FWISD Athletics
Highlights and What's Ahead!!
(12.1.23) What's Happening around FWISD Athletics?
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FWISD Basketball
Paschal HS
FWISD Wrestling
Benbrook HS
Benbrook Wrestling is off to a great start. They competed in their first series of matches on November 18th, where the girls went 4-1 losing by only 9 points to the defending state champions. The boys went 2-3, but finished the day strong with a 30 point beating of Frisco Reedy and a narrow loss to 6A Plano West. Desmond Chambers, Jason Cortez, Mac Shafer, Landry Wilkinson, and Neriah Goulding all went undefeated on the day.
Once we came back from the break, the Bobcats made their way to compete against perennial powerhouse Argyle. The girls came up a bit short 40-30, but wrestled extremely hard against tough competition. They boys team came out firing on all cylinders and won 51-29!! The JV boys also competed and had some great matches, with a lot of them picking up their first ever wins!
Standout wrestlers from the Argyle Meet were
JV Boys- Gage Beck and Gabe Helm
Varsity Girls- Neriah Goulding and Nadia Borjas
Varsity Boys- Erik Morrison, Brandon Llopis, and Zack Burks
The Varsity Boys and Girls will be traveling to Arlington Seguin this Saturday 12/2 to compete against 15 schools from the Dallas area.
They will then be at Dallas Woodrow Wilson on Wednesday 12/6.
Then Hosting the 2nd Annual FWISD Championship on 12/9, please come out and support your Bobcat Wrestlers.
Western Hills HS
Before Thanksgiving break our cougar wrestlers took off to Eaton High School and competed in their first tournament of the season. They knocked off a lot of competition rust and ended the day on a good note.
We had several wrestlers who competed in their first wrestling tournament. Hats off to those young men and young women who had the courage to step on the mat.
Christian Chun
Jamarion Ford
Oscar Guerra won his first match - Varsity
Trevor O'Quinn won his first match - Varsity
Vonmeisha Harrison - first tournament Varsity
Our veteran wrestlers came out with some big wins against regional and state qualifiers from the previous season.
Tavares Hamilton finished 4th over all in the 157 weight class.
Raziel Gutierrez finished 5 other all in the 120 weight class.
We are jumping off to a good start! Thank you all for supporting our student athletes.
FWISD Swimming
Paschal HS
The season for the Paschal Swim Team has a been off to a strong start. A few school records have been broken and our kids are making progress and getting much faster. At the past swim meet, Paschal Swim Team competed at their midseason championship meet North Zone TISCA. At that Meet, 3 school records were broken. The girls 200 medley relay ( Hannah Dietrich, Valeria Venegas, Ryan Louden, and Victoria Chandler) reset their team record that was broken almost a month ago. They knocked 2 seconds off their previous time going a time of 1:57:96. The boys medley relay led by Grant Chapa, Harrison Purcell, Daniel Wilke, Jackson Beck broke a 21-year-old record, dropping 5 seconds off their season's best time going a time of 1:41.31. Sophomore Valeria Venegas broke a 23-year-old record twice in the 100-breaststroke going a final time of 1:10.51. Overall, there were quite a few personal best times and great swims that weekend. Grant Chapa place 1st in the 100 fly with a time of 49.99 and place 4th in the 100 back with a time of 50.93. Both times are season best times. Next Friday December 8th, the Paschal swim team will be back in action at the Eaton Invitational in Justin.
FWISD Soccer
Paschal HS
"Soccer season officially started on Monday! We had over 80 girls come out to tryouts! (not all pictured here). Varsity and JV1 will have their first scrimmage next Friday, December 8th against Richland at home. Please come out and support your Panthers!"
We had our potluck breakfast this morning for our Give Lively fundraiser! Thank you to Mrs. Rich for organizing everything! We’ve already raised over $3,500👏🏻 Thank you to everyone who has donated so far!
FWISD Track & Field
OD Wyatt HS
Malik Franklin signs to run track at Arizona State University!!!!!!
FWISD MS Basketball
JP Elder MS
Elder Girls Basketball:
-8A beat Carter Riverside 40-18 (MVP Miah Gonzalez)
-7A beat Carter Riverside 18-7 (CO-MVPS Jozyria Cardenas and Yudith Martinez)
-8B beat Benbrook B 16-12 (MVP Vanessa Zuniga)
-7B fell short but fought hard to Benbrook B (MVP Sanayah White)
FWISD Sports Medicine
Polytech HS
The Polytechnic Athletic Trainers took their Student Trainer Aids to Sam Houston State on an Athletic Training preview day Wednesday. The girls got to take a campus tour, learn about the Masters of Athletic Training Program and tour the Athletic Training and Athletic facilities. It was a fun day learning about what it takes to be a professional Athletic Trainer.
FWISD Shout Outs
Elder MS
Last big shout out to our Elder 8th Grade A-Team Volleyball Team for bringing home a Silver Bracket Championship this year! 😊
Thank you Muhollands Co for our custom banner and Fast Eddie's Print Shop for our custom team shirts!
Thank you again to everyone who helped support us this season, we couldn't have done it without y'all!
Go Yearlings!
Elder Girls Athletics
Congrats to our Athletes of the Month,
-7th Grade: Viviana Calamaco
-8th Grade: Liliana Martinez
Mascot Media
Our Mission
Email: amanda.cofer@fwisd.org
Website: https://www.fwisd.org/athletics
Location: Farrington Field, University Drive, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Phone: 817-815-7300
Twitter: @FWISDAthletics