The Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets wrestling team defeated Durham School of the Arts 42-30 Wednesday night.

The Yellow Jackets opened their 2015-16 wrestling season on the road Wednesday at Durham School of the Arts.

The following are weight class , wrestlers and match outcome:

160 lbs. Che Armstrong (DSA) fall over John Abram :20

170 lbs. Diego. Terran (DSA) fall over Jacob Rooker 3:24

182 Nathan Dixon (RR) fall over Elgar Reyes 1:34

195 Matthew Norton (RR) fall over Pedro Fleyie 3:04

220 Alvin Johnson (RR) fall over Jeremiah Henderson :28

285 Luis Moreno (DSA) by forfeit

106 Double forfeit

113 Aaron Purser (RR) by forfeit

120 Ethan Dixon (RR) by forfeit

126 Christian Doisey (RR) by forfeit

132 double forfeit

138 Robert Johnson (DSA ) by forfeit

145 Skylar Alpizar (DSA) by forfeit  

152 Robert Weber (RR) by forfeit

Roanoke Rapids head coach D.A. White said, "We wrestled well for being a young team and we will have alot to work on in practice."

Roanoke Rapids next match is Wednesday December 9th at home against Southern Vance at 5:00 PM.