Arkansas Wrestle (All images via cbcmustangs.com)
Conway, Ark. – Coming off a season that saw a pair of Mustangs qualify for nationals, Central Baptist College wrestling coach Ken Prophete has announced his recruiting class for the 2021-22 academic year. The class includes seven wrestlers from Florida, two from Arkansas and one from Oklahoma.
“This year’s recruiting class is a class for the books for sure,” said Prophete. “The newcomers on the team are eager to learn. Already have a fighting spirit and more importantly have goals in mind as to where they would like to be come postseason. This season is definitely going to be interesting.”
The seven wrestlers from Florida are Gregory Pierre-Louis, Mark Ward III, Endrick Theodore, Zideen Ruiz-Zartemi, Antwon Singleton, Shayne Parris and Marcus Garrett. The two Arkansans are Raymond Murray, a Glen Rose native who’s transferring from Arkansas Baptist, and Aidan Richey from Mountain Home. Joel Soto, from Oklahoma City, joins the class as well. Pierre-Louis, Ward III, Singleton and Parris will all wrestle at heavyweight while Theodore will compete at 133 pounds, Richey will wrestle at 197 pounds, Soto will go at 157, Ruiz-Zartemi will compete at both 174 and 184 pounds, Murray will compete in the 165-and 174-pound classes and Garrett will also wrestle at 157 pounds.
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