Pueblo High School Class of 2027 talent Elizabeth Valenzuela Smith strives to meet her standards and those of her notorious wrestling family by training tirelessly and practicing techniques constantly.
The work has translated into three state championships and numerous honors and achievements on a national scale, including a No. 7 ranking among 110-pound wrestlers in SI.com’s final rating of the 2025-26 school year.
“It just solidifies my idea that I am good and my work is paying off,” Valenzuela Smith said this week at the KD x RBY Wrestling Clinic at Desert VIew. “Other people are noticing, so it just kind of confirms it’s not going unnoticed, like, ‘Keep doing what you’re doing.’”
Valenzuela Smith trained with Danny Vega’s Tucson Cyclones at Pueblo a day after the KD x RBY Clinic concluded…