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2023 NHSCA High School Nationals TN & GA represented well with others from the SE… Senior Finals Results 113 Tyler Washburn Naples, FL (FL) F Darron Provost Gillette, WY (WY), 4:55 120 Tk Davis Rockmart, GA (GA) DEC Tyler Chappell Cranberry Township, PA (PA), 3-2 126 Amantee Mills Dacula, GA (GA) DEC Jaden Crumpler Niagara Falls, NY (NY), 4-1 132 Tyler Knox Groveland, MA (MA) MD Jacob Brenneman Accident, MD (MD), 11-0 138 Isaiah Powe AL (AL) DEC David Mcclelland Johnstown, OH (OH), 6-4 145 Cade Wirnsberger Lewisburg, PA (PA) DEC Tyler Tracy Pittsboro, NC (NC), 3-1 SV 152 Luke Bender Lewes, DE (DE) DEC Drew Pepin NC (NC), 6-1 160 Rafael Hipolito ashburn, VA (VA) DEC Christopher Minto Cape Coral, FL (FL), 4-3 170 Jasiah Queen Rahway, NJ (NJ) MD Riggin Boger Kamas, UT (UT), 13-5 182 Will Conlon Hoover, AL (AL) DEC Landen Moss Monroe, GA (GA), 4-2 195 Toby Schoffstall Evington, VA (VA) MD Eric Carlson Manhasset, NY (NY), 11-0 220 Matthew Marcum Lawrence, KS (KS) DEC Caleb Beaty Clayton, NC (NC), 6-2 285 Trent Sibble Bolivar, NY (NY) DEC Tristen Hitchcock Warrensburg, NY (NY), 3-2 SV Junior Finals Results 106 Raekwon Shabazz Middletown, CT (CT) DEC Jack Bergmann Wanaque, NJ (NJ), 5-4 113 Jermaine Peace Summerville, SC (SC) DEC Colyn Limbert OH (OH), 6-4 120 Isaiah Quintero Placentia, CA (CA) F Ethan Rivera Orlando, FL (FL), 8:30 126 Nikolaus O’neill Philadelphia, PA (PA) DEC Mason Ziegler Quakertown, PA (PA), 5-0 132 Tyson Sherlock Linthicum, MD (MD) FOR Mason Kernan Bethel Park, PA (PA) 138 Gabriel Bouyssou Hope, RI (RI) TF Brayden Robison Bluebell, UT (UT), 21-6 4:18 145 Logan Fowler Cleveland, TN (TN) MD Jonathan Fuller Rahway, NJ (NJ), 8-0 152 Conner Harer Montgomery, PA (PA) DEC Lj Araujo Bismarck, ND (ND), 4-3 160 Latrell Schafer Bonaire, GA (GA) DEC Kendrick Hodge Miami, FL (FL), 5-2 170 Nate Blanchette Methuen, MA (MA) MD Omer Barak FL (FL), 14-6 182 Hoke Poe-hogan Commerce, GA (GA) MD Ayden Flores Maize, KS (KS), 10-2 195 Ryland Whitworth Huntington Beach, CA (CA) DEC Gage Yackee Holland, OH (OH), 4-2 220 Cy Kruse Ham Lake, MN (MN) DEC Brenan Morgan Aliquippa, PA (PA), 8-2 285 Navarro Schunke Brandon, SD (SD) MD Andre Mcfadden Lake City, SC (SC), 8-0 Sophomore Finals Results 106 Aaron Seidel Schaefferstown, PA (PA) F Adam Mattin Delta, OH (OH), 5:31 113 Cadell Lee Stafford, VA (VA) DEC Colin Martin VA (VA), 3-1 SV 120 Sebastian Degennaro Jensen Beach, FL (FL) DEC Caio Aron The Woodlands, TX (TX), 3-1 126 Billy Dekraker Blairstown, NJ (NJ) DEC Sidney Tildsley Billerica, MA (MA), 5-1 132 Drew Gorman Buford, GA (GA) TF Anthony Lucchiani Stephens City, VA (VA), 18-3 3:37 138 Elvis Solis Homestead, FL (FL) F Dorian Olivarez Spring, TX (TX), 0:53 145 Anthony Evanitsky Exeter, PA (PA) DEC Leo Contino Clovis, CA (CA), 4-1 152 Claudio Torres Orlando, FL (FL) DEC Dominic Bambinelli Hoschton, GA (GA), 7-5 160 Max Norman Kingsport, TN (TN) DEC Isreal Ibarra Eloy, AZ (AZ), 4-2 170 Carson Thomas OH (OH) DEC Tyrel Miller Cleveland, OH (OH), 4-3 182 Harvey Ludington iv Brick Township, NJ (NJ) F Jarrel Miller Cleveland, OH (OH), 1:29 195 Gunner Henry Brownsburg, IN (IN) DEC Wyatt Bush Lee County, VA (VA), 3-2 220 Brock Kehler Morgantown, WV (WV) DEC Brett Clatterbaugh Culpeper, VA (VA), 3-0 285 Thomas Brown Chelmsford, MA (MA) MD Lucas Stuerenberg cincinnati, OH (OH), 15-1 Freshmen Finals Results 106 Joseph Uhorchuk Signal Mountain, TN (TN) F Nicolas Enzminger Bismarck, ND (ND), 1:47 113 Antonio Mills iii Dacula, GA (GA) DEC Mason Jakob kingsport, TN (TN), 6-5 120 Brandt Harer Muncy, PA (PA) MD David Perez Coventry, RI (RI), 16-2 126 Michael Turi Scranton, PA (PA) DEC Justyce Zuniga Toppenish, WA (WA), 4-3 132 Zeno Moore Orlando, FL (FL) DEC Camden Baum Dillsburg, PA (PA), 4-3 138 Walker Turley Chester, VA (VA) DEC Jackson Butler Windber, PA (PA), 3-2 145 Ryan Rios South El Monte, CA (CA) F Lorenzo Alston Asheboro, NC (NC), 1:08 152 Cael Weidemoyer Telford, PA (PA) F Billy Tyler Nokesville, VA (VA), 1:01 160 Jackson Barron MN (MN) DEC Xander Dossett McDonough, GA (GA), 1-0 170 Adam Waters Stowe, PA (PA) F Aiden Peterson Medina Ohio, OH (OH), 0:54 182 Ryder Wilder Kingsland, GA (GA) F Ryan Rowe Perkasie, PA (PA), 1:35 195 Jason Singer Bally, PA (PA) DEC Dante Deluca Florham Park, NJ (NJ), 1-0 220 Michael Mocco Parkland, FL (FL) DEC Mark Effendian Philadelphia, PA (PA), 4-1 285 Caleb Rodriguez Naples, FL (FL) DEC Christopher Belmonte New Hartford, NY (NY), 4-2 UTB Girls Finals Results 100 June Welch Woodruff, SC (SC) DEC Jeulenea Khang Morganton, NC (NC), 4-1 107 Teegan Sibble Bolivar, NY (NY) DEC Madolin Ripley Owls Head, ME (ME), 9-3 114 Calli Gilchrist Norwalk, CT (CT) DEC Kylee Golz Mission Viejo, CA (CA), 7-0 120 Carissa Qureshi Irvine, CA (CA) F Alyssa Mahan Wilmington, DE (DE), 1:02 126 Emily Sindoni Nichols, NY (NY) DEC Lexy Pabon Crofton, MD (MD), 7-1 132 Lauren Walton Lexington, KY (KY) MD Zoe Griffith Gouverneur, NY (NY), 9-0 138 May Prado Marietta, GA (GA) DEC Alessandra Elliott NY (NY), 6-5 145 Loralei Smith Ona, WV (WV) MD Tayla Tildsley Billerica, MA (MA), 11-0 152 Eduarda Rodrigues Newport Beach, CA (CA) DEC Stella Steigler orange, VA (VA), 9-5 SV 165 Piper Fowler Cleveland, TN (TN) DEC Adriana Palumbo Pleasantville, NY (NY), 3-0 185 Saiheron Preciado Long Beach, CA (CA) F Cheyenne Cruce Middleburg, FL (FL), 4:13 235 Allie Phillips Los Angeles, CA (CA) DEC Kaylie Musard Frederick, MD (MD), 1-0 Middle School Finals Results 75 Ariah Mills Dacula, GA (GA) F Nathan Schuman Honesdale, PA (PA), 3:19 80 Cody Clarke Buford, GA (GA) F Trevor Patrovich manorville, NY (NY), 1:24 85 Graydon Martin VA (VA) F John Woodall Franklin, MA (MA), 4:05 90 Brighton Karvoski Newtown, CT (CT) MD Deklan Barr Altoona, PA (PA), 8-0 95 Anthony Lagala ryan Ridge, NY (NY) F Michael Santos Springfield, VA (VA), 3:27 100 William Soto Newburgh, NY (NY) DEC Grayson Davis Rehoboth, DE (DE), 5-3 SV 105 Brady Harper Granger, IN (IN) DEC Killian Coluccio Toms River, NJ (NJ), 7-1 112 James Sievers Social Circle, GA (GA) F Orion Hill Sacramento, CA (CA), 3:22 119 Brock Rothermel Dornsife, PA (PA) F Colby Houle CT (CT), 1:23 127 Yandro Soto Orlando, FL (FL) MD Joshua Piparo Andover, NJ (NJ), 16-8 135 Mason Basile Tampa, FL (FL) DEC Antonio Arguello Newtown, CT (CT), 4-1 142 Sonny Amato Fair Haven, NJ (NJ) F Gabe Johnson Dillsburg, PA (PA), 3:55 154 Ronan An Marietta, GA (GA) DEC Samuel Almedina Dickson City, PA (PA), 3-1 SV 165 Byson Huber Katy, TX (TX) F Ethan Vayro Welcome, MD (MD), 1:23 180 Maximus Konopka Simsbury, CT (CT) DEC Cael Mielnik Ocean City, MD (MD), 3-2 230 Caleb Tyler Fairfield, PA (PA) DEC Kayson Kong Cranston, RI (RI), 8-1 Senior Semifinal Results 113 Tyler Washburn Naples, FL (FL) DEC Isaiah Adams Avon, CT (CT), 7-6 113 Darron Provost Gillette, WY (WY) DEC Genaro De la garza Woodruff, SC (SC), 9-7 120 Tyler Chappell Cranberry Township, PA (PA) F Allen Calderon McDonough, GA (GA), 2:27 120 Tk Davis Rockmart, GA (GA) F Gabe Gonzales Globe, AZ (AZ), 4:32 126 Amantee Mills Dacula, GA (GA) MD Brandt Fajerman Davidson, NC (NC), 17-7 126 Jaden Crumpler Niagara Falls, NY (NY) DEC Kyison Garcia South Jordan, UT (UT), 4-1 132 Tyler Knox Groveland, MA (MA) DEC Ethan Lipsey Cleveland, TN (TN), 5-0 132 Jacob Brenneman Accident, MD (MD) MD Cael Alderman Olathe, KS (KS), 12-2 138 David Mcclelland Johnstown, OH (OH) DEC Nicholas Yancey Fort Lauderdale, FL (FL), 8-2 138 Isaiah Powe AL (AL) TF Avery Buonocore Wilmington, NC (NC), 18-3 6:00 145 Tyler Tracy Pittsboro, NC (NC) DEC Donavan Smith Wellsburg, NY (NY), 7-2 145 Cade Wirnsberger Lewisburg, PA (PA) DEC Giovanni Alejandro East Rutherford, NJ (NJ), 3-0 152 Drew Pepin NC (NC) DEC Keagan Judd STEPHENS CITY, VA (VA), 6-5 152 Luke Bender Lewes, DE (DE) DEC Rawson Iwanicki Andover, MA (MA), 7-1 160 Rafael Hipolito ashburn, VA (VA) DEC Boeden Greenley Lisbon, ND (ND), 11-4 160 Christopher Minto Cape Coral, FL (FL) MD Jake Slotnick NJ (NJ), 10-1 170 Jasiah Queen Rahway, NJ (NJ) MD Rafael Knapp Northborough, MA (MA), 15-7 170 Riggin Boger Kamas, UT (UT) DEC Christian Moder Naples, FL (FL), 7-3 182 Will Conlon Hoover, AL (AL) DEC Austin Richens Vernal, UT (UT), 7-2 182 Landen Moss Monroe, GA (GA) DEC Matthew Walsh Acton, MA (MA), 4-2 SV 195 Eric Carlson Manhasset, NY (NY) DEC Brendan Gilchrist Norwalk, CT (CT), 4-3 195 Toby Schoffstall Evington, VA (VA) DEC Tomas Brooker Harrisburg, NC (NC), 7-5 220 Matthew Marcum Lawrence, KS (KS) DEC Robert Canterino Sea Girt, NJ (NJ), 2-1 220 Caleb Beaty Clayton, NC (NC) DEC Mason Christian Butte, MT (MT), 1-0 285 Trent Sibble Bolivar, NY (NY) DEC Dirk Morley Denver, CO (CO), 1-0 285 Tristen Hitchcock Warrensburg, NY (NY) F Nathan Carnes NC (NC), 1:13 Junior Semifinal Results 106 Raekwon Shabazz Middletown, CT (CT) MD Samuel Aponte Fayetteville, NC (NC), 14-2 106 Jack Bergmann Wanaque, NJ (NJ) DEC Brady Byrd WASHINGTON, IN (IN), 5-1 113 Colyn Limbert OH (OH) DEC Kurt Wehner Toms River, NJ (NJ), 2-0 113 Jermaine Peace Summerville, SC (SC) MD Dale O'blia Henderson, CO (CO), 10-1 120 Isaiah Quintero Placentia, CA (CA) DEC Keyan Hernandez Billings, MT (MT), 5-1 120 Ethan Rivera Orlando, FL (FL) DEC Tanner Tishner Michigantown, IN (IN), 4-2 126 Nikolaus O’neill Philadelphia, PA (PA) F Jordan Joslyn Ashville, NY (NY), 1:14 126 Mason Ziegler Quakertown, PA (PA) DEC Christian Davis Arizona City, AZ (AZ), 9-7 132 Mason Kernan Bethel Park, PA (PA) MD Richard Murillo Moreno Valley, CA (CA), 13-3 132 Tyson Sherlock Linthicum, MD (MD) DEC Kade Brown Brunswick, OH (OH), 3-0 138 Gabriel Bouyssou Hope, RI (RI) F Colton Theobald Genola, UT (UT), 5:18 138 Brayden Robison Bluebell, UT (UT) DEC Gunnar Myers Hawley, PA (PA), 5-2 145 Logan Fowler Cleveland, TN (TN) TF Brandon Ploehn UT (UT), 15-0 3:41 145 Jonathan Fuller Rahway, NJ (NJ) DEC Jesse Vanorden Wantagh, NY (NY), 3-1 SV 152 Conner Harer Montgomery, PA (PA) TF Jacob Zearfoss Gloucester City, NJ (NJ), 20-5 5:49 152 Lj Araujo Bismarck, ND (ND) DEC Ousmane Duncanson Tioga Center, NY (NY), 6-2 160 Latrell Schafer Bonaire, GA (GA) DEC Gage Laplante North Tonawanda, NY (NY), 8-2 160 Kendrick Hodge Miami, FL (FL) DEC Ryan Garvick PA (PA), 5-2 170 Nate Blanchette Methuen, MA (MA) F Gage Wright Mineral wells, WV (WV), 2:33 170 Omer Barak FL (FL) DEC Isael Perez Providence, RI (RI), 6-3 182 Ayden Flores Maize, KS (KS) DEC Spencer Fine Cumberland, RI (RI), 5-3 182 Hoke Poe-hogan Commerce, GA (GA) FOR Kail Schott Chatfield, MN (MN) 195 Gage Yackee Holland, OH (OH) DEC Mason A ellis Gurley, AL (AL), 9-3 195 Ryland Whitworth Huntington Beach, CA (CA) DEC Anthony Lowe Brunswick, GA (GA), 2-1 TB2 220 Cy Kruse Ham Lake, MN (MN) TF Timothy Gray Citrus Springs, FL (FL), 18-2 4:12 220 Brenan Morgan Aliquippa, PA (PA) F Calvin Lachman Quakertown, PA (PA), 5:05 285 Navarro Schunke Brandon, SD (SD) MD Shilo Jones Boise, ID (ID), 12-4 285 Andre Mcfadden Lake City, SC (SC) DEC Gabriel Garibaldi White Plains, NY (NY), 6-0 Sophomore Semifinal Results 106 Aaron Seidel Schaefferstown, PA (PA) MD Evin Gursoy New York, NY (NY), 8-0 106 Adam Mattin Delta, OH (OH) F Khel Lipumano Yuma, AZ (AZ), 5:16 113 Cadell Lee Stafford, VA (VA) DEC Luke Satriano Montgomery, NY (NY), 3-2 113 Colin Martin VA (VA) DEC Nico Fanella Indiana, PA (PA), 2-0 SV 120 Caio Aron The Woodlands, TX (TX) DEC Gauge Botero Lansdale, PA (PA), 3-2 UTB 120 Sebastian Degennaro Jensen Beach, FL (FL) DEC Ethan Uhorchuk Signal Mountain, TN (TN), 10-5 126 Sidney Tildsley Billerica, MA (MA) DEC Manuel Saldate LAS VEGAS, NV (NV), 6-4 126 Billy Dekraker Blairstown, NJ (NJ) F Eddie Radecki Newark, DE (DE), 3:23 132 Drew Gorman Buford, GA (GA) TF Aiden Simmons Bakersfield, CA (CA), 17-2 2:43 132 Anthony Lucchiani Stephens City, VA (VA) DEC Garrett Reece Parker, CO (CO), 9-5 138 Dorian Olivarez Spring, TX (TX) DEC Chase Van hoven Stafford, VA (VA), 8-7 138 Elvis Solis Homestead, FL (FL) DEC Chase Hontz Quakertown, PA (PA), 5-4 145 Anthony Evanitsky Exeter, PA (PA) DEC Emmitt Sherlock Linthicum, MD (MD), 9-6 145 Leo Contino Clovis, CA (CA) DEC Gabriel Delgado Henderson, NV (NV), 2-0 152 Dominic Bambinelli Hoschton, GA (GA) MD Maxwell Stein New Hope, PA (PA), 16-7 152 Claudio Torres Orlando, FL (FL) DEC Brian Heard N Abington Twp, PA (PA), 8-2 160 Max Norman Kingsport, TN (TN) DEC Benjamin Smith Clarksburg, MD (MD), 8-4 160 Isreal Ibarra Eloy, AZ (AZ) DEC Ryan Burton Sparta Township, NJ (NJ), 8-7 170 Carson Thomas OH (OH) DEC Conor Mccloskey Buford, GA (GA), 7-5 170 Tyrel Miller Cleveland, OH (OH) DEC Landon Jobber-spence Warrenton, VA (VA), 8-2 182 Jarrel Miller Cleveland, OH (OH) DEC Cason Howle Greenwood, SC (SC), 3-0 182 Harvey Ludington iv Brick Township, NJ (NJ) F Robert Kucharczk Fairfax Station, VA (VA), 1:34 195 Wyatt Bush Lee County, VA (VA) DEC Riley Mcpherson North Royalton, OH (OH), 3-0 195 Gunner Henry Brownsburg, IN (IN) DEC Alex Smith Yulee, FL (FL), 11-7 220 Brock Kehler Morgantown, WV (WV) DEC Melvin Whitehead Henderson, NV (NV), 2-1 220 Brett Clatterbaugh Culpeper, VA (VA) MD Brayden Hill Garden City, KS (KS), 8-0 285 Thomas Brown Chelmsford, MA (MA) F Anthony Nava Toppenish, WA (WA), 4:41 285 Lucas Stuerenberg cincinnati, OH (OH) DEC Kaydon Williams RIVERTON, UT (UT), 11-5 Freshman Semifinal Results 106 Nicolas Enzminger Bismarck, ND (ND) F Nathan Rioux Avon, IN (IN), 1:03 106 Joseph Uhorchuk Signal Mountain, TN (TN) DEC Johnathon Mcginty Ridgewood, NJ (NJ), 3-0 113 Mason Jakob kingsport, TN (TN) DEC Ty Murray Carrollton, GA (GA), 3-2 113 Antonio Mills iii Dacula, GA (GA) MD Mason Carlson Syracuse, UT (UT), 15-6 120 Brandt Harer Muncy, PA (PA) MD John Stewart Scottsboro, AL (AL), 10-0 120 David Perez Coventry, RI (RI) DEC Seach Hibler North Haledon, NJ (NJ), 6-2 126 Michael Turi Scranton, PA (PA) DEC Austin Paris Moab, UT (UT), 11-8 126 Justyce Zuniga Toppenish, WA (WA) DEC Matthew Almedina Dickson City, PA (PA), 5-1 132 Zeno Moore Orlando, FL (FL) DEC Arment Waltenbaugh Telford, PA (PA), 5-4 132 Camden Baum Dillsburg, PA (PA) DEC Alias Raby Cottonwood, CA (CA), 4-1 TB2 138 Jackson Butler Windber, PA (PA) DEC Griffin Laplante North Tonawanda, NY (NY), 8-6 138 Walker Turley Chester, VA (VA) DEC Kross Cassidy Bedford, PA (PA), 8-3 145 Lorenzo Alston Asheboro, NC (NC) DEC Christopher Creason Reston, VA (VA), 9-7 SV 145 Ryan Rios South El Monte, CA (CA) DEC Gage Wentzel Montoursville, PA (PA), 5-3 152 Cael Weidemoyer Telford, PA (PA) F Kalias Nazario Fort Lauderdale, FL (FL), 1:34 152 Billy Tyler Nokesville, VA (VA) DEC Dylan Reel College Park, GA (GA), 8-3 160 Xander Dossett McDonough, GA (GA) DEC Dominic Sumpolec Bethlehem, PA (PA), 4-3 160 Jackson Barron MN (MN) DEC Maclane Miller Gibsonia, PA (PA), 9-2 170 Adam Waters Stowe, PA (PA) F Brayden Zuercher Nazareth, PA (PA), 2:33 170 Aiden Peterson Medina Ohio, OH (OH) F Dominic Hittepole Trinity, NC (NC), 3:04 182 Ryder Wilder Kingsland, GA (GA) DEC Nevin Mattessich River Vale, NJ (NJ), 4-3 182 Ryan Rowe Perkasie, PA (PA) MD Connor Smalley Kempton, PA (PA), 15-7 195 Jason Singer Bally, PA (PA) F Ryder Smith Soddy Daisy, TN (TN), 3:33 195 Dante Deluca Florham Park, NJ (NJ) DEC Harry Maltese Fairfax, VA (VA), 6-5 220 Michael Mocco Parkland, FL (FL) DEC Alex Taylor Mount Vernon, OH (OH), 9-4 220 Mark Effendian Philadelphia, PA (PA) DEC Dylan Pitzer Acme, PA (PA), 6-3 285 Christopher Belmonte New Hartford, NY (NY) DEC Zayne Candelaria Tucson, AZ (AZ), 4-1 285 Caleb Rodriguez Naples, FL (FL) DEC Trayvn Boger Kamas, UT (UT), 6-5 Girls Semifinal Results 100 Jeulenea Khang Morganton, NC (NC) DEC Samantha Yap Stamford, CT (CT), 6-4 100 June Welch Woodruff, SC (SC) F Zurri Zamora Amarillo, TX (TX), 4:54 107 Madolin Ripley Owls Head, ME (ME) F Zoey Salmons Barboursville, WV (WV), 5:50 107 Teegan Sibble Bolivar, NY (NY) MD Deandra Meza Walnut, CA (CA), 18-5 114 Calli Gilchrist Norwalk, CT (CT) F Norah Swaim North Kingstown, RI (RI), 2:39 114 Kylee Golz Mission Viejo, CA (CA) DEC Sara Mclaughlin Scituate, MA (MA), 4-2 120 Carissa Qureshi Irvine, CA (CA) F Alexis Segura Thornton, CO (CO), 3:00 120 Alyssa Mahan Wilmington, DE (DE) DEC Samantha Sachs Glendora, CA (CA), 7-5 SV 126 Emily Sindoni Nichols, NY (NY) MD Evelyn Holmes-smith Enterprise, AL (AL), 14-3 126 Lexy Pabon Crofton, MD (MD) F Ciara Riner Huntington, WV (WV), 1:39 132 Lauren Walton Lexington, KY (KY) F Chloe Sanders Vinton, IA (IA), 1:33 132 Zoe Griffith Gouverneur, NY (NY) F Gianna Dibenedetto Sacramento, CA (CA), 1:11 138 Alessandra Elliott NY (NY) F Magaly Madrid Paramount, CA (CA), 0:41 138 May Prado Marietta, GA (GA) DEC Skyler Gassel Newport Beach, CA (CA), 7-3 145 Loralei Smith Ona, WV (WV) DEC Brinley Green Rawlins, WY (WY), 10-6 145 Tayla Tildsley Billerica, MA (MA) DEC Olivia Georges Bloomingdale, NJ (NJ), 10-4 152 Stella Steigler orange, VA (VA) MD Vida Beckel Cypress, CA (CA), 12-1 152 Eduarda Rodrigues Newport Beach, CA (CA) F Ruby Rios Toppenish, WA (WA), 3:52 165 Piper Fowler Cleveland, TN (TN) F Grace Leota Brooksville, FL (FL), 4:51 165 Adriana Palumbo Pleasantville, NY (NY) F Jocelyn Yepez Paramount, CA (CA), 5:19 185 Cheyenne Cruce Middleburg, FL (FL) DEC Jayde Massa Evans, GA (GA), 4-3 185 Saiheron Preciado Long Beach, CA (CA) F Trinity Lynn Gibbs, TN (TN), 0:55 235 Allie Phillips Los Angeles, CA (CA) DEC Destiny Marquez Downey, CA (CA), 3-1 SV 235 Kaylie Musard Frederick, MD (MD) F Taylor Schiesser Ellijay, GA (GA), 4:19 FOR MORE EARLY ROUNDS… https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/10784158-2023-nhsca-high-school-nationals-results-brackets-schedule

Blackmon Named New Bradley Central Wrestling Coach Former Bears Assistant Takes Reins From Retiring Ben Smith Wednesday, March 22, 2023 The administration of Bradley Central High School is thrilled to announce the appointment of Bryant Blackmon as the new head wrestling coach for the Bradley Central High School boys’ wrestling team. Coach Blackmon replaces retiring Coach Ben Smith for whom he served as assistant coach for 7 years. Coach Blackmon takes the helm with his own rich history with the Bradley Central High School wrestling program. He began as a member of the wrestling team under legendary Coach Steve Logsdon. From 2001-2004, he was a member of the TSSAA traditional and duals state championship teams. In 2003, he was the 171 pound state wrestling runner-up; and in 2004, he became the 171 pound state champion. Following high school, he attended and wrestled for Oklahoma State University and was a member of the 2005 and 2006 NCAA National Championship teams. He graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga with a bachelor’s degree in finance and earned his master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Lincoln Memorial University. After graduation, Coach Blackmon continued to have an impact on the wrestling world pouring into young wrestlers as a coach. He was an assistant coach at Greenback High School for 2 years and the head coach for 1 year. He was an assistant coach at Walker Valley High School for 4 years and the head coach at Ooltewah High School for 2 years. In 2016, he returned to his alma mater to become an assistant coach at BCHS under Coach Ben Smith. This vast experience has prepared him to take the reins of one of the most decorated programs in the state of Tennessee. Principal Patrick Spangler stated, “We are very excited about the future of our Bears wrestling program. Coach Blackmon bleeds black and gold and will carry on the long standing tradition of one of the top wrestling programs in the state of Tennessee.” Turner Jackson, Bradley Central High School Athletic Director, said, “I’m excited to welcome Coach Blackmon as our head coach. His deep roots at Bradley help him understand the expectations that come with being a part of the BCHS organization, while his experience at OSU gives him an understanding of how to help our kids achieve at the next level. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to our program and gives our kids the best of both worlds.” Ben Smith, retiring Bradley Central High School Head Wrestling Coach, remarked, “I could not be more excited for Coach Blackmon, his family, and the current staff . He and his family have been an extension of my family for over 20 years. I was blessed to be a small part of his competitive career, and it has brought me great joy and pride to coach alongside him for the past seven seasons. I have watched him grow in his faith, mature as a husband, father, and coach, as well as evolve into one of the most detailed-oriented technicians, well-rounded wrestling minds, and transformational coaches that I have ever been around. He is ready! He and the returning staf have already been hard at work and I am so excited for him, his staff , and the future of Bradley Wrestling. God Bless and Go Bears!.” Coach Blackmon stated, “I want to thank Dr. Cash, Mr. Spangler, and the Board of Education who has chosen to give me an opportunity to be the Head Wrestling Coach at Bradley Central High School. This is one of the greatest honors and highlights of my life! Bradley County Schools and the Bradley Wrestling program changed my life as a young man and now as an adult on so many levels (student, athlete, teacher, coach). My family has been greatly impacted and changed in ways that I could never repay or put into words by this community, school system, and wrestling program. Thank you to all who have walked with, changed our lives through faith, and invested in my family to get us to a point in our lives where this opportunity could even be possible! Most importantly, I want to thank my family for their sacrifice, commitment, support, and journey through faith! Our staff and my family are excited and committed to continuing the tradition of Bradley Wrestling!" https://www.chattanoogan.com/2023/3/22/466141/Blackmon-Named-New-Bradley-Central.aspx

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UTC finished ahead of ACC members Virginia (48th - 2.5) and Duke (56th - 0.5), PAC 12's Cal State Bakersfield (53rd - 0.5) and the Big 12's Wyoming (50th - 2.0). The 2023 NCAA Wrestling Championships completed action at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla., tonight. With all of the scores in, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga finished tied for 44th overall with 4.0 team points, some of the best numbers for the Mocs in over a decade. Chattanooga qualified three individuals, including junior Brayden Palmer (133) and seniors Rocky Jordan (174) and Matthew Waddell (184). The Mocs' team points came from two wins from Palmer and one from Jordan. Both Jordan and Palmer scored bonus points with one major decision each. The 4.0 points are the most for UTC since scoring 4.0 at the 2009 tournament. The tie for 44th is the best finish in the team standings since placing 37th in 2008. UTC's two bonus-points wins were the first for Chattanooga since Corey Mock scored a 9-1 major decision over Navy's Peyton Walsh in the first round at 165 pounds of the 2014 NCAA Championships. The Mocs tied Campbell for the top Southern Conference finish at the NCAA Championships. SoCon Champion Appalachian State was 52rd with 1.0 team point, while Gardner-Webb scored 0.5 and finished 56th. UTC finished ahead of ACC members Virginia (48th - 2.5) and Duke (56th - 0.5), PAC 12's Cal State Bakersfield (53rd - 0.5) and the Big 12's Wyoming (50th - 2.0).

