Thirteen students from Heart of Texas Martial Arts entered Larry Field’s Tumbleweed Karate Championship in Abilene Texas on Saturday, April 16th.

Four adults competed with the following results:

• Quaylen Lykes placed 1st in Gi grappling, 1st in No-Gi grappling, 2nd in point sparring, 3rd in continuous sparring and 3rd in forms.
• Jake Suniga (not shown) placed 3rd in forms.
• Christy Ludwick placed 1st in black belt sparring and competitor in black belt forms.
• Jessica Montgomery placed 1st in sparring and 1st in forms.

Nine juniors competing with the following results:

• Dahntay Walker placed 2nd in Gi grappling and competed in demo, forms, and sparring.
• Tori Unsworth competed in forms, sparring, and weapons specialty.
• Caleb Bostick placed 1st in Gi grappling, 2nd in forms, and 3rd in sparring.
• Marli McKee competed in demo, forms, and sparring.
• Joshua Wilson (not shown) competed in demo, forms, and sparring.
• Sean Yoder (not shown) placed 3rd in sparring and competed in forms.
• Daniel Coers competed in forms and sparring.
• Rizonn Hendricks placed 1st in sparring and 1st in forms.
• Payton Bartlett placed 3rd in sparring and competed in demo and forms.

Pictured above (left to right) are: Christy Ludwick, Payton Bartlett, Marli McKee, Quaylen Lykes,

Tori Unsworth, Dahntay Walker, Rizonn Hendricks, Caleb Bostick, Daniel Coers, and Jessica Montgomery.  Photo contributed.