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Matt Wolfe places 16th at state diving meet
Tuesday, March 6th, 2012

La Porte High School diver Matt Wolfe competed at the state swim and dive meet on Feb. 24 and 25 in Austin, finishing out the season ranked 16th in the state.

"Matt went up against some very strong competition in Austin this weekend, and strongly represented our district by maintaining a level of composure and focus of which we are very proud," said Cortney Arrant, LPHS swim coach.

Matt was among the members of the La Porte High School swim team who earned top honors at district and regional competition. He placed second overall at the regional competition Feb. 9-11 in Sugar Land.

Nineteen swimmers qualified for the regional meet. In the diving competition, Nathen Hill placed fifth, Dustin Moore placed sixth, Tori Vidales placed seventh, and Hunter Turlington placed 10th.

"We are extremely proud of the season that all of our swimmers and divers have had," Arrant said.

Matt qualified for the All-Region First Team. Nathen and Dustin qualified for the Second Team All-Region, and Tori was Honorable Mention All-Region.

Nine members of the team earned First Team All-District honors. They include Amber Wilborn, Victoria McLaughlin, Matt Wolfe, Nathan Hill, Tori Vidales, Christina Roseland, Katie Brown, Lynda Taylor and Andrea Rojas.

Second Team All-District selections included LPHS swimmers Alex Chaplin, Amanda Elfstrom, Amber Wilborn, Andy Robb, Autumn Zinn, Christina Rosunlund, Conchita Rodriguez, Dustin Moore, Hunter Turlington, Jake Block, Josh Block, Lynda Taylor, Sean Velasquez, Shawn Dunford, Victoria Hoots and Victoria McLaughlin.


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