Several wrestlers in and around Tennessee listed here! How many do you count and what teams do they represent? SBLive Sports National High School Wrestling Rankings (3/9/2023) One weekend to go before the high school wrestling season is complete. https://news.scorebooklive.com/wrestling/2023/03/09/sblive-sports-national-high-school-wrestling-rankings-3-9-2023

Here’s another interesting matchup to consider with few of the boys up north… Greogetown Press… H.S. wrestling: Great Crossing third in state with three individual runners-up By Kal Oakes sports@news-graphic.com Mar 5, 2023 Great Crossing assistant coach Jonathan Strayer and son Joshua Strayer show off the Warhawks' third-place trophy in the KHSAA state wrestling meet. Facebook photo If your wrestling program is mentioned in the same paragraph with Paducah Tilghman, Union County and Johnson Central, you have arrived in KHSAA wrestling. Anyone paying attention to Great Crossing's ascent the past two years and especially this breakthrough season already knew that. The Warhawks embellished the point over the weekend and punctuated a banner year with third place in the state championship at George Rogers Clark Arena in Winchester. Great Crossing qualified three wrestlers for the championship round and placed seven on the podium. Ren Birk (113), Gus Roberts (132) and Aiden Butler (157) became the first three wrestlers in program history to reach the title match. Each finished second in the state. Rowdy Benner (126) and Ethan Sentelle (150) finished fourth in their divisions. Joshua Strayer (175) wound up fifth, while Nicholas Armentano (138) was sixth. Trent Cano (120), Clayton Shaddix (144), Malakhi Young (165) and Joaquin Solis (215) also qualified and competed for GC, as did Jonah Baysinger (138) and Kayne Garrett (150) of Scott County. Led by four individual champions, Paducah Tilghman took down seven-time defending champion Union County, 185.5 to 162. Great Crossing tied Johnson Central with 119 points after the Golden Eagles narrowly won last week's Regions 5-8 semi-state meet. GC won both the state dual meet championship and its region title earlier in recent weeks. “Those boys battled, and I am proud of them for what they have done for this community and the sport of wrestling,” GC coach Sam Murdock said. Birk dropped a 7-0 decision to Landon Evans of Ryle in the 113-pound final. He was nearly untouchable on his way through the bracket. After earning a 9-1 major decision over Kayden York of South Warren on Friday, Birk shut out Mason Orth of Campbell County in the quarterfinals and Ryan Smith of Johnson Central in Saturday's semi. Roberts fell to Leland Reeves of Taylor County, 3-1, on a takedown early in sudden-victory overtime at 132. Reeves earned a point by escape to start the second period and Roberts returned the favor at the outset of the third in what was otherwise a stalemate. In the semis, Roberts cruised past Colin Tucker of Wayne County via major decision, 9-1. Butler yielded the 157-pound title to Braedon Herron of North Hardin when he could not continue the match after an injury timeout during the second period. Herron led on points at the time of the stoppage. On his route to the final, Butler beat three Louisville-area wrestlers, two by decision and another by fall. Benner pounded out a 7-5 decision over Micah Thompson of Boyle County before being pinned by eventual 126-pound state champion Jordyn Raney of Union County. At 150 pounds, Lafayette's Jasitin Kubwimana avenged a 4-3 quarterfinal loss to Sentelle with a 7-5 verdict in the third-place contest. Baysinger earned Scott County's three points in the meet with a consolation-bracket pin of LaRue County's Charlee Reed Greenwell.

The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga wrestling team came away with a pair of titles at the 2023 Southern Conference Wrestling Championships in Boone, N.C., tonight. Sophomore Brayden Palmer and junior Rocky Jordan won their first league trophies at 133 and 174 pounds, respectively. Palmer also took home the tournament's Most Outstanding Wrestler Award. The Mocs finished third as a team with 52 points in the tournament. Appalachian State won the team title with 103 points, followed by second-place Campbell 78.5. With two NCAA bids up for grabs at 133 and 174 pounds, the Championship Round started with those weights and a pair of Mocs in action. "Both guys had to suck it up tonight," stated UTC head coach Kyle Ruschell. "Rocky wasn't feeling his best, but he had to man up. Palmer was going to have to beat two guys who beat him to get it done." Palmer came into the weekend at #17 at 133, but just the No. 3 seed due to some slipups in the dual season. After scoring a 4-0 win over Davidson's Jackson Sichelstiel in the opening round, he got some payback for one of those miscues with a 3-1 win in overtime against Campbell's Domenic Zaccone. Zaccone, the No. 2 seed and ranked #23, beat Palmer in overtime in the regular season dual. That put Palmer up against top-seeded and 24th-ranked Ethan Oakley of Appalachian State in the finals. Oakley also beat Palmer in a tight match in the regular season. Oakley opened with a takedown and took a 2-1 lead into the second frame. Palmer chose down in the second and quickly escaped. He scored a takedown of his own for a 4-2 lead after two. Oakley escaped after choosing down in the third, but Palmer held on for a 4-3 win. Palmer upped his record to 20-6 and qualified for the NCAA Tournament for the second time as a Moc. "It was nice to see Brayden score with defense and get the win," said Ruschell. "He knew what he was going to have to do to get the win and was able to execute. He deserved the MOW, and we are excited for him." This is the 23rd time a Moc has won the SoCon Tournament Most Outstading honor. The last to do it was Drew Nicholson in 2021. "Getting the championship is nice, but I was just as happy getting revenge on the two guys who beat me earlier in the year," said Palmer with a grin after winning his first league title. "I liked being the three seed. I felt like there was less pressure being the underdog. It was nice to come away with a title after coming up short and getting second last year." Jordan entered the tournament ranked No. 12 and the No. 1 seed. The All-SoCon selection opened with a pin against Gardner-Webb's Andrew Wilson and followed that with a 13-0 major decision against Davidson's Jaden Hardrick. He took on App State's Will Miller in the finals. Miller was the No. 2 seed and ranked No. 25 in the RPI. It was a tough bout throughout with Jordan scoring a takedown in the opening period. After escaping to start the second, Jordan gave up a takedown to Miller before the end of the middle period. Trailing 3-2, Miller chose bottom to start the third. Jordan worked the final two minutes on top to post a 4-2 win. The win upped his season record to 19-2. "It wasn't my best performance overall in the finals, but I was happy getting a tough, gritty win," said Jordan. "I had to ride him for close to five minutes and that is tough to do against a guy like that. Two weeks from now in Tulsa, it is going to take a win like that to get on the podium." "Rocky is exactly who we thought he was," added Ruschell. "He is grateful for the opportunity to compete here, he works hard and he does all the right things. He showed all of that tonight." Sophomore Noah Castillo joined Palmer and Jordan in the finals as the No. 2 seed at 149 pounds. He opened with a 21-3 tech fall over Presbyterian's Khalid Brinkley. He followed that with an 8-3 decision against Campbell's No. 3 seed Chris Rivera. In the finals, he took on top-seeded and ninth-ranked Jon Millner from Appalachian State. Castillo put up a strong effort against the three-time defending SoCon Champion, but eventually fell 4-0. Senior Matthew Waddell was one of seven Mocs who advanced to the semifinals. Waddell eventually finished third at 184 pounds. He opened with a 7-5 decision against The Citadel's Tim Fitzpatrick. That led to a nail-biting 3-2 loss to Gardner-Webb's Jha'Quan Anderson in the semifinals. Waddell came into the weekend ranked #33 and upped his overall mark wot 17-7 with consolation wins over Cordel Duart of Presbyterian and Lucas Uliano of Appalachian State. "I am proud of Noah and Matthew taking second and third," stated Ruschell. "Noah had to wrestle a good guy in the finals, and Matthew battled on the back side to take third place." Senior Jake Boyd showed some fight for the Mocs at 197 pounds. He advanced to the third-place match before bowing out with a medical forfeit. Boyd opened with an 11-5 decision over VMI's Tyler Mousaw. He then took on Campbell's top-seed and 33rd-ranked Levi Hopkins in the semifinals. Despite nursing a bad back, Boyd competed hard in a 1-0 loss. In the consolation semifinals, Boyd posted a 5-2 win over Gardner-Webb's Sam Mora. Sophomore Weston Wichman opened the day with a 9-8 win over Davidson's Bryce Sanderlin at 157 pounds. It was not an easy win as he was nearly pinned at the end of the first period and had to overcome a 6-0 deficit in the final four minutes. From there, Wichman took on Gardner-Webb's second-seeded and 30th-ranked RJ Mosley in the semis. Despite being the aggressor all match, Wichman could not get a takedown (or a stalling call) in regulation. Wichman was in on a single at the end of overtime, but Mosely was able to crawl out of bounds to avoid giving up points. Mosely rode out the next overtime period, forcing Wichman to choose neutral in the final frame. Has was not able to get the go-ahead score and lost the match. Sophomore Logan Andrew moved into the semis at heavyweight behind a 9-6 in over VMI's Josh Evans. He dropped his semifinal match to Campbell's 15th-ranked Taye Ghadiali (Fall – 4:06) and also lost in the consolation semifinals to Davidson's Jake Fernicola (4-0). Sophomore Logan Ashton went 1-2 at 125, scoring points in the consolations with an 8-0 major decision over VMI's Tony Burke. He nearly pulled off a big upset in the opening round against #25 Anthony Molton of Campbell before falling 1-3. Senior Franco Valdes (141) and sophomore Lincoln Heck (157) also went 1-2 after dropping first round matches. Valdes posted a 10-1 major decision over Davidson's Josh Viarengo in the backdraw. Heck scored his win over Presbyterian's Michael Ramirez with a 10-6 decision. Up next for the Mocs is the NCAA Wrestling Championships set for March 16-18 at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Okla. Tickets for the event are available on GoMocs.com by clicking here or by calling the UTC Ticket Office at 423-266-MOCS (6627) during normal business hours (M-F 10-5). TEAM SCORES 1. Appalachian State - 103.0 2. Campbell - 78.5 3. Chattanooga - 52.0 4. Gardner-Webb - 42.5 5. The Citadel - 33.5 6. Presbyterian College - 18.5 7. VMI - 18.0 8. Davidson College - 17.0 125 – Logan Ashton #25 Antony Molton (Campbell) – L-D, 1-3 Anthony Burke (VMI) – W-MD, 8-0 Drew West (GWU) – L-D, 0-1 133 – #17 Brayden Palmer – 1ST PLACE Jackson Sichelstiel (Davidson) – W-D, 4-0 #23 Domenic Zaccone (Campbell) – W-D, 3-1 (SV-1) #24 Ethan Oakley (App. St.) – W-D, 4-3 141 – Franco Valdes Jacob Silka (Citadel) – L-D, 1-8 Joshua Viarengo (Davidson) – W-MD, 10-1 Heath Gonyer (App. St.) – L-D, 0-4 149 – Noah Castillo Khalid Brinkley – W-TF, 21-3 (5:00) Chris Rivera (Campbell) – W-D, 8-3 #9 Jon Millner (App. St.) - 157 – Lincoln Heck Job Chishko (VMI) – L-TF, 1-20 (4:53) Michael Ramirez (Presbyterian) – W-D, 13-6 #31 Troy Nation (Campbell) – L-D, 0-5 165 – Weston Wichman Bryce Sanderlin (Davidson) – W-D, 9-8 #30 Rodrick Mosley (GWU) – L-D, 1-4 (TB-1) Braxton Lewis (VMI) – L-D, 9-11 174 – #12 Rocky Jordan – 1ST PLACE Andrew Wilson (GWU) - Fall (4:03) Jaden Hardrick (Davidson) - W-MD, 13-0 #25 Will Miller (App. St.) – W-D, 4-2 184 – #33 Matthew Waddell – 3rd Place Timothy Fitzpatrick (Citadel) – W-D, 7-5 Jha`Quan Anderson (GWU) – L-D, 2-3 Cordel Duhart (PC)- W-D, 5-2 Lucas Uliano (App. St.) – W-D, 4-3 197 – Jake Boyd Tyler Mousaw (VMI) – W-D, 11-5 #33 Levi Hopkins (Campbell) – L-D, 0-1 Sam Mora (GWU) – W-D, 5-2 Mark Chaid (Citadel) – L-Medical Forfeit 285 – Logan Andrew Josh Evans (VMI) – W-D, 9-6 #15 Taye Ghadiali (Campbell) – L-Fall (4:06) Jake Fernicola (Davidson) – L-D, 0-4 Baylor's Vivi Christopoulos Ends Historic Career As State Champion —————————- Red Raider Wrestler Turns Dream Into Reality Friday, March 3, 2023 Danny Webb Under dim, shadowy lighting, the room’s emptiness causes an echo, and as coach Edward Holland’s encouragement ricochets off of walls and the raised ceiling, the room’s suffocating humidity saturates his words with every bounce they take until they’re nearly drenched when they make it to the girls who are grappling on the bright red mat in the center of the floor. If you closed your eyes, you could fool yourself into believing you’re laid out on some tropical island, but instead of the aroma of coconut and high tide’s mist, fumes of hard work and gym socks infiltrate the nostril. This is the space where Baylor senior Vivi Christopoulos built a program. Upon arriving at Baylor School as a rising sophomore, Christopoulos joined the rowing team, but the Knoxville native couldn’t shake the feeling she had when she watched a wrestling match the year prior at Knoxville Catholic High School. “I saw that you could beat people up and it was okay,” said Christopoulos with a grin. “I wanted the chance to do that too,” she said, her grin growing into a chuckle. Vivi’s dream of taking the mat faced a severe obstacle, however. Baylor didn’t have a women’s wrestling team. Impassioned and audacious, Vivi went right to work. After the conclusion of her rowing season in the fall, she lobbied with school administration over the possibility of joining the men's team. Ultimately, however, school administration wasn’t comfortable with Vivi wrestling boys, so her proposition was shot down. “I didn’t like that answer,” said Christopoulos. “Right after he told me no, I was crushed,” added Christopoulos. Crushed maybe, but not deterred. Following conversations with the boys wrestling coach, meetings with the athletic director, and a one-on-one meeting with the assistant head of the school, Vivi made it clear that “this is something I want to do.” “How can we make it work,” she asked. Her determination paid off. Administration agreed that if Vivi could find another girl to participate alongside her, they could start a girls wrestling team. Vivi recruited then-freshman Autumn Phillips to be her teammate, and upon her agreement, Baylor’s women’s wrestling team was born. The team, nothing more than a duo in its young stage, had their patience and resolve tested from the outset. “Every practice was geared towards the guys who had been wrestling for a long time,” said Christopoulos. “Autumn and I didn’t get the basics. We were just jumping in where we could and trying to follow along,” said Christopoulos. The entire first year of the team, Vivi and Autumn spent their practices wrestling in the corner of the gym during boy’s team practices, waving for a coach to come and explain the directions that had been given when they didn’t understand. No matches, no outside competition, nothing. Just practice. The following year, Schaack Van Deusen, who was helping coach the varsity and junior varsity boys squads, was called upon to coach the girls. “My first question was, “will the girls stay with it?”,” said Van Deusen, understanding the difficulties that the road ahead of the team would present. Stay with it they did, and Christopoulos had a stellar junior year, her first full season of competitive wrestling, and heading into 2022, the school hired Edward Holland to be the first full-time head coach of the Baylor girls wrestling team. Holland wrestled at Pigeon Forge High School and continued his career at The University of Cumberland in Williamsburg, Kentucky. “I knew from the start that she could win it (State),” said Holland of Christopoulos. “It was like–alright, can she get out of her own way? She’s very strong and very aggressive, but you can be over-aggressive. You can be too much, so sometimes you have to slow it down a little bit,” said Holland. Vivi ran through every opponent in her senior season except for one. Brooklyn Long, the defending state champion, bested Christopoulos in the final match of a mid-season tournament and was the only blemish on her eventual 18-1 record. “As a team, I wanted more bodies in the room,” said Christopoulos. “More girls, more repetitions, things like that… But my personal goal was to win State, so I can make my mark and solidify that,” said Christopoulos. A state championship from a girl who has only wrestled for three years may seem far-fetched until you remember that the girl in question is the same one who went toe-to-toe with the administration of her school to eventually spawn the team out of thin air. Vivi’s determination alone is enough to defy the forces of conventional logic. And what’s so hard to believe? As Vivi says, “I can do this… I put in the work and it pays off.” Throughout the state tournament, no competitor equaled Vivi’s combination of skill, aggressiveness, and drive, though she didn’t always feel she put her best foot forward. “My first match, I did not go out there with my best,” said Christopoulos. “And I realized it once I got on the mat,” she added. “And you only won 10 to nothing,” Van Duesen interjected to remind her as he grinned. The dominant tournament run led Christopoulos to a rematch with Brooklyn Long, the only wrestler to beat Vivi this season. Vivi’s mother Xrisanthe has been a guiding light for her throughout this entire process. “She would say to me that if I wanted to solidify girls wrestling at Baylor, this (winning State) is something that I need to strive to do,” said Christopoulos. “That’s the reality. If I wanted this program to continue and have a real shot, that was something that I needed to do,” added Christopoulos. Xrisanthe’s support, though sincere and powerful, comes from afar as she can’t stand to watch Vivi fight. “I’m daughter number four out of five kids, and she says, “I cannot watch my baby girl go out on a mat and get beat up or beat up other girls”,” said Christopoulos with a giggle. If seeing her daughter get beat up is what she fears, there’s no need for her to worry. Vivi Christopoulos beat Brooklyn Long 4-2 on February 25th and completed her goal of winning a state title to become the first-ever state champion in the history of Baylor girls wrestling. “I was shocked. It still hasn’t fully hit me,” said Christopoulos. “I just looked over at my coaches like, “Is it over? Did that just happen?”,” she added. “I told her all year that she was going to win a state title,” said Holland. “The finals match was one of the coolest matches I’ve ever gotten to coach–and I’ve coached some pretty cool ones. What she did in three years… she is special,” said Holland. “I actually set out, I achieved my goal, and I made Baylor history,” said Christopoulos. “For Baylor, it’s shown that you can go out, start something new and excel in it. It shows other girls that they can try a sport, be new at it, and still do well. I feel us breaking a barrier. Wrestling may have been male-dominated, but there is a shift happening,” said Christopoulos. Vivi has had several colleges reach out to her in regards to how she plans to continue to pursue her wrestling career, and as of now, Vivi plans to attend the Coast Guard Academy where she will practice with the men’s wrestling team and study mechanical engineering. Her historic three-year stretch at Baylor is one that will influence future generations of Red Raiders to not only wrestle, but to take risks, and be determined in all that they do. (Email Danny Webb at sports@chattanoogan.com)

Baylor's Vivi Christopoulos Ends Historic Career As State Champion Red Raider Wrestler Turns Dream Into Reality Friday, March 3, 2023 Danny Webb Under dim, shadowy lighting, the room’s emptiness causes an echo, and as coach Edward Holland’s encouragement ricochets off of walls and the raised ceiling, the room’s suffocating humidity saturates his words with every bounce they take until they’re nearly drenched when they make it to the girls who are grappling on the bright red mat in the center of the floor. If you closed your eyes, you could fool yourself into believing you’re laid out on some tropical island, but instead of the aroma of coconut and high tide’s mist, fumes of hard work and gym socks infiltrate the nostril. This is the space where Baylor senior Vivi Christopoulos built a program. Upon arriving at Baylor School as a rising sophomore, Christopoulos joined the rowing team, but the Knoxville native couldn’t shake the feeling she had when she watched a wrestling match the year prior at Knoxville Catholic High School. “I saw that you could beat people up and it was okay,” said Christopoulos with a grin. “I wanted the chance to do that too,” she said, her grin growing into a chuckle. Vivi’s dream of taking the mat faced a severe obstacle, however. Baylor didn’t have a women’s wrestling team. Impassioned and audacious, Vivi went right to work. After the conclusion of her rowing season in the fall, she lobbied with school administration over the possibility of joining the men's team. Ultimately, however, school administration wasn’t comfortable with Vivi wrestling boys, so her proposition was shot down. “I didn’t like that answer,” said Christopoulos. “Right after he told me no, I was crushed,” added Christopoulos. Crushed maybe, but not deterred. Following conversations with the boys wrestling coach, meetings with the athletic director, and a one-on-one meeting with the assistant head of the school, Vivi made it clear that “this is something I want to do.” “How can we make it work,” she asked. Her determination paid off. Administration agreed that if Vivi could find another girl to participate alongside her, they could start a girls wrestling team. Vivi recruited then-freshman Autumn Phillips to be her teammate, and upon her agreement, Baylor’s women’s wrestling team was born. The team, nothing more than a duo in its young stage, had their patience and resolve tested from the outset. “Every practice was geared towards the guys who had been wrestling for a long time,” said Christopoulos. “Autumn and I didn’t get the basics. We were just jumping in where we could and trying to follow along,” said Christopoulos. The entire first year of the team, Vivi and Autumn spent their practices wrestling in the corner of the gym during boy’s team practices, waving for a coach to come and explain the directions that had been given when they didn’t understand. No matches, no outside competition, nothing. Just practice. The following year, Schaack Van Deusen, who was helping coach the varsity and junior varsity boys squads, was called upon to coach the girls. “My first question was, “will the girls stay with it?”,” said Van Deusen, understanding the difficulties that the road ahead of the team would present. Stay with it they did, and Christopoulos had a stellar junior year, her first full season of competitive wrestling, and heading into 2022, the school hired Edward Holland to be the first full-time head coach of the Baylor girls wrestling team. Holland wrestled at Pigeon Forge High School and continued his career at The University of Cumberland in Williamsburg, Kentucky. “I knew from the start that she could win it (State),” said Holland of Christopoulos. “It was like–alright, can she get out of her own way? She’s very strong and very aggressive, but you can be over-aggressive. You can be too much, so sometimes you have to slow it down a little bit,” said Holland. Vivi ran through every opponent in her senior season except for one. Brooklyn Long, the defending state champion, bested Christopoulos in the final match of a mid-season tournament and was the only blemish on her eventual 18-1 record. “As a team, I wanted more bodies in the room,” said Christopoulos. “More girls, more repetitions, things like that… But my personal goal was to win State, so I can make my mark and solidify that,” said Christopoulos. A state championship from a girl who has only wrestled for three years may seem far-fetched until you remember that the girl in question is the same one who went toe-to-toe with the administration of her school to eventually spawn the team out of thin air. Vivi’s determination alone is enough to defy the forces of conventional logic. And what’s so hard to believe? As Vivi says, “I can do this… I put in the work and it pays off.” Throughout the state tournament, no competitor equaled Vivi’s combination of skill, aggressiveness, and drive, though she didn’t always feel she put her best foot forward. “My first match, I did not go out there with my best,” said Christopoulos. “And I realized it once I got on the mat,” she added. “And you only won 10 to nothing,” Van Duesen interjected to remind her as he grinned. The dominant tournament run led Christopoulos to a rematch with Brooklyn Long, the only wrestler to beat Vivi this season. Vivi’s mother Xrisanthe has been a guiding light for her throughout this entire process. “She would say to me that if I wanted to solidify girls wrestling at Baylor, this (winning State) is something that I need to strive to do,” said Christopoulos. “That’s the reality. If I wanted this program to continue and have a real shot, that was something that I needed to do,” added Christopoulos. Xrisanthe’s support, though sincere and powerful, comes from afar as she can’t stand to watch Vivi fight. “I’m daughter number four out of five kids, and she says, “I cannot watch my baby girl go out on a mat and get beat up or beat up other girls”,” said Christopoulos with a giggle. If seeing her daughter get beat up is what she fears, there’s no need for her to worry. Vivi Christopoulos beat Brooklyn Long 4-2 on February 25th and completed her goal of winning a state title to become the first-ever state champion in the history of Baylor girls wrestling. “I was shocked. It still hasn’t fully hit me,” said Christopoulos. “I just looked over at my coaches like, “Is it over? Did that just happen?”,” she added. “I told her all year that she was going to win a state title,” said Holland. “The finals match was one of the coolest matches I’ve ever gotten to coach–and I’ve coached some pretty cool ones. What she did in three years… she is special,” said Holland. “I actually set out, I achieved my goal, and I made Baylor history,” said Christopoulos. “For Baylor, it’s shown that you can go out, start something new and excel in it. It shows other girls that they can try a sport, be new at it, and still do well. I feel us breaking a barrier. Wrestling may have been male-dominated, but there is a shift happening,” said Christopoulos. Vivi has had several colleges reach out to her in regards to how she plans to continue to pursue her wrestling career, and as of now, Vivi plans to attend the Coast Guard Academy where she will practice with the men’s wrestling team and study mechanical engineering. Her historic three-year stretch at Baylor is one that will influence future generations of Red Raiders to not only wrestle, but to take risks, and be determined in all that they do. (Email Danny Webb at sports@chattanoogan.com)

Tn Wrestler(s) acknowledged Colin Dupill, Greeneville (Tennessee) https://www.google.com/url?rct=j&sa=t&url=https://news.scorebooklive.com/wrestling/2023/03/04/vote-now-who-is-the-best-high-school-boys-wrestler-in-the-nation-at-150-pounds&ct=ga&cd=CAEYACoTNzI4NjA3NzA2Nzc1ODc3NTMyMTIaMjgyOTg4YjQwODc5N2JhNjpjb206ZW46VVM&usg=AOvVaw1s2AfD0drQymRiYj8c0oQj ———————— 2023 NATIONAL COLLEGIATE WOMEN'S WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP North Central Has 10-point Lead After Day 1 Of Women's College Nationals North Central has 15 All-Americans and sent 10 to the semifinals for a 10-point lead following Day 1 of women's college nationals. Mar 3, 2023 by Kyle Klingman North Central coach Joe Norton was feeling pretty good following the first day of the 2023 National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships. His team sent 10 to the semifinals with all 15 wrestlers earning All-American honors for placing in the top eight. Still, his team is only 10 points over King in the team race. The Tornado also sent 10 to the semifinals but only placed 14 and will not score points at 191 pounds when Nia Crosdale was knocked out of the tournament during the final bout of the day. "We needed that match," King coach Jason Moorman said. "We needed those All-American points for the team score. I didn't feel like we had a really good first round. Half wrestled well and half were flat. We have 10 in the semis and we have some big matchups against North Central." Moorman wasn't kidding, either. King and North Central face off in four semifinal matches and the Tornado is favored in three. That could ultimately decide the team title if it comes down to the wire during tomorrow's final. "Our team did very well," North Central coach Joe Norton said. "I wish we could have put one or both in the semis at 155 and we were close. They punched their All-American ticket on the backside but it's all about winning those semifinal matches." McKendree is in third after winning the first three National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championships (2020-22). The Bearcats are 30.5 points behind North Central but still have a realistic shot at winning five individual titles after sending five to the semifinals. Click here for full results and brackets Top 10 Team Scores 1 North Central (IL) - 113.5 2 King University - 103.5 3 McKendree University - 83.0 4 Colorado Mesa University - 65.5 5 Augsburg University - 63.0 6 Simon Fraser University - 58.0 7 Sacred Heart - 42.5 8 Adrian College - 31.5 9 East Stroudsburg University - 31.0 10 Gannon University - 30.5 https://www.flowrestling.org/articles/10680427-north-central-has-10-point-lead-after-day-1-of-womens-college-nationals

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WCS Wrestlers Earn State Titles From WCS InFocus By Michael Carpenter - March 1, 2023 Jarvis Little and Landon Desselle, Summit High Three WCS high school student-athletes now hold State titles after winning first place in their categories of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) Wrestling Championships February 23-25. Summit High’s Jarvis Little won his second consecutive State title, this time in the AA 126 Class. His teammate Landon Desselle also won first place in the AA 138 Class. “For Jarvis and Landon, these State titles are something they have dreamed about and have been working for since they started wrestling,” said SHS wrestling coach Pete Miller. “Jarvis won his first State title last year and has not stopped preparing to make sure he won this year as well. Landon placed third last year and also did not stop preparing to make sure he won this season. These two are not satisfied until they both win as seniors next year as well. I am so proud of both these wrestlers and how they represent Summit High and our community.” Rylee Lent, Independence High After finishing as a runner-up last year, Independence High’s Rylee Lent won this year’s State championship in the Girls 100 Class. Her coach is Dalton Howard. “Rylee is an outstanding student-athlete,” Howard said. “She is extremely goal-oriented in and out of the classroom. Not only is she a State champion, but she earned a perfect ACT score this winter. There is no doubt she will excel in whatever she decides to tackle next.” The WCS student-athletes who placed within the top six in their category are listed below: A 120 Class Second: Henry Ribble, Fairview High Fourth: Nathan Simpson, Page High A 126 Class Sixth: Thomas Brown, Page High A 132 Class Third: Keegan Seaver, Fairview High A 160 Class Fourth: Malachi Bennett, Fairview High A 195 Class Third: Kendrick Curtis, Fairview High A 220 Class Fifth: William Henderson, Fairview High A 285 Class Second: Ronan O’Connell, Page High Girls 100 Class First: Rylee Lent, Independence High Girls 120 Class Sixth: Olivia Johnson, Summit High Girls 126 Class Third: Emily Rice, Independence High Girls 138 Class Second: Brooklyn Long, Independence High Fifth: Rylee Bennett, Summit High Girls 235 Class Third: Sydney Hueser, Franklin High AA 106 Class Fifth: Reed Leoffel, Brentwood High Sixth: Blaise Masi, Summit High AA 120 Class Fifth: Russell Ford, Independence High Sixth: Zachary Little, Summit High AA 126 Class First: Jarvis Little, Summit High AA 132 Class Sixth: Michael Posy, Summit High AA 138 Class First: Landon Desselle, Summit High Fourth: Arash Yazdani, Brentwood High Sixth: Riddeck Romans, Independence High AA 145 Class Third: Brayden Leach, Summit High Fourth: Brock Wittman, Franklin High AA 152 Class Second: Finley Jameson, Summit High Fourth: Clark Vaughn, Brentwood High AA 160 Class Second: Tre McTorry, Nolensville High AA 170 Class Second: Wyatt Gibbs, Brentwood High Third: Spencer Kon, Independence High AA 182 Class Third: Jensen Schreiber, Summit High Fifth: Hayden Sinner, Nolensville High AA 195 Class Fifth: Luke Justice, Summit High AA 220 Class Fifth: Patrick Styblo, Centennial High AA 285 Class Third: Will Parodi, Ravenwood High https://williamsonsource.com/wcs-wrestlers-earn-state-titles/

National Press for JoJo… JoJo Uhorchuk, Signal Mountain (Tennessee) Uhorchuk was the Class A state runner-up at 106 pounds as an eighth-grader last season. He won a middle school national championship later in the year and is the favorite to win his first state title as a freshman. https://news.scorebooklive.com/wrestling/2023/02/26/vote-now-who-is-the-best-high-school-boys-wrestler-in-the-nation-at-113-pounds ———————- Nearby states’ results… Kentucky Boys State Championships at Winchester, Ky., Feb. 24-25 106 - Braden Blevins (Simon Kenton) 59-10, Fr. 113 - Landen Evans (Ryle) 46-3, So. 120 - Jayden Raney (Union County) 12-0, Fr. 126 - Jordyn Raney (Union County) 11-0, Fr. 132 - Leland Reeves (Taylor County) 38-2, Jr. 138 - Jayden Frazier (Paducah Tilghman) 42-8, Sr. 144 - Caleb Mays (Paducah Tilghman) 46-5, Sr. 150 - Malachi Rider (Paducah Tilghman) 34-1, Jr 157 - Braedon Herron (North Hardin) 66-0, Sr. 165 - George Ferree (Trinity (Louisville)) 50-4, Sr. 175 - Jude Powell (Fairdale) 50-1, Sr. 190 - Uriah Virzi (Paducah Tilghman) 43-4, Jr. 215 - Austin Silva (John Hardin) 68-0, Sr. 285 - Carter Guillaume (St. Xavier) 46-6, Jr. Team Champions - Paducah Tilghman KENTUCKY GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS at Lexington, Ky., Feb. 4 100 - Mia Green (North Hardin) 26-4, Fr. 107 - Jordan Muncy (Bell County) 19-2, Sr. 114 - Talynn Clark (Ohio County) 22-10, Fr. 120 - Tatum Millet (Oldham County) 5-0, Fr. 126 - Olivia Messerly (Grant County) 4-0, Sr. 132 - Lauren Walton (Woodford County) 4-0, Jr. 138 - Addison Messerly (Grant County) 4-0, Sr. 145 - Emily Hendricks (Bullitt East) 31-2, Sr. 152 - Sierra Young (Madison Southern) 21-2, Jr. 165 - Trinity Gottler (Tates Creek) 18-0, Sr. 185 - Kendra Johnston (Paducah Tilghman) 10-0, Sr. 235 - Haley Young (Madison Southern) 17-5, Jr. 285 - Gabby Wilson (Fern Creek) 15-0, Jr. Team champions - Taylor County Georgia State Championships at Macon, Ga., Feb. 16-18 1A Boys 106 - Conner Doherty (Mt. Pisgah Christian School) 57-9, So. 113 - Braydon Mitchell (Social Circle) 48-2, Jr. 120 - Connor Castillo (Social Circle) 51-4, Jr. 126 - Curtis Duren (Social Circle) 43-7, So. 132 - Brady Nardella (Mt. Pisgah Christian School) 36-9, Sr. 138 - Marley Washington (Mt. Pisgah Christian School) 69-5, Jr. 144 - Braderick Bennett (Temple) 10-0, Sr. 150 - Tyler Nelson (Mt. Pisgah Christian School) 50-4, Sr. 157 - Joey Bertrand (Mt. Pisgah Christian School) 50-5, Sr. 165 - Toby Maddux (Trion) 40-0, Jr. 175 - Matthew Waddell (Pepperell) 42-1, Sr. 190 - Logan Eller (Trion) 39-0, Sr. 215 - Landon Williams (Dade County) 34-2, Jr 285 - Clint Williamson (Lamar County) 38-5, Jr. Team Champions - Social Circle 2A Boys 106 - Brandon Locke (North Murray) 9-1, Fr 113 - Hagen Sharp (Rockmart) 40-4, Fr. 120 - TK Davis (Rockmart) 52-0, Sr. 126 - Gunner Chambers (Rockmart) 37-1, Sr. 132 - James Murray (Rockmart) 53-7, Sr. 138 - Taylor Collis (Fannin County) 26-4, Sr. 144 - Carson Collis (Fannin County) 27-4, Sr 150 - Ben Lampe (East Jackson) 33-3, Sr. 157 - Kellon Walley (Banks County) 13-4, Sr 165 - Nahzir Turner (Rockmart) 50-2, Jr. 175 - Corbin Davenport (Fannin County) 33-1, Sr 190 - Noah Allmon (Model) 48-4, Sr. 215 - Jaden Lyons (Pierce County HS) 35-3, Sr. 285 - Jase Davis (Rockmart) 55-1, Sr. Team Champions - Rockmart 3A Boys 106 - Juan Rafael (Gilmer County) 45-3, Sr. 113 - Mason Persons (Columbus) 41-4, So. 120 - Jonathan McDaniel (Columbus) 49-3, Sr 126 - Pierce Pennington (Ringgold) 55-5, So. 132 - Austin Marshall (Lumpkin Co.) 41-12, Jr. 138 - Nathan Neilson (Lumpkin Co.) 32-14, So. 144 - Tristan Busch (Ringgold) 56-0, So. 150 - Nathan Bowen (Oconee County) 39-3, Jr. 157 - Anthony Mannella (Mary Persons) 48-1, Sr. 165 - Zillion Hammond (Monroe Area) 29-2, Sr. 175 - Tyler Secoy (Columbus) 41-3, Jr. 190 - Diego Jacinto (Gilmer County) 42-3, Sr. 215 - Kaleb Nicholson (Pickens) 23-1, Sr. 285 - Tyranny McGowan (Columbus) 34-3, Jr Team Champions - Gilmer County 4A Boys 106 - Gabe Swann (Central (Carroll)) 8-0, Fr. 113 - Alex Hyman (Lovett School) 36-3, Sr. 120 - Ty Murray (Central (Carroll)) 9-0, Fr. 126 - Cael Kusky (Lovett School) 36-7, So. 132 - Adam Payton (Cedartown) 49-8, Jr. 138 - Braydon Bowen (Troup) 59-9, 144 - Dom Lasher (North Oconee) 38-8, Sr. 150 - JT Bowers (West Laurens) 61-9, So. 157 - Dharrin Smith (Southwest Dekalb) 26-2, Sr. 165 - Chris Mance (Lovett School) 27-4, So. 175 - Jerrel Baskins (Southwest Dekalb) 24-0, Sr 190 - Landen Moss (Walnut Grove) 46-1, Sr. 215 - Isaiah Scott (Southwest Dekalb) 31-0, Jr. 285 - Caleb Pruitt (East Hall) 56-0, Sr. Team Champions - Lovett School 5A Boys 106 - Lee Camp (Cass) 40-1, Jr 113 - Roman Belardo (Jefferson) 40-5, Fr. 120 - Chaz McDonald (Jefferson) 33-5, Sr. 126 - Jake Crapps (Cass) 37-0, Jr. 132 - Dallas Russell (Jefferson) 43-6, Fr. 138 - Davis Dollar (Jefferson) 35-14, Sr. 144 - Tyler McKnight (Cass) 37-1, Sr 150 - Cullen Kane (Cambridge) 42-3, Sr. 157 - Seth Larson (Flowery Branch) 10-0, Jr. 165 - Zach McKnight (Cass) 33-2, Sr. 175 - Creed Thomas (Jefferson) 30-6, Jr. 190 - Luke Cochran (Jefferson) 42-2, Sr. 215 - Charles Higdon (Woodland, Cartersville) 27-3, Sr. 285 - Sammy Brown (Jefferson) 23-2, Jr. Team Champions - Jefferson 6A Boys 106 - Jose Pacheco (Jackson County) 55-5, Sr. 113 - Riley McElligott (Lassiter H.S.) 48-4, Jr. 120 - Damien Johnson (Veteran`s) 48-2, Sr. 126 - Tanner Spalding (Woodward Academy) 49-0, Jr. 132 - Josh Sanders (Sprayberry High School) 38-1, Sr. 138 - Thomas Rhodes (Roswell) 32-3, Sr. 144 - Dmitriy Vostrikov (North Forsyth) 42-5, Jr. 150 - Aidan Karpinski (Pope) 32-0, Sr. 157 - Thomas Riordan (Blessed Trinity Catholic) 48-4, Sr. 165 - Robby DeHaven (Woodward Academy) 55-3, So. 175 - Latrell Schafer (Veteran`s) 51-0, Jr 190 - Brock Hacker (Johns Creek) 48-4, Jr 215 - Anthony Lowe (Brunswick) 50-0, Jr. 285 - Ashton Anderson (South Effingham) 53-4, Jr. Team Champions - Woodward Academy 7A Boys 106 - Bradley Patterson (Camden County) 9-0, So 113 - Antonio Mills (Mill Creek) 46-1, Fr. 120 - Hunter Prosen (Camden County) 9-0, Fr. 126 - Blue Stiffler (Mill Creek) 34-6, So 132 - Amantee Mills (Mill Creek) 48-2, Sr 138 - Drew Gorman (Buford HS) 50-1, So. 144 - Gavin Pope (Buford HS) 50-11, Jr. 150 - Malachi Sanders (Marietta) 37-4, Sr. 157 - Caide Daltro (West Forsyth) 46-7, Sr. 165 - Dominic Bambinelli (Mill Creek) 50-0, So 175 - Ryder Wilder (Camden County) 9-0, Fr. 190 - Connor Cooper (Hillgrove) 42-5, Sr. 215 - Zion Rutledge (Hillgrove) 45-1, Sr. 285 - John Levy (Carrollton) 31-0, So. Team Champions - Camden County Girls 100 - Artemis Eaton (North Forsyth) 18-0, Fr. 105 - Ollie Kate Weiland (White County) 39-11, So. 110 - Delialah Betances (Lee County) 26-2, Fr. 115 - Vera Spencer (North Oconee) 22-0, So. 120 - Kaitlyn Fields (Cedartown) 19-11, So. 125 - Jasmine Jenkins-Bey (Columbus) 33-1, Jr. 130 - Elle Kaufmann (Lovett School) 20-3, Fr. 135 - May Prado (Lassiter H.S.) 13-6, Jr. 140 - Greta Garbuzovas (Lumpkin Co.) 48-0, Fr. 145 - Raven Cook (Jackson County) 32-0, Sr. 155 - Ashley Godinez (Chestatee) 33-1, Sr. 170 - Genevieve An (Kennesaw Mountain) 10-1, Jr. 190 - Taylor Schiesser (Gilmer County) 47-1, Jr. 235 - Lilly Chavis (Jackson County) 31-3, Sr. Team Champions - Chestatee GEORGIA INDEPENDENT STATES at Americus, Ga., Feb. 4 Boys champions 106 - Josh White (Bethlehem Christian), 8th. 113 - Daniel Sapp (Westfield School), So. 120 - David Parrish (Strong Rock Christian), So. 126 - Adam Denhardt (George Walton Academy), So. 132 - Parker Mertens (St Anne Pacelli Catholic School), Jr. 138 - Armand La Douceur (Riverside Military Academy), Jr. 144 - Ethan Beck (Southland Academy), So. 150 - Brooks Barbour (Westfield School), Sr. 157 - Coleman Williams (Westfield School), Sr. 165 - Carson Craig (Mount de Sales), Sr. 175 - Dean Massey (Westfield School), Jr. 190 - Hayden Hulett (John Milledge Academy), Sr. 215 - Dallas Hatfield (Valwood School), Jr. 285 - Jacob Miles (The Heritage School), Sr. Girls champions Weight 1 - Sophia Chervenak (Pacelli Girls), Fr. Weight 2 - Mary Claire Clark (Mt. de Sales Girls). So. Weight 3 - Makayla Batchelor (Mt. de Sales Girls) So. Weight 4 - Katelyn Perazzola (Mt. de Sales Girls), Jr. Weight 5 - Katelyn Kotterman (Georgia Christian Girls), Jr. Weight 6 - Gracie Thiel (Windsor Girls), 8th. Illinois Boys State Championships at Champaign, Ill., Feb. 16-18 3A Boys 106 - Dom Munaretto (St. Charles East) 50-0, Fr. 113 - Seth Mendoza (Chicago (Mt. Carmel)) 37-2, So. 120 - Massey Odiotti (Wilmette (Loyola Academy)) 40-6, Sr. 126 - Ben Davino (St. Charles (East)) 50-0, Jr. 132 - Sergio Lemley (Chicago (Mt. Carmel)) 35-1, Sr. 138 - Nasir Bailey (Richton Park (Rich Township)) 43-1, Sr. 145 - Jayden Colon (St. Charles (East)) 41-5, Jr. 152 - Nolan Allen (West Chicago) 30-0, Sr. 160 - Ethan Stiles (Hoffman Estates (Conant)) 32-0, Sr. 170 - Chris Moore (McHenry) 43-0, Sr. 182 - Jack Lesher (Aurora (Marmion Academy)) 34-6, Jr. 195 - Cole Matulenko (Libertyville) 44-4, Sr. 220 - Ben Alvarez (Yorkville) 38-8, Jr. 285 - Ben Bielawski (Downers Grove (North)) 45-1, Sr. 2A 106 - Anthony Alanis (Grayslake (Central)) 44-1, Jr 113 - Drew Davis (Chatham (Glenwood)) 49-2, Jr. 120 - Gylon Sims (Joliet (Catholic Academy)) 41-6, Sr. 126 - Bobby Conway (Chicago (Brother Rice)) 23-1, So. 132 - Santino Robinson (Mascoutah) 41-0, Sr. 138 - Gauge Shipp (Galesburg) 50-0, Jr. 145 - Kannon Webster (Washington) 50-0, Sr. 152 - Taythan Silva (Aurora (A. Christian)) 39-7, Sr. 160 - Mason Alessio (Joliet (Catholic Academy)) 43-3, Sr. 170 - Abe Wojcikiewicz (Bethalto (Civic Memorial)) 47-2, Sr. 182 - Matty Jens (Grayslake (Central)) 32-0, Jr. 195 - Mateo Casillas (Mahomet (M.-Seymour)) 52-1, Sr. 220 - Justin Hoffer (Washington) 43-1, Sr. 285 - Dillan Johnson (Joliet (Catholic Academy)) 43-0, Jr. 1A 106 - Dean Wainwright (Port Byron (Riverdale)) 49-1, Fr. 113 - Tyson Waughtel (Carlyle) 50-1, So. 120 - Anthony Ruzic (Auburn) 51-2, Jr. 126 - TJ Silva (Dakota) 38-2, So. 132 - Phoenix Blakely (Dakota) 42-1, Sr. 138 - Mason Tieffel (Benton) 52-2, Jr. 145 - Paul Ishikawa (Glasford (Illini Bluffs)) 51-0, Sr. 152 - Marco Spinazzola (Peotone) 40-3, Sr. 160 - Dax Gentes (El Paso (E.P.-Gridley)) 52-1, Sr. 170 - Joseph Norton (Canton) 51-1, Sr. 182 - Griffin Luke (Lena (L.-Winslow)) 51-1, Sr. 195 - Nick Nosler (Tolono (Unity)) 52-2, Sr. 220 - Noah Wenzel (Dakota) 42-3, Jr. 285 - Isaiah Gonzalez (Elmhurst (IC Catholic)) 17-1, Sr Mississippi Boys and Girls Boys States at Ridgeland, Miss., Feb. 24-25 106 - Quinton Carroll (Vancleave High School) 31-7, 8th. 113 - Braden Carroll (Vancleave High School) 19-7, 8th. 120 - Gabe Shanks (Ocean Springs High School) 5-0, Jr. 126 - Logan Bradley (Lewisburg High School) 22-1, So 132 - Lucas Hall (Ocean Springs High School) 6-0, Jr. 138 - Cole Daugherty (Vancleave High School) 27-10, Jr. 145 - Blayne Patrick (Vancleave High School) 15-8, Jr. 152 - Landon Ward (North Pontotoc High School) 14-0, Jr. 160 - Eli Carwyle (North Pontotoc High School) 12-1, Jr. 170 - Maison Kleist (Vancleave High School) 26-13, Jr. 182 - Kamar Houston (Oxford High School Wrestling ) 12-4, So. 195 - Nate Taylor (Center Hill High School) 22-3, Sr. 220 - Jordan Sherrod (Vancleave High School) 29-7, Fr 285 - Damarious Sanders (Center Hill High School) 18-7, Jr. State Champions - Vancleave High School 262.0 Girls 107 - Jaylah Anderson (Ocean Springs Girls) 3-0, 7th 120 - Annika Mortenson (Ocean Springs Girls) 4-0, So. 132 - Alora Hindman (Ocean Springs Girls) 3-0, Fr. 138 - Arianna McCullum (Mendenhall Girls) 2-0, Sr. 152 - Promise Parlett (St. Martin Girls) 3-0, 165 - Keleigh Kincade (Saltillo Girls) 7-0, Jr. 235 - Nhari Jones (Oxford Girls) 3-0 Team Champions - Ocean Springs LOUISIANA BOYS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS at Bossier City, La., Feb. 10-11 D 1 106 - Samuel Favaza (Fontainebleau) 49-9, So. 113 - Bodi Harris (Jesuit) 40-3, So. 120 - Landon Reaux (Southside) 49-5, Sr. 126 - Ernie Perry III (Airline) 30-4, Sr. 132 - Richie Clementi (Brother Martin) 60-2, So. 138 - Wiley Boudreaux (Southside) 50-4, Sr. 145 - Kent Burandt (Brother Martin) 51-4, Sr. 152 - Aiden Lindsey (Fontainebleau) 56-8, Sr. 160 - Nick DiGeralamo (Holy Cross) 29-2, So. 170 - Landry Barker (St. Pauls) 41-0, Sr. 182 - Thomas Domangue (Catholic, BR) 31-4, Sr. 195 - Jacob Schexnaydre (East Ascension) 55-3, Sr. 220 - Blayden Laidlaw (Sulphur) 24-5, Sr. 285 - Spencer Lanosga (Jesuit) 10-0, Jr. Team Champions - Jesuit D 2 106 - Alex Rozas (Teurlings Catholic) 55-0, Fr. 113 - Kaiden Triche (Archbishop Rummel) 49-7, So. 120 - Pollex Coleman (Sam Houston), 44-13, Sr. 126 - Tyson Roach (Sam Houston) 58-5, Jr. 132 - Layne Rivette (Teurlings Catholic) 26-5, Sr. 138 - Ethan Boudreaux (Teurlings Catholic) 46-0, Sr. 145 - Dalton Compton (North Desoto) 49-11, Fr. 152 - Hudson Sharon (Teurlings Catholic) 38-6, Jr. 160 - Lake Bates (North Desoto) 37-9, Jr. 170 - Braeden Simoneaux (Teurlings Catholic) 55-7, Fr. 182 - Anthony Denova (Brusly) 45-7, Sr. 195 - Ledgerrick Collins (Carencro) 27-2, Sr. 220 - Kristofer Mesloh (Parkway) 42-6, Sr. 285 - Kole Hayes (Teurlings Catholic) 20-4, Sr. Team Champions - Teurlings Catholic D 3 106 - Caden Judice (Archbishop Shaw) 47-7, Fr. 113 - Dylan Duvernay (DeLaSalle) 46-6, Jr. 120 - Shane Barbarin (DeLaSalle) 30-9, Sr. 126 - Michael Brame II (Evangel Christian Academy) 48-11, Jr. 132 - Antonio Barraza (St. Michael The Archangel) 27-14, Sr. 138 - Camden Gautreaux (DeQuincy) 20-6, Sr. 145 - Luc Johnson (Basile) 38-1, Sr. 152 - Preston Gautier (Archbishop Hannan) 36-7, Sr. 160 - Michael Gilreath (Evangel Christian Academy) 56-12, Jr. 170 - Luke Robertson (DeLaSalle) 23-0, Sr. 182 - Christian Bergeron (Basile) 26-4, Sr. 195 - Anthony `AJ` Smith (John Curtis Christian School) 39-1, So. 220 - James Baldwin (Dunham) 19-1, Sr. 285 - Ryan Fobbs (Erath) 18-2, Jr. Team Champions - Archbishop Shaw LOUISIANA GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS at Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 4 106 - Chevy Coleman (Sam Houston) 50-20, So. 113 - Gabriella Cook (Hahnville) 7-6, Sr. 120 - Natalie Davis (Haughton) 20-16, So. 126 - Sarah Cervenka (South Beauregard) 11-7, 8th 132 - Addison Mayers (Zachary) 8-7, Fr 138 - Sara Daley (Brusly) 29-4, Jr. 145 - Toni Jarreau (Walker) 11-4, Jr. 152 - Lea Leduff (Baton Rouge) 16-0, Jr. 160 - A`niyah Veal (Brusly) 7-1, Sr. 170 - Makayla Holiday (Zachary) 5-3, Jr. 182 - Olivia Maxie (Baton Rouge) 12-4, Fr. 195 - Andrea Camberos (Baton Rouge) 5-8, So. 285 - Hailey Wheeler (Brusly) 9-2, Jr. Team Champions – Brusly Indiana Boys State Championships At Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 17-18 106 - Revin Dickman (Brownsburg) 41-5, Fr. 113 - Charlie LaRocca (Center Grove) 42-2, Jr. 120 - Jake Hockaday (Brownsburg) 33-4, So. 126 - Tylin Thrine (New Castle) 42-0, Fr. 132 - Joey Buttler (Whiteland Community) 45-0, Sr. 138 - Cole Solomey (Kankakee Valley) 48-1, Sr. 145 - Aidan Torres (Chesterton) 52-0, Sr. 152 - Bryce Lowery (Roncalli) 44-0, Sr 160 - Sam Goin (Crown Point) 39-2, Sr. 170 - Cody Goodwin (Crown Point) 25-4, Sr. 182 - Orlando Cruz (Crown Point) 35-2, Sr. 195 - John Purdy (Castle) 44-1, Sr. 220 - Will Clark (Crown Point) 38-3, Jr. 285 - Leighton Jones (Brownsburg) 37-5, Sr. Team Champions - Crown Point INDIANA GIRLS STATES At Mooresville, Ind., January 13 98 - Kendall Moe (Hamilton Heights) 106 - Julianna Ocampo (Fort Wayne Snider) 113 - Emma Pillion (Frankfort) 120 - Rose Kaplan (West Lafayette) 126 - Aleksandra Bastaic (Highland) 132 - Ella Gahl (Northfield) 138 - Aulani Davis (Kokomo) 145 - Elly Janovsky (Lake Central) 152 - Ava Allen (Silver Creek) 160 - Mallory Winner (Jay County) 170 - Kenzie Konanz (Penn) 182 - Hannah West (Mount Vernon) 195 - Varzidy Batchelor (Northview) 250 - Chrissy True (Jeffersonville) Team Champions – Penn NORTH CAROLINA GIRLS STATE INVITATIONAL at Greenboro, N.C., Feb. 4 100 - Jeulenea Khang (Freedom) 43-6, Sr. 107 - Omarzria (Ria) Wright (West Caldwell) 27-13, Jr. 114 - Leah Edwards (East Rowan) 42-2, So. 120 - Anabel Rodriquez (Dixon) 25-3, So. 126 - Alfa G. Dominguez Gutierrez (Cary) 45-0, Jr. 132 - Brianna Deleon (Weddington) 20-0, So. 138 - Angelica Steffy (Croatan) 28-2, Sr. 145 - Caleigh Suddreth (Lake Norman) 16-1, Jr. 152 - Natalie Titus (Havelock) 24-2, Jr. 165 - Savannah Bramhall (Parkwood) 33-0, Sr. 185 - Elaina Pollock (Laney) 28-2, So. 235 - Dream Walker (Northwood) 12-10, Sr. Team champions - Lumberton North Carolina Boys State Championships at Greensboro, N.C., Feb. 16-18 1A Boys 106 - Cooper Foster (Avery County) 49-0, So 113 - Alexis Panama (Robbinsville) 38-5, Jr. 120 - Benjamin Jordan (Avery County) 46-3, Jr. 126 - Carlos Vasquez (Thomasville) 50-0, Sr. 132 - Grant Reece (Avery County) 41-2, Jr. 138 - Aldo Hernandez (Uwharrie Charter Academy) 52-2, Sr. 145 - Lorenzo Alston (Uwharrie Charter Academy) 54-2, Fr. 152 - Tristan Adams (Avery County) 36-2, Sr. 160 - Suhaib Hatamleh (Bradford Preparatory School) 33-5, Sr. 170 - Cael Dunn (Avery County) 51-1, Fr. 182 - Kage Williams (Robbinsville) 57-0, Jr. 195 - Seth Blackledge (Avery County) 50-2, Sr. 220 - Koleson Dooley (Robbinsville) 30-8, Jr. 285 - Kohlton Neadeau (Swain County) 49-7, Sr. Team Champions - Avery County 2A Boys 106 - Elijah Horton (Morehead) 42-2, Fr. 113 - Sumter Horton (Rutherfordton-Spindale) 52-4, Sr 120 - Jared Thomas (Morehead) 34-5, Jr. 126 - Rayshun James (Reidsville) 37-2, Jr. 132 - David McEachern (Mt Pleasant) 47-8, Jr. 138 - Will Nix (Bandys) 47-5, Sr. 145 - John david Curtis (Burns) 33-3, Sr. 152 - Jeremiah Price (Surry Central) 43-2, Sr. 160 - Jacob Price (Surry Central) 19-1, Jr. 170 - Jaxon Turner (Brevard) 37-6, Jr. 182 - Mason Avery (West Lincoln) 44-2, Sr. 195 - Owen Clark (Newton Conover) 53-2, Sr 220 - Jose Flores (Southwestern Randolph) 30-2, So. 285 - Dj Spring (Maiden) 30-1, Sr. Team Champions - Bandys 3A Boys 106 - Samuel Aponte (Cape Fear) 34-3, Jr 113 - Jacob Kresicki (First Flight) 38-3, Sr. 120 - Bently Sly (Stuart Cramer) 51-3, Fr. 126 - Charleston Baglio (Central Cabarrus) 46-2, Jr. 132 - Charlie Sly (Stuart Cramer) 53-2, Sr 138 - Bray Trivette (North Iredell) 46-0, So. 145 - Brock Carey (Fred T Foard) 51-0, Sr 152 - Brayden Mejia (Fred T Foard) 44-1, Jr. 160 - Matt Karagias (Stuart Cramer) 49-2, Sr. 170 - Zane Birtchet (Fred T Foard) 48-2, Sr. 182 - Nicholas Mascolino (Union Pines) 50-3, Jr. 195 - Dylan Smith (Fred T Foard) 49-0, Sr. 220 - Edison Flores (North Iredell) 50-0, Sr. 285 - Christian Hercules (West Rowan) 47-1, Sr. Team Champions - Fred T Ford 4A Boys 106 - Grant McCord (Grimsley) 41-2, So. 113 - Trevor Freeman (A.L. Brown) 49-6, Jr. 120 - Cameron Stinson (Mallard Creek) 62-0, Jr 126 - Cooper Davis (Cox Mill) 49-2, Jr. 132 - Ian Fritz (Topsail) 51-2, So. 138 - Avery Buonocore (Laney) 48-2, Sr. 145 - Tyler Tracy (Cardinal Gibbons) 49-1, Sr. 152 - Davis Freeze (Mooresville Senior) 42-1, Sr. 160 - Drew Pepin (Northwest Guilford) 58-1, Sr. 170 - Greg Merriman (Mooresville Senior) 41-1, Sr. 182 - Alex Hopper (Laney) 49-1, Sr. 195 - Tomas Brooker (Hickory Ridge) 58-0, Sr. 220 - Caleb Beaty (Corinth-Holders) 44-0, Sr. 285 - Nathan Carnes (Porter Ridge) 51-1, Sr. Team Champions – Laney North Carolina Independent Boys State Championships at Raleigh, N.C., Feb. 17-18 108 - Joshua Stonebraker (Cary Christian School) 21-0, 8th. 115 - Gavin Ulrich (Metrolina Christian Academy) 36-2, Fr. 122 - Ethan Randall (Charlotte Latin School) 22-5, Jr. 128 - Henry Kopf (Ravenscroft School) 3-0, Sr. 134 - Mason Hagler (Providence Day School) 33-9, Jr. 140 - Fisher Bejnerowicz (Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School) 33-3, Sr. 146 - Dillon Kercher (Charlotte Country Day School) 47-6, Sr. 152 - Chris Rivera (North Raleigh Christian Academy) 4-0, Sr. 159 - Pearce Phillips (Providence Day School) 41-3, Sr. 167 - Tre Wilfong (Charlotte Christian School) 3-0, Jr. 177 - Anderson Colantuoni (Cary Academy) 3-0, Sr 192 - Alex Lahners (Cannon School) 29-5, Sr. 217 - Hardin Massey (Forsyth Country Day School) 3-0, Sr. 287 - Derrick Boskie (Charlotte Country Day School) 39-4, Sr. Champion - Charlotte Latin School Virginia Class 4, 5, 6 Boys State Championships at Virginia Beach, Va., Feb. 17-18 Class 4 Boys 106 - Waylon Rogers (Orange County) 49-1, Jr. 113 - Justin Jones (Orange County) 46-1, So. 120 - Colton Bendure (James Wood) 14-1, So. 126 - Anthony Lucchiani (Sherando) 15-0, So. 132 - Myrin Nixon (Great Bridge) 40-5, Jr. 138 - Caleb Neal (Great Bridge) 41-6, So. 144 - Luke Roberts (Loudoun County) 27-0, Sr. 150 - Keagan Judd (Sherando) 15-0, Sr. 157 - Aaron Turner (Great Bridge) 35-6, Sr 165 - Noah Hall (Liberty (Bealeton)) 14-1, Jr. 175 - Noah Lawrence (Great Bridge) 34-4, Sr. 190 - Kingsley Menifee (Fauquier) 12-0, Sr. 215 - Brett Clatterbaugh (Eastern View) 40-3, So 285 - Brayden Walker (Eastern View) 38-5, Sr. Team Champions - Great Bridge Class 5 Boys 106 - Anthony Ciotoli (Independence) 48-4, Fr. 113 - Cadell Lee (Brooke Point) 44-3, So. 120 - Mohammed Zanganeh (Glen Allen) 37-3, Sr 126 - Owen Rawls (Nansemond River) 50-2, Sr. 132 - Parker Trahan (Brooke Point) 45-7, Sr. 138 - Chase Van Hoven (Brooke Point) 45-3, So. 144 - Tyler Traves (Mountain View) 44-5, Fr. 150 - Cameron Mckay (Deep Run) 35-5, Sr. 157 - Thomas Stofka (First Colonial) 34-1, Jr. 165 - Rafael Hipolito (Independence) 45-2, Sr. 175 - Corey Bell (Mountain View) 34-1, Jr. 190 - Remus Montalvo (Brooke Point) 35-9, Sr. 215 - Issac Castrejon (Mountain View) 40-8, Sr. 285 - Colin Pedersen (First Colonial) 38-1, Sr. Team Champions - Mountain View Class 6 Boys 106 - Caden Smith (James W. Robinson) 41-6, Jr. 113 - Ezekiel Keel (Chantilly) 41-5, So 120 - Eli Cramer (Cosby) 51-1, Jr. 126 - Jahleel Armstrong (Grassfield) 50-4, Sr. 132 - Yuta Otero (Landstown) 55-5, Sr. 138 - Tristan Corbin (James W. Robinson) 38-6, Jr. 144 - Benjamin Weader (Chantilly) 21-1, So. 150 - Isaac Hegg (Oakton) 43-6, Sr. 157 - Owen Lebkisher (George C. Marshall) 33-5, Sr. 165 - Liam Gil-Swiger (Yorktown) 40-4, Sr. 175 - Robert Kucharczk (James W. Robinson) 40-6, So. 190 - Lorenzo Pellot-Vazquez (Fairfax) 13-0, Sr 215 - Tyler Stewart (Forest Park) 30-2, Sr. 285 - James Bland (Cosby) 47-5, So. over Naasir Edmonds (Landstown) 45-8, Jr. (Dec 4-2) Team Champions - James W. Robinson Virginia 1A, 2A, 3A Boys State Championships at Salem, Va., Feb. 17-18 1A 106 - Caleb Gibson (Rural Retreat) 5-0, Fr. 113 - Bryce Looney (Grundy) 5-1, So 120 - Parker Stone (Rural Retreat) 6-1, Sr. 126 - Jake Yowell (Riverheads) 43-5, Jr. 132 - Eli Blevins (Rural Retreat) 5-0, Sr. 138 - Carson Griffey (Grundy) 6-0, Jr. 144 - Adrian Gordon (Grundy) 6-0, So. 150 - Mason Via (Rural Retreat) 6-0, Sr. 157 - Carson Deel (Grundy) 6-0, So 165 - Cody Cash (Riverheads) 11-1, Sr. 175 - Ian Scammell (Grundy) 6-0, Sr. 190 - Luke Bryant (Riverheads) 44-5, Sr. 215 - Wyatt Bush (Grundy) 6-0, So 285 - Jacob Carter (Buffalo Gap) 54-3, Sr. Team Champions - Grundy 2A 106 - Xaiden Wynn (James River) 36-2, So. 113 - Jared Goodson (Poquoson) 38-5, Fr. 120 - Canaan Spears (Union) 44-2, Fr 126 - Heath Burks (Strasburg) 25-0, Jr. 132 - Isaac Dodd (Central (Woodstock)) 38-3, Sr. 138 - Ethan Asher (Strasburg) 26-2, Sr. 144 - Austin Weeks (King William) 45-1, Sr. 150 - David Burks (Strasburg) 49-1, Jr. 157 - Jake Cline (Glenvar) 32-0, Sr. 165 - Thomas Potter (Union) 43-3, Jr. 175 - Ethan Flowers (Glenvar) 34-3, Jr 190 - Chase Miller (Glenvar) 15-0, So. 215 - Chuck Fake (Strasburg) 35-9, Sr. 285 - Nathan Lopez (Central (Woodstock)) 29-1, Jr. Team Champions - Strasburg 3A 106 - Tristan Carter (Colonial Heights) 51-2, Fr. 113 - Colin Martin (Staunton River) 33-2, So. 120 - Brady Hand (Christiansburg) 37-4, Fr. 126 - Kyle Gibson (New Kent) 33-9, Jr. 132 - Noah Nininger (Staunton River) 21-1, So. 138 - Matthew Eberly (New Kent) 16-3, Sr. 144 - Patrick Jordon (New Kent) 47-3, Sr 150 - Bo Ice (Staunton River) 20-1, Sr. 157 - Brady Barns (Staunton River) 26-6, So. 165 - Macon Ayers (Staunton River) 33-5, So. 175 - Xavier Preston (William Byrd) 17-1, Sr. 190 - Toby Schoffstall (Liberty Christian Academy) 7-0, Sr. 215 - Jose Alvarez-Portillo (Manassas Park) 27-0, Sr. 285 - Malique Tunstall (Caroline) 22-3, Sr. Team Champions - Staunton River Virginia Independent Boys State Championships at Richmond, Va., Feb. 17-18 106 - Caleb Haney (St. Christophers) 26-8, So. 113 - Drew Roggie (St. Christophers) 30-9, Fr. 120 - Jack Parker (St. Christophers) 27-11, Sr. 126 - Daniel Cozzolino (Grace Christian School) 37-4, Sr 132 - Brycen Arbogast (Benedictine College Preparatory) 23-5, Jr. 138 - Cale Roggie (St. Christophers) 40-9, Sr. 144 - Tyler Hood (St. Christophers) 32-12, So. 150 - Mitchell Faglioni (St. Christophers) 28-11, Jr. 157 - Logan Pausch (Norfolk Academy) 44-3, Sr. 165 - Nolan O`Boyle (Norfolk Academy) 44-2, Sr. 175 - Riley Finck (St. Christophers) 37-7, Sr. 190 - Cash Colbert (Paul VI) 52-7, Fr. 215 - Brady Colbert (Paul VI) 43-1, Sr. 285 - John Custis (Catholic High School) 21-6, Sr. Team Champions - St. Christophers Oklahoma Boys and Girls State Championships at Oklahoma City, Okla., Feb. 24-25 3A 106 - Tommy Miller (Marlow) 39-5, Fr. 113 - Zane Donley (Vinita) 43-3, Jr. 120 - Colt Collett (Checotah) 41-1, So. 126 - Kaiden Ailey (Blackwell) 31-10, Sr. 132 - Jake Miller (Blackwell) 33-7, Fr. 138 - Grady Mittasch (Pawnee) 45-1, So. 144 - Cade Gilbert (Marlow) 45-4, Jr. 150 - Cole Mayfield (Warner) 38-2, So. 157 - Brady Benham (Sperry) 31-2, Jr. 165 - Jaxen Wright (Morris) 38-0, Sr. 175 - Kaleb Owen (Perry) 46-2, Sr. 190 - Kruz Goff (Blackwell) 37-4, So. 215 - Kooper Doucet (Comanche) 34-4, Sr. 285 - Maverick Williamson (Salina) 9-0, Jr. Team Champions - Blackwell 4A 106 - Jarrett Patty (Chickasha) 33-0, Fr. 113 - TreShaun Tecson (Cascia Hall) 30-0, Jr. 120 - Gerald Harris III (Cascia Hall) 31-2, So. 126 - Blade Walden (Fort Gibson) 22-0, Jr. 132 - Corban Zugelder (Catoosa) 30-2, Sr. 138 - Beau Hickman (Tuttle) 44-4, So. 144 - Kaiser Simpson (Cushing) 16-0, Sr. 150 - KJ Evans (Heritage Hall School) 29-1, Sr. 157 - Ethan Teague (Tuttle) 37-4, So. 165 - Tucker Waitman (Tuttle) 25-3, Sr. 175 - Sam Schmidt (Tuttle) 35-8, Sr. 190 - Luke Eschenheimer (Cascia Hall) 33-1, Sr. 215 - Gunner Wilson (Catoosa) 38-2, So. 285 - Roman Garcia (Wagoner) 30-1, Sr. Team Champions - Tuttle 5A 106 - Kaiden Herendeen (Guthrie) 31-6, So. 113 - Toby Shipman (Coweta Public School) 33-3, Fr. 120 - Canon Acklin (Collinsville) 35-2, Jr. 126 - Eli Kirk (Guthrie) 33-1, Sr. 132 - Dailey Jennings (El Reno) 40-5, Sr. 138 - Will Heger (El Reno) 37-2, Sr 144 - Cole Brooks (Collinsville) 43-3, Sr. 150 - Braden Hall (Guthrie) 37-7, Sr. 157 - Eli Ramirez (Duncan) 32-6, So. 165 - Braden Brown (MacArthur) 37-3, Jr. 175 - Jayden Moore (Tahlequah Senior Hs) 32-4, Jr. 190 - Ritson Meyer (Elgin Public Schools) 34-1, Fr. 215 - Alex Sutterfield (Carl Albert) 39-3, Sr. 285 - Logan Cash (Shawnee) 31-5, Sr. Team Champions - Carl Albert 6A 106 - Aydan Thomas (Stillwater) 37-2, So. 113 - Christopher Kiser (Ponca City Senior) 34-1, Jr. 120 - Cash Donnell (Piedmont) 33-3, Jr. 126 - Gage Walker (Bixby) 42-3, Jr. 132 - Cael Hughes (Stillwater) 38-0, Sr. 138 - Jace Roller (Bixby) 32-2, Jr. 144 - Layton Schneider (Edmond North) 34-3, Jr. 150 - Clay Giddens-Buttram (Bixby) 33-5, Jr. 157 - LaDarion Lockett (Stillwater) 40-1, So. 165 - Landyn Sommer (Stillwater) 33-0, Jr. 175 - Talon McCollom (Edmond North) 32-6, Jr. 190 - Payton Thomas (Moore) 35-0, Sr. 215 - Jersey Robb (Bixby) 38-2, Sr 285 - Ricky Thomas (Edmond North) 42-2, Jr. Team Champions - Stillwater Girls 100 - Jadyn Roller (Bixby) 37-3, So. 105 - Hannah Lopez (Moore) 35-1, Fr. 110 - Chanelle Alburg (Union) 43-4, Sr 115- Peyton Hand (Choctaw) 28-0, Sr. 120 - Bella Williams (Edmond North) 39-0, So 125 - Khaleah Kirk (Guthrie) 19-0, Sr. 130 - Aubrianna Smith (Westmoore) 28-1, Sr. 135 - Shelby Kemp (Moore) 34-4, Jr. 140 - Ryleigh Lefkowitz (Putnam City) 27-2, Fr. 145 - Kaylee Davis (El Reno) 20-0, Jr. 155 - Millie Azlin (Bixby) 33-2, Fr. 170 - Symphony Veloz (Elgin Public Schools) 23-0, Jr. 190 - Kali Hayden (Union) 38-1, Jr 235 - Sorrell Hurd (Del City) 32-3, So. Team Champions - Union 63.5 South Carolina Boys and Girls States at Anderson, S.C., Feb. 24-25 Girls Lower 106 - Annalise Maralit (Ashley Ridge Girls), Jr. Upper 106 - Jillian Lackey (Greer Girls) Sr. 113 - Aajia Jones (Greenwood Girls), Sr 120 - Claira Hannon (Gaffney Girls), So. 126 - Lillie Costilla (Ashley Ridge Girls), Sr. 132 - Tiyanna Mack (Blythewood Girls), So. 138 - Caroline Gilstrap (Summerville Girls), Sr. 145 - Jada Lawrence (Bluffton Girls), So. 152 - Bianca Connell (Mauldin Girls), Fr 160 - Ta`Niya Roberts (Rock Hill Girls), Sr. 170 - Alyssa Wildes (Ashley Ridge Girls), Sr. 182 - Kalijah Campos (Rock Hill Girls), Sr. 195 - Rylee Berghorn (Hartsville Girls), Fr. 220 - Kennedi Washington (Greenwood Girls), Jr. 285 - Kennedy Williams (South Florence Girls), Sr. Team Champion - Rock Hill 1A/2A 106 - Alex Allison (High Point) 45-4, Fr. 113 - Alex Rush (Timberland) 3-0, 120 - Charlie Spires (Pelion) 39-3, Jr. 126 - Blake Chandler (Liberty) 40-3, Sr. 132 - Sam Cherichello (Bishop England) 138 - Thadeus Gerstenacker (Chesnee) 42-3, Fr 145 - Lukas Crosby (High Point) 55-2, Sr. 152 - Drue Shipman (Lewisville) 33-4, Sr. 160 - Frank Taylor (Ninety Six) 45-5, Jr. 170 - JT Spence (Liberty) 56-4, So. 182 - Garrett Williams (Chesnee) 42-1, Sr. 195 - Addison Nickles (Abbeville) 28-0, Sr. 220 - Justin Pardue (Buford) 285 - Amonte McCray (Cross) 3A 106 - AJ DeLaCruz (West Oak) 34-0, Fr. 113 - Teague Strobel (West Oak) 36-1, Jr. 120 - Genaro De La Garza (Woodruff) 41-2, Sr. 126 - Jayden Morris (Belton-Honea Path) 52-1, So. 132 - Jaxton Freeman (West Oak) 35-1, Sr. 138 - JoJo Morris (Belton-Honea Path) 52-2, Jr. 145 - Marcus Thaxton (West Oak) 34-4, So. 152 - Gunner DeGroat (Battery Creek) 28-1, Jr. 160 - George Cody (Clinton) 40-1, 170 - Cason Young (Belton-Honea Path) 41-10, 182 - Colton Phares (Beaufort) 31-0, Sr. 195 - Colton Travis (Gilbert) 46-9, Jr. 220 - Emmanuel Deas (Aynor) 49-3, Sr. 285 - Qwentin Welborn (Daniel) 36-3, 4A 106 - Josh Horn (Indian Land) 6-0, Fr. 113 - Corey Dye (Northwestern) 6-0, Jr. 120 - Tyler Tice (Eastside) 14-3, Sr. 126 - Peyton Schrader (Eastside) 15-3, Fr. 132 - Colt Schrader (Eastside) 14-3, Sr. 138 - Isaiah Wysong (May River) 46-1, Jr. 145 - George Maholtz (Eastside) 15-6, So. 152 - Jack Wyland (Eastside) 18-4, Jr. 160 - Lane Schrader (Eastside) 12-5, Sr. 170 - Carson Miles (Lugoff-Elgin) 43-7, Sr. 182 - Cason Howle (Greenwood) 6-0, So. 195 - Baron Leonard (Eastside) 12-5, Jr. 220 - Jonathan Sirard (Lugoff-Elgin) 38-3, Sr. 285 - John Burke (Midland Valley) 7-0, Sr. 5A 106 - Preston White (Chapin) 52-5, Fr. 113 - Richard Springs (Fort Dorchester) 35-1, 120 - Jermaine Peace (Cane Bay) 39-0, 126 - Conner Beaudin (James F. Byrnes) 34-6, Fr. 132 - Braedon Bailey (Carolina Forest) 45-1, 138 - Ben Guilliam (Summerville) 41-3, 145 - Noah Kitchton (Fort Mill) 30-3, Sr. 152 - Keith Grace (Ashley Ridge) 30-3, 160 - Noah Nichols (Stratford) 40-4, 170 - Pierce Carpenter-Kydd (Wando) 36-2, 182 - Mason Ayers (Summerville) 41-4, . 195 - Peyton Fisher (Mauldin) 54-3, Sr. 220 - Grayson Gollie (St. James) 40-0, 285 - Nahjay Fowler (Dorman) 28-10, So. Arkansas Boys and Girls States at Little Rock, Feb. 24-25 4A Boys 106 - Jack Hooe (Shiloh Christian) 39-3, Fr. 113 - Logan Miller (Gravette) 33-9, So. 120 - Phoenix Simcox (Pottsville) 28-8, Jr. 126 - Caleb Mccollum (Southside Batesville) 38-4, So 132 - Justin Allen (Berryville) 33-4, So. 138 - Ryan Rogers (Arkadelphia) 18-4, So. 144 - Caden Pipes (Pottsville) 47-1, Sr. 150 - Dax Widger (Shiloh Christian) 23-2, Jr. 157 - Roland Pruden (Southside Batesville) 27-2, Sr. 165 - Brayden Phillips (Glen Rose) 36-1, Sr. 175 - Tripp Price (Pottsville) 46-2, So. 190 - Tun Oo (Berryville) 28-4, Sr. 215 - Kyle Vocque (Bauxite) 26-3, Jr. 285 - Lance Moats (Pottsville) 40-6, Sr. Team Champions - Pottsville 5A Boys 106 - Don O`Kelley (Van Buren) 39-5, So. 113 - Dakota Fenwick (Van Buren) 20-3, So. 120 - Xavion Floyd (Searcy) 41-2, Jr. 126 - Alex Reed (Van Buren) 41-1, Fr. 132 - Shiloh Summers (Van Buren) 27-2, Sr. 138 - Haven Owens (Benton) 30-3, Jr. 144 - Gage Mccartney (Russellville) 29-6, Sr. 150 - Grant Lawson (Searcy) 48-3, Sr. 157 - Austin Callies (Mountain Home) 39-0, Sr. 165 - Izic Clenney (Lake Hamilton) 6-0, Sr. 175 - Ethyn Gibson (Russellville) 25-3, Sr. 190 - Justin Crutchmer (Lake Hamilton) 6-0, Sr. 215 - Grant King (Van Buren) 38-2, Sr. 285 - Elijah Lagg (Mountain Home) 36-0, Sr. Team Champions - Van Buren 6A Boys 106 - Xander Graves (Bentonville) 50-7, So. 113 - Salomon Raya (Fort Smith Northside) 28-4, Jr. 120 - Cooper Claussen (Springdale) 25-15, Jr. 126 - Zayne Lewis (Heritage) 44-3, Sr. 132 - Zander Payne (Bentonville) 49-7, Sr. 138 - Joaquin Moralez (Bentonville West) 47-5, Fr. 144 - Jackson Sportsman (Springdale) 33-12, So. 150 - Benjamin Smith (Bentonville) 51-5, So. 157 - Cooper Tillman (Rogers) 36-12, Sr. 165 - Josh Mercado (Cabot) 50-8, Sr. 175 - Deylin Pippins (North Little Rock) 14-6, 190 - Logan Eason (Cabot) 39-1, Jr. 215 - Gavin Reardon (Cabot) 8-0, Jr. 285 - Briar Goodwin (Heritage) 11-1, Sr. Team Champions - Cabot 138.0 Girls 5A 100 - Roselyn Amaya (Searcy) 41-4, Sr. 105 - Farah Crossno (Greenwood) 20-9, Fr. 110 - Adeline Jackson (Lake Hamilton) 3-0, Fr. 115 - Alena Williams (Searcy) 46-0, So. 120 - Raylee Hunter (Lake Hamilton) 4-1, Fr. 125 - Jaelyn Gibson (Russellville) 21-5, So. 130 - Alexis Schmotzer (Van Buren) 26-7, Jr 135 - Avrey Taylor (Russellville) 23-0, Fr. 140 - Ava Garcia (Van Buren) 24-11, Fr. 145 - Vivi Edwards (Searcy) 39-6, Sr. 155 - Amelia Frounfelter (Mountain Home) 32-0, Sr. 170 - Harley Seymore (Searcy) 46-3, Sr. 190 - Shay Allen (Acorn) 16-1, Jr. 235 - D`mysha James (Sylvan Hills) 45-6, Jr. Team Champions - Searcy 6A Girls 100 - Mackenzie Graves (Bentonville) 39-8, Jr 105 - Kaleigh Smith (Rogers) 38-8, Sr. 110 - Emily Ashby (Springdale) 34-11, Jr. 115 - Ka`liyia Chism (North Little Rock) 17-4, Jr. 120 - Aniyah Dinwiddie (Jonesboro) 23-2, Sr. 125 - Abi Kelly (Springdale Har-Ber) 56-5, Sr 130 - Molly Mounce (Rogers) 29-9, Sr. 135 - Malia Kehne (Heritage) 40-6, Sr. 140 - Katie Palmer (Fayetteville) 36-3, Sr. 145 - Presley Givens (Bryant) 24-1, Sr 155 - Skylur Lewis (Heritage) 32-4, Jr 170 - Margaret Jordan (Fayetteville) 39-6, Sr 190 - Alissa Castro (Springdale Har-Ber) 44-8, Jr. 235 - Ar`kiya Taylor (Little Rock Central) 34-1, So. Team Champions - Springdale Har-Ber Illinois Girls State Championships at Bloomington, Ill., Feb. 24-25 100- Emma Engels (Bartlett) 37-12, So. 105 - Harlee Hiller (Wilmette (Loyola Academy)) 32-5, So. 110 - Ayane Jasinski (Fox Lake (Grant)) 21-3, Jr. 115 - Gabriella Gomez (Carol Stream (Glenbard North)) 33-0, So. 120 - Angelina Cassioppi (Rockton (Hononegah)) 27-6, So. 125 - Cadence Diduch (Freeport (H.S.)) 11-0, Jr. 130 - Attalia Watson-Castro (Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)) 38-1, Sr. 135 - Netavia Wickson (Rockford (Boylan Catholic)) 19-5, Jr. 140 - Mackenzie Pratt (Edwardsville (H.S.)) 30-1, So. 145 - Sydney Perry (Batavia) 34-0, Jr. 155 - Alicia Tucker (Plainfield (Central)) 34-2, So. 170 - August Rottmann (Highland) 21-1, So. 190 - Ini Odumosu (Flossmoor (Homewood-F.)) 36-4, Jr. 235 - Kiara Ganey (Belleville (East)) 18-1, Sr. Missouri State Championships at Columbia, Mo., April 22-25 Girls Class 1 100 - Jade Brundige (Savannah) 42-4, Fr. 105 - Delanie Smith (Mid-Buchanan) 46-3, So. 110 - Jayden Keller (Brookfield) 55-1, Fr. 115 - Callie Bergthold (Southern Boone) 42-2, Jr. 120 - Cassidy Benwell (North Point) 27-0, Jr. 125 - Addison Geiler (Ste. Genevieve) 32-17, Jr. 130 - Alexis Dunwiddie (Jefferson City) 53-3, So. 135 - Kalli Schuster (Mid-Buchanan) 46-6, Sr. 140 - Amitria McNack (Clinton) 49-1, So. 145 - Breanne Gibbs (Moberly) 47-0, Fr. 155 - Justice Brewer (Cameron) 55-1, Jr. 170 - Iasiah Turrentine (Harrisonville) 19-1, Sr. 190 - Isabella Renfro (Seneca) 47-0, Jr. 235 - Alayna Ray (Sikeston) 37-4, Sr. Team Champions - Kearney Boys Class 1 106 - Garrett Beane (Lathrop) 49-0, Fr. 113 - Christopher Ankenman (Father Tolton Regional Catholic) 43-0, Fr. 120 - Brayden Dubes (Centralia) 41-1, Sr. 126 - Peyton Parn (Brookfield) 48-2, So. 132 - Noah Gonzalez (St. Pius X (Kansas City)) 42-4, So. 138 - Marco Dalakishvili (St. Pius X (Kansas City)) 36-7, Jr. 144 - Brendin Patrick (Butler) 45-0, Sr. 150 - Collin Arch (Palmyra) 52-1, Sr. 157 - Elijah Sanders (Richmond) 41-5, Jr. 165 - Brayden Shelton (Centralia) 35-0, Sr. 175 - Devan Parn (Brookfield) 51-1, So. 190 - Sam Gibson (Trenton) 48-1, Sr. 215 - Fisher Nixdorf (Penney) 53-3, Sr. 285 - Seth Hasekamp (Centralia) 50-0, Sr. Team Champions - Centralia Boys Class 2 106 - Cole Blattner (Fulton) 50-0, So. 113 - Cooper Collins (Excelsior Springs) 40-7, Fr. 120 - Ryan Meek (St. Clair) 43-1, Sr. 126 - Caleb Husch (Cameron) 62-1, Sr. 132 - Brady Roark (Seneca) 56-0, Sr. 138 - Chase Short (Cameron) 58-2, Sr. 144 - Gavynn Carpenter (Hallsville) 48-3, Sr. 150 - Garrett Lyons (Pleasant Hill) 48-3, Sr. 157 - Brock Woodcock (St. Clair) 53-0, Sr. 165 - Jay Greiner (Lafayette (St. Joseph)) 59-0, Sr. 175 - Kale Weber (Harrisonville) 41-4, Sr. 190 - Brayden Bush (Pleasant Hill) 49-5, Jr. 215 - Jacob Hanes (Pleasant Hill) 50-3, Sr. 285 - Sampson Stillwell (St. Michael the Archangel Catholic) 51-0, So. Champion Team - Pleasant Hill Class 2 Girls 100 - Lilly Breeden (Liberty) 39-1, Fr. 105 - Kate Cooper (Timberland) 37-0, Sr. 110 - Jessa Joiner (Lebanon) 50-1, So. 115 - Angelina Vargas (Park Hill) 40-1, So. 120 - Allison Gonier (Park Hill) 40-3, So. 125 - Kendra Bliss (Washington) 49-3, Jr. 130 - Marissa Sanabria (Holt) 47-0, Sr. 135 - Janiah Jones (Parkway South) 32-2, Sr. 140 - Sevreign Aumua (Grain Valley) 35-0, Jr. 145 - Maddie Kubicki (Park Hill South) 47-0, Sr. 155 - Haley Ward (Fort Osage) 51-0, Sr. 170 - Ali Haiser (Marquette) 44-0, Sr. 190 - Mariyah Brumley (Lebanon) 48-2, Jr. 235 - Catherine Dutton (Willard) 37-0, Sr. Team Champions - Lebanon Class 3 Boys 106 - Carter Wallis (Hillsboro) 43-3, Fr. 113 - Ryder Shelton (Kearney) 42-3, So. 120 - Kaden Purler (North Point) 43-1, So. 126 - Porter Matecki (Whitfield) 41-2, Jr. 132 - Jackson Tucker (Hillsboro) 43-1, So. 138 - Alexander Rallo (Whitfield) 44-5, Sr. 144 - Logan Rubinstein (Holt) 11-1, Jr. 150 - Noah Bourke (Whitfield) 43-6, Sr. 157 - Sam Richardson (Hillsboro) 37-4, Jr. 165 - Griffin Ray (Hillsboro) 44-3, Sr. 175 - Logan Montoya (Helias Catholic) 48-1, Jr. 190 - Luca Riley (Belton) 52-4, Sr. 215 - Samuel Murphy (McDonald County) 44-1, Jr. 285 - Jayce Hitt (McDonald County) 26-0, Jr. Team Champions - Hillsboro Class 4 Boys 106 - Erik Egstad (Park Hill) 41-5, So. 113 - Hank Benter (Hickman) 46-1, So. 120 - Hunter Taylor (Liberty) 39-6, Jr. 126 - Peyton Shepard (Francis Howell Central) 40-7, Sr. 132 - Zan Fugitt (Nixa) 50-1, Sr. 138 - Christopher Coates (Liberty) 28-1, Jr. 144 - Gavin Linsman (Liberty) 41-4, Jr. 150 - Carter Mccallister (Rock Bridge) 49-0, Sr. 157 - John Bamvakais (Seckman) 45-7, Sr. 165 - Aidan Hernandez (Francis Howell Central) 29-1, Sr. 175 - Brett Smith (Troy Buchanan) 43-2, Sr. 190 - Cole Ruble (Seckman) 38-7, Sr. 215 - Brennan Carey (Nixa) 46-6, Jr. 285 - Elmotie Williams (Liberty North) 44-5, So. Team Champions - Liberty Alabama Boys State Championships at Huntsville, Ala., Feb. 16-18 1A-4A Boys 106 - David Hill (Oak Grove) 62-3, 8th. 113 - Tanner Jarrell (White Plains) 59-3, So. 120 - Jayden Rouse (Dora) 41-1, Jr. 126 - Marcus Wright (Westminster Christian Academy) 21-4, Sr. 132 - Damon Clayton (Dora) 37-0, Sr. 138 - David Herrick (Cherokee County) 21-4, Jr. 145 - Gavin Monk (Montevallo) 54-0, Sr. 152 - Matthew King (Ohatchee) 31-2, Sr 160 - Ricky Toney (New Hope HS) 26-3, Sr. 170 - Joshua Johannson (Weaver) 42-0, Sr. 182 - Jonathan Foster (Dora) 40-0, Sr. 195 - Mason Ellis (Madison County) 51-1, Jr. 220 - Layden Olson (Ashville) 28-5, Sr 285 - Carson Hall (Ranburne) 50-0, Sr. Team Champions - Weaver 5A Boys 106 - Colby Silva (Arab) 62-3, Fr. 113 - Stone Staton (Scottsboro) 47-2, Fr. 120 - Nick Sykes (Shelby County) 46-6, So 126 - John Stewart (Scottsboro) 40-1, Fr. 132 - Land Bell (Tallassee) 43-3, So. 138 - Evan Phillips (Hayden) 42-2, Sr. 145 - Brody Mizzell (Saint Clair County) 36-1, Sr. 152 - Bentley Briscoe (Hayden) 57-0, Sr. 160 - Joshua Roe (Arab) 57-6, Sr. 170 - Cole Sykes (Shelby County) 14-1, Jr. 182 - Patrick Lawler (Arab) 65-4, Sr 195 - Cole Carter (Jasper) 17-1, Jr. 220 - Will Caneer (Arab) 53-1, Sr. 285 - Christopher Eyerly (Elmore County School) 38-6, Jr. Team Champions - Jasper 6A Boys 106 - Joseph Marcum (Homewood ) 50-4, Fr. 113 - John Duncan (Pike Road School) 31-3, Jr. 120 - Brodie Christmas (Mortimer Jordan) 37-1, Jr. 126 - Hudson Waldrop (McAdory) 89-2, Sr. 132 - Will Anderson (Athens) 32-2, So. 138 - Sam Sutton (Homewood) 53-2, Sr. 145 - Isaiah Powe (Gardendale) 54-0, Sr. 152 - Daishun Powe (Gardendale) 56-0, Jr. 160 - Christion Griggs (McAdory) 78-3, Jr. 170 - Connor Russo (Stanhope Elmore) 38-1, Sr. 182 - Savian Graham (McAdory High School) 82-4, Sr. 195 - Seth Branham (Pelham) 39-1, Sr. 220 - Christian Preston (Wetumpka) 36-4, Jr. 285 - Willie Cox (Wetumpka) 46-2, Jr. Team Champions - McAdory 7A Boys 106 - Clark Box (Hewitt-Trussville) 59-5, Jr. 113 - Camden Tipton (Oak Mountain) 62-7, Sr. 120 - Thomas Giere (Thompson) 55-6, Sr. 126 - Ty Sisson (Hoover) 38-8, Sr. 132 - Yanik Simon (Huntsville) 42-2, So. 138 - Jake Ciccolella (Huntsville) 46-2, Jr. 145 - Brady Campbell (Opelika) 42-1, So. 152 - Devin Stone (Thompson) 40-3, Sr. 160 - John Mckinney (Huntsville) 40-5, Jr. 170 - Carson Freeman (Thompson) 49-9, Sr. 182 - William Conlon (Spain Park) 49-1, Sr. 195 - Hunter Jones (Hewitt-Trussville) 33-2, Sr. 220 - Andrew Sykes (Vestavia Hills) 18-2, Sr. 285 - Rayshod Burts (Spain Park Hs) 52-3, Sr. Team Champions - Vestavia Hills ALABAMA GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS at Alabaster, Ala., January 19-20 100 - Alanah Girard (Daphne) 38-2, 8th. 107 - Juliana Eldridge (Wetumpka) 21-0, 8th. 114- Katherine Grigsby (Hewitt-Trussville) 34-1, So. 120 - Evelyn Holmes-Smith (Enterprise HS) 36-0, So. 126 - Carly Thomas (Bob Jones) 28-1, Jr. 132 - Kalyse Hill (Daphne) 35-0, So. 138 - Lena Johannson (Weaver) 26-0, So. 145 - Akerah Artis (Sparkman) 31-0, Sr. 152 - Reagan Grant (Sparkman) 25-2, Jr. 165 - Mackenzie Schultz (Enterprise) 33-0, Fr. 185 - Aniyah Griffin (Pinson Valley) 35-0, Jr. 235 - Tamara Reed (Baldwin County) 17-0, Sr. Team champions - Sparkman PREP SCHOOL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS At Upper Marlboro, Md., Feb. 24-25 106 - Davis Motyka (Wyoming Seminary) 113 - Lukas Littleton (Malvern Prep) 120 - Luke Lilledahl (Wyoming Seminary) 126 - Marc-Anthony McGowan (Blair Academy) 132 - Jack Consiglio (Malvern Prep) 138 - Eligh Rivera (Lake Highland Prep) 144 - Ethan Mojena (Lake Highland Prep) 150 - Claudio Torres (Lake Highland Prep) 157 - Joseph Sealey (Wyoming Seminary) 165 - Peter Snyder (Blair Academy) 175 - Lorenzo Norman (Blair Academy) 190 - Jude Correa (Wyoming Seminary) 215 - Steven Burrell Jr (Green Farms Academy) 285 - Nolan Neves (Blair Academy) Team Champions - Blair Academy Girls 100 -Tiffany Stoshak (Wyoming Seminary) 107 - Amelia Murphy (Wyoming Seminary) 114 - Clare Booe (Wyoming Seminary) 120 - Natalia Accorsi (Tabor Academy) 126 - Savannah Arroyo (Wyoming Seminary) 132 - Morgan Edwards (Blair Academy) 138 - Kryssceah Ravenelle (Wyoming Seminary) 145 - Daniella Nugent (Phillips Andover) 152 - Sarah Henckel (Blair Academy) 165 - Alex Alli Ashley (Wyoming Seminary) Team Champions – Wyoming Seminary 2023 National Prep Wrestling Rankings Rankings Date: 2/06/23. All rankings questions should be directed to artherius17@gmail.com Team Rankings 1 Blair 94 2 Wyoming Seminary 88 3 Malvern Prep 82 4 Lake Highland Prep 69 5 Mt. St. Joseph's 47 6 St. Mary's Ryken 37 7 Green Farms Academy 34 8 Western Reserve Academy 31 9 Baylor 28 10 Loyola Blakefield 16 Tie Montgomery Bell 16 Tie St. Christopher's 16 NOTE OUR TN WRESTLERS… 106 1-Davis Motyka (Wyoming Seminary) JR 2-Tyler DeKraker (Blair) FR 3-Liam Davis (Lake Highland Prep) FR 4-Ellis Kirsch (Bullis) SO 5-Julian Rios (Phillips Andover) 6-Tyler Conroy (Malvern Prep) FR 7-Austin Wood (St. Mary’s-Ryken) SO 8-Oumar Tounkara (St. Benedict’s) SO 9-Jameson Burns (Benedictine) 10-Joseph Cooper (Mt. St. Joe) FR Others: Oliver Phillips (Baylor) Caleb Haney (St. Christopher’s) JR -Isaac Novod (Belmont Hill) Jeremy McGrath (Green Farms Academy) Dom Marinelli (NMH) SO Eli Chesla (Spalding) FR Tanner Tran (Father Ryan) 113 1-Lukas Littleton-Mascaro (Malvern Prep) 2-Leo DeLuca (Blair) SO 3-Ethan Rivera (Lake Highland Prep) JR 4-Drew Roggie (St. Christopher’s) FR 5-Jacob Bond (Baylor) SO 6-Nikos Filipos (Wyoming Seminary) SO 7-Jack Baron (Germantown) 8-Jayden Jackson (Loyola) FR 9-Jake Tamia (Mt. St. Joe) FR 10-James Hanley Landon) SO Others: Scotty Moreau (Belmont Hill) Harry Kittredge (Green Farms Academy) Sam Parsons (Benedictine) SO Matthew D’Arcy (St. Benedict’s) Colby MacIntosh (NMH) 120 1-Luke Lilledahl (Wyoming Seminary) JR 2-Tommy Link (Malvern Prep) SR 3-Carter Nogle (Mt. St. Joe) JR 4-Sean Garretson (Spalding) SO 5-Brady Kaupp (Green Farms Academy) SO 6-Cal Werden (Western Reserve) JR 7-Joseph Calvin (Father Ryan) JR 8-Sulayman Bah (Kiski School) SR 9-Musa Tamaradze (NMH) 10-Tyler Wood (St. Mary’s-Ryken) JR Others: Jack Parker (St. Christopher’s) SR Bryan Santangelo (Bullis) JR Andrew Pimental (Belmont Hill) Jimmy Guzman (Episcopal-TX) JR Robert Leeds (Germantown) Zach Glory (Gilman) SO Colin Abraham (Providence Day School) Brandyn Fish (Loyola) SO Hudson Frazier (Montgomery Bell) 126 1-Marc-Anthony McGowan (Blair) SR 2-Coleman Nogle (Mt. St. Joe) SR 3-Nikolas O’Neill (Malvern Prep) JR 4-Draegen Orine (Wyoming Seminary) JR 5-Evan Boblits (St. Mary’s-Ryken) SO 6-Colin Kacena (Lake Highland Prep) 7-Vincent Paolucci (Spalding) JR 8-Kade Davidheiser (Hill School) 9-Marco Cartella (Western Reserve) SO 10- Spencer Reep (Lakeway Christian Academy) Others: James McDonnell (Haverford) John Jurkovic (Gilman) SO Chase Hart (Baylor) 132 1-Jack Consiglio (Malvern Prep) JR 2-Matty Lopes (Blair) JR 3-Matthew Botello (Wyoming Seminary) 4-Matt Hart (Western Reserve) JR 5-Tyson Sherlock (Gilman) JR 6-Bryce Arbogast (Benedictine) JR 7-Zeno Moore (Lake Highland Prep) FR 8-Enzo Bell (McDonogh) SR 9-Cord Vallis (Belmont Hill) JR 10-Robert Pavlek (Hill School) SO Others: Cameron Helton (Lakeway Christian Academy) SO Alex Ropski (Christian Brothers) SR Ben Zuckerman (GFA) Luke Dionne (NMH) SR RJ Bucknor (Bullis) Keegan McMahon (Paul VI) SR Logan Kisner (Loyola) SR 138 1-Elijah Rivera (Lake Highland Prep) SR 2-Logan Rozynski (Blair) JR 3-Spenser Barnhart (Malvern Prep) SR 4-Joel Brown (Landon) SR 5-Emmitt Sherlock (Gilman) SO 6-JT Chance (Western Reserve) 7-Lane Foard (Benedictine) SO 8-Cale Roggie (St. Christopher’s) SR 9-Joey Iamunno (Green Farms Academy) JR 10-Nate Askew (Baylor) SO Others: Matthew Dimen (Wyoming Seminary) Freddy Pimental (Belmont Hill) SR Luke Murray (Peninsula Catholic) SO Luke Martin (Hammond School) Cole Albert (Hill School) Nate Consigli (NMH) 144 1-William Henckel (Blair) SO 2-Sam Cartella (Western Reserve) SR 3-Ethan Mojena (Lake Highland prep) SR 4-Judah Aybar (Loyola) JR 5-Clayton Gabrielson (St. Mary’s-Ryken) SR 6-Jay Eversole (Lakeway Christian Academy) 7-Chancery Deane (Father Ryan) 8-Mac Rusi (Montgomery Bell) SR 9-Logan Paradice (Baylor) 10-Hunter Sloan (Hill School) SR Others: 11-Smokey McClure (Wyoming Seminary) JR Tyler Hood (St. Christopher’s) SO SP O’Donnell (Malvern Prep) SR Ronald Christolin (Green Farms Academy) JR 150 1-Mekhi Neal (St. Mary’s-Ryken) JR 2-Ian McGeHee (Memphis University) SR 3-Chris Crawford (Wyoming Seminary) JR 4-Claudio Torres (Lake Highland prep) SO 5-Paul Ognissanti (Blair) JR 6-Nathan Rickards (Malvern Prep) JR 7-Mitchell Faglioni (St. Christopher’s) JR 8-TJ Langley (Western Reserve) JR 9-Micah Tisdale (Baylor) SR 10-Fisher Bejnerowicz (Rabun Gap-Nacoochee) SR Others: John Mairano (NMH) Sepanta Ahanj-Elias (Bullis) SO Cameron Cannaday (Mt. St. Joe) SO Tyler Shea (Green Farms Academy) Ronin Foldes (Benedictine) SO 157 1-Joseph Sealey (Wyoming Seminary) JR 2-Reed Fullmer (Malvern Prep) SR 3-Josh Boykin (Lake Highland Prep) 4-Hunter Sturgill (Baylor) 5-Pearce Phillips (Providence Day School) SR 6-Ben Smith (Mt. St. Joe) SO 7-Alexander Gavronsky (Belmont Hill) SR 8-Declan Casey (St. Benedict’s) SR 9-Will Buckler (St. Mary’s-Ryken) SO 10-Colin Nugent (Phillips Andover) Others: Ryan Schneider (Green Farms Academy) 165 1-Lorenzo Norman (Blair) SR 2-Carter Schubert (Wyoming Seminary) SR 3-Duncan Christensen (Malvern Prep) SO 4-Nolan O’Boyle (Norfolk Academy) SR 5-Xavier Giles (Green Farms Academy) 6-Colby Isabelle (Hill School) SR 7-Tre Wilfong (Charlotte Christian) JR 8-Nicolas Barnabae (Mt. St. Joe) SO 9-Shaymus MacIntosh (NMH) 10-Matt Oberlander (Father Ryan) SR Others: Drake Bowers (Christian Brothers) Omer Barak (Lake Highland Prep) SO Claiborne Tompkins (Montgomery Bell) Odin Phillips (Baylor) Gabriel Smith (Gilman) SO Christian Tacoque (Trinity-Pawling) 175 1-Omaury Alvarez (Baylor) JR 2-Shane Cartagena-Walsh (St. Benedict’s) 3-Hayden Bottiglier (Belmont Hill) 4-David Barrett (NMH) SR 5-Peter Snyder (Blair) 6-Dom Federici (Wyoming Seminary) JR 7-Zahir McLean-Felix (Green Farms Academy) 8-Pearson Hill (Choate Rosemary Hall) SR 9-Riley Finck (St. Christopher’s) SR 10-Austin Lewis (Mt. St. Joe) JR Others: Zak Zindle (Hill School) SO Matthew Connolly (Malvern Prep) Duncan Kammar (Calvert Hall) SR 190 1-Jude Correra (Wyoming Seminary) SO 2-Nate Taylor (Green Farms Academy) JR 3-Gerard Johnson (St. Mary’s-Ryken) SR 4-Nick Wehmeyer (Malvern Prep) 5-Daniel Williams (Lake Highland Prep) SR 6-Ruben Karapetyan (St. John’s-DC) SR 7-Cash Colbert (Paul VI) FR 8-Luke Malveaux (St. Thomas-Hou) SR 9-Liam Kilrain (Blair Academy) 10-Noah Onkst (McDonogh) JR Others: Temuulen Mendbileg (St. Benedict’s) James Doliscar (NMH) Reeves Baller (Liberty Christian-TX) SR Alex Lahners (Cannon School) Carson Mingo (Gilman) JR 215 1-Bryce Phillips (Mt. St. Joe) JR 2-Gabe Fisher (Montgomery Bell) SR 3-Brady Colbert (Paul VI) SR 4-Steven Burrell (Green Farms Academy) 5-Josh Cordio (Wyoming Seminary) SR 6-Payton Cramer (Lake Highland Prep) SO 7-Josh Anthony (Blair) SR 8-Stosh Zalota (Malvern Prep) SO 9-Dylan Crawford (Baylor) 10-Dylan Greenstein (NMH) Others: Max Buono (St. Christopher’s) SR Camren Wright (St. Frances Academy) JR Luke Hendricks (Mercersburg) JR 285 1-Carter Neves (Blair) 2-Billy Brosko (Haverford) SR 3-Gavin Bage (Mt. St. Joe) SR 4-Gabe Moore (Liberty Christian-TX) 5-Luke Randazzo (Loyola) SO 6-Carson Gentle (McCallie) JR 7-Max Fisher (Montgomery Bell) SR 8-Abraham Cromartie (Father Ryan) 9-Dion Stutts (Memphis University) JR 10-Saba Mushkidiani (Fishburne Military Academy) JR Others: Chris Murphy (Green Farms Academy) Logan Marissal (NMH) Philip Tabasso (Malvern Prep) Austin Williams (Christian Brothers) FOR MORE… https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Wrestling/Features/2023/February/28/Updated-high-school-state-champions Cleveland High School Boys and Girls Wrestling Teams after both won Tennessee state team titles. Graphic courtesy of Cleveland City Schools. Once again, USA Wrestling will publish regular update on the 2022-23 state high school champions for both boys and girls. Winning a state high school title is an amazing achievement for a high school student-athlete. We will post the champions from official state high school championships for boys, as well as the girls who have won official state high school titles, as well as the recognized state competitions which are not run by their state high school association. We will also post the team champions at the state level as available. As available, we will include the state champion’s year in school and final record. This past weekend, the states which held state tournaments, many with both boys and girls, were Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wisconsin and Wyoming. In addition, the Prep National Championships were held. ——————————— More local coverage… TSSAA wrestling: Clarksville’s Ella’Lina Gonzalez becomes school’s first to win three girls state titles By Tyler Palmateer Main Street Nashville Feb 25, 2023 Updated 20 hrs ago Clarksville's Ella'Lina Gonzalez is emotional after winning her third title. Carl Edmondson Jr. / Main Street Nashville FRANKLIN — Ella’Lina Gonzalez was more emotional than usual Saturday. She grinded out a 4-3 decision over Bradley Central’s Nataleigh Shane to become Clarksville High School’s first girls wrestler to win three state championships. It was her third in a row. Gonzalez didn’t try to hold back her tears. “It was crazy, it was great,” she said. “I feel really honored.” Gonzalez went 48-0 to complete back-to-back unbeaten seasons and is 114-1 over the past three years. Her milestone title was fitting on a day the TSSAA honored the state’s first girls wrestlers in light of the recent 50th anniversary of the passing of Title IX. Her school-record championship streak could fall next year, though: teammate Sha`niayha Wysinger will be going for three titles in 2024 after pinning Cleveland’s Diamond Young for the 235-pound title Saturday. “She’s going to get her third next year, she has to,” Gonzalez said. The Lady Wildcats scored 120 points and finished third as a team behind Cleveland (134) and Rossview (128). Gonzalez was one of seven boys or girls wrestlers from the Clarksville-area to win titles. Clarksville senior Aiden Brenot defeated Bradley Central’s Knox Watson 15-5 in the boys 182-pound division to win his third consecutive title, completing a 52-0 season. He hasn’t lost to anyone in Tennessee since his freshman year. Brenot said his loss to a nationally ranked Mater Dei (California) wrestler last year helped fuel his run of victories. “He was 17th in the nation, I didn’t know it at the time and I was up a weight class. I ain’t gonna lie. He kind of whooped me,” he said. “It was eye-opening for me to know that I need to be better.” Clarksville wrestling coach Tommy Badon said after that Brenot developed a habit of setting the pace in all his matches. “He thinks he’s going to win when he steps out there,” Badon said. “From the get-go, he holds the pace and doesn’t give the other guy an opportunity.” Rossview’s Mariana Bowen won the 120-pound girls title with a 5:04 pin of West Creek’s Jes’onia Barefield. Bowen spent a lot of time warming up for her match by listening to early-2000’s hip-hop. She said it helps her get focused. “It just pumps me up,” she said. “I’ve always done it and I feel like it helps.” Clarksville Academy’s Ty Bryant injured in title win Clarksville Academy girls wrestler Ty Bryant trailed with 4:49 in the 132-pound finals when her head hit the mat and she sustained what her coach believed was a concussion. Gibbs’ Haley Redmond performed an illegal move that slammed Bryant down with force. Medical personnel deemed Bryant unable to go forward and she was awarded the title because the move prevented her from going forward. A doctor cleared her to take part in the medal ceremony. However, two teammates had to help assist her to the top of the stand. “She’s starting to feel nauseous now. She is sensitive to light. I’m pretty sure she has a concussion. The doctors said they were treating it as a concussion,” CA coach Nick Williamson said. Williamson said Bryant was disappointed the match had to end that way and that she would have preferred to wrestle it out normally if she was able. “It was an illegal move (by Redmond),” Williamson said. “The medical professionals are the ones who have to make the call. The coaches, the refs, the wrestlers, they don’t make those decisions.” Wilson Central’s Noah Todd finally breaks through Wilson Central’s Noah Todd was one of the tournament’s two-time runners-up looking to win their first title. It felt as good as he expected it to. “The fact I’ve been here the last three years, I felt like this was the first time my mind was right. I had the confidence,” Todd said. “My first year I was almost happy to be there. My second year, I lost to a great wrestler; that match kind of fell through my fingers. Getting it this year felt good.” Todd defeated Dobyns Bennett’s Garret Crowder 4-2 in an extra period. This, that Hillwood’s Lucas Martin was trying to become the first Metro boys wrestler to win an individual wrestling title in years, but fell short in the 113-pound finals. … Oakland’s Mila Risner won the 107-pound girls title with an 8-4 win over Cleveland’s Makya Parker for her first crown. … After top-five finishes in two previous tries, Harpeth’s Thomas Magness won his first championship claiming the 107-pound title by a 1-0 decision. … Green Hill’s Jake Stacy completed a 53-2 season with a win in the 170-pound Class A title for his first championship. … Montgomery Central’s Genesis Gilmore got a quick pin and won the 145-pound title for her first championship.

