The Roanoke Rapids High School Wrestling Team won the Northern Carolina Conference Wrestling Tournament this past Saturday.
Roanoke Rapids sent ten of fourteen into the championship round.
106 Tristen Scott (SG) pin Harry Crawford (RR)5:59
113 Caleb Benjamin (RR) pin Ashton Defries (GC) 1:16
120 Ethan Dixon (RR) pin Jhaein Hartsfield (W) 3:12
132 Joshua Florentino (V) dec Jacob Bouchard (RR) 3-2
138 Gage Peter's (SG) dec Christian Doisey (RR) 4-1
145 Kevin Bell (SG) pin Aaron Purser (RR) 2:21
170 Aaron Hunter (RR) dec Jeremy Cope (B) 7-5 in overtime.
182 Jordey Lopez (B) pin Jermey Clemmons (RR) 2:31.
220 Micheal Weiss (SG) pin Payton Anderson (RR) 1:07.
285 Antonio Lawrence (RR) pin William Mercer (B) 1:14.
In the Consolation Round,
152 Wallace Bowser placed third.
195 Jordan Hernandez placed top five.
Team Standings
1st Roanoke Rapids 179.
2nd Bunn 141.5
3rd. South Granville 99
4th. Granville Central 94.5
5th. Webb 62
6th. Louisburg 52
7th. Vance Co. 42.5
8th. Northampton Co. 0
RRHS had to forfeit two weight classes due to injury and disciplinary reason.
Post tournament comments from Jackets head coach DA White, "Overall, the kids wrestled hard and gave it their best effort. I'm very proud of them. We had several exciting matches with some upsets. "
Roanoke Rapids have five wrestlers who made All Conference Wredtlers this year.
113 Caleb Benjamin
120 Ethan Dixon
138 Christian Doisey
170 Aaron Hunter.
285 Antonio Lawrence.
The Roanoke Rapids Wrestling Team for qualifying in the NCHSAA First round of the State Duals.
And will wrestle Tuesday January 29th at Washington High School in Washington NC and will wrestle Bunn in the first round at 6PM with weigh in at 5PM. Winner will the wrestle the winner of Washington - North Pitt match.