Competitive high school wrestling bears little resemblance to late night bouts on television. Head Coach Ryan Menard of the Jesuit wrestling team stated, “for people who aren't familiar , there is this notion that jump off top ropes and body slam.” Obviously, this inaccurate perception of wrestling comes from the professional wrestling world of WWE. Continuing on the contrary, Coach...
Wave after wave of competition comes forward, but after each round, the Jesuit wrestlers still stand. Eight schools from all over the district met at JJ Pearce High School for the District Wrestling tournament, but none of the schools seemed to be able to stop the Jesuit Wrestling team as seven members managed to advance to the Regional tournament.
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The Jesuit Ranger Wrestling season is just around the corner, and the wrestling team is preparing for a historic year. Here's what to expect this season:
District Changes
While the Rangers remain in UIL District 7-6A, there are two new additions to the already competitive district due to the district realignment. Rockwall-Heath, once the UIL-5A State Champions, have moved up into district 7-6A....
Congratulations to the Jesuit Wrestling team for placing 4th at the Cougar Classic this past weekend. “It was great to see Henry get 2nd place at his second varsity tournament. He wrestled very hard,” said Craig Hunter ’12. The whole team was determined to win their matches and try and pin their opponents if possible. “We were all looking forward...
The Rangers Wrestling team recently enjoyed an extremely successful weekend, placing three varsity and six junior varsity wrestlers at the Tri-State Tournament at Lake Highlands. The team racked up 60 points throughout the course of the two-day tournament, good enough for a 10th place finish out of 20 teams.
Bouncing back from a rough showing at the Heath Invitational two...
26 Varsity and 21 JV teams, 370 total competitors, 7 mats, who will prevail?
On January 18-19th, 2020 Jesuit held and competed in the annual Frank Halloran Ranger Classic wrestling tournament.
Coach Menard, the head wrestling coach at Jesuit Dallas, commented on the tournament, "It's always a lot of work to set this up, but it's a great opportunity for our...
