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DH Conley Wrestling
Grappling Vikes finish a long hard day at the Green Hope Grapple in Cary with a very respectable finish!
Ethan Lenyszyn, 113….1st
Gabe Anderson, 195….3rd
Hunter Bryant, 106…4th
Kirian Davila, Hwt…4th
Walker Kassnove, 160…5th
Carson Hathaway, 152…5th
Troy Weaver, 170….5th
Rashid Oneal, 220…5th
1 Senior
3 Juniors
3 Sophomores
1 Freshman
Conely finishes 5th overall out of 24 teams!!!! This was a tuff bracketed Tournament and the young Vikes showed well!!!!! Great job Coaches and wrestlers! Grappling Vikes in action next on Thursday night against Pamlico and Rocky Mount at Home! Come see the “Grappling Vikes under the Lights”!!!! Wrestling starts at 5:30!

West Henderson female wrestling team makes history
by Caitlyn Penter
HENDERSON COUNTY, N.C. — West Henderson High School’s female wrestling team hosted its first dual meet Tuesday night. It was the first dual match of its kind held in the state of North Carolina. The high school is one of four in the state with a female wrestling team. The rules on the mat haven’t changed, just who can play. The girls at West Henderson are flipping the way wrestling has always been done.
“They’re doing everything the guys do, and they don’t back down from that,” coach Michael Connelly said. Some on this year’s team like Marissa Connelly, the coach’s daughter, wrestled with the boys last year. “Or we’re live wrestling, and they’re like, ‘Oh, I am sorry.’ They’d apologize like 50 million times, and it got to the point where I was like if you apologize again you’ll get punched in the face,” Connelly said. Others are just starting out. Rest of the story at https://wlos.com/news/local/west-henderson-female-wrestling-team-makes-history?mc_cid=2dd9bef4fd&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

This season’s first set of Trackwrestling High School Rankings has arrived. 
Perennial power Blair Academy (N.J.) leads the pack with 11 ranked wrestlers, followed by Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) with nine, St. John Bosco (Calif.) with five and Buchanan (Calif.), Detroit Central Catholic (Mich.) and Elyria (Ohio) with four each.  Marc-Anthony McGowan (106), Richard Figueroa (113), Greg Diakomihalis (120), Robert Howard (126), Shayne Van Ness (132), Beau Bartlett (138), Victor Voinovich (145), Sonny Santiago (152), Keegan O’Toole (160), Patrick Kennedy (170), Dustin Plott (182), Rocky Elam (195), A.J. Ferrari (220) and Hunter Catka (285) begin the season as the top-ranked wrestlers at their respective weight classes.  Rest of the story and full national rankings at https://www.trackwrestling.com/PortalPost.jsp?TIM=1575477597623&twSessionId=shexorimtx&postId=1798459132&mc_cid=2dd9bef4fd&mc_eid=2ef7cbca4b

Bancroft, Bullock win titles at Pierce-Davis Memorial
BETHEL — Fike High senior wrestler Aaron Bancroft claimed a weight-class championship for the fourth straight year at the 28th Pierce-Davis Memorial Tournament on Saturday at North Pitt High. Bancroft was joined by junior teammate Jayleen Bullock as individual champions in the tournament, which attracted 23 teams, to help the Golden Demons to a runner-up finish behind Oscar Smith High, a Virginia Interscholastic Athletic Association 6-A powerhouse program from Chesapeake, Virginia. Bancroft, won the North Carolina High School Athletic Association 3-A championship at 160 pounds last year, won all three of his matches by fall to improve to 12-0 on the season. He was selected the tourney’s Most Outstanding Wrestler for the third time.
Fike head coach Brad Watson said he told Bancroft before the tournament to just enjoy the moment in a career that will be over in a little more than two months. The only negative for Bancroft was that he didn’t get a rematch against Oscar Smith’s Jaden Bullock, the VIAA 6-A 160-pound champion last year who handed Bancroft his only loss in 53 matches last season. Bullock was reportedly taking his college entrance exam Saturday and didn’t make the trip to Wilson. Fike’s Bullock raised his record to 11-0 as he won three matches to capture the 195-pound crown. Bullock pinned August Basco of Peninsula Catholic, another Virginia school, in 1:33 in the final. Rest of the story at http://www.wilsontimes.com/stories/area-roundup-bancroft-bullock-win-titles-at-pierce-davis-memorial,196618?

December 9, 2019 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized