PHOENIX — Now that Hannah Naccarati-Cholo has two state titles on her resume, she can focus even more on how she can take her wrestling game to the next level.
“I think, over the past year, my mentality is what improved,” Naccarati-Cholo, a Basha High School sophomore, said Feb. 21 after winning the 122-pound state Division I title match. “Not so much the wrestling skills. I used to go in thinking ‘What if I lose?’ Now I go in like ‘How will I improve in this next match?’ What can I do better in the future?’ So I’m less focused on the outcome.”
Naccarati-Cholo pinned a wrestler she knows well — fellow Chandler Unified sophomore Apphia Gutierrez of Perry, also a sophomore — late in the second round of their 122-pound final at state.
