Cleveland wrestling’s Blue Raiders, Lady Blue Raiders win state traditional titles

Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton / Cleveland High School wrestlers Piper Fowler, right, and Lucas Szymborski, left, both won individual state titles in wrestling Saturday as their teams also won championships.
Staff file photo by Matt Hamilton / Cleveland High School wrestlers Piper Fowler, right, and Lucas Szymborski, left, both won individual state titles in wrestling Saturday as their teams also won championships.

There is no letup in sight for Cleveland High School's wrestling dominance.

The Blue Raiders pulled away in the finals of the TSSAA Class AA state traditional tournament Saturday in Franklin to win their 12th consecutive state team championship.

Having already won its sixth straight duals state title two weeks ago, Cleveland added a sixth consecutive traditional crown, totaling 190 points, while Summit was second with 153.5, followed by Wilson Central with 138 and Bradley Central with 135.

The Lady Blue Raiders made it a clean sweep for Cleveland by also securing the girls' state traditional title, finishing with 134 points to Rossview's 128. Cleveland 165-pounder Piper Fowler pinned her way to an individual title, with three in less than a minute during the early rounds followed by a fourth pin in the championship match.

Three other Lady Blue Raiders finished second — Makya Parker (107), Madelin Zunin (185) and Diamond Young (235) — as the team added another title to the state duals championship it won earlier this month.

Baylor's Paraskevi Christopolos won the girls' 138-pound title.

Signal Mountain fell short in its bid for the Class A team title as Knoxville Webb won with 151.5 points to the Eagles' 136. Soddy-Daisy was sixth with 82.5 points

In AA, Cleveland led Summit 177-138.5 after the semifinals, but then extended the lead as three wrestlers — Josh Cordero (106), Logan Fowler (152) and Lucas Szymborski (170) — all won individual titles. Four other Blue Raiders — Chase Walker (113), Zac Bosken (120), Bentley Ellison (126) and Tyson Russell (195) — finished as runners-up.

Cordero won by major decision, 11-2, over Blackman's Sebron Colson, while Fowler won 3-0 against Summit's Finley Jameson and Szymborski beat Brentwood High's Wyatt Gibbs 2-1.

Ellison lost in overtime to Summit's Jarvis Little, Walker lost 7-2 to Dobyns-Bennett's Jakob Mason, Bosken dropped a 6-1 decision to Bradley Central's Bryson Terrell and Russell was pinned by Science Hill's Devon Medina.

Bradley Central's Terrell was one of three state champions for the Bears, joined by Ethan Lipsey (132) and Luke Belcher (145), while teammate Knox Watson (182) was a runner-up.

Signal Mountain's Uhorchuk brothers — Joseph (113), Ethan (126) and Caleb (132) — all won individual titles. Joseph and Caleb both pinned their championship opponents, while Ethan won 5-1 over Pigeon Forge's Andy Cable. Eagles teammate Jackson Davis (153) placed third.

Red Bank's Kobe Smith won Class A's 182-pound title with a 2-1 decision over Sycamore's Logan Heckert.

Soddy-Daisy's Elijah Turner (160) lost 1-0 to Harpeth High's Thomas Magness in the finals, and Trojans teammates Andrew Lewis (126) and Braylan Cooper (138) placed third.

Compiled by Stephen Hargis. Contact him at shargis@timesfreepress.com.

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