Haley Stenz earned All-State honors with a fourth-place finish in the girls 110-pound weight class at MHSAA Individual Wrestling State Championships at Ford Field.

The first day of competition was Friday, Feb. 28 in which Stenz started out with a 9-0 major decision victory over Celine Frank of Oxford. In the next round, she won a spot in the semifinals with a 9-3 victory over Trinity Munoz of Detroit Voyageur College Prep. On Friday evening Stenz came up short in her semi-final match falling to Shai Curtiss of Shepard by a score of 19-4.

On Saturday, wrestlers who had earned all-state status competed to see which place they would take on the podium. Stenz won her first placement match against Ryleigh Ruiz of Dewitt by pin, setting up a final match for third place. The final match was tightly contested with Stenz leading 3-2 in the third period before getting caught and pinned with less than a minute remaining.

Following the matches, Haley earned the right to march in a parade of champions consisting of the best wrestlers in the state of Michigan and received her fourth-place medal and All-State Certificate during the medal ceremony.

Stenz represents Alpena High School’s first MHSAA All-State Wrestler in 17 years and the first AHS female wrestler to earn that honor in school history.