GREENSBORO, NC – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association began the 87th Annual Individual Wrestling State Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum. First Round matches in the 4A Classification led off the over 1,300 matches that will be conducted over the course of the three-day event. The 2A First Round Matches are about to begin and the 3A First Round bouts will follow at 7:00 p.m. to close out the evening of competition.
Wrestling will get underway at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow/Friday morning at the Greensboro Coliseum. You can follow the tournament and brackets at TrackWrestling.com or watch live streaming video of matches via the NFHS Network.
Below are the text results for the first round of the 4A Classification. No wrestlers were eliminated completely from the tournament in this first round of our double elimination format.
2023 NCHSAA Individual Wrestling State Tournament Results
4A Championship First Round
4A 106 lbs.
Alex Barnett (New Bern, 37-3) won by decision over Alex King (Weddington, 41-11) (Dec 5-2)
Dru Kerley (South Iredell, 38-5) won by fall over Samuel Beltowski (Cary, 46-13) (Fall 1:41)
Grant McCord (Grimsley, 38-2) won by tech fall over Brian Trujillo Alvarado (New Hanover, 36-10) (TF-1.5 2:00 (16-1))
Gabriel Capezudo (Hoke County, 16-6) won by fall over Ben Glaister (T.C. Roberson, 24-17) (Fall 3:41)
Trevelian Hall (Lumberton, 41-6) won by decision over Ryder Menard (Lake Norman, 32-15) (Dec 6-1)
Anthony Zahn (West Forsyth, 34-9) won by decision over Connor Reed (Leesville Road, 48-5) (Dec 9-6)
Jace Barrier (Mooresville, 42-4) won by fall over William Vanwy (Pine Forest, 25-16) (Fall 1:56)
Kyle Pruden (Northwest Guilford, 30-3) won by fall over Spencer Sterling (Cardinal Gibbons, 33-15) (Fall 0:39)
4A 113 lbs.
Tiaj Thao (Lake Norman, 34-12) won by major decision over Giulio Fabriziani (Willow Spring, 23-15) (MD 11-0)
Bradley Yokum (Ragsdale, 47-3) won by fall over Daniel Dickerson (Riverside-Durham, 30-8) (Fall 0:57)
Conner Hibberd (Middle Creek, 39-3) won by decision over Jake Economon (South Mecklenburg, 33-13) (Dec 8-2)
Trevor Freeman (A.L. Brown, 46-6) won by decision over Makya Kerns (Lumberton, 51-9) (Dec 8-1)
Noah Cauble (Piedmont, 44-4) won by fall over Jayvion Johnson (Pine Forest, 28-8) (Fall 1:12)
Dylan Drinkard (Mallard Creek, 44-12) won by decision over Jonathan Binanay (Cardinal Gibbons, 36-14) (Dec 11-5)
Cayden Glass (West Forsyth, 32-13) won by decision over Johnny Ramos (Cary, 25-3) (Dec 10-4)
Leyton Bean (Olympic, 24-4) won by major decision over Mason Winchell (Ashley, 30-17) (MD 11-0)
4A 120 lbs.
Cameron Stinson (Mallard Creek, 59-0) won by tech fall over Asher Watson (Cox Mill, 35-12) (TF-1.5 2:42 (22-7))
Justin Travers (Jack Britt, 14-2) won by decision over Tyler Klemmer (New Bern, 33-13) (Dec 5-3)
Isaac Sheehan (Ragsdale, 49-5) won by fall over Justin Prince (A.C. Reynolds, 21-15) (Fall 1:16)
Christopher Bonner (DH Conley, 35-7) won by decision over Alexander Schweitzer (Cary, 43-10) (Dec 6-0)
Matthew Vindigni (Cleveland, 44-5) won by tech fall over Shamari Thompson (South View, 24-16) (TF-1.5 5:35 (18-3))
Gavin Ferguson (Cuthbertson, 30-7) won by major decision over Kyle Snyder (Piedmont, 24-5) (MD 9-1)
Joey Bruscino (Southeast Guilford, 56-4) won by fall over Noah Reid (Topsail, 27-13) (Fall 1:53)
Eli Pendergrass (Northwest Guilford, 50-3) won by fall over Noah Murray (Lake Norman, 36-12) (Fall 0:57)
4A 126 lbs.
Liam Hickey (Cardinal Gibbons, 40-1) won by tech fall over Gabe Wallace (Grimsley, 32-9) (TF-1.5 1:54 (16-0))
Austin Green (Mooresville, 27-15) won in the ultimate tie breaker over Zane Ray (Gray`s Creek, 35-6) (UTB 11-8)
Cooper Davis (Cox Mill, 46-2) won by fall over Robert Tellez (Topsail, 40-11) (Fall 2:40)
Jackson Rowling (Hough, 43-4) won by decision over Yadiel Colon Torres (Hoke County, 34-9) (Dec 11-4)
Jackson Ealy (Green Hope, 33-4) won by fall over Keith Jenkins (Cuthbertson, 17-14) (Fall 5:33)
Carter Bockenstedt (Weddington, 52-3) won by decision over Tyler Watt (Wake Forest, 39-7) (Dec 5-1)
Joey Baisley (Charlotte Catholic, 43-5) won by major decision over Quaiyem Smith (Jack Britt, 30-19) (MD 12-2)
Trey Hinson (Piedmont, 46-7) won by major decision over Nick Lewis (New Bern, 35-9) (MD 8-0)
4A 132 lbs.
Brandt Fajerman (Hough, 37-4) won by fall over Emmit Holland (Wake Forest, 40-10) (Fall 2:52)
Nick Barroso-Joslin (Cary, 31-7) won by decision over Jonathan Stanback (A.L. Brown, 30-13) (Dec 8-6)
Ian Fritz (Topsail, 48-2) won by fall over Marcello Scaldaferri (South Mecklenburg, 23-17) (Fall 1:38)
Dolan Ponder (Southeast Guilford, 44-10) won by decision over Amarr Lumpkins (R J Reynolds, 44-9) (Dec 8-4)
Dylan Pepin (Northwest Guilford, 50-3) won by fall over Elijah Ybarra (Pinecrest, 34-10) (Fall 3:35)
Eli Murray (Lake Norman, 35-6) won by tech fall over Michael Baysden (New Bern, 19-8) (TF-1.5 4:25 (15-0))
Landen Nelson (Hoke County, 46-3) won by fall over Troy Garcia (Piedmont, 37-16) (Fall 3:36)
Cael Bergquist (Heritage, 50-3) won by fall over Job Brown (A.C. Reynolds, 28-9) (Fall 0:51)
4A 138 lbs.
