State of the Program - Panther Creek Girls (NC)

Coaching Staff:

Jacob Hewgley - heading into my 9th year as a wrestling coach

  • Irving Montgomery

  • Steve Sefter

  • Avery Simpson

  • Ericka Wright

  • Ali Adloo

2023 Recap:

  • First year of the official state tournament

Individuals:

Graduated:

2023-2024

Returners (Grade):

  • 100 Eshanya Thanuj (SR)

  • 107 Shreya Kunwar (SR)

  • 114 Sofia Ortiz (JR)

  • 120 Ky Nelms (SR)

  • 126 Riya Menon (SR)

  • 132 Jiselle Riley (SO)

  • 138 Ava Lynch (JR)

  • 145 Angel Plastina (JR)

  • 152 Kriti Pokhrel (JR)

  • 152 Anshi Marri (JR)

  • 165 Nihira Patel (SR)

  • 185 Aishu Takalpati (SR)

  • 235 Priscilla Dewitt (JR)                  

Coach Hewgley has assembled quite a crew that has been competing for a bit (but are mostly new to the sport) and are eager to make a splash in the first official year for women in North Carolina. Looking up and down the roster you see a ton of upperclassmen with 6 seniors and 6 juniors. The crew is new, but there are a few that we think you should pay attention to … Sofia Ortiz and Ky Nelms both attended summer camp at App State and have constantly been looking to push themselves to get better. Jiselle Riley competed a year ago at Green Level and that experience should be an asset for this squad in 2023-2024. Rya Menon is new to wrestling, but has a background in combat sports - having done jiu jitsu for years (we’ve seen girls all over with those skills make the transition and excel in wrestling). Lastly, the coaches love the work ethic of Shreya Kunwar … they expect big things from the entire group and expect each will make big jumps in their abilities over the course of the season. - SEWrestle

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