State Championship Wrestling: Desselle, Little titles lead Summit to historic 2nd-place showing By Charles Pulliam • Sports Editor Feb 26, 2023 Updated 14 hrs ago Buy Now Pete Miller and Landon Desselle Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam FRANKLIN – A year ago, Landon Desselle watched the state finals as Summit High School teammate Jarvis Little claimed the school’s first boys’ state wrestling title. He’s been on a mission to join Little as a state champion Spartan ever since. He got his Saturday, and Little repeated. So, mission accomplished; job’s done, right? Not even close. “Job’s not done for next year – I still need another one and I got a year, so I can get another one,” Desselle said after clinching the 138-pound Class AA state championship with a second-period pin of Wilson Central’s Connor Warnock during the TSSAA State Wrestling Championships at the Williamson County Ag Expo Center. Little, also a junior, doubled – well tripled – down as well. “Oh yeah, job’s never finished,” he said after winning the 126-pound championship. “It’s kind of like another stepping stone. It’s great to get another state title under my belt, but the job’s never finished.” Little recorded a takedown in overtime to defeat Cleveland senior Bentley Ellison. The two have met in each of the last three state tournaments with the Spartan winning the last two meetings – a thrilling overtime victory last year in the semifinals and Saturday’s final. “It wasn’t as a dramatic as last year,” Little said of his 2-1 overtime victory in the semis last year against the then top-seeded Ellison. “I had the pressure to win it again this year and he’s a tough opponent, but I kind of hit the mental reset in overtime and got the takedown for the win.” State Championship Wrestling: Indy's Lent finishes on top; 6 of 12 WillCo girls reach podium By Charles Pulliam • Sports Editor Feb 26, 2023 Updated 14 hrs Buy Now Rylee Lent Photo by John Cross (https://www.johncrossphotography.com) FRANKLIN – Rylee Lent knows other girls can score points on her. That’s just the way the Independence High School senior wrestles: she gives up some 1s and 2s, but still maintains control. Well, she controlled her last match Saturday at the Williamson County Ag Expo Center. And she gave up some points. However, after finishing short of having her hand raised as a state champion last year, she earned Williamson County’s fifth-ever girls wrestling title after a repeat run to the 100-pound final in the TSSAA Girls State Wrestling Championships. “It feels pretty surreal right now,” Lent said smiling. “I’m still processing right now, but it’s pretty awesome.” State Wrestling Photo Gallery – 2023 Championships Here are photos featuring the nine Williamson County wrestlers that battled for state championships at the 2023 TSSAA State Wrestling Championships in Saturday's finals at the Williamson County Ag Expo Center in Franklin. 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by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Girls Championships Sydney Hueser Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – A Championships Kendrick Curtis Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Click to view more from this gallery Desselle’s win came despite suffering a torn ACL back in November – an injury kept under wraps until after the championship win. The junior battled through strep throat about two weeks ago as well and still clinched a title. He’ll undergo surgery early this week and be back on the mats as soon as possible. “For him to do what he did this season without being 100% with a bum leg is super special,” Summit coach Pete Miller said. “He told you last year in the interview that he wasn’t satisfied and he’s done everything he can. I’m so proud of him.” Summit’s Finley Jameson (152) advanced to the finals for a second time and both Brayden Leach (145) and Jensen Schreiber (182) placed third. The Spartans also reached the podium at 195 with Luke Justice’s fifth-place showing, while Blaise Masi (107), Zachery Little (120) and Michael Posey (132) placed sixth. Jameson fell short in his repeat trip to the title match, suffering a 3-0 decision setback against Cleveland’s Logan Fowler. “I’ve come a long way, but I still have a long way to go,” the Spartan senior said. “I have a lot to look forward to though wrestling in college. "I’m just proud of our team effort because we all get into the wrestling room and push each other to be better. There’s a lot of love on this team; we’re talented and we’re tough.” The nine state medalists nearly matched Williamson County’s total haul from two years ago in the large schools classification. Summit finished runner-up in the team standings, scoring 152.5 points behind champion Cleveland’s 190. Wilson Central was third (138) and Dobyns Bennett was fourth (135). The only county team to ever win the traditional state tournament team title regardless of classification was Franklin in 1989. The Admirals in 2005 and Fairview in the smaller schools’ classification in 2020 are the only other runner-up finishes. Miller, a Cleveland graduate and son of legendary coach Al Miller, said the Spartans' push into prominence is because of years of hard work. He pointed to the stands noting how all of the Spartan Club youth wrestlers were all painted up and still buzzing after championship Saturday concluded. They all witnessed Summit’s historic run firsthand – one that’s far from over, too. “We have seven returning medalists and two returning champions now,” he said. “I’m just thankful for all these families and these wrestlers that have bought into my dream and now it’s our dream and it’s coming to fruition. "Those kids watching, they are realizing early that this is where they want to be, too. I remember that same feeling. It starts there.” State Championship Wrestling: Indy's Lent finishes on top; 6 of 12 WillCo girls reach podium Desselle said the Spartans will be right back in the mix. They were a match away of Cleveland in a tough state dual semifinal earlier this month and led the Blue Raiders after advancing seven wrestlers to Thursday's semifinals. “We are all going for a state title again next year,” Desselle said. “We took second this year, so that’s going to boost us and give us some momentum into next year. We’re confident.” Besides the Spartans success on the mats, eight other WillCo grapplers reached the podium with Brentwood’s Wyatt Gibbs, a senior 170-pounder, and Nolensville’s Tre McTorry, a junior 160-pounder, also reaching the finals. Cleveland’s Lucas Szymborski scored a reversal with 25 seconds remaining in the 170-pound championship to edge Gibbs 2-1 – the Brentwood senior’s second consecutive runner-up finish in the weight class. “Wyatt has been our best wrestler for the last two seasons,” Brentwood coach Damon Smith said, noting Gibbs’ 100-12 record in two years. “Finishing runner-up was not his goal, but I’m really proud of him for his work ethic and determination to be successful. “These traits will carry on with him the rest of his life.” Two other Bruins reached the third-place match in juniors Arash Yazdani (138) and Clark Vaughn (152) – both took fourth – while Reed Loeffel (106) became just the third Brentwood freshman to ever medal after defeating Summit’s Masi 6-5 in a tight fifth-place All-WillCo matchup. “This really sets him up for success in the years to come,” Smith said. “Clark and Arash … they both will be back next season with one goal, and that’s to be a state champion.” McTorry was one of two Knights to reach the podium with senior Hayden Sinner placing fifth at 182. Nolensville coach Johnnie Melzoni was impressed with McTorry’s wrestling all tournament and the junior challenged Dobyns Bennett super sophomore Max Norman, a now two-time champion, before falling by a 9-6 decision in the final. McTorry gave up an early takedown but was never out of the match and threatened in the third period with a late reversal. His path to the state finals included defeating Coffee County’s Jacob Barlow with an emphatic first-period pin in the opening round rematch of last year’s third-place match won by Barlow. He also defeated another returning medalist in the semifinals in overtime when McTorry edged Cleveland’s Cy Fowler 6-4 with a takedown 23 seconds into OT. “I couldn’t be more proud of that young man to make the finals,” Melzoni said. “He was a region champion, sectional champion and most outstanding wrestler – all this and he’s a three-sport athlete.” McTorry, who also plays football, returned to the mat room in December after another Knights postseason run on the gridiron, and he’ll be on the baseball field Monday. “To compete at the level Tre does and not wrestle year-round is unheard of,” Melzoni said. State Championship Wrestling: Curtis comes up shy of repeat; Fairview, Page both produce finalists Despite not reaching the finals, Ravenwood senior Will Parodi (285) and Independence junior Spencer Kon (170) joined the Spartans Leach and Schreiber as third-place finishers, ending the season with wins. Parodi, who fell in the quarterfinals to eventual state runner-up Keimel Redford of Science Hill, won his final three matches. “I don’t even know what to feel at this point,” the lighter heavyweight said after hanging on for a 1-0 decision in his final match against Coffee County’s Blayne Myers. “To be at the state tournament and finally place – it means so much. I might just be the happiest man right now.” Kon reached the third-place match for a second consecutive season for the Eagles, who placed all three wrestlers with senior Russell Ford ending a decorated career with a fifth-place showing at 120 and sophomore Riddeck Romano closing sixth at 138. The unique scenario for Kon is that he placed fourth back at 138 as a sophomore. That's more than 30 pounds – and about four inches ago. “Yep, you just don’t really see kids going from 138 to 170 and he’s already telling us he wants to be 195 next year,” Independence coach Dalton Howard said. “That’s a credit to him. He wanted to get stronger and he’s putting in the work and it shows. He’s just one match away and there’s no doubt we’ll be having conversations next year that he will be right in the thick of things to win a state championship.” Franklin had a pair of fourth-place finishers in seniors Brock Wittman (145) and Dominic Green (195), while Centennial’s lone representative in senior Patrick Styblo placed fifth at 220 for a second consecutive year. Wittman challenged Leach in another All-WillCo consolation matchup, falling 9-2 in the third-place match, a rematch of the region and sectional finals. “The goal today was to just go out there and have fun,” said Wittman, who suffered a heart-breaking loss to fellow returning state medalist Mason Sells of Blackman in a semifinal showdown Friday. Sells scored a takedown and near fall in the final 30 seconds of the third period to catapult in front and steal a 9-5 victory. Wittman, who was fifth last year at the same weight, bounced back to claim a 10-1 major decision against another returning medalist in Seth Robles of Clarksville to earn a shot at third. “My dream was kind of over after that loss in the semis,” Wittman said. “But, I just wanted to get back out there and enjoy every moment of this.” Of the 17 medalists in Class AA from the county, 11 return. ————- Clarksville area wrestling: 7 state champions, Brenot named Best Wrestler, Gonzalez threepeats | PHOTOS By Ryan Vinson Clarksville Now February 26, 2023 1:47 pm FRANKLIN, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – High school wrestling in Tennessee culminated with the TSSAA state individual tournament at the Williamson County Ag Expo Park from Thursday to Saturday. Of the 58 wrestlers from the Clarksville area who attended, seven were crowned state champions while another 15 medaled. Champions Two-time State Champion, 2023 Best Wrestler Aidan Brenot (CHS senior, 182 lbs) Since finishing 2nd in 2021, Aidan Brenot has been on a rampage. Undefeated by any other Tennessean in that time, he claimed his second straight state championship with a season record of 52-0. His first two matches at this year’s tournaments were pins, and then he won 21-6 in the semifinal. In the final he found himself against Knox Watson of Bradley Central. Brenot controlled the match from start to finish, taking Watson down and letting him up at will. The match ended with Brenot winning,15-5. At the conclusion of the tournament, the coaches voted Brenot as the Best Wrestler for the boys’ AA tournament. Three-time State Champion Ella-Lina Gonzalez (CHS senior, 114 lbs) Ella-Lina Gonzalez entered this tournament looking to become the first female wrestler from CHS to win three state titles. She opened with pins in the first two rounds before things got interesting in the semifinals. Down by two going into the third period, she had a reversal and a nearfall to score five and punch her ticket to the finals. There she was up against Nataleigh Shane of Bradley Central. Gonzalez struck first with a takedown, but her penalty and an escape by Shane tied things up 2-2. Gonzalez pulled ahead by one point in the second period, 4-3, then chose to start the third period on the bottom. Despite Shane’s best efforts, she was unable to score on Gonzalez in the final period, and Gonzalez secured her third championship with a season record of 46-0. This match was voted the Best Match of the girls’ tournament by the coaches. Two-time State Champion Sha’niayha Wysinger (CHS junior, 235 lbs) Wysinger looked the part of a returning champion in the early rounds, recording two pins and a 17-2 tech fall. In the final, she faced off with a familiar foe: Diamond Young of Cleveland, whom Wysinger came from behind to pin in 2022’s title match after being down 7-1. The script was pretty similar; Young went up early with a takedown and a nearfall, then tacked on an escape in the second period to go up 6-0. But Wysinger took Young down, then pinned her for her second title and a season record of 14-2. State Champion Ty Bryant (CA senior, 132 lbs) Bryant made her third appearance in the state tournament and second appearance in the final. This time she was up against Haley Redmond from Gibbs High School. In the third period, Redmond slammed Bryant to the mat and Bryant remained still for several minutes. After the trainers got her back on her feet and ran through concussion protocols, the referee declared Bryant the winner. Redmond’s specific hold on Bryant did not allow Bryant to defend her head from the impact of the slam, and because Bryant was injured by this illegal move, Redmond was disqualified. Bryant finished her senior season with a record of 33-3. ——————- Pate finishes as state runner-up, Val, Archer medal in girls wrestling tourney SPORTS WRITER Sam Cowan —————————— Sewanee's Verena Pate intercepts a diving Audrey Levendusky in the championship match for the girls 126-pound bracket Saturday. Pate lost the match in a 5-0 decision to finish as the state runner-up for the division. Staff Photos by Sam Cowan Sewanee's Melanie Val grapples with Cleveland's Senna Grassman during the third-place match in the girls 114-pound bracket Saturday. Val lost the match in an 11-10 decision as she finished fourth in the bracket. Franklin County's Alyssa Archer works to gain leverage over Dobyns-Bennett's Alivia Ryan during a fifth-place match in the girls 100-pound bracket Saturday. Archer was pinned in 2:38 as she finished in sixth place overall for the bracket. The Division I boys and girls state wrestling championships concluded on Saturday at the Williamson County Ag Expo Park with three local wrestlers earning medals for their placements in their respective brackets. St. Andrew’s-Sewanee senior Verena Pate had the best placement of the day among the local wrestlers as she finished as the state runner-up in the girls 126-pound division. Pate entered the day looking to repeat as champion of the 126-pound weight class with the only opponent left in her way being freshman Audrey Levendusky of Montgomery Central. Levendusky struck first on the scoreboard as she scored a takedown in the first round and a 3-point nearfall in the second round to take a 5-0 lead. State Champion Genesis Gilmore (MCHS senior, 145 lbs) Gilmore made her fourth appearance at the state tournament, pinning her first three opponents to punch her ticket to her third finals. In the championship, she wasted no time claiming her first title, pinning Collierville’s Mercedes Standard in 50 seconds to cap off a stellar high school career and a 46-4 senior campaign. State Champion Audrey Levendusky (MCHS freshman, 126 lbs) Levendusky came in swinging in her first appearance at the state tournament. The freshman pinned her first three opponents to put herself into the finals. There she faced off with Verena Pate, a senior from St. Andrew’s and defending state champion. Levendusky’s takedown in the first period and a nearfall in the second were enough to seal the deal as she won, 5-0, finishing off a 43-8 debut season. State Champion Mariana Bowen (RHS freshman, 120 lbs) Bowen also started strong as a freshman, pinning her first two opponents early. Her semifinal match was cut short when her opponent was injured during a takedown attempt and had to forfeit. In the final, Bowen was paired up with West Creek sophomore Jes’onia Barefield. Barefield struck first, leading 5-0 after the first period. Then Bowen took over, scoring eight unanswered points, including pinning her opponent in the third period with 57 seconds left on the clock, to claim the win, 8-5. Bowen finished the year with a 46-11 record Finalists Junior Alyssa Adamo (RHS 152) made her first appearance in the state finals, but found herself up against Maggie Graham, three-time state champion from Bartlett High School. Adamo did well to survive the first period, but Graham pinned her in the second to secure her fourth championship and the Best Wrestler award for the girls’ division. Jes’onia Barefield (WCHS 120) followed up her 6th place finish as a freshman in 2022 with a much stronger showing in 2023. She made it to the final, where she fell to Rossview’s Mariana Bowen as described above. Medalists 3rd place: Lilli Cobb (CHS 132), Irelynn Laurin (RHS 160), Max Landrum (RHS 138), Katie McMillan (RHS 185) 4th place: Jack Stein (CHS 160), Brooklyn Whiteside (CHS 138), Shyanne Michalski (NWHS 100), Evelin Ochoa (RHS 132), Eleasa Renken (WCHS 107) 5th place: Kayla Powers (CHS 145), Cearyona O’Conner (MCHS 165) 6th place: Seth Robles (CHS 145), Audra Buckley (MCHS 185) The following wrestlers picked up two wins each before being eliminated: Peyton Langon (CHS 220), Lily Ann Blair (CHS 120), Gracie Tuberville (MCHS 107), Lily Peters (MCHS 152), Ethan Cunningham (NWHS 152), Roldon Timothy (NWHS 285), Nick Collins (RHS 113), Ava Teasley (RHS 100), Analise Jetter (RHS 138), Stitch Nikolao (RHS 145), Zahara Williams (RHS 235), Standford Thompson (WCHS 182), Joshua Ward (WCHS 195) The following wrestlers got a taste of victory at state, picking up one win each: Ahmoyre Galbreath (CHS 170), Ava Ziegler (CHS 126), Kohana Renner (CHS 152), Autumn Lynch (CA 165), Sean Johnson (KHS 138), Frederick Ellis (KHS 195), Sally Johnson (NWHS 132), Ben Mayberry (RHS 126), Jacob Miller (RHS 132), Tristan Samuelson (RHS 182), Thomas Shipstead (RHS 220), Addie Bess (RHS 107) The following wrestlers capped off a strong postseason with an appearance at the state tournament: A’Tiana Atkins (CHS 185), Reese Levendusky (MCHS 126), Levi Mayfield (MCHS 152), Ryan Babuscio (MCHS 160), Julie Garcia Suarez (NWHS 107), Anjolina Rosario (NWHS 165), Cruz Rodriguez (RHS 120), Anna Jenks (RHS 126), Ayden Andalon (WCHS 285), Najette Mojica-Soto (WCHS 114), Syriana Berrios (WCHS 138) Team points At an individual tournament, wrestlers still score points for their teams to see which program performs best overall. For the first time in eight years, a Clarksville school did not win this on the girls side. Cleveland High School took first place with 134 points, but Rossview was close behind with 128. Clarksville High claimed third with 120 and Montgomery Central finished in fifth place with 90. Correction: Due to an incomplete database, several individual season records were initially incorrect. Also, the sequence of points for Bowen’s win was incorrect. The article has been updated. Chris Smith Chris Smith is editor-in-chief of ClarksvilleNow.com. Reach him by email at csmith@clarksvillenow.com or call 931-648-7720.

