On the girls’ side, Palo Alto freshman Ella Cohen, competing at 105 pounds, defeated Ava Fodera of Poway by fall at 5:20. Clayton Valley took seventh in the girls team standings at 59.5 points and Gilroy was 10th at 52.

The second annual Rhode Island girls wrestling state championships saw significant growth, with 50 participants across 12 weight classes, compared to 31 wrestlers in fewer weight classes the previous year. Scituate High School won the team title with 105 points, led by individual champions Jolene Cole, Chloe Ross, and Abigail Otte.

A trio of local wrestlers reached the top eight in their respective weight classes at the CIF state wrestling championships Saturday — one on the boys’ side and a pair on the girls. Starting on the boys’ side, Maria Carrillo’s Logan Bruce finished sixth at 175 pounds after finishing seventh a year ago.