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File / TPI Stanhope Elmore's Aryanna Ivey (114 pounds) finished third at the state finals in Huntsville. SEHS' girls wrestling team finished eighth overall with 39 points.

Stanhope Elmore’s wrestling team started this season with individual wrestlers’ improvement and progress for the program on the brain. Their motto: “Get 1% better.”

This season five Mustangs, two boys and three girls, went to the state championships in Huntsville to compete for individual state titles. Last season Stanhope Elmore crowned one state title winner, Dominic Sager at heavyweight; this season Sager was back in Huntsville to defend his title. He finished third at the AHSAA Class 6A South Sectionals after being left off the rankings, proving he could still contend for the title he won last season. 

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