Pocatello HS Wrestling

Congratulations to all of our Pocatello High School wrestlers who made it to State last weekend! What an incredible accomplishment and something to be so proud of.

A special shout out to those who placed and to the wrestlers who battled their way to the blood round — that’s no small feat!

Api Tabekece - State CHAMPION! 🏆
Kaden Bunderson 3rd
Gabe Archuleta 4th
Brayden Price blood round
Brenden Eddington blood round

9th place overall as a team. 💪🏼

Big weekend for the Poky girls! Tied for 10th as a team out of 30! Top 5 qualify for state.

Laken Aplington 4th
Emiline Ferrin 4th
Ariyah Demartinis 4th
Kyra Sudweeks 5th
Lola Baker 7th.

Great job girls!! 💪🏼

Congratulations to our Poky boys for taking FIRST place tonight at districts!! 💪🏼🥇

Huge thanks to everyone that supported our team and bought raffle tickets for our Sportsman's Outdoor Package!! Special shout out to Don for donating to our raffle and Pocatello Gunslingers for taking care of us. We truly appreciate everyone's support.

Our winners for the drawing are:

1. Donna Barker
2. Monica Lewis
3. Tina Dunn
4. Clay Cook
5. Geraka Sanchez

Coach Plato will be calling you to congratulate you and coordinate pick up.

Congrats to our undefeated Poky Wrestlers at this weekend's Dick Fleischmann tournament. Congrats Api Tabakece, Gabe Archuleta, Kaden Bunderson and Max Sasser. 💪🏼

2nd annual Koral Sugiyama Classic.
Poky girls placed 3rd as a team!
Kyra Sudweeks 1st and OW!
Ariyah Demartinis 1st
Laken Aplington 3rd
Milly Hellstrom 3rd
Emiline Ferrin 4th
Mae Collins 4th

Great job girls!!

The Poky girls met wrestling legend, Shaun Williams. Shaun won a national title for North Idaho College and later competed in the 2004 Olympics Games for South Africa! 💪🏼🥇

Girls North Idaho Rumble!

Ariyah Demartinis 3rd
Kyra Sudweeks 4th
Lola Baker 4th
Emiline Ferrin 5th
Laken Applington 6th

8th place out of 24 teams!

Proud of our Pocatello HS wrestlers! 💪🤼‍♂️

Our team competed at the 2026 North Idaho Rumble in Coeur d’Alene, and it was a weekend full of great matches and tough wrestling. Huge shoutout to our athletes who battled hard on the mat—four PHS wrestlers brought home medals!
🥇 Api Tabakece — 1st Place, 98 lbs
🏅 Landon Conover — 6th Place, 138 lbs
🥉 Kaden Bunderaon — 3rd Place, 144 lbs
🏅 Gabe Archuleta — 4th Place, 165 lbs

Boys place 6th out of 27 teams!

Way to represent PHS with grit and determination. Keep grinding—proud of you all! 👏🔥