Laura Almanza continues to shine as a beacon of light for the Deming High wrestling program. The sophomore 138-pounder dominated her weight class at the Rio Hondo Scuffle on Saturday at Roswell High School. Almanza is the lone female wrestler at DHS. The Deming boys placed 11th among the 20 schools attending despite missing a good portion of its varsity roster due to injury and illness. Belen, a Class 4A perennial …
A short-handed Deming High wrestling team competed at the Gage Memorial Tournament at Franklin High School in El Paso Saturday, and placed fifth among 17 schools entered in the championship and consolation bracket format. Ironically, Deming entered the tournament ranked No. 5 among Class 4A schools in a New Mexico wrestling.com pre-season poll. Host Franklin won the boys’ team championship, followed by Coronado, Bel Air and Chapin all El …