Tyler Caldwell (Hough, 36-6) won by tech fall over Daniel Maye (A.L. Brown, 17-15) (TF-1.5 2:51 (15-0))
Frank Bianco (Rolesville, 49-6) won by tech fall over Cooper Schmidt (Holly Springs, 30-8) (TF-1.5 5:19 (19-3))
Will Gibson (Northwest Guilford, 49-4) won by decision over Kanon Harrington (Alexander Central, 30-6) (Dec 4-0)
Porter Brice (Chapel Hill, 34-4) won by decision over Tristan Hawkins (Clayton, 39-6) (Dec 9-6)
Avery Buonocore (Laney, 45-2) won by fall over Samuel Gantt (Pine Forest, 33-10) (Fall 4:33)
Anas Jama (Piedmont, 35-19) won by decision over Aidan Moose (South Iredell, 35-10) (Dec 14-9)
David Coptsias (Hoke County, 43-9) won by decision over Bailey Wilman (Wake Forest, 44-5) (Dec 4-2)
Donovan Edwards (Southwest Guilford, 37-7) won by decision over Jayden Gaddy (Julius L. Chambers, 34-4) (Dec 6-5)
4A 145 lbs.
Tyler Tracy (Cardinal Gibbons, 46-1) won by tech fall over Andrew Harger (Northwest Guilford, 43-12) (TF-1.5 4:38 (18-3))
Xavier Jones (Southeast Guilford, 43-8) won by fall over Charlie McLaurin (Charlotte Catholic, 25-12) (Fall 5:48)
Colt Campbell (Hickory Ridge, 55-3) won by major decision over Blake Taylor (Ashley, 35-8) (MD 9-1)
Austin Emmert (Mooresville, 37-10) won by major decision over Jaxson Martin (Richmond County, 22-9) (MD 8-0)
Riley Merchant (Pinecrest, 38-3) won by fall over Dylan Dalton (Alexander Central, 36-7) (Fall 1:40)
Noah Thomas (Laney, 41-5) won by major decision over Parker Broadus (West Forsyth, 32-8) (MD 15-2)
Santiago Ruiz Diaz (Providence, 33-9) won in sudden victory – 1 over Thomas Taylor (Jack Britt, 46-13) (SV-1 7-5)
Christian Hasty (Porter Ridge, 47-5) won by decision over Pete Winterstein (Clayton, 24-4) (Dec 7-4)
4A 152 lbs.
Davis Freeze (Mooresville, 39-1) won by fall over Isaac Piatek (Cleveland, 39-11) (Fall 1:53)
Hunter Jones (Hickory Ridge, 55-5) won by decision over Isaiah Williams (Apex, 28-7) (Dec 8-3)
Ethan Blevins (Topsail, 42-3) won by fall over Jason Sanders (Hough, 30-14) (Fall 0:46)
Matthew Foil (Lumberton, 51-8) won by tech fall over Amet Faal (West Forsyth, 35-12) (TF-1.5 4:18 (17-1))
Dylan Attridge (Northwest Guilford, 36-5) won by fall over Marcus Schultz (Jordan, 25-7) (Fall 3:04)
Zach Russo (Wakefield, 51-11) won by decision over Palmer Smith (Watauga, 28-11) (Dec 3-0)
Cedric Griffin Jr (Hoke County, 45-5) won in sudden victory over Cohen Beane (Northern Guilford, 30-6) (SV-1 7-5)
Logan Haseley (Corinth-Holders, 40-5) won by tech fall over Lukas Boucher (Mallard Creek, 49-11) (TF-1.5 6:00 (15-0))
4A 160 lbs.
Elijah Brown (A.C. Reynolds, 35-3) won by fall over Geovani Giron (Porter Ridge, 23-12) (Fall 3:45)
Jackson Cuba (New Hanover, 21-1) won by fall over Augustus Elliott (Apex Friendship, 26-7) (Fall 5:21)
Drew Pepin (Northwest Guilford, 55-1) won by fall over Michael Lapata (Providence, 25-12) (Fall 0:23)
Symon Sadler (Green Level, 23-1) won by fall over Bilial Benzemour (Southeast Raleigh, 42-22) (Fall 0:13)
Tristan Cotto (Laney, 38-3) won by decision over Terrence Olu Rouse (Panther Creek, 39-8) (Dec 5-4)
Ziggy Malave (West Forsyth, 35-8) won by decision over Daniel Freeman (Marvin Ridge, 35-3) (Dec 8-2)
Jayden Dobeck (Pinecrest, 52-2) won by fall over Honor Paxton (Middle Creek, 33-17) (Fall 2:50)
Garrett Benfield (Northern Guilford, 34-4) won by decision over Jeffrey Hoelscher (South Mecklenburg, 44-6) (Dec 10-3)
4A 170 lbs.
Savoy New (Cardinal Gibbons, 32-7) won by tech fall over Brett Fox (East Forsyth, 33-7) (TF-1.5 4:00 (18-1))
Brion Brunson (Jack Britt, 25-4) won by fall over Ayden Small (Mallard Creek, 33-28) (Fall 4:56)
Bennett DiCarlo (Weddington, 35-3) won by fall over Elijah Tillery-Mallory (Leesville Road, 51-14) (Fall 1:12)
Connor Reese (T.C. Roberson, 38-12) won by major decision over Cooper Ogden (Pinecrest, 46-14) (MD 11-2)
Sam Grena (Cary, 56-2) won by fall over William `Billy` Hoelscher (South Mecklenburg, 30-15) (Fall 2:56)
Logan Lightner (Hickory Ridge, 33-9) won by decision over Elliot Hollis (Enloe, 34-7) (Dec 13-6)
Greg Merriman (Mooresville, 38-1) won by fall over James Ellison (Lumberton, 44-14) (Fall 0:43)
Franklin Melton (Clayton, 48-4) won by major decision over Dalton Renfroe (Piedmont, 19-5) (MD 8-0)
4A 182 lbs.
