SUMMER 2022 Wrestling Shiloh Wrestling started and finished with the largest roster in program history. Through the regular season, they finished 5-1 in duals vs 4A opponents which earned them the #2 seed going into the Dual State Tournament. They defeated Arkadelphia in the finals 56-24 becoming the 2022 Dual State Champions. The following week at the 4A North conference tournament, the Saints finished with the team title and ten placers. In the State Tournament, they fell short of their ultimate goal and finished as the 2022 State Runner-Up with 9 state placers including Gavin Garcia, Preston Katzer, Jacob Solomon, Tavis Nguyen, Dax Widger, Tristan Jackson, Will Brown, Cameron Arellano, and Brent Gwatney. Jacob Solomon is the 126lb 2X State Champion. Trap Shooting The Shiloh Trap season was very successful. Despite shooting in snow and heavy rain for most of the season, they had six people shoot their first 25/25 and two shoot their first 50/50. They had two junior squads (6th-8th grades) qualify for state with one of the teams coming in third and making the winner’s podium. Four of the senior squads (9th-12th grades) qualified for state with seven of them shooting in the top 25 out of over 500 shooters in the region. Soccer The Lady Saints Varsity Soccer team finished their season with a 10-3-2 record. They were the 4A West Conference Champions and Coach Denise Bonanno was named coach of the year for the 4A West Conference. The team defeated Wynne High School in the first round of the 4A State Tournament, then fell to the State Champion Pulaski Academy team in the quarterfinal game. 4A West AllConference players include: Regan West, Bella Bonanno, Gabby Bradshaw, Lily Alexander, Avery Beers, Brooklynn Bonanno, Emily Orsburne, and Lizzy Howell. 4A All-State honors include: Regan West, Bella Bonanno, and Gabby Bradshaw. Brooklyn Bonanno made the 4A State All-Tournamet Team. Cheer The 55 athletes involved in Shiloh Cheer participated in UCA and NCA home camps, hosted the annual Golf Scramble Fundraiser and cheered with over 120 future Shiloh cheerleaders at the Annual Elementary Cheer Clinic in September. The senior high competition team had a successful year finishing as a top team in local and state competitions, including receiving Runner-Up honors at the AAA State Cheer Competition in Hot Springs in December. The pinnacle of the season was traveling to Orlando, Florida to compete in the UCA National High School Cheerleading Championships at the ESPN Wide World of Sports where they finished 4th in the nation in the Medium Varsity Non-Tumbling Category of 72 high school teams from around the country. SPORTS: SEASON SUMMARIES 23
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