On Saturday, January 17, 2026, Liberal Wrestling Club traveled to Claude, TX for the
High Plains Shootout Wrestling Tournament. LWC took 9 wrestlers to compete at the
tournament. More planned to attend but the club has battled with some sickness over the past
couple weeks.

Julian Gonzalez and Isaac Torres both brought back first place trophies from the
tournament. Gonzalez finished the day with 1 pin, 1 major and 1 tech fall. Torres showed up
ready to take the mat for his first tournament with the club this season. The two also had some
fun at the end with Gonzalez challenging a ref and Torres wrestling a table worker. “It was a fun
day. Julian joked with a ref about wrestling him and the next thing we know–he is changing and
putting on his wrestling shoes. I jokingly asked a table worker what he weighed and after some
talking, he was excited to step onto the mat and wrestle Isaac. It was fun to go to another state,
win matches and make friends with people down there for some light hearted fun at the end of a
long day!” coach Krista Holcomb said.

Individual results are as follows:
Jason Fraire, 2nd
Alyvia Holcomb, 5th
Elias Holcomb, 4th, 1 pin
Ian Holcomb, 2nd, 1 pin
Alain Perez, 2nd
Dominique Soto, 2nd, 2 pins
Emanuel Zetino, 2nd
LWC also had one wrestler who traveled to Tulsa Nationals for the weekend, Joshua
Robertson.

As January comes to an end, Liberal Wrestling Club will travel to Cimarron on January
24. The annual Battle in the West tournament will be January 31 at Liberal High School. The
community is invited to attend this FREE admission tournament that starts at 9:00 AM and
continues throughout most of the day.