Starr's Mill

and Fayette County sent a number of wreslters to the AAAAA state tournament

over the weekend. Starr's Mill placed fourth, while Fayette County finished

13th. The Tigers were one point away from an 11th place finishand just

nine points away from a top ten finish. Both schools got great efforts

from their teams and had several wrestlers finish very well.

Starr's Mill

had six wrestlers earn medals, which means a sixth-place finish or better.

Nick Bennett (152), Kyle Verzello (160) and Andy Smith (275) all finished

in second place, while Jordan Powers (171) finished third, Mike Cosper

(125) finished fourth and Scott Molleson (145) finished sixth.

Fayette County's

highest placer was Drake McCoy, who finished fifth in 275. McCoy was 6-2

in the tournament. He lost to the eventual state champ by a point and

the third-place finsiher, a state champ in AAAA last year, by a point

in overtime. Will Barnes (189) and Chris Leslie (215) finished in the

top eight and Matt Kellerman (130) and Stephen McElrath (135) finished

in the top 10. Ten of the 11 wrestlers who competed for Fayette County

won at least one match in the tournament.

Fayette County

finished with a 23-6 record, which ties the school record for wins in

a season.

Landmark Christian

School placed third in the Class A state tournament. The War Eagles had

nine wrestlers qualify for the tournament.

Jeremy Smith

(135) was state champion of his weight class, while Daniel Cox (125),

Jeremy Brown (140) and Ethan Everett (152) placed second. Wren Gibby (160)

and Kyle Flavin (130) placed third, Bryan Hoffler (112) placed fourth

and Eddie Solly (171) placed fifth. Nick Taussig (215) placed outside

of the top six.

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