1.  

Area state qualifiers  

Class 6A 

WEIGHTATHLETESCHOOLCLASSRECORD106 Sebastian Clark Lake Travis So. 50-3 106 Decian Mohler* Vandegrift Fr. 48-10 113 Cade Pallan Lake Travis Jr. 37-10 113 Garrett Runhaar Vandegrift Jr. 48-11 120 James Murray Lake Travis So. 35-8 120 Jackson Shipley* Dripping Springs Sr. 43-1 126 Mason Joe Bowie Jr. 34-8 126 Chance Woodward McNeil Jr. 31-8 132 Braiden Bartlett Lake Travis Jr. 41-6 132 Charlie Trujillo* Vandegrift Sr. 58-2 132 Caleb Henning Vista Ridge So. 24-6 138 Jacob Woehr Vandegrift Jr. 54-8 138 Charlie Lundin Dripping Springs So. 21-7 144 Bryce Hampton Vandegrift Sr. 48-9 144 Joseph Austin Dripping Springs Jr. 31-15 150 Gabriel Eckert Vandegrift Sr. 49-8 150 Ty Augustine Vista Ridge Jr. 33-9 157 Dax Beaty Bowie Sr. 32-12 157 Tucker Lundin Dripping Springs Jr. 41-14 157 Alkin Maxutov Round Rock Sr. 46-9 165 Calel Johnson Comal Canyon Sr. 41-6 165 Caleb Collins Dripping Springs Sr. 32-8 165 Shawn Harden* Round Rock Sr. 46-2 175 Ethan Frost Bowie Sr. 38-8 175 Nico Maurici* Westlake Jr. 46-2 190 Pasquale Maurici* Westlake Sr. 45-1 190 Noah Williams Dripping Springs Sr. 23-8 285 Odin Hensley Lake Travis Jr. 29-2 285 Rohan Muppalla* Vandegrift Sr. 45-12 285 Daniel Killian Dripping Springs Sr. 18-11 

* Denotes regional champion 

Class 5A 

WEIGHTATHLETESCHOOLCLASSRECORD106 Mason Gibson New Braunfels So. 32-6 113 Hayden Ross* Georgetown Jr. 28-0 113 Bryce Lavoie Glenn Fr. 39-10 120 Nathan Reilly* Cedar Park Jr. 45-2 120 Pedro Gutierrez Weiss Jr. 25-8 126 Avery Kulhawy Comal Pieper Jr. 31-10 126 Hudson Chilton* Smithson Valley Sr. 27-5 126 Chuck Stevens Rouse Jr. 22-2 132 Logan Repp Hays Sr. 33-5 132 Aidan Jaramillo Weiss Sr. 26-2 138 Blake Hunter Liberty Hill Sr. 32-7 144 Griffin Deitch* Comal Pieper Sr. 25-4 144 Kaiden Fernandez Lampasas Sr. 31-8 144 David McNally Legacy Ranch So. 35-1 144 Peter Mietus Rouse Sr. 24-7 150 Tristan Cox Comal Pieper Sr. 23-6 150 Matthew Northey Glenn Sr. 37-4 150 Seth Saenz New Braunfels Sr. 28-11 150 Cruz Morales* NB Long Creek Jr. 36-2 157 Bryce Palmer* Smithson Valley Sr. 23-0 165 Mauricio Bryant Leander Sr. 32-3 175 Jett Mentel* Cedar Park Jr. 49-5 175 Preston Kepler Smithson Valley Sr. 19-5 175 Colton Bolen Glenn Jr. 39-8 190 Cade Haskins Cedar Park Sr. 29-3 190 Kate Stratton* Comal Pieper Jr. 34-4 215 James Cochran Comal Pieper Sr. 36-4 215 Miller Marsh New Braunfels Sr. 24-4 215 Alexander Harmon Weiss Sr. 25-9 215 Brooks Mayberry Salado Sr. 16-3 285 Jimmy Truong Anderson Sr. 35-8 285 Jude Burke Cedar Park Sr. 22-9 

* Denotes regional champion 

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