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12-10-2013

Saint Falls to Newton Conover

The Tribe fought hard against the top ranked Red Devils tonight, but could not muster enough wins to stay in the contest.  Most matches (7) were tight decision matches, but Newton gained 3 pins 1 major and 2 techfalls to easily out score the Tribe. 

Winning tonight for the Tribe were Tyler Walling, Justin Kidd, and Zach Fincannon. All by decisions. 

Zach Fincannon had a huge win tonight on an individual basis.  Zach won a tight 3-2 decision over 2A #1 ranked Nathan Reitzel.  Zack is current state ranked in 3A at #2

12-07-2013

Saint Wins the 42^nd Annual Indian Classic

 The Indian Classic is the longest running single day tournament in the state of North Carolina.  The 42^nd Annual event was won by the Tribe with an impressive 40.5 lead over the second place finisher East Burke.

The Tribe trailed throughout the day, hanging in around third place.  Only three individuals were left in the championship bracket after the Semi-Final round.  A team meeting at the mid-tournament break refocused the remaining eight wrestlers.  All eight made it to the consolation finals.  Their efforts pulled the team ahead of the field of 11 teams to claim the tournament championship.

Dakota Griffith, Zack Fincannon, and Chris Hunt made it to the Championship Finals.  Dakota and Zach won and Chris took 2^nd to cap off the night of an outstanding team effort.

113 Lbs: 1st: Dakota Griffith, Sophomore
152 Lbs: 1st: Zach Fincannon, Senior

 145 Lbs: 2nd: Chris Hunt, Senior

 106 Lbs: 3rd: Tyler Walling, Senior
120 Lbs: 3rd: Justin Kidd, Senior
126 Lbs: 3rd: Zack Berkey, Sophomore
285 Lbs: 3rd: Logan Locklear, Junior

 132 Lbs: 4th: Nolan Foster, Sophomore
160 Lbs: 4th: Tucker Justice, Sophomore
195 Lbs: 4th: Quay Moody, Sophomore
220 Lbs: 4th: Wanya Rankins, Sophomore

42nd Annual 2013 Indian Classic Team Scores

1. 172 St. Stephens; 2. 131.5 East Burke; 3. 120 South Iredell; 4 119 West Lincoln;5. 117.5 West Iredell; 6. 101 Bunker Hill;
 7. 91 RS Central; 8. 84 Bandys; 9. 77 West Rowan; 10. 72 North Lincoln; 11. 53 Lincolnton.

 Championship Finals

106: Matthew Insonga, South Iredell p. Jacob McMonagle, East Burke 2:43
113: Dakota Griffith, St. Stephens md. Robbie Hallman, West Lincoln 13-3
120: Caleb Cox, RS Central d. Garrett Lineberger, South Iredell 5-0
126: Zach Hubbard, South Iredell md. Dillion Morris, West Lincoln 10-0
132: Payton Shuford, West Iredell p. Jordan Ulibarri, North Lincoln 1:33
138: Chris Papazis, West Iredell d. Cody Dobbins, Bunker Hill 5-4
145: Dillion Lambert, West Iredell p. Chris Hunt, St. Stephens 1:07
152: Zach Fincannon, St. Stephens p. Seth Bridgeman, West Iredell 3:52
160: Karter Baltich, South Iredell p. Trevor Gilbert, East Burke 1:14
170: Andrew Brotherton, Bandys d. Codie Shook, Bunker Hill   9-5
182: Jacob Prestwood, East Burke d. Patrick Holden, North Lincoln 7-4
195: Mack George, West Lincoln p. London Paige, East Burke 1:05
220: Kaleb Hines, RS Central d. Kyle Guins, Bunker Hill 6-2 ot
285: Devon Harris, Bunker Hill p. Hunter Edwards, RS Central 3:03

 Consolation Finals

106: Tyler Walling, St. Stephens d. Jake Clary, West Lincoln 2-0
113: Thomas Current, West Rowan p. Quinton Weinrank, Lincolnton 2:44
120: Justin Kidd, St. Stephens d. Hunter Carpenter, West Lincoln 6-1
126: Zack Berkey, St. Stephens p. Brent Terry, East Burke 1:24
132: Nathan Ward, West Lincoln p. Nolan Foster,   2:06
138: Dakota Goodson, West Rowan d. Phillip Helderlein, South Iredell 11-8
145: Timothy Lunsford, Bandys p. Jordan Speaks, Bunker Hill 4:34
152: Dillan Childres, East Burke md. Jevon McCorkle, Bandys 18-4
160: Ben Kluttz, West Rowan p. Tucker Justice, St. Stephens  2:50
170: Wood Poteat, West Rowan d. Josh Sparks, East Burke 4-1
182: Justice Charles, Lincolnton d. Rhett Starnes, Bandys 4-0
195: Nick Hatchett, Lincolnton d. Quay Moody, St. Stephens  3-1
220: Jimmy Scott, North Lincoln d. Wanya Rankin,   6-2
285: Logan Locklear, St. Stephens  p. Joshua Goard, South Iredell 2:12 

12-03-2013

Saint Wins Over Maiden

The Tribe won its eighth dual match of the year in a 52-18 win over Maiden.  Saint wrestler’s early pins set the table to win the match early in the lineup.  Juan Loredo @ 138 pinned his opponent at the 1:19 mark to give the Tribe a 34-6 lead.  The forfeit to Chris Hunt @ 145 insured the match win for the Tribe 40-6, with 6 matches to be contested.

