Travis Peter is Runner-Up at State Wrestling

It took Travis Peter three minutes to pin Chris Renteria from Monnet in the 125 weight class of the first round in Class 2 State wrestling tournament to give Archbishop O'Hara High School their first four team points and a tie for 36th place among the competing teams. _____ O'Hara's other entry in the State competiton went 1:44 before dropping his match on a pin to Max Piazza from Westminster Christian, Louis Golden competing in the 215 weight. ______ Travis Peter, in the quarterfinals on Friday, pinned Jake Vitale from Mexico in 42 seconds. ______ As a result, O'Hara as a team move up to a tie for 24th place with a team total of 22 points among the 47 schools fielding wrestlers in the State competition. _____ In the semifinals, Travis took a close decision 3-1 against Evan Young from Odessa. _____ Then on Saturday, February 20th, Travis Peter lost to Kirkville's Justin Vanhoose 9-3 for the State Title. _____ For the season, Van Hoose, the State defending champ, went to 53-0. _____ Travis Peter now holds two O'Hara school records in wrestling: he has the season record of 52-2 and career record of 153-25.