
Tomorrow is the 3rd annual Sartan Scuffle Invite and we can’t wait!!!! Time the scrap!!!!
St. Pius X Sartan Wrestling
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Tomorrow is the 3rd annual Sartan Scuffle Invite and we can’t wait!!!! Time the scrap!!!!
We are seeking student volunteers for this weekends Sartan Scuffle!!! You will get service hours for your time!
Tomorrow night @ 5:30 our district duals will be held here at Pius and will feature the #2 & #3 (New Mexico Wrestling) ranked 4A teams in the state battling it out for a district title!!! Come out and support your St. Pius X wrestlers tomorrow night!!!
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Our Sartans traveled to Farmington, NM to participate in this years Aztec Duals & Girls Individual tournament. They all did an excellent job as our boys went 8-1 in duals claims 3rd place as a team, our ladies took 4 place as a team w/ our 3 seniors bringing home the gold and our underclassmen cleaning up on the backside!!! Great job this weekend ladies and gentlemen!!!
SPX 51 - Aztec (Orange) 17
SPX 51 - Dolores (CO) 18
SPX 56 - Montezum-Cortez (CO) 12
SPX 52 - Ignacio (CO) 17
SPX 39 - Montrose (CO) 29
SPX 40 - Socorro 30
West Las Vegas 48 - SPX 27
SPX 54 - Valley (CO) 18
SPX 35 - Farmington 33
Abigail Rael - 1st place 132lbs
Claudia Aragon - 1st place 138lbs
Zia Budagher - 1st place 152lbs
Avi Phlieger - 3rd place 120lbs
Isabella Vallejos - 3rd place 130lbs
Marianna Montoya - 3rd place 185lbs
Samantha Nunez - 5th place HWT
Aztec Tiger Duals Update
Round 1
St. Pius X - 51
Aztec (Orange) - 17
Round 2
St. Pius X - 51
Delores (CO) - 18
Round 3
St. Pius X - 56
Montezuma-Cortex (CO) - 12
Round 4
St. Pius X - 52
Ignacio (CO) - 17
Round 5
St. Pius X - 39
Montrose (CO) - 29
Round 6
St. Pius X - 40
Socorro - 30
Boys finish out the day 6-0 in duals!!!!!
Tonight we celebrated 5 of our 6 seniors and they went out with a bang as both boys and girls had team victories!!! Thank you Valencia HS for giving us a match so these 5 Sartans could wrestle 1 last time together infront of the home crowd!!! Last but not least, thank you to eveyone who came out to support the Sartan Wrestling program!!!!
Girls - SPX 42- VAL 24
Boys - SPX 59- VAL 12
📣 Senior Night at St. Pius X Tonight! 🏆🤼♂️
Join us this evening as we celebrate our 6 incredible seniors and all their hard work and dedication! It’s Senior Night, and we’re taking on Valencia High in what promises to be an exciting matchup.
🕔 Wrestling kicks off at 5:30 PM.
📍 Location: St. Pius X High School
Come out and show your support for our team and seniors. Let’s make it a night to remember! 🖤💛
🚨 Mark Your Calendars! 🚨
The 3rd Annual Sartan Scuffle Invite is just 2 weeks away and shaping up to be an incredible event!
🏆 39 Boys Teams and 37 Girls Teams from all over New Mexico—representing both 4A & 5A divisions—will battle it out for glory.
📍 Location: Rio Rancho Event Center
📅 Dates: January 24th & 25th
We can’t wait to welcome everyone back for another exciting year of competition. See you there!
We would also would like to give a special shout out to Abigail Rael aka “girl w/ the pigtails” as she is our 1st lady Sartan to make the championship finals of the CaC tournament. She had an outstanding tournament, not only did she make the championship finals but on her way to the finals she defeated the returning NM State champion of her weight class by fall!!!
Photo credit- abq journal
This weekend our Sartans competed in one of the toughest tournaments in the Southwest and it was right here in our backyard! Our Sartans did a phenomenal job this weekend and had one of our best performances at this tournament thus far!!! We had 2 Sartans wrestling in the championship finals and another Sartan who battled on the backside claiming 3rd place!!! Congratulations to all of our Sartans who laid it on the line this past weekend!!!
Valentine Popadiuc - 2nd place 145lbs
Abigail Rael - 2nd Place 132lbs
Dane Padilla - 3rd Place 107lbs
This weekend our boys competed in the Silver Duals and they did a great job! We defeated Safford ( #3 AZ) & Sal Point Catholic ( #5 AZ) going 3-2 on the day as a team. Great job this weekend boys!!! Next up Conflict!!!
Notable performances-
Dane Padilla - 5-0
Matthew Longdon - 5-0
Valentine Popadiuc - 5-0
Santiago Aragon Roybal - 5-0
Zachary Katz 4-1
Our ladies wrestled in the Silver Girls Invitational today and they did a phenomenal job!!! We had 6 girls wrestling for gold in the finals w/ 5 bringing home gold and another one taking bronze! We took 2nd place as a team today!!! Great job Sartans!!!
Very proud of you Mason Gladfelter!!!
📚🔥ACADEMIC WEAPONS🔥📚
Extremely proud of these Bluejay wrestlers for achieving a 3.5+ GPA in the classroom!👏
Leaders on the mat, and in the classroom! Go Jays!🔥
It’s official!!!! This years Sartan Scuffle Invite is moving to the Rio Rancho Events Center!!! We’re excited for the venue change as our numbers have increased from the previous years making this one of the largest tournaments in New Mexico and it’s only going to keep growing!!! We’ll see everyone soon!!!!
This weekend we have 4 Sartans representing St. Pius X School of New Mexico in the 2024 Ironman Wrestling Tournament - at Walsh Jesuit!!!! We cannot wait to step on the mats with the country’s top tier athletes and show them what New Mexico is all about!!! All matches will be on FloWrestling if you’d like to follow the great action this weekend!!!!
Valentine Popadiuc - 150lbs
Abigail Rael - 135lbs
Claudia Aragon - 140lbs
Zia Budagher - 155lbs