Oakland's Risner wins state wrestling title By Monte Hale Jr. mhale@mainstreetmediatn.com Feb 26, 2023 Updated 4 hrs ago Oakland wrestler Mila Risner brought home the gold medal in her final season on Saturday at the TSSAA state championships, defeating Cleveland’s Mayka Parker 8-4 to win the 107-pound class at the Williamson County Expo Center. Risner rolled through the tournament, defeating Payton Agnell of Tullahoma, Jenna Baines of Greenville, Eleasea Renken of West Creek and Parker in the finals. Blackman’s Mason Sells came up just short of a state title, falling to Matt Belcher of Bradley Center. However, he became the first Blaze wrestler to medal in each of his four years. Eagleville junior Brody McLemore finished runner-up in the 138-pound class in the Class A boys bracket. Blackman junior Sebron Colson finished runner-up as well, falling in the finals to Jose Cordero of Cleveland. In all, 17 wrestlers from Rutherford County — five from Riverdale (all girls), four from Oakland, three each from Blackman and Siegel, and two from Eagleville — won medals. Riverdale’s girls sent eight wrestlers and five — Grace Von Loh (third in the 100-pound class), Kiley McNerney (fifth in 107), Morgan Sacharczyk (third in 120), Madison Newbern (fifth in 152) and Carter Grissom (fourth in 152) — all earned medals. Siegel’s Chase Vashel finished sixth in the 126-pound class, and Annabelle Dalton of Siegel placed sixth in the 152-pound class. In the boys’ competition, Eagleville’s Solomon Thomas (sixth in 145), Siegel’s Chase Creque (sixth in 113), Blackman’s Thomas Rubio (sixth in 126), Oakland’s Landon Beasley (fourth in 132), Oakland’s Jaxsen Nieuwsma (third in 138) and Oakland’s Zach Turk (fifth in 285) all medaled as well. TSSAA STATE WRESTLING RESULTS Rutherford County Class A Boys 113: Zachary Lewis, Eagleville: def. Jayden Mondragon, Cocke County, fall; lost to Evan Glass, Volunteer, 2-0; def. Ricky Lester, Stone Memorial, 8-1; lost Luke Carpenter, East Hamilton, 1-0. 126: Drake Rzemieniewski, Eagleville: lost to Trey Moreland, Sycamore, 4-0; lost to Eli Moore, Tennessee High, 16-2. 132: Jacob Pennington, Eagleville: def. Owen McCall, Alcoa, 4-0, fall; lost to Adan Alvarez, Cheatham Co. Central, 6-4; lost to Keegan Seaver, Fairview, 5-1. 138: Brody McLemore, Eagleville: def. Jackson Owens, Signal Mountain, 16-6; def. Donavan Smith Peters, Sullivan East, fall; def. Braylan Cooper, Soddy Daisy, 15-5; lost to Harlen Hunley, Knoxville Halls, fall. Finished second overall. 145: Thomas Solomon, Eagleville: def. Trevor Sexton, Knoxville Halls, 10-6; lost to Luke London, Sycamore, TF; def. Alejendro Gutierrez, Millington Central, 5-1; lost to Ayden Hood, Pigeon Forge 13-7, lost to Caleb Adkins, Tullahoma, 11-3. Finished sixth overall. 160: Cole Darnell, Eagleville: lost to Thomas Magness, Harpeth, fall; lost to Conrad Morales, Cocke Co., forfeit. 170: Houston Retting, Eagleville: lost to Daniel White, Cheatham Co. Central, 9-3; lost to Gilman Reid, 11-3. Class AA Boys 106: Sebron Colson, Blackman; def. Nolan Barton, Nolensville, TF; def. Bryce Pulitzer, Dobyns Bennett, 7-0; def. Miguel Rincon, Bradley Central, 11-3; lost to Jose Cordero, Cleveland, 11-2. Finished second overall. 113: Chase Creque, Siegel, def. Michael Johnson, Mt. Juliet, fall; lost to Coby Baltz, Houston 3-2; def. Eric Ferrer, Antioch, fall; def. Miller, Science Hill, 9-4; def. Coby Baltz, Houston, 6-2. Finished third overall. 113: Deshawn Miller, Oakland: lost to Nate Graham, Station Camp; lost to Josph Marcin, Arlington, fall. 120: Aslan Nadeau, Blackman: def. Kennedy Watterson, Dobyns Bennett, 10-5; lost to Trenton Houston, Cookeville, fall; lost to Brayden Bouman, forfeit. 120: Brayden Bouma, Oakland: lost to Chase Smalling, Science Hill, fall; def. Graham Stanley, Brentwood by fall; def. Aslan Nadeau, Blackman, forfiet; lost to Russell Ford, Independence, 11-4. 126: Thomas Rubio, Blackman: def. Ashton Dy, Hendersonville, 6-0; lost to Jarvis Little, Summit TF; def. Ben Mayberry, Rossview, 11-4; lost to Nicholas Mercante, Wilson Central, fall. Finished sixth overall. 126: Nate Barbee, Oakland: def. Tyler Hix, Cookeville, fall; lost to Titus Norman, Dobyns Bennett, fall; def. Allen Graham, Rhea Co., 13-1; lost to Thomas Rubio, Blackmn, fall. 132: Landon Beasley, Oakland: def. Daniel Halcomb, Maryville, 22-6; def. Jacob Miller, Rossview, 9-6; lost to Damen Pullen, Collierville, 5-2; def. James Robinson, fall; lost to Rice, Cleveland, 3-0. Finished fourth overall. 138: Jaxsen Nieuwsma, Oakland: def. Riddeck Romano, Independence, 5-4; def. Max Landrum, Rossview, 7-0; lost to Landon Desselle, 14-1; def. Riddeck Romano, Independence, 3-2; def. Arash Yazdani, Brentwood 4-2. Finished third overall. 138: Grant Myers, Oakland: lost to Arash Yazdani, Brentwood, 4-1; defeated Jeante Tate, John Overton, forfeit; def. Sean Johnson, Kenwood, forfeit; lost to Landrum, Rossview, 6-2. 138: Noah Creque, Siegel: def. Matthew Anderson, Ravenwood, 17-6; lost to Connor Warnock, Wilson Central, fall; lost to Riddeck Romano, Independence, 6-4. 145: Mason Sells, Blackman: def. Andrew Donelson, Brentwood, 14-0; def. Wendell Myers, Wilson Central, 5-2; def. Brock Wittman, 9-5; lost to Matt Belcher, Bradley Central, 7-0. Finished second overall 160: Gabriel Larkin, Blackman: lost to Alex Osburn, Ravenwood, 2-1; def. Kyron Fielder, Station Camp, 7-1; lost to Matthew Schutt, Hillsboro, 4-0. 170: James Revell, Blackman: lost to Michael Colligan, Maryville, fall; lost to Scott Ehrlich, Hendersonville, fall. 182: Nicholas Mednicino, Stewarts Creek: lost to James Robinson, Jefferson County, 10-3; lost to Nolan Hudson, Wilson Central, fall. 195: Hayven Jenkins, Oakland: def. Zach Sinner, Nolensville, 9-8; lost to Devon Medina, Science Hill, 9-5; def. William Czerniak, Mt. Juliet 3-2; lost to James Green, Franklin, fall. 195: Miles Workman, Blackman, lost to Brandon Powell, Germantown, injury; lost to Ayden Derry, Anderson Co., forfeit. 220: Tarek Aldairi, Blackman: lost to Peyton Langon, Clarksville, 7-4; lost to Luke Santell, Nolensville, fall. 285: Zach Turk, Oakland: def. Chris Harris, Dobyns Bennett, fall; def. Randy, Jefferson, Cordova, 5-2; lost to Randy Jefferson, Cordova, 5-2; lost to Will Parodi, Ravenwood, 6-4; def. Ontarrious Woodruff, Howard, fall. Finished fifth overall Girls 100: Grace Von Loh, Riverdale: def. Mylee Goodwin, Bradley Central, fall; def. Rhyne Johnson, 12-11, Greeneville; lost to Vivian Mariscal, John Overton, 6-5; def. Alyssa Archer, Franklin Co., fall; def. Shynne Michalski, Northwest, fall. Finished third overall. 100: Molly Cole, Oakland: lost to Alyssa Archer, Franklin Co., fall; lost to Mallory Howard, Millington Central, fall. 107: Kiley McNerney, Riverdale: def. Katie McIlvain, Bradley Central, fall; lost to Elenor Underwood, Seymour, 8-6; def. Payton Agnell, Tullahoma, 4-0; def. Gracie Tuberville, Mongomery Central, fall; lost to Eleasa Renken, 4-3; def. Elenor Underwood, Seymour, 4-1. Finished fifth overall. 107: Mila Risner, Oakland: def. Payton Agnell, Tullahoma, 10-4; def. Jenna Baines, Greeneville, fall; def. Eleasa Renken, West Creek, 14-6; def. Makya Parker, Cleveland, 8-4. Finished first overall. 114: Jamilynn Burton, Oakland: def. Elizabeth Lancaster, Knoxville Halls, fall; lost to Melanie Val, St. Andrew’s-Sewanee, 6-3; lost to Kylie Reeves, Pope John Paul II, fall. 120: Morgan Sacharczyk, Riverdale: lost to Jes’onia Barefield, West Creek, 14-2; def. Olivia Collins, Cleveland, fall; def. Tori Iams, Knoxville Halls, 10-2; def. Wachipi Hamelyck, Sullivan East, fall; def. Gabriella Rincon, 9-0; def. Maddie Jones, Bartlett, fall. Finished third overall. 120: Shai Ring, Blackman: lost to Maddie Jones, Bartlett, fall; lost to Delaney Nichols, fall. 126: Chase Vashel, Siegel: def. Maddison Ellis, Baylor School, fall; def., Kristen Allsup, Dickson Co., forfeit; lost to Verena Pale, St. Andrews-Sewanee, fall; lost to Halai Cox, McGavock, 10-4; lost to Angelina Slingluff, Seymour, 11-10. Finished sixth overall. 126: Ja’Keythia Gooch, Riverdale: lost to Verena Pate, St. Andrew‘s-Sewanee, fall; def. Anna Jenks, Rossview, 6-3; lost to Ansley Reed, Science Hill, 11-4. 132: Destiny Holt, Stewart Creek: lost to Ty Bryant, Clarksville Academy, fall; lost to Lillian Deschamp, Cookeville, fall. 132: Malyn Lake, Rockvale: lost to Lilli Cobb, Clarksville, fall; lost to Kenlei Johnson, 19-6. 132: Mirah Currie, Oakland: lost to Evelin Ochoa, Rossview, fall; def. Madison Williams, forfeit; lost to Sophia Satterfield, Knoxville Halls, fall. 138: Abigail Vanderheyden, Oakland: def. Hannah Howton, Maryville, fall; lost to Brooklyn Whiteside, fall; def. Kaira Webb, fall; lost to Rylee Bennet, Summit, fall. 138: Mollie Bowman, Siegel: lost to Sawyer Ward, Science Hill, 10-1; lost to Kaira Webb, Tullahoma, 4-1. 145: Mia Sanders, Riverdale: lost to Mercedes Standard, Collierville, fall; def. Chloe Greenwell; lost to Jaelyn Patton, Stone Memorial, fall. 152: Madison Newbern, Riverdale: def. Lily Peters, Montgomery Central, fall; def. Rubie Knighten, Gibbs, fall; lost to Maggie Graham, Bartlett, fall; lost to Kara Blevins, Bearden, fall; def. Annabelle Dalton, Siegel, fall. Finished fifth overall. 152: Annabelle Dalton, Siegel: def. Kohana Renner, Clarksville, fall; def., Bethany Patton, Stone Memorial, fall; lost to Alyssa Adamo, Rossview, fall; lost to Janiya Clemmons, fall; lost to Madison Newbern, Riverdale, fall. Finished sixth overall. 165: Jaden Enos, Siegel: lost to Angel Coger, West Ridge, fall; def. Anjolina Rosario, fall; def. Savannah Davis, Livingston Academy, fall; lost to Cearyana O’Conner, Montgomery Central, fall. 165: Marley Harris, Oakland: lost to Brianna Cook, Unicoi Co., TF; def. Kaitlyn Carson, Cumberland Co., fall; lost to Cearyana O’Conner, Montgomery Central. 165: Carter Grissom, Riverdale: def. Rebecca Deyo, Knoxville Catholic, fall; def. Cearyona O’Conner, Montgomery Central; fall; lost to Ailya Whaley, Maryville, fall; def. Jade Lenhart, Coffee Co., fall; lost to Irelynn Laurin, Rossview, 5-4. Finished fourth overall. 185: Sydney Grissom, Riverdale: lost to Trinity Lynn, Gibbs, fall; def. Shelby Sells, Franklin Co., fall; def. Shelby Sells, Franklin Co. fall; lost to Nyla Lee, Bartlett, fall. 185: Tessa Ball, Blackman: lost to Ella Murphey, Hardin Valley Academy, fall; lost to Shilo Bryan, Moore Co., 4-2. 235: Ashleigh Williams, Stewarts Creek: lost to Diamond Young, Cleveland, fall; lost to Macy Greenlee, West Greene, fall. Monte Hale Author email Follow Monte Hale ————————- TSSAA wrestling: Executive director Mark Reeves, son Connor share special moment at state championships https://www.mainstreetpreps.com/county/tssaa-wrestling-executive-director-mark-reeves-son-connor-share-special-moment-at-state-championships/article_51399b28-b49a-11ed-a58c-cb855c1995a5.html By Blaine Kellar Robertson County Connection Feb 24, 2023 Updated Feb 25, 2023 1 of 16 Springfield sophomore Connor Reeves attempts to control his opponent at the TSSAA Class AA 132-pound state wrestling championship. Christina Moore Springfield's Connor Reeves performs a hold in the Class AA 132-pound consolation round. Christina Moore TSSAA Executive Director Mark Reeves (right) watches his son at the state wrestling championships. Christina Moore Greenbrier's Ethan White (right) faces his opponent in the consolation quarterfinals. Christina Moore White House Heritage's Nik Taylor competes in the semifinals of the TSSAA Class A 152-pound state wrestling championship. Christina Moore Brody Parnell, from White House Heritage, stares down his competition. Christina Moore Greenbrier's Harold Ward attempts to stand up against Hillwood's Isaiah Brasher. Christina Moore White House's Mason Mejia grabs hold of his opponent. Christina Moore Springfield's Jaime Sanginez lifts his competitor in the consolation round. Christina Moore Springfield junior Anson Dickerson throws his body to escape. Christina Moore Melvis Lopez-Miguel, from Greenbrier, looks to his coaches between periods. Christina Moore Springfield's Mac Gregory heads back to the center of the mat. Christina Moore Greenbrier's Jack Jones catches his breath between periods. Christina Moore Greenbrier's Will Carter waits in the bottom position. Christina Moore White House's Haden Cooper awaits the attack. Christina Moore Jesse Bullock, from Greenbrier, braces before hitting the mat. Christina Moore FRANKLIN – Mark Reeves can remember his son Connor rolling around on the black mats at the TSSAA state wrestling championships. The father-son duo have attended the tournament yearly since Connor was about 3 years old. Some instances were with Mark’s Springfield wrestling teams. Other times the two went solely for their love of the sport. This season, Mark entered the Williamson County Expo Center not as coach nor as fan or first-year TSSAA executive director, but as dad, watching his youngest compete for the first time in the championships. “It was absolutely fantastic,” Mark said. “Whatever sport it is, to see your kids participating and having fun, it’s awesome.” Connor Reeves was one of 14 Robertson County-area state championship qualifiers this season, and one of four from Springfield, snapping a three-year state tournament drought for the Yellow Jackets. He was eliminated from the Class AA 132-pound championship Friday morning after losing a consolation match to Cleveland’s Kaden Rice. His dad was elevated to the role of executive director after a 14-year career with the TSSAA. He coached Springfield wrestling before that from 1997-2006. Mark’s teams were the last in school history to reach the Class A-AA state dual tournament, with the 2005 squad taking state runner-up. Across his tenure as coach, Reeves sent at least one individual to the championship each year. “He sees it in me because he knows how big of a part that was for my life, but it’s his own journey,” said Mark, a Springfield native. “It’s just fun for me to watch as a dad.” Connor said Mark introduced and hooked him to the sport early after starting a wrestling program at the local YMCA. The two watch college wrestling together and frequently grapple in their living room, Mark said, “although not as much now because he’s a whole lot harder to handle and I’m getting a lot older.” “I can’t touch him. He’s so good,” added Connor. “It’s just fun rolling around with him. It’s always been one of my favorite parts of the day. “He knows a lot about the sport. Him messing with me at the house, teaching me, showing me stuff and everything, it’s definitely helped me transfer it to the mat out here.” After his son’s elimination, Mark fought back tears reflecting on Springfield's accomplishment of reaching the tournament to begin with. He thought of his mentor and predecessor Randy Thomas, who founded the wrestling program in 1976 and won a state championship as football coach in 1993. A National Wrestling Hall of Fame member, Thomas originated the team’s skull and crossbone singlets and “Bruise Brother” identity. “When you’re a Bruise Brother, you’re tough,” Springfield coach Christopher Holzer said. “When people see that skull and crossbones, they know that they’re in for a ride right there because you’re going to go out there and give everything that you have to win that match. “(Mark) has got so much knowledge, and he’s got that knowledge from Coach Thomas and being a part of this program.” White House Heritage’s Nik Taylor finishes fifth White House Heritage junior Nik Taylor was the only Robertson County placer at the championships, earning fifth in the Class A 152-pound state tournament. Taylor took his first two matches of the tournament against Clinton’s Riley Silk and Soddy Daisy’s Logan Rawlison before dropping a match in the semifinals to South Dakota State commit Colin Dupill. Knoxville Halls freshman Barrett Whatley defeated Taylor in a 7-4 decision in the consolation semifinals, but Taylor ended his season on a high note by beating Rawlison for the second time in the fifth-place match Saturday. “It’s been great,” Heritage coach Joseph Hill said. “I wish we would have gotten a few more (wrestlers) in, but they’ve really started showing up in wrestling.” State tournament results: Class A Harold Ward, Greenbrier (106): Consolation second round Will Carter, Greenbrier (120): Consolation second round Brody Parnell, White House Heritage (120): Consolation quarterfinals Jesse Bullock, Greenbrier (132): Consolation first round Haden Cooper, White House (145): Consolation second round Nik Taylor, White House Heritage (152): Fifth place Ethan White, Greenbrier (170): Consolation quarterfinals Mason Mejia, White House (220): Consolation first round Melvis Lopez-Miguel, Greenbrier (220): Consolation quarterfinals Jack Jones, Greenbrier (285): Consolation first round Class AA Jaime Sanginez, Springfield (106): Consolation second round Connor Reeves, Springfield (132): Consolation first round Anson Dickerson, Springfield (195): Consolation first round Mac Gregory, Springfield (220): Consolation second round Blaine Kellar Blaine Kellar serves as the sports reporter for the Robertson County Connection. He graduated from Austin Peay State University in 2022 and has contributed for Main Street Preps since 2019. —————————- For anyone interested in our neighbors to the north, a little change that actually started due to a Texas transplant including some mat time with a familiar name, Bo… Paducah Tilghman ends Union County’s 7-year run as state wrestling champions BY JARED PECK FEBRUARY 26, 2023 10:03 AM Paducah Tilghman’s Uriah Virzi celebrated his victory in the 190-pound finals of the 2023 KHSAA State Wrestling Championships at George Rogers Clark High School in Winchester on Saturday. TONIA WITT Tonia Witt Photo WINCHESTER Paducah Tilghman’s Uriah Virzi pinned his opponent with six seconds left in the final match of the KHSAA State Wrestling Championships on Saturday to put a thrilling, dramatic finish on a historic weekend for the Blue Tornado at George Rogers Clark High School. For Virzi, wrestling at 190 pounds, it was his second individual title after winning it all at 215 pounds a year ago. For Paducah Tilghman, it was the fourth individual title for its wrestlers on the day and helped the Blue Tornado claim its first team championship and end Union County’s seven-year run at the top. “Being an individual state champ two times, obviously, it’s going to make you feel accomplished,” Virzi said. “But the ability for our whole team to lock in and get the team title? That’s the most excited a man can be. Not only did I get it done, but I can share it with my entire team.” Tilghman Coach Seth Livingston came to Paducah in 2020. In his first year at state, he brought three eighth-graders among his four wrestlers and finished 19th overall. They improved to fifth place in 2021 and fourth in 2022 with two of those original eighth-graders — Virzi and Malachi Rider — winning state titles. Now, those two are back-to-back state champs. That other former eighth-grader, Tilghman starting quarterback Jack James, finished third in his weight division on Saturday. Tilghman had never had an individual champion at the state meet until last year. The year before Livingston arrived, the Blue Tornado finished in a tie for 82nd — last place. “We’ve got a whole group of people, a huge support system that is committed to this goal — and it’s developing young men and women through the sport of wrestling,” said Livingston, who was recognized as the Kentucky Wrestling Coaches’ Association’s coach of the year on Saturday. “I’m excited. I’m fired up. But we’ve got a huge group of people that have submitted their lives to this end, and it came true.” Tilghman racked up 185.5 team points to Union County’s 162. Great Crossing and Johnson Central finished in a tie for third with 119 points. Team points are awarded based on individual results. Of Tilghman’s 10 wrestlers at the meet, nine finished on the podium that recognizes the top eight finishers. “It was gritty. It was rough during the season, and it took these guys going through some stuff to come together,” Livingston said. The race between Tilghman and Union was close from the outset of the meet on Friday, but Jayden Frazier’s 13-11 sudden victory overtime win for Tilghman over Oldham County’s Miller Brown at 138 pounds clinched first place with several matches to go. A few weeks ago, Frazier suffered a high ankle sprain against Brown. Since, in both the regional and the State First Round over the last two weeks, Frazier has been wrestling enough to advance but forfeiting other matches to lessen the chance he might aggravate his injury further. The sacrifice paid off. “I couldn’t forfeit this one,” Frazier said. “I just wanted to be part of history. I didn’t want to be left out of the moment.” STRONG FINISH FOR LAFAYETTE WRESTLER During Friday’s matches, Lafayette’s Jasitin Kubwimana suffered a defeat to Great Crossing’s Ethan Sentelle, a wrestler he had beaten for the 150-pound region title two weeks ago. He was devastated. He went home and went for a run to clear his head. He came back Saturday feeling no pressure. “I didn’t want to lose, but since I lost I was like, ‘Ain’t nothing holding me back now. My back is against the wall,’” he said. Kubwimana worked his way through the consolation bracket until he met up with Sentelle again. They battled for third place. This time Kubwimana came out on top in a 7-5 decision. “I didn’t want to go out my senior year letting down my team, my coaches, my family,” Kubwimana said. “That kept me motivated. I’ve got to do this for them and go out strong.” Kubwimana was the top finisher among Lexington wrestlers. Frederick Douglass’ Anthony Condi finished fourth at 120. At 215 pounds, Bryan Station’s Jahvon Frazier finished fifth and Douglass’ Caleb Mpungu finished eighth. Great Crossing’s Augustus Roberts battled Taylor County’s Leland Reeves in the 132-pound finals of the 2023 KHSAA State Wrestling Championships at George Rogers Clark High School in Winchester on Saturday. Tonia Witt Tonia Witt Photo WARHAWKS KEEP IMPROVING While Paducah Tilghman has been around since 1918, Great Crossing has only been a school since 2019, which makes the Warhawks’ tie for third place pretty impressive. Great Crossing had seven podium finishes among its 11 wrestlers who qualified, including state runners-up Ren Birk at 113, Augustus Roberts at 132 and Aiden Butler at 157. Great Crossing finished 13th last year. 2023 KHSAA STATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS At George Rogers Clark High School, Winchester. Top three finishers and Central Kentucky medalists listed. Complete results online at KHSAA.org: Orville Williams Outstanding Wrestler Award: Leland Reeves, Taylor County. Team standings — 1. Paducah Tilghman, 185.5; 2. Union County, 162; 3. Great Crossing 119; 3. Johnson Central, 119. 106 — 1. Braden Blevins, Simon Kenton; 2. George Dennis, Harrison County; 3. Madden Brown, Oldham County; 5. Dakota Phillips, Boyle County. 113 — 1. Landen Evans, Ryle; 2. Ren Birk, Great Crossing; 3. Mason Orth, Campbell County; 4. Kaygen Roberts, Boyle County. 120 — 1. Jayden Raney, Union County; 2. TJ Meyer, Walton-Verona; 3. Amari Hardin, John Hardin; 4. Anthony Condi, Frederick Douglass. 126 — 1. Jordyn Raney, Union County; 2. Jayven Williams, Paducah Tilghman; 3. JD Morris, Johnson Central; 4. Rowdy Benner, Great Crossing; 6. Micah Thompson, Boyle County. 132 — 1. Leland Reeves, Taylor County; 2. Augustus Roberts, Great Crossing; 3. Hunter Jenkins, Union County; 6. Robert Nardelli, Madison Central. 138 — 1. Jayden Frazier, Paducah Tilghman; 2. Miller Brown, Oldham County; 3. Hunter Isaacs, Walton-Verona; 4. Isaac Johns, Woodford County; 6. Nicholas Armentano, Great Crossing. 144 — 1. Caleb Mays, Paducah Tilghman; 2. Bryant Beane, Louisville Trinity; 3. Mason Schweitzer, Walton-Verona; 4. Chris Begley, Madison Southern. 150 — 1. Malachi Rider, Paducah Tilghman; 2. Malachia Harris, Louisville Trinity; 3. Jasitin Kubwimana, Lafayette; 4. Ethan Sentelle, Great Crossing. 157 — 1. Braedon Herron, North Hardin; 2. Aiden Butler, Great Crossing; 3. Charlie McKune, Moore. 165 — 1. George Ferree, Louisville Trinity; 2. Dalton Matney, Johnson Central; 3. Brandon Burchett, Fairdale. 175 — 1. Jude Powell, Fairdale; 2. Gavin Ricketts, Union County; 3. Jack James, Paducah Tilghman; 5. Joshua Strayer, Great Crossing; 8. Jacobie White, Harrison County. 190 — 1. Uriah Virzi, Paducah Tilghman; 2. Lane Kiser, Louisville Trinity; 3. Zack Mccoart, Johnson Central. 215 — 1. Austin Silva, John Hardin; 2. Chase Price, Johnson Central; 3. Oscar “JT” Adams, Paducah Tilghman; 5. Jahvon Frazier, Bryan Station; 8. Caleb Mpungu, Frederick Douglass. 285 — 1. Carter Guillaume, St. Xavier; 2. Stephan Whitehead, Madison Southern; 3. Jimmy Mooney, Paducah Tilghman; 7. Paul McClure, Boyle County. JARED PECK 859-488-2883 Jared Peck, the Herald-Leader’s Digital Sports Writer, covers high school athletics and has been with the company as a writer and editor for more than 20 years. Note: Up until recently, Jason Nickal has been Assistant Principal and Athletics Director at Paducah Tilghman High School. ... One of his children is Bo, a Texas HS State champ and a graduate of Penn State University who was a three-time NCAA wrestling champion, now into UFC competition. Bo also claimed the 2019 U23 World Freestyle Championship and the US Open National championship.

