Camp Verde wrestlers are building their summer development under the only female national wrestling coach.
Carolyn Wester, head coach of Wrestling Prep, awarded $1,200 worth of scholarships to four Camp Verde High School wrestlers May 2 at Weekend Wars.
Matt Mejia, state champion as a freshman heading into his final year at CVHS, will return to the San Jose, Calif., camp for the second straight summer, leading a group of four Cowboys who each received $300 in scholarship money from Wester, who helped develop CVHS four-time state champion Ryan Allred last summer with Mejia.
“Matt Mejia’s with me all summer,” Wester said. “He came out at Thanksgiving, came out at Christmas — he and Ryan Allred traveled all the way over to California to watch their friends at a state tournament. That’s irreplaceable.”
Incoming sophomore Daniel White and juniors Hulices Felix and James Abers also received scholarships from Wester to attend the camp, which begins the first week of July.
For the full story and Weekend Wars results, please see the Wednesday, June 3, issue of the Camp Verde Journal.