Johnny Merriman (Mooresville, 39-4) won by decision over Trevor Franciscy (Wakefield, 39-16) (Dec 13-6)
Kyle Perry (Hickory Ridge, 43-5) won by fall over Wesley Shepard (Riverside, 33-9) (Fall 1:49)
Alex Hopper (Laney, 46-1) won by tech fall over Ian Maxwell (Olympic, 31-17) (TF-1.5 2:19 (21-6))
Ethan Cox (Southeast Guilford, 49-8) won by decision over Matthew Massaro (Weddington, 33-7) (Dec 8-2)
Hunter Testa (Davie, 44-0) won by fall over Mathias Winston (Pine Forest, 24-8) (Fall 4:44)
Nate Dahlstrom (Alexander Central, 37-5) won by fall over Aaron Martinez (Topsail, 45-9) (Fall 3:52)
Jackson Buck (Lumberton, 47-1) won by fall over Anthony Crespo (Porter Ridge, 37-13) (Fall 3:04)
Zaid Marjan (Athens Drive, 53-8) won by major decision over Giancarlo Evans (Hough, 39-17) (MD 13-2)
4A 195 lbs.
Alexander Jones (South Mecklenburg, 41-1) won in sudden victory over Priest Gwyn (Ronald Reagan, 26-6) (SV-1 6-4)
Pierce White (Hoggard, 37-4) won by fall over Jiwaun Fleming (Pine Forest, 26-7) (Fall 1:28)
Tomas Brooker (Hickory Ridge, 55-0) won by tech fall over Bryson Stines (McDowell, 23-17) (TF-1.5 3:20 (28-13))
Kiyon Brown (Athens Drive, 34-10) won by decision over Aspen Talbot (Cary, 49-9) (Dec 5-2)
Trystan Richardson (Laney, 44-5) won by fall over Maynor Ramos (South View, 38-10) (Fall 0:56)
Bo Schiano (Hough, 43-7) won by fall over Christian Brown (Page, 16-5) (Fall 0:18)
Austin Roberts (Fuquay-Varina, 28-2) won by decision over Codie Witmer (Clayton, 13-5) (Dec 8-1)
Bryce Gadson (Cox Mill, 43-6) won by decision over Brady Rabb (Mooresville, 41-10) (Dec 4-3)
4A 220 lbs.
Caleb Beaty (Corinth-Holders, 41-0) won by fall over Connor Shulman (Hickory Ridge, 32-6) (Fall 0:53)
Vincent Nolfo (Holly Springs, 19-2) won by fall over Truth Jacobs (Mallard Creek, 37-16) (Fall 1:50)
Sam Cowher (Cox Mill, 24-0) won by decision over Joshua Romero (Rolesville, 20-10) (Dec 5-1)
Hayden Haynes (McDowell, 38-8) won by decision over Jacob Williams (Panther Creek, 44-11) (Dec 3-2)
James Bankston (Hillside, 41-2) won by tech fall over Trabey Shepherd (Watauga, 24-20) (TF-1.5 4:26 (15-0))
Xavier Lewis (Leesville Road, 40-5) won by fall over Selwyn Davis (Page, 14-10) (Fall 2:59)
Geronimo Oxendine (Hoke County, 42-12) won by decision over Ray Watson (Mooresville, 40-4) (Dec 4-1)
Mason Blue (Laney, 41-10) won by fall over Noah Richardson (Ragsdale, 42-6) (Fall 2:46)
4A 285 lbs.
Chandler Allen (Mallard Creek, 50-7) won by decision over Deondre Johnson (Clayton, 46-10) (Dec 6-3)
Keontay Turner (Cary, 54-4) won by decision over Tremel Hester (Page, 26-4) (Dec 3-2)
Taevion Cox (New Bern, 13-0) won by fall over Nathan Sanders (South Iredell, 35-8) (Fall 0:38)
Daniel Karmanov (Apex Friendship, 41-4) won by fall over Chaz Knox (A.L. Brown, 36-14) (Fall 3:19)
Nathan Carnes (Porter Ridge, 48-1) won by tech fall over Joseph Hunt (South View, 40-12) (TF-1.5 5:50 (15-0))
Benjamin Rogers (A.C. Reynolds, 24-3) won by fall over Thomas Bennett (Topsail, 46-8) (Fall 3:40)
John Domencic (Green Hope, 41-1) won by major decision over Aaron Goodman (Piedmont, 37-8) (MD 14-5)
Bradley Muse (Millbrook, 28-3) won by fall over Gilmore Kirby (Alexander Central, 19-10) (Fall 2:38)
GREENSBORO, NC – The North Carolina High School Athletic Association began the 87th Annual Individual Wrestling State Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum. First Round matches in the 4A Classification led off the over 1,300 matches that will be conducted over the course of the three-day event. The 2A and 3A First Round Matches just concluded to close out the first day.
Wrestling will get underway at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow morning at the Greensboro Coliseum. You can follow the tournament and brackets at TrackWrestling.com or watch live streaming video of matches via the NFHS Network.
Below are the text results for the first round of the 3A Classification. No wrestlers were eliminated completely from the tournament in this first round of our double elimination format.
2023 NCHSAA Individual Wrestling State Tournament Results
3A Championship First Round
3A 106 lbs.
George Coleman (Fred T. Foard, 45-5) won by forfeit over Camorie Townsend (Southern Guilford, 17-7) (For.)
Willian Hoo Chocoj (Eastern Guilford, 55-6) won by fall over Paul Vaught (Swansboro, 28-9) (Fall 2:40)
Mateo Diaz Ruiz (South Rowan, 20-4) won by injury default over Brayden Reid (Hibriten, 48-9) (Inj. 0:00)
Ethan Brownlee (South Johnston, 39-2) won by fall over Jose Salazar (Southern Nash, 31-5) (Fall 0:55)
Aiden Enright (Union Pines, 41-9) won by fall over Cameron Sanchez (Croatan, 29-8) (Fall 5:24)
Jathan Roby (West Rowan, 36-6) won by decision over Charlie Price (South Point, 34-7) (Dec 2-0)
Samuel Aponte (Cape Fear, 31-3) won by tech fall over Carter Mulligan (Havelock, 21-21) (TF-1.5 2:55 (19-4))
Elijah Dorsey (Dudley, 46-2) won by tech fall over Kail Burnette (Pisgah, 29-8) (TF-1.5 5:06 (15-0))
3A 113 lbs.
