Takedown Report

The 2024 HighSchoolOT All-State Boys Wrestling Team

Forty wrestlers are making the team for the second, third, or fourth season and five have made it all four seasons.
The fourth-annual HighSchoolOT boys wrestling all-state team features 40 athletes making an appearance on the team for the second, third, or fourth time, led by five wrestlers who became our first four-time all-state honorees.
Mallard Creek’s Cameron Stinson, Fred T. Foard’s Brayden Mejia, Reidsville’s Rayshun James, Central Cabarrus’ Charleston Baglio, and Robbinsville’s Kage Williams made the team each year of their high school careers.
Stinson and Williams made history in becoming the 13th and 14th wrestlers in NCHSAA history to win four individual championships. Stinson became the third to do it while having never lost in his career. There are six wrestlers at minimum listed with each weight class. The top two are on first team, the next two on second team, and fifth and sixth wrestlers on third team.
Then, 28 honorable mention all-state wrestlers — twice the size of a 14-wrestler starting lineup — are selected without regard to weight class (for instance, 106 pounds could have three HM all-state wrestlers, while 113 could have zero).
The following athletes now have multiple appearances on the HSOT all-state wrestling team, with Stinson leading the way with four first-team appearances:

• 4-time (5): Stinson****, Mejia*, James*, Baglio**, Williams***
• 3-time (11): Seaforth’s Josh Miller*, Cape Fear’s Samuel Aponte**, Cox Mill’s Cooper Davis*, Northwest Guilford’s Eli Pendergrass*, A.L. Brown’s Trevor Freeman**, Lake Norman’s Eli Murray**, Lumberton’s Jackson Buck*, Hough’s Jackson Rowling*, Cardinal Gibbons’ Liam Hickey*, Topsail’s Ian Fritz*, North Iredell’s Bray Trivette
• 2-time (24): Robbinsville’s Alexis Panama; Rolesville’s Frank Bianco; Pisgah’s Kane Bryson; Avery County’s Cael Dunn*, Cooper Foster*, Benjamin Jordan, and Grant Reece; Uwharrie Charter’s Lorenzo Alston*; Kings Mountain’s Jaelen Culp*; Mooresville’s Jace Barrier and Johnny Merriman; Seaforth’s Gabe Rogers; Morehead’s Elijah Horton; Grimsley’s Grant McCord; North East Carolina Prep’s Ryan Mann; Hickory Ridge’s Colt Campbell; Ragsdale’s Bradley Yokum; Trinity’s Spencer May; Northwest Guilford’s Dylan Pepin; Mount Pleasant’s David McEachern*; Davie County’s Hunter Testa*; Union Pines’ Nicholas Mascolino; Cape Fear’s Landon Sargent*; Lincolnton’s Geviaunta Walker* …. rest of story at lists at … Highschoolot.com/2024-highschoolot-all-state-boys-wrestling-team

April 2, 2024 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized