Madonna was in third with 13 points and Williamstown was in fourth with Local grapplers in the small school race had four head-to-head showdowns and that included two from Wirt County. Also, St. Marys pound senior Antone Herring lost via fall in to now Wahama junior Antonio Serevicz. Parkersburg South started its night with five straight mat slappers thanks to Devin Easton , Brayden Johnson , Tucker Windland , Brayden Roberts and pounder Gavin Quiocho before two-time state champ Luke Martin won via a forfeit at Josh Humphreys also received a forfeit win for the Patriots at Zane Hinzman , Drew Dunbar and pounder Braxton Amos, who was on the mat for just 27 seconds in his first state tournament, also recorded pins.
Patriot two-time state runner-up heavyweight Louden Haga won via a technical fall. Big Red pounder CJ Wade also recorded a major decision.
Burdette entered state ranked fourth while Smithson was seventh. Little Kanawha Conference champion Braxton County got off to a slow start and managed four wins in its dozen matches. Jake Long , Logan Conley and Jacob Whitney had pins while pounder Jordan Williams also stayed in the championship bracket. Williamstown regional champion Brantley Guckert received a forfeit at while fellow regional champ Casch Somerville won by fall at WHS, which sent five wrestlers, finished as pound sophomore Mason Deem also won his 30th match of the season.
Roane County won two of its five matches with Jake Whiting and Adam Reichard recording triumphs. Reichard had a pin. Spaulding had three other Rebel teammates join him at state, but only pound senior Josh Mason registered a victory. Calhoun County senior Eli Stump upped his record to thanks to a pin, which was the only Red Devil triumph as pound teammate Dalton McCune was ousted to the consolation bracket. Freshman Wiley Houser of St.
Marys made the most of his first state tournament as the pounder is now after recording a fall. The one-man teams of Magnolia with sophomore heavyweight Mikey Hamrick and Ravenswood with pound 10th-grader Clay Tanner both came up short.
