TDR Top 12 Final Rankings 157-175 lbs. – 2025
TDR Editor’s Notes ; The following is a final 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. The top wrestlers on the TDR team will receive 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 | 44 | 3 | 0.936 |
| 2 | 157 | Browning, Landon | Tarboro | 26 | 20 | 3 | 0.870 |
| 3 | 157 | Bolden, Trenstin | Southwest Onslow | 27 | 31 | 16 | 0.660 |
| 4 | 157 | Cardenas, Mario | Pasquotank Co. | 25 | 38 | 7 | 0.844 |
| 5 | 157 | Reynolds, Braeden | West Carteret | 25 | 49 | 12 | 0.803 |
| 6 | 157 | Tyndall, Hayden | South Lenoir | 25 | 30 | 10 | 0.750 |
| 7 | 157 | Francis, Dillon | First Flight | 26 | 22 | 10 | 0.688 |
| 8 | 157 | McDowell, Kalil | Wakefield | 27 | 43 | 16 | 0.729 |
| 9 | 157 | Ray, Jamari | South Granville | 25 | 33 | 6 | 0.846 |
| 10 | 157 | Jenkins, Cole | Wake Forest | 26 | 21 | 10 | 0.677 |
| 11 | 157 | Williams, Jacob | West Craven | 25 | 27 | 14 | 0.659 |
| 12 | 157 | Velez, Sebastian | North Brunswick | 26 | 20 | 10 | 0.667 |
| 13 | 157 | Lamm, Stephen | Louisburg | 25 | 26 | 5 | 0.839 |
| 13 | 157 | Hill, Jamari | Fike | 25 | 44 | 11 | 0.800 |
| 13 | 157 | Bane, John | New Bern | 27 | 34 | 12 | 0.739 |
| 13 | 157 | Arce, Gabriel | South Brunswick | 26 | 32 | 13 | 0.711 |
| 1 | 165 | Kopelman, Mac | Laney | 26 | 30 | 2 | 0.938 |
| 2 | 165 | Toliver, Jordyn | Currituck County | 25 | 31 | 7 | 0.816 |
| 3 | 165 | Powell, Ethan | South Granville | 25 | 44 | 3 | 0.936 |
| 4 | 165 | Davidson, Jessi | North Pitt | 26 | 51 | 9 | 0.850 |
| 5 | 165 | Moses, Jonathan | Jacksonville | 26 | 34 | 11 | 0.756 |
| 6 | 165 | Sabillion, Fabian | Rosewood | 25 | 31 | 4 | 0.886 |
| 7 | 165 | McMorris, Zachary | Rolesville | 25 | 47 | 8 | 0.855 |
| 8 | 165 | Jackson, Quivis | SouthWest Edgecombe | 25 | 17 | 8 | 0.680 |
| 9 | 165 | Monroe, Aoop | Northside (Jax) | 27 | 46 | 14 | 0.767 |
| 10 | 165 | Niedzielski, Izaak | West Craven | 25 | 28 | 17 | 0.622 |
| 11 | 165 | Scott, Jaden | New Hanover | 25 | 47 | 11 | 0.810 |
| 12 | 165 | Bennion, Jude | East Wake | 25 | 34 | 11 | 0.756 |
| 13 | 165 | Cerino, Noah | West Carteret | 27 | 30 | 11 | 0.732 |
| 13 | 165 | Caskey, Tillman | New Bern | 27 | 30 | 12 | 0.714 |
| 13 | 165 | Jo, Yuchan | D.H. Conley | 26 | 24 | 10 | 0.706 |
| 13 | 165 | Freed, Bryson | Louisburg | 25 | 19 | 8 | 0.704 |
| 13 | 165 | Black, Ethan | First Flight | 25 | 26 | 14 | 0.650 |
| 1 | 175 | Michael, Noah | Franklinton | 25 | 46 | 1 | 0.979 |
| 2 | 175 | Stevens, Brendan | Corinth-Holders | 25 | 30 | 5 | 0.857 |
| 3 | 175 | Moulton, Jude | Hoggard | 26 | 36 | 1 | 0.973 |
| 4 | 175 | Daniel, Josiah | J.F. Webb | 26 | 24 | 6 | 0.800 |
| 5 | 175 | Kelly, Marquise | Laney | 25 | 37 | 12 | 0.755 |
| 6 | 175 | Mitcham, J.T. (Jackson) | Dixon | 25 | 38 | 8 | 0.826 |
| 7 | 175 | Mitchell, Desmond | Southwest Onslow | 25 | 25 | 14 | 0.641 |
| 8 | 175 | Makepeace, Evan | Washington | 26 | 21 | 10 | 0.677 |
| 9 | 175 | Yarger, Dominic | Currituck County | 26 | 27 | 13 | 0.720 |
| 10 | 175 | Prayer, Nycholas | Ayden-Grifton | 26 | 27 | 11 | 0.711 |
| 11 | 175 | Lambert, Jeremiah | New Bern | 25 | 36 | 9 | 0.800 |
| 12 | 175 | Crump, Azuriah | North Pitt | 27 | 30 | 17 | 0.638 |
| 13 | 175 | Jimenez, Marcos | Rosewood | 26 | 38 | 8 | 0.826 |
| 13 | 175 | Staton, Dontae | D.H. Conley | 25 | 32 | 8 | 0.800 |
| 13 | 175 | Perry, Axl | Aycock, C.B. | 25 | 22 | 7 | 0.759 |
| 13 | 175 | Hastings, Nathan | North Brunswick | 25 | 18 | 6 | 0.750 |
| 13 | 175 | Shook, Ryan | Holmes, Edenton | 27 | 18 | 8 | 0.692 |
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