TO RECOGNIZE THE VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL POINTERS WRESTLING TEAM AS THE 2025-2026 CLASS 5A DUAL AND TEAM STATE CHAMPIONS AND THE LADY POINTERS WRESTLING TEAM AS BACK-TO-BACK CLASS 5A STATE RUNNERS-UP.

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State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 SR 33 3
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By: Senator J. Petty 5
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SENATE RESOLUTION 8
TO RECOGNIZE THE VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL POINTERS 9
WRESTLING TEAM AS THE 2025-2026 CLASS 5A DUAL AND 10
TEAM STATE CHAMPIONS AND THE LADY POINTERS WRESTLING 11
TEAM AS BACK-TO-BACK CLASS 5A STATE RUNNERS-UP. 12
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TO RECOGNIZE THE VAN BUREN HIGH SCHOOL 16
POINTERS WRESTLING TEAM AS THE 2025-2026 17
CLASS 5A DUAL AND TEAM STATE CHAMPIONS 18
AND THE LADY POINTERS WRESTLING TEAM AS 19
BACK-TO-BACK CLASS 5A STATE RUNNERS-UP. 20
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WHEREAS, the Van Buren High School Pointers wrestling team won the 22
2025-2026 Class 5A state championship as part of the Arkansas State Wrestling 23
Tournament held on February 14, 2026, at Jack Stephens Center in Little Rock, 24
Arkansas, besting the Lake Hamilton Wrestling Wolves by a margin of ten and 25
one-half (10.5) points; and 26
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WHEREAS, the most recent state championship title marks the fifth 28
consecutive Class 5A state championship win for the Pointers wrestling team 29
and the ninth Class 5A state championship win total counting dual and team 30
state championship wins; and 31
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WHEREAS, by winning its fifth consecutive state championship, the 33
Pointers wrestling team ties the state record for consecutive state 34
championships in wrestling; and 35
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WHEREAS, the Pointers wrestling team was led by fifteen-year-old 1
undefeated freshman Peyton Boston, who won the Class 5A one-hundred-twenty-2
six-pound class state championship title and was also named Outstanding 3
Wrestler for the lower weight class at the tournament; and 4
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WHEREAS, the Pointers wrestling team qualified in eleven (11) out of 6
the fourteen (14) weight classes for the tournament, and ten (10) out of 7
those eleven (11) finished in the top four (4) of their classes; and 8
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WHEREAS, additional team members placing were: 10
(1) Sophomore Carson Camera, third place in the one-hundred-six-11
pound class; 12
(2) Senior Denzel Arce, third place in the one-hundred-thirteen-13
pound class; 14
(3) Junior Talon Ray, fourth place in the one-hundred-twenty-15
pound class; 16
(4) Junior Carter Sanders, second place in the one-hundred-17
thirty-two-pound class; 18
(5) Junior Talon Brown, competing in the one-hundred-fifty-pound 19
class; 20
(6) Senior Bryson Keirsey, fourth place in the one-hundred-21
fifty-seven-pound class; 22
(7) Sophomore Jalen Brown, second place in the one-hundred-23
seventy-five-pound class; 24
(8) Sophomore Beck Bodson, second place in the one-hundred-25
ninety-pound class; 26
(9) Senior Jace Ponder, second place in the two-hundred-fifteen-27
pound class; and 28
(10) Senior AJ Thompson, fourth place in the two-hundred-eighty-29
five-pound class; and 30
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WHEREAS, the Pointers wrestling team also won the Van Buren Dual 32
Tournament, Searcy Dual Tournament, and the regional championship; and 33
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WHEREAS, the Lady Pointers girls' wrestling team finished as state 35
runners-up for the second year in a row with one-hundred-ten and one-half 36
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(110.5) points and had one (1) individual state champion, senior Eva Garcia, 1
placing first in the one-hundred-twenty-pound class and finishing her high-2
school wrestling career as a three-time state champion; and 3
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WHEREAS, additional team members placing were: 5
(1) Freshman Bethani Martinez, fourth place in the one-hundred-6
pound class; 7
(2) Junior Bailey Doss, second place in the one-hundred-five-8
pound class; 9
(3) Sophomore Julissa Mora, third place in the one-hundred-ten 10
pound class; 11
(4) Senior Carley Johnson, competing in the one-hundred-fifteen-12
pound class; 13
(5) Sophomore Jayden Salinas-Ryun, competing in the one-hundred-14
thirty-pound class; 15
(6) Senior Evelyn Romero, second place in the one-hundred-fifty-16
five-pound class; 17
(7) Caylinn Tuck, competing in the one-hundred-ninety-pound 18
class; and 19
(8) Deanna Ramirez, second place in the two-hundred-thirty-five-20
pound class; and 21
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WHEREAS, the Pointers and Lady Pointers were led by Head Coach John 23
Petree and Assistant Coaches Dakota Petree and Cory Hansen; and 24
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WHEREAS, Head Coach John Petree was named Class 5A wrestling Coach of 26
the Year, 27
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NOW THEREFORE, 29
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 30
STATE OF ARKANSAS: 31
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THAT the Senate recognize the Van Buren High School Pointers wrestling 33
team as the 2025-2026 Class 5A state champions and the Lady Pointers 34
wrestling team as the 2025-2026 Class 5A state runners-up. 35
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption of this resolution, a copy be 1
presented to Head Coach John Petree and Assistant Coaches Dakota Petree and 2
Cory Hansen by the Secretary of the Senate. 3
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