Tamanawis boys team wins silver at provincial wrestling championships
Semiahmoo Secondary's Taranpreet Dillon (left) earned gold at the BCSS Wrestling Championships. (Image: BCSS Twitter/X)
The Tamanawis Secondary Wildcats boys wrestling team took home silver at the BC School Sports 2024 Wrestling Championships, marking an end to the team’s four-year run as provincial champions.
Narrowly losing to Abbotsford’s W.J. Mouat Secondary by just three points (73-76), the Wildcats put on a valiant effort, but weren’t able to snatch the final four points needed to extend their banner run.
Standout performances for Tamanawis include Mustafa Nasir in the Male 63kg category, who scored 16 points and a gold medal with a technical fall, along with Karanjot Dhillon (48kg), Justin Lalli (84kg) and Jastej Mundi (90kg) who each took home silver in their respective weight classes.
Also in the boys division, the Queen Elizabeth Secondary Royals team landed fifth overall with 30 points. Students Prithvi Mann (74kg), Sayed Frogh (57kg) and Lucas Moski (130kg) won silver and two bronze medals, respectively, while Princess Abedu took bronze for the Royals in the Female 40kg category.
In the girls division, the Semiahmoo Secondary Thunderbirds team came in fifth place with 25 points. Sixteen of the team’s points were scored by a dominant Taranpreet Dhillon in the Female 51kg category, who scored a technical fall and a gold medal. Guildford Park Secondary was a close runner-up in seventh with 22 points.
Other Surrey schools that took part in the tournament included Princess Margaret Secondary, Guildford Park Secondary and Earl Marriott Secondary.
In total, Surrey students brought home 19 medals across the various weight classes and divisions:
Guildford Park's Khushi Jalli at the BCSS Wrestling Championships. (Image: BCSS Twitter/X)
Gold:
- Taranpreet Dhillon, Semiahmoo Secondary – Female 51kg
- Gaurav Bahi, Earl Marriott Secondary – Male 45kg
- Mustafa Nasir, Tamanawis Secondary – Male 63kg
- Harjot Singh, Princess Margaret Secondary – Male 78kg
Silver:
- Natalie Wojciechowski, Guildford Park Secondary – Female 60kg
- Karanjot Dhillon, Tamanawis Secondary – Male 48kg
- Prithvi Mann, Queen Elizabeth Secondary – Male 74kg
- Justin Lalli, Tamanawis Secondary – Male 84kg
- Jastej Mundi, Tamanawis Secondary – Male 90kg
Bronze:
Queen Elizabeth's Sayed Frogh (right) at the BCSS Wrestling Championships. (Image: BCSS Twitter/X)
- Princess Abedu, Queen Elizabeth Secondary – Female 40kg
- Gurleen Dhillon, Semiahmoo Secondary – Female 54kg
- Khushi Jhalli, Guildford Park Secondary – Female 69kg
- Sayed Frogh, Queen Elizabeth Secondary – Male 57kg
- Sujinder Kang, Enver Creek Secondary – Male 63kg
- Harjot Shergill, Panorama Ridge Secondary – Male 78kg
- Heyten Bal, Tamanawis Secondary – Male 84kg
- Udaypartap Billen, Princess Margaret Secondary – Male 110kg
- Lucas Moski, Queen Elizabeth Secondary – Male 130kg
- Goliath Charlie-Wilson, Tamanawis Secondary – HWT
Congratulations to all Surrey Schools wrestlers on their performances this year!
To see the full results of the BCSS 2024 Wrestling Championships, click here.