Zack Fincannon won a highly contested match with Gage Isaac of Maiden. Zack scored two takedowns and two escapes to seal the win 6-2.  It was a great match to watch given the high degree of athleticism demonstrated by both wrestlers. 

The Tribe collected pins tonight from Tyler Walling, Dakota Griffith, Justin Kidd, Juan Loredo, and Quay Moody.

Wanya Rankins @ 220 gave the crowd one more memory for this year’s team.  In the last match of the night, Wanya and Tristian Childers battled neck and neck trading out the lead for the match. They were tied 2-2 at the end of the second period. Childers had a takedown, but Wanya had two escapes.  The third period was a continuous reversal process with both wrestlers reversing each other twice.  The score was tied 6-6 with Wanya on top, minutes now down to seconds on the clock.  Childers scores an escape to go up 6-7 with less than 20 seconds left on the clock.  Wanya goes into attack mode for the takedown, no options left,, Sophomoreseconds on the clock. “Booya!!!!”, Wanya hits a slide by to get behind his opponent and scored the takedown.  Match ends 8-7.

We also had some great winning efforts by our JVs in the preliminary matches. Tore Ledford, Austin Pickard, Jontae Fant and JP Kinson all scored pins.

  52 Maiden 18

285: Logan Locklear (SS) forfeit (SS) 6 (M) 0

106: Tyler Walling (SS) p. Jacob Wilson 0:58 (SS), Senior(M) 0

113: Dakota Griffith (SS) p. Schuyler Spurrier 0:41 (SS) 18 (M) 0

120: Justin Kidd (SS) p. Tyler Thomas 1:45 (SS) 24 (M) 0

126: Zack Berkey (SS) maj. Eric Rivera 9-1 (SS) 28 (M) 0

132: Gavin Thomas (M) p. Angel Romero 0:48 (SS) 28 (M) 6

138: Juan Loredo (SS) p. Tristian Yates 1:19 (SS) 34 (M) 6

145: Chris Hunt (SS) forfeit (SS) 40 (M) 6

152: Zach Fincannon (SS) d. Gage Isaac 6-2 (SS) 43 (M) 6

160: Asheton Abshire (M) p. Tucker Justice 1:52 (SS) 43 (M) 12

170: Ethan Steward (M) d. Mitchell Pitman 7-3 (SS) 43 (M) 15

182: Will Norket (M) d. Darrell Moss 4-3 (SS) 43 (M) 18

195: Quay Moody (SS) p. Jonathan Doss 1:52 (SS) 49 (M) 18

220: Wanya Rankins (SS) d. Tristan Childers 8-7 (SS) 52 (M) 18

11-26-2013

Tribe Wins Three at Indian Duals

Fincannon Breaks 100 Career Wins

Griffith Pins for 50^th Career Win

It was a night of tough competition and our young Tribe showed that they were not going to give in.  Saint won 3 of their 5 matches.

The first loss of the night was a close match with North Iredell 34-33.  The second loss of the night was with Davie County.  The score was tied at the end of 14 matches 34-34.  Davie gained the win by criteria due to the fact that they won more matches 8-6.  Saint 34 Davie County 35.

Taking a 2-2 record into the final match of the night and being beaten by 1 point in each loss, the Tribe was more than ever determined to finish with a winning night against Glenn.  This contest came down to the last two weight classes filled by Shyheim Huitt @ 195 and Wanya Rankins @ 220.  At the end of, Seniormatches, with two to go, the Tribe was down 27-30.  Shyheim pinned in the second period to put the Tribe ahead of Glenn 33-30.  It was up to Wanya to close out the match. Wanya was down 2-4 in the second period.  The Glenn wrestlers were loudly chanting for their wrestler.  A major decision or pin at 220 would clench the match for Glenn.  Then out of nowhere, the Saint Crowd finally showed the old time spirit which use to roar throughout all of our matches.  The chant of “BEEF””BEEF””BEEF” filled the gym.  It was not the friendly name we call Wayna, “Beefy”.  It was the bull name of our sophomore “BEEF”.  Wanya responded to the intensity of the Saint crowd.  He attacked and scored a takedown and immediately stuck in a half nelson and pinned his opponent. Saint 39 Glenn 30.