Jacob Kresicki (First Flight, 35-3) won by decision over Xavier Santos (Asheboro, 41-8) (Dec 8-5)
Keaton Crawford (Union Pines, 30-14) won by fall over Austin Laws (Fred T. Foard, 36-8) (Fall 5:25)
Aiden Rodriguez (Dudley, 53-3) won by major decision over Ziquaveon Kornegay (South Central, 41-21) (MD 12-3)
Caleb Haynes (North Gaston, 40-5) won by major decision over Christian Lemaire (Person, 36-7) (MD 11-1)
Israel Guerra (South Johnston, 45-1) won by decision over Till Helms (North Lincoln, 45-15) (Dec 7-0)
Oliver Perry (West Rowan, 29-8) won by fall over Redmond Williamson (Northern Nash, 29-4) (Fall 1:47)
Fernando Martinez (Cedar Ridge, 44-11) won by decision over Kane Bryson (Pisgah, 42-3) (Dec 8-4)
Levi White (North Davidson, 49-5) won by major decision over Ethan McCullough (South Brunswick, 30-5) (MD 10-0)
3A 120 lbs.
Bently Sly (Cramer, 48-3) won by fall over Austin Hill (West Brunswick, 28-16) (Fall 1:42)
Ramir Hall (Seventy-First, 26-12) won by decision over Mark Truman (West Rowan, 16-10) (Dec 10-4)
Joshua Kozminski (Dixon, 42-5) won by decision over Trevon Bowers (Forestview, 39-4) (Dec 4-0)
Omari Figueroa (Eastern Guilford, 54-6) won by decision over Takota Tala (Parkwood, 30-11) (Dec 5-3)
Diego Gutierrez (Asheboro, 38-1) won by major decision over Carson Corl (South Johnston, 33-12) (MD 18-5)
Gavin Nipper (Jacksonville, 33-14) won by decision over Gavin Cryderman (Enka, 16-4) (Dec 13-10)
Jayden Crawford (Union Pines, 36-9) won by decision over Alex Luna (East Rowan, 22-14) (Dec 8-2)
Gunner Marshall (East Henderson, 48-6) won by major decision over Ayden Goodman (Swansboro, 34-13) (MD 10-2)
3A 126 lbs.
Damon Landreth (West Henderson, 38-2) won by fall over Cain Solis (Montgomery Central, 38-7) (Fall 0:39)
Demarion Garner (Southern Durham, 25-5) won by forfeit over Tyler Cowell (Swansboro, 42-4) (For.)
Charleston Baglio (Central Cabarrus, 43-2) won by fall over Matthew Mehaffey (Pisgah, 39-13) (Fall 3:51)
Andrew Fucci (Dixon, 29-13) won in tie breaker over Braden Crawford (Orange, 30-8) (TB-1 4-3)
Skyler Oxford (West Carteret, 48-8) won by fall over Jalen Williams (Cedar Ridge, 21-24) (Fall 3:28)
Will Varner (Kings Mountain, 30-3) won by major decision over Chayton Tala (Parkwood, 35-12) (MD 11-1)
Daschle Egan (Croatan, 27-14) won by decision over Malachi Cobb (Eastern Guilford, 42-13) (Dec 5-4)
Isaiah Morrison (Enka, 49-4) won by decision over Stetson Collins (West Rowan, 27-6) (Dec 11-4)
3A 132 lbs.
Luke Connick (West Brunswick, 37-5) won by decision over Parker Mills (Jesse Carson, 29-17) (Dec 4-1)
Jared Hutchins (Orange, 26-5) won by fall over Logan Wilson (Clyde A. Erwin, 39-11) (Fall 3:44)
Jackson Baglio (Central Cabarrus, 44-0) won by fall over Triston Woodard (East Wake, 19-11) (Fall 1:18)
Malachi Hamilton (Eastern Guilford, 46-4) won in tie breaker over Kavan Wilson (Smoky Mountain, 27-3) (TB-1 8-7)
Cristian Rothrock (Douglas Byrd, 23-1) won by tech fall over Garrett Carpenter (North Gaston, 25-14) (TF-1.5 6:00 (23-8))
Dylan Shirley (West Carteret, 43-9) won by decision over Shawn Bass (Dudley, 43-9) (Dec 6-4)
Charlie Sly (Cramer, 50-2) won by tech fall over Logan Mitchell (Southern Lee, 27-13) (TF-1.5 4:19 (17-2))
Kevin Obrein (West Rowan, 40-3) won by tech fall over Barrett Klutey (Fike, 46-6) (TF-1.5 4:32 (21-6))
3A 138 lbs.
Noah Tocaben (Enka, 43-3) won by fall over Russell Davis (C.B. Aycock, 30-11) (Fall 4:43)
Shayden Edwards (East Rowan, 34-4) won by fall over Ben Musser (Orange, 12-7) (Fall 3:47)
Luke Sheets (Ashe County, 42-6) won by decision over Matthew Lieberman (Currituck County, 20-3) (Dec 3-2)
Jacob Perry (West Rowan, 38-7) won by fall over Jahzion Patterson (Eastern Alamance, 17-16) (Fall 2:29)
Bray Trivette (North Iredell, 43-0) won by fall over Wiliam Sullivan (Douglas Byrd, 12-6) (Fall 0:35)
Jaelen Culp (Kings Mountain, 31-3) won by tech fall over Nathan Canning (First Flight, 26-9) (TF-1.5 3:09 (17-2))
Troy Gryder (Eastern Guilford, 24-2) won by fall over Christian Kluttz (Jesse Carson, 35-9) (Fall 4:40)
Kevin Romero (Fred T. Foard, 29-8) won by decision over Jaylen Jarman (Havelock, 36-9) (Dec 15-11)
3A 145 lbs.