Good Observation actually. We may never know the full details/obstacles

Well deserved

Clarksville Coverage… For the first time in eight years, a Clarksville school did not win this on the girls side. Cleveland High School took first place with 134 points, but Rossview was close behind with 128. Clarksville High claimed third with 120 and Montgomery Central finished in fifth place with 90. Clarksville area wrestling: 7 state champions, Brenot named Best Wrestler, Gonzalez threepeats | PHOTOS By Ryan Vinson Clarksville Now February 26, 2023 1:47 pm FRANKLIN, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – High school wrestling in Tennessee culminated with the TSSAA state individual tournament at the Williamson County Ag Expo Park from Thursday to Saturday. Of the 58 wrestlers from the Clarksville area who attended, seven were crowned state champions while another 15 medaled. Champions Two-time State Champion, 2023 Best Wrestler Aidan Brenot (CHS senior, 182 lbs) Since finishing 2nd in 2021, Aidan Brenot has been on a rampage. Undefeated by any other Tennessean in that time, he claimed his second straight state championship with a season record of 52-0. His first two matches at this year’s tournaments were pins, and then he won 21-6 in the semifinal. In the final he found himself against Knox Watson of Bradley Central. Brenot controlled the match from start to finish, taking Watson down and letting him up at will. The match ended with Brenot winning,15-5. At the conclusion of the tournament, the coaches voted Brenot as the Best Wrestler for the boys’ AA tournament. Three-time State Champion Ella-Lina Gonzalez (CHS senior, 114 lbs) Ella-Lina Gonzalez entered this tournament looking to become the first female wrestler from CHS to win three state titles. She opened with pins in the first two rounds before things got interesting in the semifinals. Down by two going into the third period, she had a reversal and a nearfall to score five and punch her ticket to the finals. There she was up against Nataleigh Shane of Bradley Central. Gonzalez struck first with a takedown, but her penalty and an escape by Shane tied things up 2-2. Gonzalez pulled ahead by one point in the second period, 4-3, then chose to start the third period on the bottom. Despite Shane’s best efforts, she was unable to score on Gonzalez in the final period, and Gonzalez secured her third championship with a season record of 72-5. This match was voted the Best Match of the girls’ tournament by the coaches. Two-time State Champion Sha’niayha Wysinger (CHS junior, 235 lbs) Wysinger looked the part of a returning champion in the early rounds, recording two pins and a 17-2 tech fall. In the final, she faced off with a familiar foe: Diamond Young of Cleveland, whom Wysinger came from behind to pin in 2022’s title match after being down 7-1. The script was pretty similar; Young went up early with a takedown and a nearfall, then tacked on an escape in the second period to go up 6-0. But Wysinger took Young down, then pinned her for her second title and a season record of 21-5. State Champion Ty Bryant (CA senior, 132 lbs) Bryant made her third appearance in the state tournament and second appearance in the final. This time she was up against Haley Redmond from Gibbs High School. In the third period, Redmond slammed Bryant to the mat and Bryant remained still for several minutes. After the trainers got her back on her feet and ran through concussion protocols, the referee declared Bryant the winner. Redmond’s specific hold on Bryant did not allow Bryant to defend her head from the impact of the slam, and because Bryant was injured by this illegal move, Redmond was disqualified. Bryant finished her senior season with a record of 33-3. State Champion Genesis Gilmore (MCHS senior, 145 lbs) Gilmore made her fourth appearance at the state tournament, pinning her first three opponents to punch her ticket to her third finals. In the championship, she wasted no time claiming her first title, pinning Collierville’s Mercedes Standard in 50 seconds to cap off a stellar high school career and a 46-4 senior campaign. State Champion Audrey Levendusky (MCHS freshman, 126 lbs) Levendusky came in swinging in her first appearance at the state tournament. The freshman pinned her first three opponents to put herself into the finals. There she faced off with Verena Pate, a senior from St. Andrew’s and defending state champion. Levendusky’s takedown in the first period and a nearfall in the second were enough to seal the deal as she won, 5-0, finishing off a 43-8 debut season. State Champion Mariana Bowen (RHS freshman, 120 lbs) Bowen also started strong as a freshman, pinning her first two opponents early. Her semifinal match was cut short when her opponent was injured during a takedown attempt and had to forfeit. In the final, Bowen was paired up with West Creek sophomore Jes’onia Barefield. Barefield struck first, leading 5-0 after the first period. Then Bowen took over, scoring eight unanswered points, including pinning her opponent in the third period with 57 seconds left on the clock, to claim the win, 8-5. Bowen finished the year with a 46-11 record. Finalists Junior Alyssa Adamo (RHS 152) made her first appearance in the state finals, but found herself up against Maggie Graham, three-time state champion from Bartlett High School. Adamo did well to survive the first period, but Graham pinned her in the second to secure her fourth championship and the Best Wrestler award for the girls’ division. Jes’onia Barefield (WCHS 120) followed up her 6th place finish as a freshman in 2022 with a much stronger showing in 2023. She made it to the final, where she fell to Rossview’s Mariana Bowen as described above. Medalists 3rd place: Lilli Cobb (CHS 132), Irelynn Laurin (RHS 160), Max Landrum (RHS 138), Katie McMillan (RHS 185) 4th place: Jack Stein (CHS 160), Brooklyn Whiteside (CHS 138), Shyanne Michalski (NWHS 100), Evelin Ochoa (RHS 132), Eleasa Renken (WCHS 107) 5th place: Kayla Powers (CHS 145), Cearyona O’Conner (MCHS 165) 6th place: Seth Robles (CHS 145), Audra Buckley (MCHS 185) The following wrestlers picked up two wins each before being eliminated: Peyton Langon (CHS 220), Lily Ann Blair (CHS 120), Gracie Tuberville (MCHS 107), Lily Peters (MCHS 152), Ethan Cunningham (NWHS 152), Roldon Timothy (NWHS 285), Nick Collins (RHS 113), Ava Teasley (RHS 100), Analise Jetter (RHS 138), Stitch Nikolao (RHS 145), Zahara Williams (RHS 235), Standford Thompson (WCHS 182), Joshua Ward (WCHS 195) The following wrestlers got a taste of victory at state, picking up one win each: Ahmoyre Galbreath (CHS 170), Ava Ziegler (CHS 126), Kohana Renner (CHS 152), Autumn Lynch (CA 165), Sean Johnson (KHS 138), Frederick Ellis (KHS 195), Sally Johnson (NWHS 132), Ben Mayberry (RHS 126), Jacob Miller (RHS 132), Tristan Samuelson (RHS 182), Thomas Shipstead (RHS 220), Addie Bess (RHS 107) The following wrestlers capped off a strong postseason with an appearance at the state tournament: A’Tiana Atkins (CHS 185), Reese Levendusky (MCHS 126), Levi Mayfield (MCHS 152), Ryan Babuscio (MCHS 160), Julie Garcia Suarez (NWHS 107), Anjolina Rosario (NWHS 165), Cruz Rodriguez (RHS 120), Anna Jenks (RHS 126), Ayden Andalon (WCHS 285), Najette Mojica-Soto (WCHS 114), Syriana Berrios (WCHS 138) Team points At an individual tournament, wrestlers still score points for their teams to see which program performs best overall. For the first time in eight years, a Clarksville school did not win this on the girls side. Cleveland High School took first place with 134 points, but Rossview was close behind with 128. Clarksville High claimed third with 120 and Montgomery Central finished in fifth place with 90. Chris Smith is editor-in-chief of ClarksvilleNow.com. Reach him by email at csmith@clarksvillenow.com or call 931-648-7720.

Signal Mountain Second To Halls In State Wrestling Three Uhorchuk Brothers Lead Eagles With State Titles Saturday, February 25, 2023 John Hunt FRANKLIN, Tenn. – It’s been an amazing month for those wrestlers from Knoxville Halls. It all began three weeks ago when they nipped Signal Mountain by a point to win their first-ever State Duals title. They did it again here Saturday afternoon at the Williamson County Agricultural Exposition Center as they won their first-ever traditional state title. The Red Devils only had one champion, but they also had one runner-up and five others in the medals to finish first with 151.5 points. Signal Mountain was second with 136 points and six medalists while Pigeon Forge was third with 124 and also six medalists. Defending champ Greeneville was fourth with 121.5 while Fairview was a distant fifth with 85. The Soddy Daisy Trojans finished sixth with 82.5 points and six medalists, led by 160-pound runner up Elijah Turner. Andrew Lewis and Braylan Cosper both finished third at 126 and 138, respectively. Greeneville was the leader in state champs with four while Signal Mountain was next with three. Seven other schools had one apiece, including Harpeth, Green Hill, Red Bank, Trousdale County, Pigeon Forge, Seymour and Halls. Shannon Sayne was quite hesitant to talk about another state title on Friday when it was obvious that his team had the team title all but wrapped up. He was more ready to chat following Harlen Hunley’s first-period pin at 138. “I feel good now and we can talk about that state title,” Sayne said with a smile while the championship matches continued. “It’s been a great weekend for us as we came up here and competed. We brought 13 individuals and I felt like we had a chance, but we had to have contributions from all 13 and we got it. “I think we caught people by surprise when the won the state dual and I think people were still overlooking us this weekend, but we just proved the naysayers wrong. I just love being the underdog, but it’s been a great ride for us,” the 1998 Halls graduate added with a smile. Signal Mountain was hoping to even the score after getting upset in the state duals, but it just didn’t happen as the Eagles didn’t perform across the board like coach Houston Clements had hoped they would. “I couldn’t be any more proud, but what a great way to go out,” he began shortly after Caleb Uhorchuk won his fourth state title and was the last of the three brothers to win the state’s biggest prize. “Ethan capped an undefeated season when he beat Andy Cable and what a great win that was for him. I’m really lucky to have those guys on my team. It’s like having three Michael Jordans in your lineup. “We took ourselves out of the running on Friday, but we finished on a great note today. Give Halls a lot of credit as they were the best team for sure, but we’ve had a great season and we’re planning to be back next year. Greeneville’s four champions included Carson Dupill at 120 with his second title and Hunter Mason at 145, who won his fourth state title and was honored as the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler. Colin Dupill won his fourth title at 152 while Morgan Lowery was the winner at 195. Signal’s three winners included the Uhorchuk’s, freshman JoJo at 113 with his first, sophomore Ethan at 126 with his second and senior Caleb at 132 with his fourth. Other champions included Harpeth’s Thomas Magness at 160, Green Hill’s Jake Stacey at 170, Red Bank’s Kobe Smith at 182 and Trousdale’s Robert Atwood at 220 with his second title. Also, Caleb Wolfe of Pigeon Forge at 285, Seymour’s Samuel Comes at 106 and Hunley of Halls at 138. The 182-pound final between Red Bank’s Smith and Sycamore’s Logan Heckert was voted Best Match after the Red Bank junior prevailed by 1-0 margin over the two-time state champ, Smith using an escape midway through the second period for the difference. “It feels great,” the 16-year-old Red Bank junior said after winning his first state title. “I was thinking to myself in the last minute that all I had to do was hang on to win and I was able to do that, but this is something I’ve been dreaming about for a long time,” he added. Greeneville’s Mason was honored as the Outstanding Wrestler for the Class A tournament. Whitwell finished with two medalists, including third-place Bennett McDougall at 170 and Wyatt Davis, who was fourth at 138. Marion County's Keanun was third at 285 while Polk's Oleksaudr Warner was fourth at 145. FINAL TEAM SCORES: 1. Knoxville Halls 151.5; 2. Signal Mountain 136; 3. Pigeon Forge 124; 4. Greeneville 121.5; 5. Fairview 85; 6. Soddy Daisy 82.5; 7. Gibbs 72; 8. Green Hill 71.5; 9. Sycamore 65.5; 10. Page 58.5; 26. Whitwell 31; 20. Red Bank 28; 25. East Hamilton 21; 32. Polk Co. 15.5; 33. Marion Co. 15; 40. East Ridge 7; 42. Hixson 4. CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS 106 –Samuel Comes (Seymour) won by technical fall over Justin Muniz (Green Hill), 5:28; 113 – JoJo Uhorchuk (Signal Mountain) pinned Ethan Martin (Hillwood), 2:38; 120 – Carson Dupill (Greeneville) major dec. Henry Ribble (Fairview), 16-5; 126 – Ethan Uhorchuk (Signal Mountain) dec. Andy Cable (Pigeon Forge), 5-1; 132 – Caleb Uhorchuk (Signal Mountain) pinned Sam Hutchison (Halls), 3:57; 138 –Harlen Hunley (Halls) pinned Brody McLemore (Eagleville), 1:48; 145 – Hunter Mason (Greeneville) pinned Luke London (Sycamore), 5:40; 152 – Colin Dupill (Greeneville) won by major dec. over Seth McCoy (Forrest), 12-4 160 – Thomas Magness (Harpeth) dec. Elijah Turner (Soddy Daisy), 1-0; 170 – Jake Stacey (Green Hill) major dec. Aiden Littles (Pigeon Forge), 16-7; 182 – Kobe Smith (Red Bank) dec. Logan Heckert (Sycamore), 1-0; 195 – Morgan Lowery (Greeneville) dec. Aiden Howard (Pigeon Forge), 10-3; 220 – Robert Atwood (Trousdale Co.) pinned Tyson Click (Samuel Everett School For Innovation), 1:44; 285 – Caleb Wolfe (Pigeon Forge) pinned Ronan O’Connell (Page), 3:13. CONSOLATION FINALS FOR THIRD PLACE 106 – John Haney (Upperman) major dec. Blake Allen (Gibbs), 13-4; 113—Kyle Nielsen (Spring Hill) dec. Ezra Finstad (Gibbs), 8-2; 120 –Landon Turner (Harpeth) dec. Nathan Simpson (Page), 3-2; 126 – Andrew Lewis (Soddy Daisy) dec. Jordan Sexton (Halls), 7-5; 132 – Keegan Seaver (Fairview) major dec. Jake Ferrell (Davy Crockett), 12-4; 138 – Braylan Cosper (Soddy Daisy) dec. Wyatt Davis (Whitwell), 4-0; 145 – Ayden Hood (Pigeon Forge) dec. Oleksaudr Warner (Polk Co), 5-3 in overtime; 152 – Jackson Davis (Signal Mountain) dec. Barrett Whaley (Halls), 10-4; 160 – Briar Whaley (Halls) dec. Malachi Bennett (Fairview), 7-4; 170 – Bennett McDougall (Whitwell) dec. Daniel White (Cheatham Co.), 12-10 in overtime; 182 –Elijah Hubbs (Gibbs) dec. Gabe Ferrell (Davy Crockett), 3-1 in overtime; 195 – Kendrick Curtis (Fairview) dec. Nathan Downey (Green Hill), 4-2; 220 – Cayden Buchannan (Spring Hill) dec. Bull Goodman (Halls), 4-1; 285 – Keanun Cummings (Marion Co) dec. Landon Brooks (Gibbs), 3-1 in overtime. CONSOLATION FINALS FOR FIFTH PLACE 106 – Luke Higdon (Signal Mountain) dec. Aiden Smith (Tennessee), 4-2; 113 – Evan Glass (Volunteer) dec. Luke Carpenter (East Hamilton), 7-6; 120 – Zander Duncan (Soddy Daisy) dec. David Cook (Halls), 10-5; 126 – Eli Moore (Tennessee) dec. Thomas Brown (Page), 5-1; 132 – Greg Gomez (Martin Luther King) dec. Adam Alvarez (Cheatham Co.), 9-5; 138 – Cody Agnell (Tullahoma) won by forfeit over Dylan Davenport (Sycamore); 145 – Caleb Adkins (Tullahoma) major dec. Thomas Solomon (Eagleville), 11-3; 152 – Nikolas Taylor (White House-Heritage) dec. Logan Rawlinson (Soddy Daisy), 10-8; 160 – Wyatt Howard (Pigeon Forge) dec. Dawson Jones (Sullivan East), 5-2; 170 – Michael Carter (Spring Hill) dec. Tucker Ross (Soddy Daisy), 10-4; 182 – Connor Avans (Tullahoma) won by technical fall over Caleb Richardson (East Hamilton), 2:40; 195 – John Geist (Livingston Academy) dec. Isaac Chapa (Cascade), 3-2 in overtime; 220 – William Henderson (Fairview) dec. Jacob Winchester (Signal Mountain), 2-1; 285 – Caleb Turner (Halls) dec. Robert Tatum (Tullahoma), 3-2 in overtime. (Email John Hunt at nomarathonmoose@gmail.com) ———————————- Photos https://www.tennessean.com/picture-gallery/sports/high-school/2023/02/26/photo-gallery-division-i-state-championshop-matches-tssaa-wrestling/11349052002/ ————————- GA coverage for those that know coach McGhee… Mitch McGhee to be inducted into the Georgia Chapter of National Wrestling Hall of Fame Feb 14, 2023 Pictured above is Mitch McGhee Submitted photo. Mitch McGhee (Jefferson, GA) - Starting with 13 years as a young head coach in Rockdale and Hall Counties to his two decades in administration as principal and system superintendent, where he installed and helped coach several new middle school and youth level programs, to 11 years as a retired assistant coach at Jefferson HS, helping lead teams to 7 traditional and 8 dual meet state championships, he has found ways to give back to wrestling throughout his 42 years in the sport. https://www.mainstreetnews.com/sports/jhs/mitch-mcghee-to-be-inducted-into-the-georgia-chapter-of-national-wrestling-hall-of-fame/article_31d319bd-d1ed-5c4f-8904-cf1456e8c684.html

State Championship Wrestling: Meet the 9 WillCo finalists By Charles Pulliam • Sports Editor Feb 24, 2023 Updated Feb 24, 2023 0 Buy Now Ronan O'Connell of Page celebrates after his overtime win in the Class A 285-pound semifinal Friday. Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Copy article link Save FRANKLIN – The 2023 TSSAA State Wrestling Championships will conclude Saturday at the Williamson County Ag Expo Center. Of the 72 Williamson County-based wrestlers that advanced to the state stage across the Class AA, Class A and the Girls championships, 37 will medal with nine vying for state titles. The third- and fifth-place matches begin at 10 a.m. Saturday. The championships will begin at 2 p.m. Here’s a glimpse into WillCo’s nine finalists: Girls 100 Finalist: Rylee Lent of Independence The senior will face Overton junior Vivian Mariscal in Saturday’s championship, a repeat of last year’s 100-pound final won by Mariscal with a 12-8 decision. How Lent got here: The senior earned three pins leading up to the finals, including Friday’s 36-second fall against Dobyns Bennett sophomore Alivia Ryan in the semifinals. She needed just 26 seconds to record an opening round pin against Cleveland’s Anna Melton Thursday. What coach says: “She’s got a shot at redemption. You couldn’t write a better script for her and as a senior, this is what she’s worked for. You can tell she’s determined. She’s got that look in her eye – I think she’s ready to take that top spot.” – Independence coach Dalton Howard Class A 120 Finalist: Henry Ribble of Fairview The senior is the lone Yellow Jacket to reach the championship and will face the tall task of taking on defending state champion Carson Dupill of Greeneville for the title. How Ribble got here: He recorded a second-period against East Ridge’s Kamarion Pritchett in the first round Thursday, scored a 7-2 decision over Brody Parnell of White House Heritage in the quarterfinals later that day and then edged Soddy Daisy’s Charles Duncan in Friday’s semifinals 6-5 despite getting tagged with a couple stalling penalties after building an early 4-1 lead. Ribble, who placed sixth in 2021 at 106 while at Montgomery Bell Academy, had defeated Duncan 5-3 during the state duals in early February as well. What coach says: “He’s come into our room and set a great example and been a leader setting the tone for all of our young guys. We’re blessed to have had him. He has a tall task ahead of him, but if anybody can get it done, Henry Ribble can do it.” – Fairview coach James “Bubba” Derrick State Wrestling Photo Gallery – Semifinal Rounds Check out photos from the 2023 TSSAA State Wrestling Championship semifinals on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023 at the Williamson County Ag Expo Center in Franklin. 1 of 29 Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Girls Semifinals Rylee Lent Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class A Semifinals Henry Ribble Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Girls Semifinals Olivia Johnson Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Jarvis Little Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Jarvis Little Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Girls Semifinals Emily Rice Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Girls Semifinals Emily Rice Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Michael Posey Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Landon Desselle Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Arash Yazdani Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Girls Semifinals Brooklyn Long Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Girls Semifinals Dalton Howard Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Girls Semifinals Brooklyn Long Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Brock Wittman Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Brock Wittman Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Brock Wittman Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Finley Jameson Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Tre McTorry Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Andrew Tomlinson Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Wyatt Gibbs Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class A Semifinals Kendrick Curtis Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class A Semifinals Kendrick Curtis Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Hayden Sinner Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Jensen Schreiber Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class A Semifinals Ronan O'Connell Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Luke Justice Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class A Semifinals Ronan O'Connell Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Patrick Styblo Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Patrick Styblo Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Class AA 126 Finalist: Jarvis Little of Summit The junior is one of two returning WillCo defending champions to reach the finals for a second year in row in 2023. Little will face Cleveland’s three-time returning medalist Bentley Ellison in a rematch of last year’s 120-pound semifinal won by Little in overtime. The pair met at the Cleveland duals with a 4-2 Little decision, but dodged another meeting at the state duals. How Little got here: He reached Saturday’s final with a 7-1 decision against Dobyns Bennett freshman Titus Norman in the semis. Little scored a 16-1 technical fall in the third period against Blackman’s Thomas Rubio in the quarterfinals after winning by forfeit in his first match because his opponent Bryson Wilhjelm of Science Hill didn’t pass concussion protocol to open the tournament. What Little says: “I’ve been here before. It feels good, but it’s nothing too crazy. The job’s not done. I have one more match tomorrow. I just always look to the next match in front of me and don’t worry about who I have next.” Class AA 138 Finalist: Landon Desselle of Summit The junior has been on a mission to not only reach the finals but win a title after coming up short in the semifinals last year and settling for third wrestling at 132. Desselle, the tournament’s top seed, will face Wilson Central senior Connor Warnock for the championship. How Desselle got here: He’s coming off a 14-1 major decision in the semifinals against Oakland’s Jansen Nieuwsma. Desselle needed just 64 seconds to pin Kenwood Sean Johnson prior and he opened with a 16-0 technical fall early in the third period against Walker Valley’s Christian Wilson. What Desselle says: “Last year, I lost in the semis and I’m not satisfied. I want to be a state champ, but this is just another tournament for me, but I want to be on top. When I’m a state champion, I’ll be happier. I just need to get the job done.” Girls 138 Finalist: Brooklyn Long of Independence The senior will face another senior in Paraskevi Christopolos of Baylor for the championship and shot at repeating as the first WillCo girls’ state champion. Long pulled away in the third period to top Christopolos 11-4 back in December. How Long got here: Long didn’t allow a point in majoring her first two opponents – returning medalist Lilly Hosford of Knoxville Catholic (8-0 maj. dec.) in the first round and Millington Central’s Teresa Hutchison (9-0 maj. dec.) in the quarterfinals. She scored another 8-0 major against in the semifinals. What coach says: “It’s not easy being the returning champ and I think she’s handled that really well by how mature she is. It’s really cool to see that and I’m just super excited for her. She has a tough task, but she’s earned this.” – Independence coach Dalton Howard Buy Now Finley Jameson Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Class AA 152 Finalist: Finley Jameson of Summit The senior made his return to the state finals after finishing runner-up at 145 last year. He will face Cleveland junior Logan Fowler, a two-time medalist, for the championship. How Jameson got here: He has picked up three pins working through the top of the 152-pound bracket. Jameson pinned Heritage’s Nate McKee in the semifinals Friday with 13 seconds remaining in the first period and pinned Bradley Central’s Gunner Taylor early in the third period in the quarters. He needed just 64 seconds to record a fall against Jarrod Carr of Morristown West in the first round Thursday. What coach says: “Finley is on fire right now. He did it again going for those cradles. He just goes 100 miles per hour and is back in the state finals. He’s done everything he’s had to get back here and I’m excited for him.” – Summit coach Pete Miller Class AA 160 Finalist: Tre McTorry of Nolensville The junior is back in the state finals where he finished runner-up as a 113-pound eighth grader at Brentwood Academy in 2020. McTorry will face a returning state champ in Dobyns Bennet sophomore Max Norman, who tipped Summit’s Jameson in the finals last year. How McTorry got here: He scored a takedown in overtime to edge Cleveland’s Cy Fowler in the semifinals Friday night. The pair had met in the consolation semifinals last year with McTorry scoring a 4-2 decision before placing fourth, while Fowler placed fifth. On Thursday, McTorry won another rematch when he stuck Coffee County’s Jacob Barlow with 31 seconds remaining in the first period. Barlow had defeated McTorry for third place last year and the two had split in the regular season with the Nolensville junior winning at the Franklin Admiral Invitational in January, 7-6, and Barlow taking a 8-4 win in December at the Bradley Central Invitational. McTorry earned a 15-0 technical win to start the third period against Hillsboro’s Matthew Schutt in the quarters. What McTorry says: “It feels great to be here, but it’s not a brand new feeling. It’s hard to put into words, but it’s a good feeling. Tomorrow, you’re going to see me at 110%. I’m not scared. I’m not nervous. I’m just ready to wrestle.” Buy Now Wyatt Gibbs Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Class AA 170 Finalist: Wyatt Gibbs of Brentwood The senior finished runner-up at 170 last year and will get a second shot at the title when he faces returning medalist Lucas Szymborski of Cleveland in the finals. The matchup is the No. 1 versus the No. 2 seed in the tournament. The Blue Raider finished third at 160 last year. They missed a meeting at the Johnny Drennan Memorial Invitational last month with Szymborski wrestling up at 182. Both finished third in the local showcase. How Gibbs got here: He recorded a 4-3 decision against Wilson Central’s Samuel Griggs in the semifinals Friday overcoming an early 2-1 deficit with a third-period escape and takedown. Gibbs won his quarterfinal Thursday with a 10-1 major against Jake Dempsey of Dobyns Bennett and also majored Eziah Peek of Cookeville in his first match. What coach says: “Wyatt has always been a very solid wrestler. He has great positioning and he’s ready to go. This is what he’s been working for all year long – now, he can put it all on the line. It’s not going to be an easy battle, but I think he’s about as prepared as he can be.” – Brentwood coach Damon Smith Class A 285 Finalist: Ronan O’Connell of Page The junior placed sixth last year. The football-first multi-sport star is now the fifth finalist in Patriots history and trying to be the second state champion. He’ll face a veteran wrestle-first athlete in decorated Pigeon Forge senior Caleb Wolfe, who placed fourth last year at 220 after back-to-back trips to the finals. How O’Connell got here: It took three overtimes, but O’Connell hung on for the semifinal win – 3-2 – against Gibbs senior Landon Brooks Friday. O’Connell gave up an escape, but scored on a reversal before clinging to Brooks on a roll for the win as time expired. On Thursday, the junior pinned Cocke County’s Cristopher Flockhart with a second left in the first period of their quarterfinal matchup. He stuck David Crockett’s Brayden Vance in just 62 seconds to open the tournament. What coach says: “We knew that Gibbs had a strong undertook and throw, but that’s something we drill every day and Ronan responded well. I think it’s a testament to our program and our practice room every day because he was able to go that distance. Ronan’s athleticism really carried him through that match, how he was able to scramble and react. That was almost a finals match, but now we face another big-time wrestler in the finals. I know Ronan is looking forward to the challenge.” – Page coach Benji Gray Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Copy article link Save Tags State Wrestling Rylee Lent Brooklyn Long Jarvis Little Landon Desselle Finley Jameson Ronan O'connell Henry Ribble Wyatt Gibbs Tre Mctorry Charles Pullia State Championship Wrestling: Meet the 9 WillCo finalists By Charles Pulliam • Sports Editor Feb 24, 2023 Updated Feb 24, 2023 0 Buy Now Ronan O'Connell of Page celebrates after his overtime win in the Class A 285-pound semifinal Friday. Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Copy article link Save FRANKLIN – The 2023 TSSAA State Wrestling Championships will conclude Saturday at the Williamson County Ag Expo Center. Of the 72 Williamson County-based wrestlers that advanced to the state stage across the Class AA, Class A and the Girls championships, 37 will medal with nine vying for state titles. The third- and fifth-place matches begin at 10 a.m. Saturday. The championships will begin at 2 p.m. Here’s a glimpse into WillCo’s nine finalists: Girls 100 Finalist: Rylee Lent of Independence The senior will face Overton junior Vivian Mariscal in Saturday’s championship, a repeat of last year’s 100-pound final won by Mariscal with a 12-8 decision. How Lent got here: The senior earned three pins leading up to the finals, including Friday’s 36-second fall against Dobyns Bennett sophomore Alivia Ryan in the semifinals. She needed just 26 seconds to record an opening round pin against Cleveland’s Anna Melton Thursday. What coach says: “She’s got a shot at redemption. You couldn’t write a better script for her and as a senior, this is what she’s worked for. You can tell she’s determined. She’s got that look in her eye – I think she’s ready to take that top spot.” – Independence coach Dalton Howard Class A 120 Finalist: Henry Ribble of Fairview The senior is the lone Yellow Jacket to reach the championship and will face the tall task of taking on defending state champion Carson Dupill of Greeneville for the title. How Ribble got here: He recorded a second-period against East Ridge’s Kamarion Pritchett in the first round Thursday, scored a 7-2 decision over Brody Parnell of White House Heritage in the quarterfinals later that day and then edged Soddy Daisy’s Charles Duncan in Friday’s semifinals 6-5 despite getting tagged with a couple stalling penalties after building an early 4-1 lead. Ribble, who placed sixth in 2021 at 106 while at Montgomery Bell Academy, had defeated Duncan 5-3 during the state duals in early February as well. What coach says: “He’s come into our room and set a great example and been a leader setting the tone for all of our young guys. We’re blessed to have had him. He has a tall task ahead of him, but if anybody can get it done, Henry Ribble can do it.” – Fairview coach James “Bubba” Derrick State Wrestling Photo Gallery – Semifinal Rounds Check out photos from the 2023 TSSAA State Wrestling Championship semifinals on Friday, Feb. 24, 2023 at the Williamson County Ag Expo Center in Franklin. 1 of 29 Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Girls Semifinals Rylee Lent Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class A Semifinals Henry Ribble Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Girls Semifinals Olivia Johnson Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Jarvis Little Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Jarvis Little Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Girls Semifinals Emily Rice Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Girls Semifinals Emily Rice Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Michael Posey Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Landon Desselle Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Arash Yazdani Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Girls Semifinals Brooklyn Long Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Girls Semifinals Dalton Howard Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Girls Semifinals Brooklyn Long Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Brock Wittman Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Brock Wittman Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Brock Wittman Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Finley Jameson Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Tre McTorry Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Andrew Tomlinson Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Wyatt Gibbs Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class A Semifinals Kendrick Curtis Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class A Semifinals Kendrick Curtis Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Hayden Sinner Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Jensen Schreiber Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class A Semifinals Ronan O'Connell Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Luke Justice Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class A Semifinals Ronan O'Connell Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Patrick Styblo Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Buy Now 2023 State Wrestling – Class AA Semifinals Patrick Styblo Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Class AA 126 Finalist: Jarvis Little of Summit The junior is one of two returning WillCo defending champions to reach the finals for a second year in row in 2023. Little will face Cleveland’s three-time returning medalist Bentley Ellison in a rematch of last year’s 120-pound semifinal won by Little in overtime. The pair met at the Cleveland duals with a 4-2 Little decision, but dodged another meeting at the state duals. How Little got here: He reached Saturday’s final with a 7-1 decision against Dobyns Bennett freshman Titus Norman in the semis. Little scored a 16-1 technical fall in the third period against Blackman’s Thomas Rubio in the quarterfinals after winning by forfeit in his first match because his opponent Bryson Wilhjelm of Science Hill didn’t pass concussion protocol to open the tournament. What Little says: “I’ve been here before. It feels good, but it’s nothing too crazy. The job’s not done. I have one more match tomorrow. I just always look to the next match in front of me and don’t worry about who I have next.” Class AA 138 Finalist: Landon Desselle of Summit The junior has been on a mission to not only reach the finals but win a title after coming up short in the semifinals last year and settling for third wrestling at 132. Desselle, the tournament’s top seed, will face Wilson Central senior Connor Warnock for the championship. How Desselle got here: He’s coming off a 14-1 major decision in the semifinals against Oakland’s Jansen Nieuwsma. Desselle needed just 64 seconds to pin Kenwood Sean Johnson prior and he opened with a 16-0 technical fall early in the third period against Walker Valley’s Christian Wilson. What Desselle says: “Last year, I lost in the semis and I’m not satisfied. I want to be a state champ, but this is just another tournament for me, but I want to be on top. When I’m a state champion, I’ll be happier. I just need to get the job done.” Girls 138 Finalist: Brooklyn Long of Independence The senior will face another senior in Paraskevi Christopolos of Baylor for the championship and shot at repeating as the first WillCo girls’ state champion. Long pulled away in the third period to top Christopolos 11-4 back in December. How Long got here: Long didn’t allow a point in majoring her first two opponents – returning medalist Lilly Hosford of Knoxville Catholic (8-0 maj. dec.) in the first round and Millington Central’s Teresa Hutchison (9-0 maj. dec.) in the quarterfinals. She scored another 8-0 major against in the semifinals. What coach says: “It’s not easy being the returning champ and I think she’s handled that really well by how mature she is. It’s really cool to see that and I’m just super excited for her. She has a tough task, but she’s earned this.” – Independence coach Dalton Howard Buy Now Finley Jameson Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Class AA 152 Finalist: Finley Jameson of Summit The senior made his return to the state finals after finishing runner-up at 145 last year. He will face Cleveland junior Logan Fowler, a two-time medalist, for the championship. How Jameson got here: He has picked up three pins working through the top of the 152-pound bracket. Jameson pinned Heritage’s Nate McKee in the semifinals Friday with 13 seconds remaining in the first period and pinned Bradley Central’s Gunner Taylor early in the third period in the quarters. He needed just 64 seconds to record a fall against Jarrod Carr of Morristown West in the first round Thursday. What coach says: “Finley is on fire right now. He did it again going for those cradles. He just goes 100 miles per hour and is back in the state finals. He’s done everything he’s had to get back here and I’m excited for him.” – Summit coach Pete Miller Class AA 160 Finalist: Tre McTorry of Nolensville The junior is back in the state finals where he finished runner-up as a 113-pound eighth grader at Brentwood Academy in 2020. McTorry will face a returning state champ in Dobyns Bennet sophomore Max Norman, who tipped Summit’s Jameson in the finals last year. How McTorry got here: He scored a takedown in overtime to edge Cleveland’s Cy Fowler in the semifinals Friday night. The pair had met in the consolation semifinals last year with McTorry scoring a 4-2 decision before placing fourth, while Fowler placed fifth. On Thursday, McTorry won another rematch when he stuck Coffee County’s Jacob Barlow with 31 seconds remaining in the first period. Barlow had defeated McTorry for third place last year and the two had split in the regular season with the Nolensville junior winning at the Franklin Admiral Invitational in January, 7-6, and Barlow taking a 8-4 win in December at the Bradley Central Invitational. McTorry earned a 15-0 technical win to start the third period against Hillsboro’s Matthew Schutt in the quarters. What McTorry says: “It feels great to be here, but it’s not a brand new feeling. It’s hard to put into words, but it’s a good feeling. Tomorrow, you’re going to see me at 110%. I’m not scared. I’m not nervous. I’m just ready to wrestle.” Buy Now Wyatt Gibbs Photo by Charles Pulliam @cspulliam Class AA 170 Finalist: Wyatt Gibbs of Brentwood The senior finished runner-up at 170 last year and will get a second shot at the title when he faces returning medalist Lucas Szymborski of Cleveland in the finals. The matchup is the No. 1 versus the No. 2 seed in the tournament. The Blue Raider finished third at 160 last year. They missed a meeting at the Johnny Drennan Memorial Invitational last month with Szymborski wrestling up at 182. Both finished third in the local showcase. How Gibbs got here: He recorded a 4-3 decision against Wilson Central’s Samuel Griggs in the semifinals Friday overcoming an early 2-1 deficit with a third-period escape and takedown. Gibbs won his quarterfinal Thursday with a 10-1 major against Jake Dempsey of Dobyns Bennett and also majored Eziah Peek of Cookeville in his first match. What coach says: “Wyatt has always been a very solid wrestler. He has great positioning and he’s ready to go. This is what he’s been working for all year long – now, he can put it all on the line. It’s not going to be an easy battle, but I think he’s about as prepared as he can be.” – Brentwood coach Damon Smith Class A 285 Finalist: Ronan O’Connell of Page The junior placed sixth last year. The football-first multi-sport star is now the fifth finalist in Patriots history and trying to be the second state champion. He’ll face a veteran wrestle-first athlete in decorated Pigeon Forge senior Caleb Wolfe, who placed fourth last year at 220 after back-to-back trips to the finals. How O’Connell got here: It took three overtimes, but O’Connell hung on for the semifinal win – 3-2 – against Gibbs senior Landon Brooks Friday. O’Connell gave up an escape, but scored on a reversal before clinging to Brooks on a roll for the win as time expired. On Thursday, the junior pinned Cocke County’s Cristopher Flockhart with a second left in the first period of their quarterfinal matchup. He stuck David Crockett’s Brayden Vance in just 62 seconds to open the tournament. What coach says: “We knew that Gibbs had a strong undertook and throw, but that’s something we drill every day and Ronan responded well. I think it’s a testament to our program and our practice room every day because he was able to go that distance. Ronan’s athleticism really carried him through that match, how he was able to scramble and react. That was almost a finals match, but now we face another big-time wrestler in the finals. I know Ronan is looking forward to the challenge.” – Page coach Benji Gray Tags State Wrestling Rylee Lent Brooklyn Long Jarvis Little Landon Desselle Finley Jameson Ronan O'connell Henry Ribble Wyatt Gibbs Tre Mctorry Charles Pulliam Author email Follow Charles Pulliam From From Photos https://www.tennessean.com/picture-gallery/sports/high-school/2023/02/26/photo-gallery-division-i-state-championshop-matches-tssaa-wrestling/11349052002/

