Vote for Kabra Wrestling’s Girls Wrestler of the Week
July 14, 2025BY BRANT PARSONS — This week is pretty easy to pick nominations.
Team Florida secured eight stop signs in Fargo this past weekend as the girls put on a quality performance.
Please pick your vote for this week’s Kabra Wrestling’s Reader’s Choice Wrestler of the Week.
The Nominees
Kendall Bibla: Unseeded in the bracket, Bibla won five matches against nationally-ranked opponents to finish third in the 170-pound weight class in the junior division. Two of her wins were over Top 10 wrestlers.
Abigail Gonzalez: Gonzalez finished in third place in the 16U 120-pound division. The No. 13 ranked wrestler in the country bounced back after a one-point loss in the quarterfinals to win her final four matches. Included in her wins was a victory over the No. 19 wrestler in the U.S.
Ailee Briggs: Briggs finished in fourth place in the junior 140-pound weight class. The rising senior reached the semifinals before falling to the top-seed. Briggs then beat the No. 3 wrestler in the country to reach the third-place match.
Kendal Haynie: Haynie avenged a loss to reach the third-place match before finishing fourth in the 16U 115-pound weight class. After losing 6-3 to the fifth-seed in the round of 16, Haynie won five straight matches
Makayla Ocean: Ocean finished in fourth place in the 16U 207-pound weight class. After losing her first match to the second-seed, Ocean rallied, defeating three top-six seeds on her way to the third-place match.
TorRina Rushing: Rushing started her tournament with a disappointing loss and then reeled off eight straight wins in the consolation bracket to earn All-American honors. The rising junior finished in sixth place in the junior division at 170 pounds.
Kiera Partello: The rising senior at Barron Collier lost her first match and then rallied to win seven straight matches to finish on the podium as a junior All-American at105 pounds.
Mariah Mills: Mills finished in seventh-place at 110 pounds in the junior division. The future West Liberty wrestler’s only losses were to the top and third-seeded wrestlers, both of whom are ranked sixth in the country in their weight class.
Brant Parsons is the founder and executive editor of Kabra Wrestling. He has been covering high school wrestling in Florida since 2004. He can be reached at brant@kabrawrestling.com.
