TDR Top 12 Jan. 30th Rankings 157-175 lbs. – 2025
Editor’s Notes; The following is an update look at The TakeDown Report’s Top 12 Team as best wrestlers in eastern North Carolina. This is the 28th consecutive season of the TDR Top 12 rankings and awards. Weight classes are determined by tournament results. We welcome input from coaches, fans and wrestlers. We will recognize the top wrestlers with engraved wooden plaques (21st year) with a ‘duck under’ logo. We have TDR T-Shirts with white print on black TDR shirts for $10!
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| 1 | 157 | Root, Justin | Dixon | 25 | 36 | 2 | 0.947 |
| 2 | 157 | Ray, Jamri | South Granville | 25 | 30 | 3 | 0.909 |
| 3 | 157 | Lamm, Stephen | Louisburg | 25 | 23 | 3 | 0.885 |
| 4 | 157 | Cardenas, Mario | Pasquotank Co. | 25 | 33 | 5 | 0.868 |
| 5 | 157 | Hill, Jamari | Fike | 25 | 42 | 9 | 0.824 |
| 6 | 157 | Campos, Jacob | White Oak | 27 | 37 | 10 | 0.787 |
| 7 | 157 | Gurkin, Krick | North Brunswick | 26 | 21 | 2 | 0.913 |
| 8 | 157 | Reynolds, Braeden | West Carteret | 25 | 44 | 9 | 0.830 |
| 9 | 157 | Bane, John | New Bern | 27 | 32 | 10 | 0.762 |
| 10 | 157 | Browning, Landon | Tarboro | 26 | 14 | 1 | 0.933 |
| 11 | 157 | Tyndall, Hayden | South Lenoir | 25 | 26 | 8 | 0.765 |
| 12 | 157 | Smith, Brock | Jacksonville | 26 | 37 | 12 | 0.755 |
| 13 | 157 | Flanagan, Sam | Farmville Central | 25 | 10 | 3 | 0.769 |
| 13 | 157 | Cerino, Noah | West Carteret | 27 | 28 | 9 | 0.757 |
| 13 | 157 | McDowell, Kalil | Wakefield | 27 | 37 | 12 | 0.755 |
| 13 | 157 | Jackson, Quivis | SouthWest Edgecombe | 25 | 14 | 5 | 0.737 |
| 13 | 157 | Hunt, Stephen | Franklinton | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0.731 |
| 1 | 165 | Kopelman, Mac | Laney | 26 | 23 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2 | 165 | Powell, Ethan | South Granville | 25 | 40 | 1 | 0.976 |
| 3 | 165 | Toliver, Jordyn | Currituck County | 25 | 25 | 3 | 0.893 |
| 4 | 165 | Sabillion, Fabian | Rosewood | 25 | 28 | 1 | 0.966 |
| 5 | 165 | McMorris, Zachary | Rolesville | 25 | 44 | 5 | 0.898 |
| 6 | 165 | Davidson, Jessi | North Pitt | 26 | 47 | 7 | 0.870 |
| 7 | 165 | Scott, Jaden | New Hanover | 25 | 42 | 7 | 0.857 |
| 8 | 165 | Bennion, Jude | East Wake | 25 | 30 | 7 | 0.811 |
| 9 | 165 | Santos, Antonio | Rocky Mount | 26 | 18 | 4 | 0.818 |
| 10 | 165 | Monroe, Aoop | Northside (Jax) | 27 | 41 | 11 | 0.788 |
| 11 | 165 | Caskey, Tillman | New Bern | 27 | 28 | 10 | 0.737 |
| 12 | 165 | Arce, Gabriel | South Brunswick | 26 | 30 | 11 | 0.732 |
| 13 | 165 | Moses, Jonathan | Jacksonville | 26 | 29 | 9 | 0.763 |
| 13 | 165 | Freed, Bryson | Louisburg | 25 | 16 | 6 | 0.727 |
| 13 | 165 | Velez, Sebastian | North Brunswick | 26 | 16 | 6 | 0.727 |
| 13 | 165 | Alonso, Christopher | Northside (Pnetwn) | 25 | 16 | 6 | 0.727 |
| 13 | 165 | Jo, Yuchan | D.H. Conley | 26 | 21 | 8 | 0.724 |
| 1 | 175 | Michael, Noah | Franklinton | 25 | 39 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2 | 175 | Moulton, Jude | Hoggard | 26 | 28 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 3 | 175 | Stevens, Brendan | Corinth-Holders | 25 | 24 | 3 | 0.889 |
| 4 | 175 | Lambert, Jeremiah | New Bern | 25 | 31 | 5 | 0.861 |
| 5 | 175 | Mitcham, J.T. (Jackson) | Dixon | 25 | 33 | 5 | 0.868 |
| 6 | 175 | Linton, Mehki | South Granville | 25 | 30 | 9 | 0.769 |
| 7 | 175 | Daniel, Josiah | J.F. Webb | 26 | 17 | 3 | 0.850 |
| 8 | 175 | Watkins, Zanvien | Heritage | 25 | 27 | 5 | 0.844 |
| 9 | 175 | Jimenez, Marcos | Rosewood | 26 | 35 | 6 | 0.854 |
| 10 | 175 | Staton, Dontae | D.H. Conley | 25 | 30 | 6 | 0.833 |
| 11 | 175 | Perry, Axl | Aycock, C.B. | 25 | 20 | 5 | 0.800 |
| 12 | 175 | Hastings, Nathan | North Brunswick | 25 | 16 | 4 | 0.800 |
| 13 | 175 | Kelly, Marquise | Laney | 25 | 29 | 9 | 0.763 |
| 13 | 175 | Prayer, Nycholas | Ayden-Grifton | 26 | 24 | 8 | 0.750 |
| 13 | 175 | Shook, Ryan | Holmes, Edenton | 27 | 17 | 6 | 0.739 |
| 13 | 175 | Makepeace, Evan | Washington | 26 | 19 | 7 | 0.731 |
| 13 | 175 | Langdon-Adams, Hunter | Cleveland | 25 | 24 | 9 | 0.727 |
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