Fred T. Foard High’s Landon Foor (in blue) has an opportunity on Saturday to become a four-time state wrestling champion./TRACKWRESTLING PHOTO
Championships are set for Saturday using a
single-elimination format at 3 high schools
By CHRIS HOBBS
HobbsDailyReport.com
CHAPEL HILL – The state individual wrestling championships are scheduled Saturday at three high school gyms.
The 1A and 4A championships will be at Winston-Salem Glenn, the 2A wrestlers go to Wheatmore and the 3A championships are set for Eastern Guilford.
Weigh-ins for 2A, 3A and 4A wrestlers begin at 8 a.m. and wrestling begins an hour later. The 1A weigh-ins are at 9:30 a.m. and the first matches are at 11 a.m.
Each location will use four mats, two in a main gym and two in auxiliary gyms.
TrackWrestling.com will provide up to the minute brackets and mat assignments throughout the tournament.
No general public tickets are available. Participating schools have been provided four ticket purchase codes per qualified wrestler.
The tournaments are single-elimination format with no consolation rounds.
Foard’s Forr chases fourth straight title
A local highlight of the 2A tournament will be Fred T. Foard’s Landon Foor, wresting at 182 pounds, pursuing his fourth consecutive state title.
Foor is listed as 51-0 this season by TrackWrestling.com, which gives him an unofficial career record of 202-2.
STATE QUALIFERS FROM GREATER HICKORY AREA SCHOOLS
Alexander Central (3A) – Elijah Peal (160)
Bandys (2A) – Bryson Burkett (132), Matthew Cranfill (182), Zackory Evans (195), Joey Levix (126), Caleb Moore (160), William Nix (138)
Bunker Hill (2A) – Brayden Guess (160), Raul Hernandez (120), Lawson Vang (106)
East Burke (2A) – Caleb Johnson-White (138), Grayson Phillips (120)
East Lincoln (2A) – Grayson Cannon (182), Luke Davidson (126), Caleb Hines (152), Devean Huskey (113), Trent Smith (285)
Fred T. Foard (2A) – Spencer Bechtol (120), Zane Birtchet (170), Brock Carey (126), Hunter Clark (113), Landon Foor (182), Colby Mace (195), Amorion McAfee (220), Brayden Mejia (106), Jamie Richard (145), Dylan Smith (285), Coner Weaver (152)
Freedom (3A) – Kalvin Khang (152)
Hibriten (2A) – Zay Barnes (220), Josiah Honer (120), Ross Watts (132)
Lincolnton (2A) – Quinlan Hunter (138), Elijah Powell (182)
McDowell (4A) – Jesse Barrier (195), Collin Campbell (220), Preston Dennison (170), Tobias Finn (132)
Newton-Conover (2A) – Owen Clark (195), Cole Clark (220), Ryan Walker (285)
North Lincoln (2A) – Jordon Dininny (182), Joseph Plyler (170), Jorden Schlossman (132)
Patton (2A) – Dilan Patton (152)
South Caldwell (4A) – Brighton Deal (106), Jonah McBurney (120)
St. Stephens (3A) – Andre Britt (182), Brady Connell (132), Kymani Evans (138), Evan Trossi (126)
West Lincoln (2A) – Patrick Goins (170), Langston Hoffman (126), Eli Leatherman (113), Chade Norman (120), Ricky Reynolds (152), Andy Saine (106), Luke Stewart (132)
