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Natalie Radecki of Newark, Delaware, was named the 2026 National Tricia Saunders High School Excellence Award winner by the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. The award is named after four-time World champion Tricia Saunders and is given to a high school senior based on wrestling success, academics, and community service.

Radecki will be honored during Honors Weekend in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on June 5-6.

Congratulations to Natalie Radecki on an incredible performance at Nationals. Natalie battled her way all the way to the finals, where she came up just short in an overtime match against the #3 ranked wrestler in the country at 115 lbs.

Congrats to our Bucs that wrestled hard at the 2026 DIAA Independent State Championships:

AJ Brooks- 5th at 215lbs
Jaedon Wells- 5th at 113lbs
Natalie Radecki- 6th at 106lbs
Matt Brunner- 7th at HWT

Congrats to all!!!

A few images from the first day of the DIAA State Wrestling Tournament. Wrestling continues this morning at 10 am for a spot on the podium.

Wishing our state qualifiers a weekend of great wrestling!! Good luck to;
106: Natalie Radecki
113: Jaedon Wells
120: Frankie Radecki
215: AJ Brooks
HWT: Matt Brunner

Way to go Eddie!

Thank you to Andre Smith for the amazing shots of the placement matches for Indy Conference’s!!

Congrats to our Bucs an the DIAA Independent Conference Championships:

Matt Brunner🥇
Natalie Radecki 🥈
AJ Brooks🥈
Jaedon Wells 🥉
Frankie Radecki 5th
Richie Massey 6th (injury in the semis)
Chase Hughes 7th

States next weekend. Let’s get it!!!
Caravel Academy

Our girls rocked it today at the Delaware Girls Wrestling Championships. Natalie and Gemma both took home 1st! Very proud of them!

Shout out to our seniors, Natalie and Richie, as they wrestled their last team match last night vs Woodbridge. Great captains that will be missed.