HIGH SCHOOL

High school notebook: State Individual Wrestling Tournament begins Thursday

Cecil Joyce
USA TODAY NETWORK - Tennessee

The TSSAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament will be held this weekend at Williamson Ag & Expo Center in Franklin.

Smyrna's Cameron Henderson (top) and Stewarts Creek's Carson Helton will both be competing at the TSSAA State Individual Wrestling Tournament this weekend.

The tournament will begin Thursday at 3 p.m. with Class AAA round of 32, round of 16 and first- and second-round consolations.

On Friday at 10 a.m. the AAA quarterfinals, A-AA round of 16 and second- and third-round of AAA consolations will be held. Girls championships quarterfinals will begin at 11 a.m., with more AAA consolation bouts scheduled later that evening.

The AAA championships semifinals will be held at 6 p.m. Friday.

Consolation semifinals and finals will be held Saturday beginning at 10 a.m. while the girls championships will be held at 11 a.m.

Championship finals will be held at 5 p.m. Saturday.

Rutherford County is well represented, with 35 individual boys competing in Class AAA.

Siegel's Poarch, Bossong honored nationally: Siegel High School's volleyball team continues to rake in awards after a top-four finish in the Class AAA State Volleyball Tournament this past season.

Lady Stars standouts Leah Poarch and Sophia Bossong were named to the 2016 PrepVolleyball.com All-Americans Special Mention List.

Poarch, a senior outside hitter, and Bossong, a freshman setter, were both first-team All-Area players this season and both are among the three finalists for Area Volleyball Player of the Year by the Daily News Journal.

Stewarts Creek soccer standout Emma DiDomenico recently signed to play at Covenant College. Pictured (l-r) are Tiffany Vance, Emma DiDomenico  and Joey DiDomenico.

DiDomenico signs with Covenant: Stewarts Creek soccer standout Emma DiDomenico recently signed with Covenant College.

DiDomenico scored three goals and had three assists last season to help the Lady Red Hawks advance to the Region 4-AAA Tournament.

Riverdale baseball standout Peyton Henderson recently signed to play with Brescia College. Seated (l-r) are Riverdale assistant coach Kerrick Cron, Peyton Henderson, Rockvale Middle School Coach James Carson.
Standing (l-r) are Riverdale head coach Barry Messer, and Brescia head coach Andrew Dickson.

Riverdale's Henderson signs with Brescia: Riverdale baseball standout Peyton Henderson recently signed with Brescia College.

Henderson is a 5-9, 165-pound outfielder.

The NAIA Bearcats are located in Owensboro, Ky. and are part of the River States Conference.

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