Brock Carey (Fred T. Foard, 48-0) won by tech fall over Brian Taylor (West Rowan, 28-13) (TF-1.5 3:55 (16-0))
Jeffrey Owens (White Oak, 35-9) won by fall over Ryan Rakouskas (Cedar Ridge, 36-19) (Fall 1:24)
Daniel Tierney (Concord, 37-4) won by decision over James Weaver (North Gaston, 43-8) (Dec 11-4)
Justin Root (Dixon, 38-13) won by decision over Cameron Curva (Western Harnett, 42-6) (Dec 8-4)
Nasir Grant (Eastern Guilford, 50-7) won by tech fall over David Saunders (Currituck County, 26-9) (TF-1.5 4:06 (15-0))
Thomas Maness (Montgomery Central, 53-5) won by disqualification over Luke Osborne (Ashe County, 43-5) (DQ)
Klint Rhude (Swansboro, 35-10) won by decision over Ronald Walker (Northwood, 29-9) (Dec 11-4)
Tyriq Freeman (Central Cabarrus, 36-8) won by fall over Ross Watts (Hibriten, 45-8) (Fall 2:40)
3A 152 lbs.
Theodore Yager (Swansboro, 47-3) won by major decision over Jake Winyard (North Davidson, 47-14) (MD 11-0)
Deshawn Carty (Harnett Central, 17-3) won by decision over Deaijaha Ray (Clyde A. Erwin, 33-10) (Dec 10-6)
Logan Fite (Central Academy, 46-2) won by fall over Dalton Gay (Currituck County, 31-11) (Fall 0:47)
Xander Hill (Pisgah, 42-4) won by fall over Kameron Ladd (Terry Sanford, 29-8) (Fall 5:25)
Marcus Bynum (Eastern Guilford, 53-2) won by fall over Chandler Wyke (Hibriten, 16-6) (Fall 2:59)
Azrael Simpson (First Flight, 35-5) won by tech fall over Conner Misenheimer (West Rowan, 32-10) (TF-1.5 2:56 (16-1))
Brayden Mejia (Fred T. Foard, 41-1) won by major decision over Braydon Forehand (Westover, 14-5) (MD 14-0)
Nathan McCartney (Central Davidson, 37-3) won by fall over Samad Wooten (C.B. Aycock, 34-10) (Fall 5:11)
3A 160 lbs.
Matt Karagias (Cramer, 46-2) won by fall over Kordyn Su (Swansboro, 27-17) (Fall 0:41)
Ethan Treadway (Concord, 39-9) won by fall over Easton McLain (Person, 27-8) (Fall 3:09)
Keith Rhodarmer (Enka, 31-9) won by decision over Shawn Disbennett (Dixon, 38-3) (Dec 4-1)
Brian Byrd (Oak Grove, 36-7) won by fall over Aaron Painter (West Johnston, 23-14) (Fall 3:19)
Sage Tala (Parkwood, 41-5) won by fall over Cameron Hunt (Westover, 18-12) (Fall 0:32)
Matthew Peterson (Ashe County, 24-1) won by injury default over Jacob Farmer (Fike, 44-13) (Inj. 0:30)
Brock Sullivan (Union Pines, 43-4) won by fall over Christian Diaz (Asheboro, 20-12) (Fall 4:00)
Marcus McCarson (East Henderson, 40-7) won by decision over Moises Sontay (Northside, 13-5) (Dec 11-5)
3A 170 lbs.
Zane Birtchet (Fred T. Foard, 45-2) won by fall over Eli Jenkins (West Rowan, 30-8) (Fall 3:48)
Kamar Brown (Northside, 41-3) won by decision over Troy Shannon (Terry Sanford, 25-3) (Dec 3-2)
Mason Kincaid (South Rowan, 18-1) won by injury default over Riley Pugh (Enka, 30-10) (Inj. 1:53)
Nathan Williams (Triton, 34-5) won by decision over Jackson Mitcham (Dixon, 36-6) (Dec 7-3)
Kai Reece (First Flight, 20-2) won by decision over Cliff Davis (Northwood, 38-7) (Dec 3-2)
Carson Wince (Crest, 44-3) won by fall over Matthew Wolff (High Point Central, 36-7) (Fall 1:44)
Dominic Blue (Scotland County, 46-10) won by decision over Treston Wiggins (West Brunswick, 26-10) (Dec 6-5)
Steven Mairena (North Gaston, 29-8) won by decision over Noah Staub (Central Davidson, 40-5) (Dec 6-4)
3A 182 lbs.
Trevor Schweitzer (First Flight, 39-2) won by decision over Alex Petroff (Concord, 26-10) (Dec 4-2)
Kaden Tatro (Cedar Ridge, 53-5) won by decision over Landon Pope (Pisgah, 38-7) (Dec 4-2)
Brixon Burgess (North Iredell, 40-3) won by fall over Marcus Cherry (Northside, 18-7) (Fall 3:42)
Elijah Park (Enka, 46-9) won by fall over Ayden Rhoney (Lee County, 31-8) (Fall 2:00)
Nicholas Mascolino (Union Pines, 47-3) won by fall over Dillan Earp (Hibriten, 47-5) (Fall 5:20)
Braxton Barger (West Rowan, 38-9) won by fall over Collin Jasset (Havelock, 37-15) (Fall 3:25)
Andrew Kehoe (St. Stephens, 49-3) won by major decision over Ethan Kuball (Northwood, 36-9) (MD 8-0)
Samuel Daniels (West Mecklenburg, 34-1) won by decision over AJ Pile (Croatan, 30-10) (Dec 15-12)
3A 195 lbs.
Dylan Smith (Fred T. Foard, 46-0) won by tech fall over Damian Weaver (South Brunswick, 36-13) (TF-1.5 2:00 (16-0))
Dantrell Williams (Union Pines, 42-12) won by decision over Hunter Miller (West Rowan, 31-4) (Dec 5-1)
Joshua Knipe (West Carteret, 57-0) won by fall over Dewayne Davis (North Gaston, 46-11) (Fall 2:49)
Karin Sein (Eastern Guilford, 54-4) won by fall over Raymon Gray (Statesville, 19-5) (Fall 1:09)
Tayshaun Glover (Dudley, 51-1) won by fall over James Este-Wittinger (Cedar Ridge, 20-17) (Fall 2:41)
Jacob Nix (North Buncombe, 30-5) won by decision over Andrew Frazier (Havelock, 20-6) (Dec 8-2)
Acoya Isley (Orange, 32-2) won by fall over Eddie Soto (Asheboro, 31-14) (Fall 2:34)
Justin Bullock (Fike, 48-8) won by decision over Tytus Bridges (Pisgah, 42-9) (Dec 2-1)
3A 220 lbs.
