Central Valley’s and Ceres High’s girls wrestling teams traveled to Fresno earlier this month to compete at the Lady Apache Invitational.

Staged at Selland Arena in Fresno, the Jan. 16-17 tournament featured grapplers from 63 different high schools.

The Hawks and Bulldogs placed 24th and 30th, respectively, in the team standings.

Central Valley and Ceres High both claimed two individual medals.

The top eight wrestlers in each weight class were rewarded.

“The competition overall was top-notch, which is why we decided to go down there,” Hawks’ head coach Brandy Cordova said. “The girls got a lot of great matches. They did well considering they were facing some tough opponents.”

Giana Breshears, Alicia Espinoza, Leslie Hernandez, Micaela Maldonado, Davianna Marron, Addisyn Prudhel, Valeria Garcia Morales, Vanesa Mendoza Balbuena, Evalyn Zambrano and Joselyn Alvarez represented the Hawks at the Apache event.

Breshears and Espinoza brought home medals.

“I knew both of them would step up to the challenge because we’ve been taking them to harder tournaments since they were freshmen.”

Breshears placed third with a 7-1 record at 138 pounds.

Espinoza placed fifth with a 6-2 record at 238 pounds.

Hernandez compiled a 3-2 record at 173 pounds.

Maldonado compiled a 2-2 record at 193 pounds.

Marron compiled a 1-2 record at 148 pounds.

Prudhel compiled a 1-2 record at 143 pounds.

Garcia Morales compiled a 1-2 record at 108 pounds.

Balbuena compiled an 0-2 record at 148 pounds.

Alvarez compiled an 0-2 record at 103 pounds.

Mezmeriah Zuniga, Evelynn Tubera, Avril Gaona, Abrianna Bautista, Abigail Schultz, Dayanna Alvarez, Elizabeth Boyd, Amelie Franco and Sharon Wheeling represented the Bulldogs in Fresno.

Zuniga placed seventh with a 4-2 record at 138 pounds.

“Mezmeriah is doing better,” Hulstine said. “She still has a lot of room for improvement.”

Tubera placed eighth with a 4-3 record at 113 pounds.

“Evelynn did an amazing job,” Hulstine said. “She had a tough bracket.”

Gaona compiled a 3-2 record at 103 pounds.

Bautista compiled a 3-2 record at 103 pounds.

Schultz compiled a 2-2 record at 133 pounds.

Vasquez (pin) and Bullard’s Bailey Hill (pin).

Alvarez compiled a 2-2 record at 128 pounds.

She collected wins against Golden Valley’s Zikora Malone (pin) and Santa Maria’s Clara Zayas (pin).

Boyd compiled a 1-2 record at 238 pounds.

She collected a win against Reedley’s Evelyn Murgia (pin).

Franco compiled an 0-2 record at 138 pounds.

Wheeling compiled an 0-2 record at 123 pounds.