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LINCOLNTON – West Lincoln High had a wrestler finish in the top three – including five as individual weight class champions – en route to winning the South Fork 2A tournament on Saturday at Lincolnton.
The Rebels scored 239 points, finishing ahead of Newton-Conover (219.5) with five weight champions, five runners-up and four wrestlers in third place.
West Lincoln’s individual champions were Ricky Reynolds at 138 pounds, Canon Bridges at 152, Nathan Hull at 160, Alex Hall at 195 and Brock Steele at 285.
Bridges and Hull won their titles by pin.
Newton-Conover, the league’s regular-season champion, had four individual champions – Camden Spencer (106), Mitch Glover (113), Spenser Harris (126) and Joshua Nichols (170).
Spencer won an all-freshman final at 106, pinning West Lincoln’s Kemp Wehunt in one minutes, three seconds.
There were two sophomores winning individual titles, Reynolds of the Rebels at 138 pounds and Grayson Cannon of East Lincoln at 220 pounds.
Harris, a senior, remained undefeated for Newton-Conover (54-0) with a 9-1 decision in the title match at 126 over Dajzay Powell of Lincolnton.
Bandys’ Colby Teague improved to 44-1 in the 145 final with a 3-1 decision over West Lincoln’s Xander Pendergrass.
SOUTH FORK 2A WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
(Saturday at West Lincoln High)
Team scores: 1. W. Lincoln 239; 2. Newton-Conover 219.5; 3. E. Lincoln 96; 4. N. Lincoln 82; 5. Bandys 67.5; 6. Lincolnton 54.5; 7. Maiden 14.
Individual weight class results
106
Championship: Camden Spencer (N-C) 48-7, Fr. over Kemp Wehunt (WL) 21-9, Fr. (Fall 1:03)
Third: Jorden Schlossman (NL) 33-9, So. over Marcelo Castillo (B) 7-8, Fr. (Dec 10-3)
113
Championship: Mitch Glover (N-C) 44-5, Jr. over Langston Hoffman (WL) 31-6, So. (Fall 1:48)
Third: Bryson Burkett (B) 29-18, Fr. over Luke Davidson (EL) 26-8, Fr. (MD 8-0)
120
Championship: Cameron Smith (L) 48-4, Jr. over Isaiah Summers (N-C) 44-9, Jr. (Dec 5-4)
Third: Chade Norman (WL) 25-6, Fr. over Dylan Quilla (NL) 27-12, Jr. (Dec 7-6)
126
Championship: Spenser Harris (N-C) 53-0, Sr. over Dajzay Powell (L) 46-8, Sr. (MD 9-1)
Third: Luke Stewart (WL) 33-7, So. over Nathaniel Poovey (M) 20-14, Jr. (Fall 0:00)
132
Championship: Andrew Holden (NL) 35-7, Jr. over Chance Norman (WL) 24-10, Jr. (Dec 5-0)
Third: Cole Yoder (N-C) 23-19, Sr. over Jonathan Alwran (L) 26-24, So. (Dec 4-3)
Championship: Ricky Reynolds (WL) 30-8, So. over Luke Canrobert (N-C) 38-12, Sr. (Dec 7-4)
Third: Jason Mical Ulibarri (NL) 37-7, Sr. over Caleb Moore (B) 34-12, Fr. (Dec 5-2)
145
Championship: Colby Teague (B) 43-1, Sr. over Xander Pendergrass (WL) 30-6, Jr. (Dec 3-1)
Third: Carson Dollarhide (N-C) 35-13, Sr. over Caleb Hines (EL) 25-8, So. (Dec 3-0)
152
Championship: Canon Bridges (WL) 25-3, Jr. over Alex Biagi (EL) 24-3, Sr. (Fall 4:46)
Third: Justin Wilson (M) 12-9, Jr. over Charlie Pettery (N-C) 32-13, So. (Dec 9-6)
160
Championship: Nathan Hull (WL) 33-3, Sr. over Evan Hines (EL) 27-5, Sr. (Fall 2:26)
Third: Joey Plyler (NL) 27-18, Fr. over Spencer Brackett (N-C) 17-5, Jr. (Dec 6-4)
170
Championship: Joshua Nichols (N-C) 44-3, Jr. over Avlin Brooke (EL) 24-7, Jr. (Fall 1:07)
Third: Hayden Thomas (WL) 15-19, Sr. over Alan Rojas (L) 23-27, Sr. (Fall 0:00)
Championship: Carter Williamson (EL) 31-2, Sr. over Cole Clark (N-C) 44-8, So. (MD 9-0)
Third: Luke Scronce (WL) 22-14, Jr. over Devon Speckman (NL) 25-11, Sr. (Fall 0:00)
195
Championship: Alex Hall (WL) 24-14, Jr. over Devin McCorkle (B) 35-9, Sr. (Dec 7-2)
Third: Sakarri Morrison (N-C) 30-15, Fr. over Jacob Langston (EL) 21-6, Sr. (Fall 0:00)
220
Championship: Grayson Cannon (EL) 27-6, So. over Harley Scronce (WL) 26-5, Jr. (Dec 9-3)
Third: James Gaither (N-C) 40-13, Sr. over Bernard Wingate (L) 17-19, Fr. (Fall 0:00)
285
Championship: Brock Steele (WL) 29-7, Sr. over Ryan Walker (N-C) 46-8, So. (UTB 3-2)
Third: Aaron Wyatt Painter (NL) 24-6, Jr. over Trent Smith (EL) 21-7, So. (Fall 0:00)