Colby Mace (Fred T. Foard, 14-1) won by decision over Louden Gregory (Central Academy, 21-6) (Dec 6-5)
Dallas Bailey (C.B. Aycock, 37-5) won by fall over Xavier Wilson (Eastern Guilford, 49-6) (Fall 4:24)
Edison Flores (North Iredell, 47-0) won by major decision over Fredy Vincente-Perez (Freedom, 32-9) (MD 15-3)
Colton Collins (Union Pines, 45-7) won by fall over Lance Deane (Havelock, 14-4) (Fall 2:43)
Donavan Frederick (Seventy-First, 17-4) won by decision over Garrett Frazier (South Brunswick, 36-5) (Dec 7-1)
Nicholas Martinez (Hickory, 31-4) won by fall over Isaiah McGuffin (Oak Grove, 27-9) (Fall 2:46)
Landon Sargent (Cape Fear, 23-3) won by fall over Sammy Huddleston (Northern Nash, 10-6) (Fall 1:02)
Jaquaid Owens (Dudley, 37-5) won by major decision over Reese Meadows (North Henderson, 40-7) (MD 11-1)
3A 285 lbs.
Alex Jukoski (Central Academy, 37-5) won by decision over Nicholas Rodgers (Fike, 43-5) (Dec 1-0)
Sam Bolch (Fred T Foard, 41-6) won by fall over Ben Hicks (Southern Durham, 25-5) (Fall 1:59)
Christian Hercules (West Rowan, 44-1) won by fall over Hyuga Doreus (Swansboro, 37-14) (Fall 0:21)
Wyatt Rickard (Lee County, 23-10) won by fall over Jacob Brindle (Cramer, 37-12) (Fall 0:21)
Trevquan Gary (Person, 35-2) won by injury default over Elihu Lipscomb (Kings Mountain, 19-17) (Inj. 2:07)
Jackson Greene (Central Davidson, 40-5) won by major decision over Everest Ouellette (First Flight, 36-9) (MD 11-1)
Christopher Riley (Eastern Guilford, 42-7) won by fall over Elijah Amaya (Hibriten, 40-9) (Fall 1:45)
Steven Hamby (Statesville, 43-2) won by fall over Landon Michael (Franklinton, 54-9) (Fall 2:41)
Courtesy of JAMES ALVERSON, AIC/NCHSAA Director of Media
Below are the text results for the first round of the 2A Classification. No wrestlers were eliminated completely from the tournament in this first round of our double elimination format.
2023 NCHSAA Individual Wrestling State Tournament Results
2A Championship First Round
2A 106 lbs.
Sam Gosnell (R-S Central, 44-11) won by fall over Seth Watters (North Johnston, 24-18) (Fall 1:02)
Jose Pina-Velasquez (Forbush, 40-4) won by major decision over Alex Monks (Bunn, 35-6) (MD 8-0)
Isaac Powell (Lincolnton, 36-11) won by forfeit over Christian Price (Washington, 31-12) (For.)
Gabe Rogers (Seaforth, 35-1) won by decision over Ayden Norman (Surry Central, 34-8) (Dec 4-1)
Cameron Gue (Mt. Pleasant, 45-3) won by fall over Janaksel Perez (Southwestern Randolph, 24-12) (Fall 1:32)
Alexander May (Hendersonville, 49-1) won by fall over Aeden Larkins (Southwest Onslow, 33-11) (Fall 1:36)
Elijah Horton (Morehead, 39-2) won by fall over Stone Martin (West Stanly, 40-11) (Fall 4:29)
Andy Saine (West Lincoln, 36-6) won by forfeit over Dakota Peele (North Lenoir, 31-12) (For.)
2A 113 lbs.
Sumter Horton (R-S Central, 49-4) won by fall over Aiden Moretz (West Davidson, 25-9) (Fall 2:45)
Brandon Rayo (Louisburg, 27-12) won by fall over Gavin Yanez (South Lenoir, 23-21) (Fall 1:39)
Fernando Teniente (West Caldwell, 41-10) won in sudden victory – 1 over Seth Almond (Mt. Pleasant, 43-7) (SV-1 6-4)
Brayden Hall (Trinity, 42-9) won by tech fall over Jared Santiago-Lopez (North Lenoir, 35-8) (TF-1.5 4:38 (16-0))
Carter Duhon (Southwest Onslow, 45-3) won by major decision over Bryson Gresham (J.F. Webb, 26-10) (MD 12-4)
Kaden Shoup (Burns, 23-3) won by tech fall over Drake Parker (Forbush, 33-10) (TF-1.5 5:56 (20-3))
Josh Miller (Seaforth, 34-0) won by major decision over Keller Guthrie (Ayden-Grifton, 29-7) (MD 15-3)
Isaiah Pittman (Newton-Conover, 52-3) won by fall over Jose Trejo (Surry Central, 34-8) (Fall 0:42)
2A 120 lbs.
Bailor Peebles (Ayden-Grifton, 44-12) won by fall over Christian Peace (East Davidson, 19-16) (Fall 5:47)
Jared Thomas (Morehead, 31-5) won by fall over Christian Wylie (Maiden, 25-11) (Fall 1:29)
Xavier Salazar (Surry Central, 32-8) won by fall over Levi Jaramillo (Heide Trask, 24-21) (Fall 2:39)
Layne Armstrong (Seaforth, 37-3) won by fall over Phoenix Michaud (Newton-Conover, 45-10) (Fall 1:00)
Spencer May (Trinity, 46-6) won by fall over Bladen Ingle (West Lincoln, 33-19) (Fall 1:57)
Braxton Woolard (Washington, 25-12) won by fall over Robert Moulton (Salisbury, 11-15) (Fall 3:13)
Carter Minton (West Wilkes, 46-1) won by decision over Braulio Rayo (Louisburg, 26-15) (Dec 4-0)
Will Brickle (North Surry, 33-9) won by fall over Wyatt Reavis (South Lenoir, 22-14) (Fall 1:27)
2A 126 lbs.