Cleveland Wrestlers Claim Unprecedented Sixth Straight State Championship Lady Blue Raiders Also Win To Make It A Sweep Saturday, February 25, 2023 Richard Roberts FRANKLIN, Tenn. — With the pieces already in place and the outcome decided, it was just a matter of a final tally for the Cleveland wrestling tea. The Blue Raiders merely had to show up at the Williamson County AgExpo Center Saturday to claim their record setting sixth consecutive state wrestling championship. The Blue Raiders ran away from the field with 190 team points. Summit was closest to the winners with 152.5 while Wilson Central claimed third place with 138. The Bradley Central Bears dropped one spot from Friday's finish and ended the championships in fourth place with 135 points. Dobyns-Bennett rounded out the top five finishers with 124 points. “Our sectional is so stinkin' tough. With Cleveland's 12 and our nine, they obviously had the firepower and we didn't, which is kind of surprising because we were such a strong duals team I thought we'd have a little more firepower in the individuals,” said Bears head coach Ben Smith. “We had a couple of letdowns her and there, but overall four finalists and three champs and a third with a freshman getting sixth. In the big picture it was a really good weekend for Bradley wrestling.” The Cleveland Lady Raiders wrestlers were also part of the record setting team as they won the girls team title with 134 team points. The Rossview girls finished in second place with 128, eight points in front of third place Clarksville (130). Riverdale and Montgomery Central wound up the tournament with 94 and 90 points to finish fourth and fifth. The Raider wrestling teams made history in the duals tournament becoming the first school in the country to have both boys and girls championship wrestling teams. Cleveland followed that achievement Saturday adding to the record books as the first boys and girls teams in the country to win individual team titles. With seven Blue Raiders wrestling in title bouts the outcome was never in doubt. Bradley Central sent four Bears to battle for first-place medals. The only head-to-head matchup between the Bears and Blue Raiders took place in the seventh bout of the championships between Bradley's two-time champion Bryce Terrell and Cleveland's Zac Bosken at 120 pounds. Terrell and Bosken battled to a 0-0 draw for the first two periods. Terrell broke the stalemate early in the third with and escape and seconds later picked up two point with a takedown. The Bradley wrestler was awarded a fourth point on a stalling call. Trailing 4-0, Bosken earned one point for an escape, but Terrell came back late with a second takedown to ensure the gold medal. “That kid has come a long way,” Smith said of Terrell. “There's a lot of people who wrote him off years ago. He's a two-time stat champ and he's got a $140,000 scholarship to Appy State.” Jose Cordero claimed the 106 pound championship with an 11-2 major decision. In the 152-pound championship bout, Logan Fowler won gold at 152 pounds with a 3-0 win Lucas Szymborski started the Raiders on a positive note with a decision at 170 pounds. Zymborski, trailing 1-0 late in the third period, pulled off a reversal with 26 seconds left then hung on to claim the championship by a 2-1 margin. Chase Walker, who won gold at 106 in 2020 finished second at 113 while three-time medal winner Bentley Ellison earned a fourth with a second-place finish at 126 and Tyson Russel brought hoe second-place silver at 195. Bradley Central's two-time medal winner Ethan Lipsey claimed his first state title with a 9-1 major decision win over Collierville's Damen Pullen. Double medalist Luke Belcher earned a first-place medal just missing a major decision win with a 7-0 decision over Mason Sells, of Blackman. “Ethan Lipsey joins an elite company of undefeated state champions, he's 52-0. He did everything right. It was almost a masterful finals,” praised Smith. “Luke Belcher. There has been a lot of adversity with him. There were moments we weren't sure Luke was going to finish the season health-wise. The fact I could close out this season with a state championship with Luke Belcher is a full circle that's now completed.” The Bears' Knox Watson claimed a second-place medal at 182 pounds and Miguel Rincon fought his way to a third-place finish at 106. Freshman Hayden finished in sixth place for Bradley at 220. “I would say my heart's broken for Knox Watson. He's had a lot of ups and downs, but he found a way to reach the finals. He's a college signee in football, what a great career that guy's had,” Smith said of his 182 pounder. “I'm so proud of Knox.” “I'm surrounded by probably the best fan base in Tennessee wrestling, by my best friends, by kids I consider my sons and daughters,” Smith continued. “I'm just grateful to be here and be able to try to keep this tradition going and have fun in the process. Today was a great day. It hasn't been a great tournament, but we're not going to start settilg for third and fourth just being OK. We've got some work to do and we've got 365 days to do it.” The Best Match Award went to 285 pounders Keimel Redford (Science Hill) and Hayden McDonald (Maryville). Best Wrestler was awarded to Aiden Brenot (182) of Maryville. Girls In her longest match of the tournament, Lady Raiders 165-pounder, Piper Fowler, pinned Aliya Whaley of Clarksville Academy in 4:18. In the first three rounds of the tournament, Fowler had pins of 10, 23 and 39 seconds for a total of just under 2 1/2 minutes. In the 185 pound bout, Ella Murphey of Hardin Valley Academy won by pin over Cleveland's Madelin Zunin (0:50). Clarksville's 235 pound wrestler Sha'Niayha Wysinger won gold by pin over Cleveland's Diamond Young (3:08). At 107 pounds, Oakland's Mila Risner earned an 8-4 decision over the Lady Raiders' Makya Parker. Bradley's Nataleigh Shane took home a second-place medal at 114 pounds after dropping a narrow 4-3 decision to Clarksville's three-time champion Ella-Lina Gonzalez. Championship Finals (Finals started at 160) 106 — Jose Cordero (Cleveland) major dec. Sebron Colson (Blackman), 11-2; 113 — Mason Jakob (Dobyns-Bennett) dec Chase Walker (Cleveland)7-2; 120 — Bryce Terrell (Bradley Central) dec. Zac Bosken (Cleveland), 6-1; 126 — Jarvis Little (Summit) dec. Bentley Ellison (Cleveland), SV-1 3-1; 132 — Ethan Lipsey (Bradley Central) major dec. Damen Pullen (Collierville), 9-1; 138 — Landon Desselle (Summit) Connor Warnock (Wilson Central); 145 — Luke Belcher (Bradley Central) Mason Sells (Blackmam 4-0); 152 — Logan Fowler (Cleveland) dec. Finley Jameson (Summit), 3-0; 160 — Max Norman (Dobyns-Bennett) dec. Tre McTory (Nolensville), 9-6; 170 —Lucas Zymborski (Cleveland) dec. Wyat Gibbs (Brentwood), 2-1; 182 — Aiden Brenot (Clarksville) major dec. Knox Watson (Bradley Central), 15-5; 195 — Devon Medina (Science Hill) pinned Tyson Russel (Cleveland), 3:20; 220 — Noah Todd (Wilson Central) dec. Garrett Crowder (Dobyns-Bennett), SV-1 4-2; 285 — Hayden McDonald (Maryville) dec. Keimel Redford (Science Hill) UTB 5-4. (Email Richard Roberts at richardvol55@yahoo.com) Halls Leads Signal Mountain In Class A State Wrestling Eagles Have Three In Finals, But Trail By 25.5 Points Friday, February 24, 2023 John Hunt FRANKLIN, Tenn. – You can always expect the unexpected on the second day of the TSSAA traditional state wrestling tournament. At least, that was the case here at the Williamson County Agricultural Exposition Center on Friday. The Knoxville Halls Red Devils made school history on the first weekend of February when they won their first-ever state duals title with a one-point win in the finals over defending champ Signal Mountain. Those same guys who wear the red and black singlets are trying to do it again this weekend in the annual traditional state gathering and it looks like they just might be successful. Halls was tied with Pigeon Forge at the start of the day, but fell behind to fourth place following the championship semis as they scored 94 points to 108 for tournament leader Pigeon Forge. And while the Red Devils only have two individuals in the championship round on Saturday, they more than made a statement in the rest of the consolation rounds Friday night and now have a commanding lead with 141.5 points as they won four of six matches in the consolation semis. It’s now a battle for second place as Signal Mountain is currently in second with 116 points while Pigeon Forge is third with 114. Defending champ Greeneville is currently fourth with 101.5 while Fairview is a distant fifth with 78. Halls coach Shannon Sayne is a 1998 graduate who has been the head coach at his alma mater for the past 17 years. He’s really reluctant to say it’s over, but his team did what was necessary to claim the first-place award late Saturday afternoon. “This has been a good day for us and we’re very fortunate to be in this spot,” he said after watching his 285-pounder lose a tough match at the end. “We still have some work to do and I’m not comfortable where we are right now as I’m not going to count my chickens before they hatch. “But this is a big deal for me and my team and we want to finish strong tomorrow and not just be content with earning a medal,” he added. Houston Clements is the Signal Mountain head coach who came to the tournament with high hopes that his team could and would bounce back after such a shocking loss three weeks ago. The look on his face told the story as his team simply didn’t perform to his expectations. “We had more than our share of chances, but we just didn’t take advantage,” he said shortly after Jacob Winchester suffered a pin in his consolation semifinal match at 220. “It seemed like we lost all the swing matches and we wrestled far from our best. Halls deserves to win as they’ve had a great tournament so far, but we haven’t and we don’t. “It’s a tough pill for me to swallow as I’m really disappointed with how we wrestled to be quite honest with you,” he added. Pigeon Forge coach Greg Foreman has been in this situation before as he knows the joy of winning a state title as well as the disappointment of coming up short. “This has definitely been and up and down day for us. Halls has taken the lead, but we still have to perform to our very best. It’s a matter of who can perform that their peak on Saturday. “We hope to finish strong and to have no regrets when we head back home. There are some good matches scheduled for tomorrow and it will be interesting to see who comes out on top,” he added. Sam Hutchison (132) and Harlen Hunley (138) are the only two championship finalists for Halls, but Jordan Sexton (126), Barrett Whaley (152), Briar Whaley (160) and Bull Goodman (220) will all be battling to finish third while David Cook is in the hunt for a fifth-place finish at 120. The three Uhorchuk brothers – JoJo at 113, Ethan at 126 and Caleb at 132 – are the three finalists for Signal Mountain while Luke Higdon (106), Jackson Davis (152) and Winchester are still alive in the consolation finals. Andy Cable at 126, Aiden Little at 170, Aidan Howard at 195 and Caleb Wolfe at 285 are Pigeon Forge’s four finalist while Ayden Hood (145) and Wyatt Howard (160) are still battling in the consolations. Greeneville’s four finalists include Carson Dupill at 120, Hunter Mason at 145, Colin Dupill at 152 and Morgan Lowery at 195. Red Bank’s Kobe Smith is in the finals for the Lions at 182 pounds. TEAM SCORES FOLLOWING CONSOLATION SEMIFINALS: 1. Knoxville Halls 141.5; 2. Signal Mountain 116; 3. Pigeon Forge 114; 4. Greeneville 101.5; 5. Fairview 78; 6. Soddy Daisy 76.5; 7. Gibbs 70; 8. Green Hill 66.5; 9. Sycamore 65.5; 10. Page 58.5. Also, 16. Whitwell 29; 19. Red Bank 24; 24. East Hamilton 21; 32. Polk County 15.5; 34. Marion County 13; 40. East Ridge 7; 42. Hixson 4. CHAMPIONSHIP SEMFINALS 106 – Justin Muniz (Green Hill) major dec. Blake Allen (Gibbs), 10-1; Samuel Comes (Seymour) pinned John Haney (Upperman), 1:21; 113 – JoJo Uhorchuk (Signal Mountain) pinned Kyle Nielsen (Spring Hill), 1:55; Lucas Martin (Hillwood) major dec. Evan Glass (Volunteer), 15-3; 120 – Carson Dupill (Greeneville) pinned Nathan Simpson (Page), :44; Henry Ribble (Fairview) dec. Zander Duncan (Soddy Daisy), 6-5; 126 – Ethan Uhorchuk (Signal Mountain) pinned Jordan Sexton (Halls), 1:15; Andy Cable (Pigeon Forge) pinned Andrew Lewis (Soddy Daisy), 4:35; 132 – Caleb Uhorchuk (Signal Mountain) pinned Adam Alvarez (Cheatham Co.), :40; Sam Hutchison (Halls) dec. Greg Gomez (MLK), 9-2; 138 – Brody McLemore (Eagleville) major dec. Braylon Cosper (Soddy Daisy), 15-5; Harlen Hunley (Halls) pinned Dylan Davenport (Sycamore), 3:34; 145 – Hunter Mason (Greeneville) pinned Hood (Pigeon Forge), :47; Luke London (Sycamore) major dec. Oleksaudr Warner (Polk Co.), 13-3; 152 – Colin Dupill (Greeneville) won by technical fall over Nikolas Taylor (White House-Heritage), 3:34; Seth McCoy (Forrest) pinned Jackson Davis (Signal Mountain), 1:06; 160 – Thomas Magness (Harpeth) dec. Wyatt Howard (Pigeon Forge), 6-0; Elijah Turner (Soddy Daisy) dec. Briar Whaley (Halls), 2-1; 170 – Aiden Littles (Pigeon Forge) dec. Bennett McDougall (Whitwell), 11-5; Jake Stacey (Green Hill) won by technical fall over Daniel White (Cheatham Co.), 5:33; 182 – Kobe Smith (Red Bank) pinned Elijah Hubbs (Gibbs), 1:20; Logan Heckert (Sycamore) pinned Connor Avans (Tullahoma), 1:50; 195 – Aiden Howard (Pigeon Forge) dec. Kendrick Curtis (Fairview), 8-4; Morgan Lowery (Greeneville) pinned Nathan Downey (Green Hill), 3:31; 220 – Robert Atwood (Trousdale Co.) pinned Jacob Winchester (Signal Mountain), 3:21; Tyson Click (Samuel Everett) dec. Cayden Buchanan (Spring Hill), 4-2; 285 – Caleb Wolfe (Pigeon Forge) dec. Caleb Turner (Halls), 3-1 in overtime; Ronan O’Connell (Page) dec. Landon Brooks (Gibbs), 3-2 in overtime. (Email John Hunt at nomarathonmoose@gmail.com)

Chattanooga press from Mr Hunt’s Top Associate… Cleveland Gunning For Sixth Straight Class AA State Wrestling Title Bradley Central Sitting In Third After Day 2 On The Mats Friday, February 24, 2023 Richard Roberts FRANKLIN, Tenn. — (UPDATED) The stage is set for the Saturday finale of the 2023 version of the Tennessee State Wrestling Championships and unless the Rapture occurs between Friday night and Saturday afternoon, the Cleveland Blue Raiders are lined up to win their sixth consecutive state championship.. Cleveland leads the field headed into the final day of competition with 173 points. The Bradley Central Bears made up considerable ground during Friday's championship semifinals and consolation rounds, but still sit in third place with 120 points. Summit sits between the Bears and Blue Raiders with 136.5 points. Dobyns-Bennett (113 points) and Maryville (70) round out the top five. “It's been a good day, so far,” said Blue Raiders head coach Joey Knox. “We had eight guys in the semis and got seven of those though. The one was a questionable loss, but it is what it is. Cleveland will send seven Blue Raiders to the mat in Saturday's finals while the Bears will field four wrestlers. Only one head-to-head battle for gold will take place with Bradley's Bryson, Terrell, a two-time medalist, and Cleveland's Zac Bosken, a 2022 medal winner, looking to stand atop the podium. Cleveland's Jose Cordero will go against 2022 medalist Sebron Colson, of Blackman at 106 pounds. 2022 medalist Chase Walker will battle Mason Jakob from Dobyns-Bennett at 113. “I have four in the finals, that's pretty good, and five in the semis. I've got six medalists. I'm happy for them, that's all I can really say right now,” said Bears head coach Ben Smith. “I'm frustrated in some areas and some situations. We've got to figure out why we're just now winning big matches and not winning the close ones. It's too late in the year to do that right now. Three-time Cleveland medal winner Bentley Ellison will be looking for goal against Jarvis Little, from Summit, who medaled in 2022 in the 126-pound championship. Bradley Central's Ethan Lipsey, a two-time state medalist, will take on Damen Pullen, of Collierville at 132. In the 138 pound title match, Landon Desselle (Summit) and Connor Warnock (Wilson Central) will match up. At 145, Bears' wrestler Luke Belcher, another two-time medal winner, will be wrestling against three-time medalist Mason Sells, of Blackman. Cleveland's two-time medal winner, Logan Fowler, will take to the mat against another two-time medalist in Summit's Finley Jameson. Nolensville will sen Tre McTory up against 2022 145-pound champion Max Norman, of Dobyns-Bennett. A pair of 2022 medalist will fight it out for the 170-pound championship as Cleveland's Luke Szymborski and Brentwood's Wyatt Gibbs prepare to do battle. Bradley Central's Knox Watson will look to deny two-time medalist Aiden Brenot (Clarksville) at 182 pounds. The Raiders' Tyson Russel will battle defending champion Devon Medina, of Science Hill, in the 195-pound bout. At 220 pounds, Wilson Central's two-time medal winner Noah Todd will face 2022 medalist Garrett Crowder from Dobyns-Bennett. In the finale, Science Hill's Keimel Redford and Maryville's Hayden McDonald will be looking for goald at 285. In the chase for third place Cleveland's Kaden Rice will take on Oakland's Landon Beasly in a 132-pound matchup. “Kaden Rice is going for third place He got pinned by that kid (he beat in the consolation semis) earlier in the year. He's had a great tournament,” said Knox of his 132 pounder. “He battled all the way back. He lost his first match and battled back for third place. That really speaks to his character. 2022 medalist Cy Fowler fought back from a loss in the semifinals and will go for a third-place medal against Clarkville's Jack Stein. “He (Fowler) lost in the semifinals, to an official,” said Knox. “We're looking forward to tomorrow. It's been a good day today and we're looking to keep it going.” Bradley Central has one Bear in the hunt for third as Manuel Rincon will face off against Wilson Central's Chase Fisher. “I hate it for those kids who's senior year came to an end without a medal and the kids' year is going to come to an end tomorrow. We're going to focus on those that are here right now and be positive for them,” Smith said. “We've got a chance for four state champions tomorrow and a chance for a third. Six medalists isn't going to win it in this day and age. We knew we needed seven or eight, eight or nine and we fell short. We're just going to make the best of it. I'm happy for those who are here and heart broken for those who are not. We'll start the 366 days journey to being back here next year.” Walker Valley had one Mustang looking to make the podium. The Mustangs' Christian Wilson battled back after a loss to the Blood Round, but fell short in his bid for a medal “Heading into the tournament, we felt like each of our qualifiers could place. That’s not the case but we feel like we have to look at the positives and build on those for next year,” said Mustangs head coach Al Morris. “Christian Wilson took an early loss but battled all the way back to the Blood Round. That’s hard to do. It takes guts. Then to lose a close match knowing you're so close to being on the podium. That will sting for a while, but we expect that to drive Christian this offseason.” Morris also said said the Mustangs have much to build on as Walker valley gains experience and maturity on the mat. You hate it for a guy like senior David Cantrell, who had a solid season and had big expectations for this weekend. Things just didn’t unfold that way. David wrestled tough. The effort is never an issue with David. He leaves it all out on the mat. He won’t be defined by this tournament. Being a finalist in the region and the sectional tournament were big accomplishments he should be proud of,” Morris said. “Even though Jeremiah Townsend isn’t on the podium, he made big steps at this tournament. He’s only a sophomore and a second year wrestler with a ton of upside. He’s a hard worker and a smart kid. Every placer at 285 this year is a senior and he knows he was close. We expect big things from Jeremiah in the near future.” Girls As with the Blue Raiders, the Cleveland girls have solid hold on their bid for a state championship with a 126-118 lead over Rossview. Clarksville hold third place with 102 points in front of Riverdale with 80. Montgomery Central stands in fifth spot with 76. Cleveland will also be well represented in the girls championships as four Lady Raiders look to stand atop the podium. At 107 pounds, Cleveland's Makya Parker will take on 2022 medalist Mila Risner, of Oakland. Piper Fowler, who medaled in 2022 for the Lady Raiders, will go against another 2022 medal winner in Maryville's Ella Murphey. At 235 pounds, Lady Raider Diamond Young will be looking to dethrone 2022 champion Sha'Niayha Wysinger, of Clarksville. One Bradley Central Bearette will be wrestling for a championship at 114 pounds when Nataleigh Shane goes against Clarkville's three-time medal winner Ella-Lina Gonzalez. Cleveland's Senna Grassman will be shooting for a third-place medal against 2022 114-pound champion Melanie Val of St. Andrew's-Sewanee. (Email Richard Roberts at richardvol55@yahoo.com)

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Creek Wood wrestlers qualify for state tournament SUBMITTED Main Street Media Feb 21, 2023 Updated Feb 21, 2023 The Creek Wood Wrestling team. SUBMITTED The Creek Wood High School wrestling team finished an 11-win season, with 2 ties and 8 losses. Millington Middle Central High School hosted the TSSAA Section 4 Class A Wrestling Tournament on February 17-18. The Red Hawk wrestlers who qualified for sectionals were Adam Anderson, Lamarion Goins, Lee Weaver, Maddie Sisco, Maya Miccio, Michael Sisco and Andrew Grove. At sectionals on Saturday at Millington Central High School, Creek Wood had three wrestlers qualify for the state tournament. Grove (220) and Sisco (145) both finished in third place in their weight division while Adam Anderson finished in fourth place in the 138-weight class.

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But all is well and everything appears to be back on track for the Eagles as they won the Class 2-A Sectional at Soddy Daisy Saturday afternoon with five champions and 164.5 points. Pigeon Forge was a close second with 155 points and three champs while Soddy Daisy was third with 129.5 points and also three guys who finished first. Samuel Everett School of Innovation and East Hamilton completed the top five teams with 64.5 and 61 points, respectively. Nobody was any happier than Signal Mountain coach Houston Clements. “That’s the best we’ve wrestled since I’ve been their coach, but we had 11 entries and have nine going to state next week after we won five individual titles. I couldn’t be any more proud,” Clements said after all was said and done. “I want to give a personal shout-out to Matthew Cate, who is one of my assistant coaches who has worked tirelessly with our guys and has made a tremendous difference. “I feel like we maxed out our potential today and I feel like we have a good shot next weekend. I was hoping that we might have six, but to advance nine really makes me happy. “We’re peaking at the right time and I like where we are at this point. We’ll have three light practices next week before going to Franklin, but it’s been a great ride so far,” Clements added. The Eagles led the way with five champs while Pigeon Forge and Soddy Daisy both had three. Hixson, Polk County and Red Bank all had one apiece. Signal’s champions included the three Uhorchuk brothers – JoJo at 113, Ethan at 126 and Caleb at 132 – in addition to Jackson Davis at 152 and Jacob Winchester at 220. The three winners for Pigeon Forge included Herbert Little at 170, Aiden Howard at 195 and Caleb Wolfe at 285 while Soddy Daisy’s three winners included Charles Duncan at 120, Braylan Cooper at 138 and Elijah Turner at 160. Hixson’s Chris Lagorio was the winner at 106 while Polk’s Oleksaudr Warner was the winner at 145. Kobe Smith finished first for the Lions at 182. Other medalists for Signal Mountain included Luke Higdon, who was second at 106, Daniel Odom third at 285 and Jackson Owens and Eben Shriner, who both finished fourth at 138 and 160, respectively. Soddy Daisy’s additional medalists included third-place finishes for Andrew Lewis at 126, William Whalen at 132, Logan Rawlinson at 152 and Tucker Ross at 170. Gage Welch was fourth at 145. Next week’s D-I state tournament begins on Thursday afternoon at the Williamson County Agricultural Exposition Center in Franklin and will conclude on Saturday. LEGEND AND FINAL TEAM SCORES: 1. Signal Mountain (SM) 164.5; 2. Pigeon Forge (PF) 155; 3. Soddy Daisy (SD) 129.5; 4. Samuel Everett School of Innovation (SE) 64.5; 5. East Hamilton (EH) 61; 6. Cocke County (CC) and Stone Memorial (SM) tied with 45; 8. Red Bank (RB) 44.5; 9. Alcoa (A) 39; 10. Seymour (S) 37.5; 11. East Ridge (ER) 37; 12. Hixson (Hix), Whitwell (W) and Polk County (PC) tied with 29; 15. Marion County (MC) 17; 16. Chattanooga Central (CC) and Northview Academy (NA) tied with 4; 18. Brainerd (Br) 3; 19. Sequatchie County (SC) 1. CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS 106 – Chris Lagorio (Hix) pinned Luke Higdon (SM), 1:37; 113 – JoJo Uhorchuk (SM) pinned Luke Carpenter (EH), 1:40; 120 – Charles Duncan (SD) pinned Colton Relation (SE), 1:23; 126 – Ethan Uhorchuk (SM) dec. Andy Cable (PF), 8-4; 132 – Caleb Uhorchuk (SM) pinned Keegan Perkins (S), :58; 138 – Braylan Cooper (SD) pinned Wyatt Davis (W), 2:34; 145 – Oleksaudr Warner (PC) dec. Ayden Hood (PF); 152 – Jackson Davis (SM) pinned Anthony Copeland (ER), 5:00; 160 – Elijah Turner (SD) dec. Wyatt Howard (PF), 3-1 in overtime; 170 – Herbert Little (PF) pinned James Click (SE), 5:15; 182 – Kobe Smith (RB) won by technical fall over Caleb Richardson (EH), 2:29; 195 – Aiden Howard (PF) pined Khalli Dishman (SM), 3:23; 220 – Jacob Winchester (SM) pinned Tyson Click (SE), 3:21; 285 – Caleb Wolfe (PF) pinned Cristopher Flockhart (CC), 6:00. CONSOLATION FINALS FOR THIRD PLACE 106 – Samuel Comes (S) pinned John Sanchez-Ponce (A), 1:46; 113 – Jayden Mondragon (CC) dec. Ricky Lester (SM), 8-6; 120 – Roman Luker (EH) pinned Kamarion Pritchett (ER), 4:38; 126 – Andrew Lewis (SD) dec. Aaron Waller (EH), 9-7; 132 – William Whalen (SD) dec. Owen McCall (A), 7-1; 138 – Lane Cope (SE) dec. Jackson Owens (SM), 7-2; 145 – Aubrey Thompson (SM) major dec. Gage Welch (SD), 9-1; 152 – Logan Rawlinson (SD) pinned Dawson Trentham (PF), 3:12; 160 – Conrad Morales (CC) dec. Eben Shriner (SM), 7-0; 170 – Tucker Ross (SD) dec. Bennett McDougal (W), 4-3; 182 – Dylan Jackson (PF) pinned Ocean Brown (PC), 3:49; 195 – Kenny Harris (A) dec. Caleb Conn (ER), 9-7; 220 – Micah Hardaway (RB) pinned Enrique Perez (PF), 2:47; 285 – Daniel Odom (SM) dec. Keanun Cummings (MC), 6-3. (Email John Hunt at nomarathonmoose@gmail.com)