Pitman’s Lilly Freitas wins second straight individual state wrestling championship

Some might say it’s hard to have a legacy when you are only a sophomore, but that’s just what Pitman’s Lilly Freitas is building.

Freitas beat El Molino junior Hannah Ricioli in the 150-pound title at the CIF State Wrestling Championships on Saturday at the Mechanics Bank Arena in Bakersfield. She pinned all five of her opponents throughout the three-day tournament.

Freitas, who won the 143-pound title last year, became the fourth Stanislaus District girl wrestler to win back-to-back championships, joining Enochs’s Rory Coscia and Sariyah Jones and Ripon’s Juliana Triplett.

She has yet to lose a high school match in two years after going 33-0 as a freshman. Pitman finished in third place behind James Logan and San Fernando.

Pride freshman Lilly Avalos finished in fourth place in the 106-pound division.

Turlock senior Hailey Ward (101) finished fourth and ended her career as a four-time State Medalist.

On the boys side, seven Stanislaus District wrestlers placed in the top eight with Pitman senior Kendall La Rosa (160) finishing the highest in fourth place. Pride junior Juan Mora finished in fifth and Turlock senior Adrian Heras finished in eighth.

Oakdale finished in 14th as a team, two spots ahead of Pitman, and four Mustangs made the podium: Junior Brayden Abell (113, 6th), junior Seth Borba (152, 7th), and sophomores Ceasar Garza (145, 7th) and Michael Torres (106, 7th).

Central Catholic senior Faalia Martinez (137) and Oakdale senior Valerie Osborne (170) both finished in fourth as well.

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Julian A. Lopez has been covering local sports for The Modesto Bee since August 2018. He graduated from Arizona State in 2016 with a BA in Journalism.