Simitrio Hernandez (North Wilkes, 36-2) won by fall over Tate Tucker (Washington, 22-19) (Fall 3:35)
Levi Dennis (Trinity, 42-9) won by fall over Knari Bailey (West Davidson, 31-6) (Fall 3:28)
Walker Bell (West Craven, 32-1) won by decision over Landon Wilson (West Wilkes, 21-13) (Dec 4-1)
Nathan Howard (Morehead, 39-9) won by decision over Trey Story (Bandys, 41-11) (Dec 4-0)
Josh Hammac (Mt. Pleasant, 43-12) won by fall over Max Profitt (Graham, 23-10) (Fall 1:59)
Grayson Phillips (East Burke, 29-6) won by decision over Chris Haro (South Lenoir, 40-9) (Dec 10-6)
Rayshun James (Reidsville, 34-2) won by fall over Michael Fischer (East Surry, 25-13) (Fall 1:09)
Hunter Feagan (R-S Central, 34-13) won by fall over Hayden Manning (North Pitt, 36-8) (Fall 3:32)
2A 132 lbs.
Caleb Deaton (Lincolnton, 44-5) won by fall over Derek Freeman (West Davidson, 29-13) (Fall 3:12)
Jensen Miller (Southwest Onslow, 45-7) won by major decision over Austin Chastain (Bunn, 40-9) (MD 12-0)
David McEachern (Mt. Pleasant, 44-8) won by major decision over Jett McNeill (West Wilkes, 43-12) (MD 10-0)
Trey Swaney (Wheatmore, 39-11) won by fall over David B-Meza (Washington, 30-12) (Fall 5:27)
Corey Fazekas (Northeastern, 43-2) won by fall over Kaelob Pearce (Randleman, 20-13) (Fall 5:31)
Chase Eller (North Wilkes, 32-7) won by tech fall over William France (North Surry, 33-10) (TF-1.5 5:23 (16-1))
Tyler Moore (Morehead, 22-5) won by fall over Bladen Davis (South Lenoir, 29-16) (Fall 2:28)
Gunner Horton (R-S Central, 43-14) won by decision over Dylan Poole (East Davidson, 26-10) (Dec 8-1)
2A 138 lbs.
Orlando Perez (Monroe, 20-13) won by fall over Gerald Johnson (West Craven, 37-4) (Fall 4:00)
Ethan Smith (Lincolnton, 46-9) won by fall over Colton Peters (South Granville, 23-9) (Fall 3:36)
Will Nix (Bandys, 44-5) won by fall over Ashton Shields-Adams (Southwest Onslow, 30-16) (Fall 1:14)
Connor Shumate (Newton-Conover, 50-6) won by decision over Luke White (Southwestern Randolph, 32-3) (Dec 5-1)
Zack Sheets (West Wilkes, 32-9) won by decision over Jasper Williamson (Reidsville, 24-8) (Dec 10-7)
Austin Price (East Gaston, 44-5) won by tech fall over Everett Rouse (North Lenoir, 35-5) (TF-1.5 3:36 (16-0))
Caleb Cox (R-S Central, 48-8) won by major decision over Baron Justice (Trinity, 27-17) (MD 17-4)
Kreed Osborne (West Stanly, 38-4) won by tech fall over Gabe Foreman (Washington, 34-16) (TF-1.5 3:05 (16-0))
2A 145 lbs.
Josh White (Lincolnton, 42-5) won by fall over Josiah Hynes (East Carteret, 41-14) (Fall 0:52)
Donte Pope (Lexington, 44-13) won by fall over Mason Leonard (Southwestern Randolph, 27-14) (Fall 3:18)
John david Curtis (Burns, 30-3) won by decision over Jacob Crump (North Pitt, 42-6) (Dec 2-1)
Trey Ballew (Bandys, 27-4) won by fall over Bryson Miller (Reidsville, 15-6) (Fall 3:13)
Hunter Digh (East Gaston, 45-4) won by fall over Jonathan Hayes (South Granville, 26-30) (Fall 1:25)
Walker Mains (Hendersonville, 53-3) won by fall over Eli Day (South Lenoir, 15-7) (Fall 1:58)
Ephram Biggs (Morehead, 12-5) won by tech fall over Jack Casey (Lincoln Charter, 28-13) (TF-1.5 6:00 (21-6))
Rakeem Smith (West Caldwell, 38-6) won by decision over Nicholas Johnson (Heide Trask, 28-11) (Dec 14-7)
2A 152 lbs.
Jason Brawley (Newton-Conover, 53-3) won by fall over Jacob Reigel (Mt. Pleasant, 26-17) (Fall 0:35)
Edward Robles (McMichael, 26-10) won by decision over Jahiem Gibson (Pasquotank County, 30-11) (Dec 8-6)
Jeremiah Price (Surry Central, 40-2) won by fall over Brayden Helms (R-S Central, 34-21) (Fall 0:18)
Ethan Powel (South Granville, 41-16) won by fall over Anthony Mejia (South Lenoir, 21-10) (Fall 5:24)
Bryant Smith (Washington, 31-4) won by fall over Mitchell Freeman (Providence Grove, 27-19) (Fall 3:20)
Connor Ridgell (Wilkes Central, 38-3) won by decision over Brandon Wyatt (East Gaston, 39-10) (Dec 7-2)
Cole Prichard (Morehead, 43-2) won by fall over Jackson Stegall (Holmes, 25-14) (Fall 3:15)
Dennis Waters (Hendersonville, 48-6) won by decision over Luke Burkett (Bandys, 42-15) (Dec 3-2)
2A 160 lbs.
Jeremiah Jones (Southwest Onslow, 37-4) won by fall over Caleb Harrison (East Gaston, 36-19) (Fall 1:20)
Kyle Jamerson (Madison, 41-7) won by fall over Cameron Dennison (South Granville, 24-13) (Fall 5:16)
Ian Moore (Bandys, 36-3) won by fall over Jon Horne (Nash Central, 22-16) (Fall 1:00)
Jacob Stockton (Brevard, 27-6) won by decision over Tristian Kirkwood (TW Andrews, 14-8) (Dec 7-4)
Dominic Hittepole (Wheatmore, 41-5) won by major decision over Alex Ashley (Hendersonville, 45-12) (MD 13-4)
Andrew Meadows (East Surry, 36-7) won by major decision over Dylan Polatty (Manteo, 52-9) (MD 16-2)
Donta Davis (Bunker Hill, 28-6) won by decision over Judge Lloyd (Seaforth, 22-12) (Dec 6-0)
Jacob Price (Surry Central, 16-1) won by forfeit over Traquan Haywood (Washington, 19-5) (For.)
2A 170 lbs.
Jordan Henze (Newton-Conover, 51-8) won by decision over Logan Haffner (Southwest Onslow, 29-6) (Dec 7-3)
Leviathan Haynes (Lexington, 49-10) won by fall over Hezekiah James (McMichael, 22-9) (Fall 4:46)
Patrick Goins (West Lincoln, 42-7) won by fall over Eric Fazekas (Northeastern, 38-9) (Fall 5:29)
Jakoby Casselman (Bartlett-Yancey, 26-8) won by major decision over Garrett White (Lincoln Charter, 33-9) (MD 14-3)
Elias Martinez (Jay M. Robinson, 35-2) won by forfeit over Mark Hancock (Morehead, 21-13) (For.)
Jaxon Turner (Brevard, 34-6) won by fall over Dayton East (Heide Trask, 25-11) (Fall 3:19)
Damarion Watkins (Bunn, 41-2) won by fall over Chris McCorkle (Walkertown, 21-10) (Fall 2:47)
Richard Post (R-S Central, 34-5) won by fall over John (Riley, Perciful (Manteo, 45-8) (Fall 4:29)
2A 182 lbs.
Mason Avery (West Lincoln, 41-2) won by major decision over Lee Chambers (Anson, 25-13) (MD 14-2)
Jordin Moore (North Johnston, 31-9) won by decision over Davonta Warren (Bartlett-Yancey, 26-8) (Dec 8-2)
Eli Becker (East Surry, 31-4) won by decision over Izreal Wrighton (Shelby, 23-9) (Dec 6-3)
Gavin Hardister (Trinity, 39-9) won in tie breaker over Landon Dillane (Nash Central, 25-6) (TB-1 6-5)
Jason Rodriguez Jr. (Southwest Onslow, 40-2) won by tech fall over Dominic McDowell (Bunn, 10-7) (TF-1.5 5:21 (15-0))
Jadyn Virgil (Polk County, 44-9) won by fall over Camden Mongene (Bandys, 21-8) (Fall 4:15)
Nicholas Harris (Webb, 35-6) won by fall over Jack Ewell (Ayden-Grifton, 35-19) (Fall 1:03)
Nathan Tucker (Burns, 27-6) won by fall over Garrett Shore (North Surry, 31-5) (Fall 4:24)
2A 195 lbs.
Adam Slate (North Surry, 20-13) won by fall over Tanner Whitehead (Southwest Onslow, 26-2) (Fall 2:20)
Alex Maximov (Hendersonville, 48-9) won by decision over Braxton Walker (Randleman, 43-11) (Dec 7-0)
Zack Evans (Bandys, 35-6) won by fall over Nick Brewster (Manteo, 43-17) (Fall 1:31)
Ray Laney (Brevard, 27-4) won by decision over Harrison Compton (Seaforth, 25-15) (Dec 5-3)
Xavier Roberts (Morehead, 37-7) won by decision over Preston Campfield (Chase, 35-10) (Dec 4-3)
Enoc Lopez (Surry Central, 29-7) won by fall over Gavin Pierce (Holmes, 26-9) (Fall 4:51)
Owen Clark (Newton-Conover, 50-2) won by fall over Randy Spencer (Wheatmore, 17-11) (Fall 0:35)
Caiden Smith (Forest Hills, 16-4) won by fall over Asher Eason (Heide Trask, 35-10) (Fall 5:49)
2A 220 lbs.
Geviaunta Walker (Lincolnton, 13-0) won by fall over Gabriel Roberts (Roanoke Rapids, 24-10) (Fall 0:50)
Joey Smith (Trinity, 38-7) won in sudden victory over Matthew Cranfill (Bandys, 47-10) (SV-1 5-3)
D`Angelo Johnson (Nash Central, 25-5) won by fall over Dayne Harrelson (West Lincoln, 15-9) (Fall 1:44)
Colt Kluttz (Mt. Pleasant, 41-8) won by major decision over Michael Vazquez (McMichael, 15-7) (MD 16-6)
J`Lynn Sheff (Walkertown, 19-1) won by fall over Colin Baumann (Morehead, 34-16) (Fall 1:42)
Joseph Lioret-tutty (Newton-Conover, 52-4) won by decision over Dominec Oneto (West Craven, 29-11) (Dec 8-2)
Jose Flores (Southwestern Randolph, 27-2) won by decision over Owen Grismer (West Stanly, 35-12) (Dec 6-0)
Grayson Fountain (Southwest Onslow, 35-6) won by decision over Trey Fuller (Shelby, 28-9) (Dec 9-2)
2A 285 lbs.
Dj Spring (Maiden, 27-1) won by fall over Nick McClellan (East Gaston, 21-14) (Fall 3:59)
Carrington Bell (TW Andrews, 15-7) won by fall over Peter Hoult (Southwest Onslow, 22-15) (Fall 2:35)
Isaiah King (Jay M. Robinson, 39-2) won by decision over Mykie Xiong (Newton-Conover, 23-12) (Dec 3-1)
Colton Wood (Providence Grove, 36-7) won by fall over Jaden Mcclary (Goldsboro, 18-8) (Fall 5:28)
Nhycer Kelly (Reidsville, 7-2) won by forfeit over Davante Barrington (Northeastern, 33-10) (For.)
Ty Gwyn (North Surry, 34-5) won by fall over Mason Clubb (Madison, 25-8) (Fall 1:53)
Dyllin Ellis (Bunn, 32-6) won by fall over Nicholas Herring (Greene Central, 31-1)3 (Fall 1:51)
Andrew McCrary (Bandys, 26-16) won in tie breaker over Camden Sain (West Lincoln, 39-12) (TB-1 2-1)