HOLD ON!  The scoring had not finalized.  When the referee slapped the mat, a wave of Saint Wrestlers stormed the mat to celebrate “BEEF’s” big win.  Lead by a crazed unnamed 7^th grader, the wave of celebration could hardly be contained. Only problem is, you can’t do that.  Saint was given a one point penalty for rushing the mat.  Saint 38 Glenn 30. 

Saint’s dual record is now 7-2.  Maiden will be our next opponent on Tuesday, Dec. 3^rd, 2013 at home.  Please see schedule.

  68 Chase 10

106: Tyler Walling (SS) p. Johnathan Rohm 1:47 (SS) 6 (CHA) 0

113: Dakota Griffith (SS) p. Sammy Peticos 1:37 (SS), Senior(CHA) 0

120: Justin Kidd (SS) p. Wyatt Randolph 0:54 (SS) 18 (CHA) 0

126: Jontae Fant (SS) p. Lucas Ross 2:34 (SS) 24 (CHA) 0

132: Angel Romero (SS) forfeit forfeit 0- (SS) 30 (CHA) 0

138: Juan Loredo (SS) tf. Austin Radford 15-0 (SS) 35 (CHA) 0

145: Chris Hunt (SS) maj. Josh Best 15-2 (SS) 39 (CHA) 0

152: Zach Fincannon (SS) tf. Matthew Jenkin 16-0 (SS) 44 (CHA) 0

160: Jesus Sanchez (CHA) maj. Tucker Justice 14-3 (SS) 44 (CHA) 4

170: Mitchell Pitman (SS) p. Bryan Perez 1:35 (SS) 50 (CHA) 4

182: Darrell Moss (SS) p. Jalen Jackson 3:08 (SS) 56 (CHA) 4

195: Stephen Phillips (CHA) p. Oscar Pimentel 0:29 (SS) 56 (CHA) 10

220: Wanya Rankin (SS) p. Charlie Scott 1:17 (SS) 62 (CHA) 10

285: Logan Locklear (SS) p. Jacob Rollins 0:44 (SS) 68 (CHA) 10

North Iredell 34   33

182: Travis Price (NI) d. Darrell Moss 3-0 (SS) 0 (NI) 3

195: Joesph Pate (NI) maj. Shyheim Huitt 12-4 (SS) 0 (NI) 7

220: Wanya Rankin (SS) d. Timothy Davis 7-3 (SS) 3 (NI) 7

285: Joseph Lancaster (NI) p. Logan Locklear 1:34 (SS) 3 (NI) 13

106: Tyler Walling (SS) p. Hunter Goodwin 0:32 (SS) 9 (NI) 13

113: Dakota Griffith (SS) p. Calvin Suther 0:49 (SS) 15 (NI) 13

120: Dylan Moore (NI) d. Justin Kidd 7-0 (SS) 15 (NI) 16

126: Ryan Cockerham (NI) p. Jontae Fant 1:27 (SS) 15 (NI) 22

132: Angel Romero (SS) d. Timothy Wilcox 5-1 (SS) 18 (NI) 22

138: Josh McCants (NI) p. Juan Loredo 4:31 (SS) 18 (NI) 28

145: Chris Hunt (SS) p. Hunter Cottle 0:42 (SS) 24 (NI) 28

152: Zach Fincannon (SS) p. Kaden Ecklund 1:00 (SS) 30 (NI) 28

160: Mitchell Hampton (NI) p. Tucker Justice 1:28 (SS) 30 (NI) 34

170: Mitchell Pitman (SS) d. Garrett Harhbarger 5-2 (SS) 33 (NI) 34

Davie County 35   34

195: Alex Gobble (DC) p. Oscar Pimentel 0:39 (SS) 0 (DC) 6

220: Jack Robertson (DC) d. Wanya Rankin 7-2 (SS) 0 (DC) 9

285: Logan Locklear (SS) p. Parker Correll 5:39 (SS) 6 (DC) 9

106: Tyler Walling (SS) p. Hunter Smith 2:59 (SS), Senior(DC) 9

113: Dakota Griffith (SS) p. Isaiah Whitley 1:07 (SS) 18 (DC) 9

120: Lake Billings (DC) d. Justin Kidd 5-2 (SS) 18 (DC) 12

126: Tommy Trader (DC) p. Jontae Fant 3:55 (SS) 18 (DC) 18

132: Javen Adkins (DC) d. Angel Romero 4-3 (SS) 18 (DC) 21

138: Juan Loredo (SS) p. Matt Nesbit 1:19 (SS) 24 (DC) 21

145: Chris Hunt (SS) maj. Bailey Ingram 12-4 (SS) 28 (DC) 21

152: Zach Fincannon (SS) p. Carbin Kapetzky 1:55 (SS) 34 (DC) 21

160: Jamie Spry (DC) maj. Tucker Justice 12-0 (SS) 34 (DC) 25

170: Josh Lankford (DC) d. Mitchell Pitman 6-2 (SS) 34 (DC) 28

182: Nathan Howard (DC) p. Darrell Moss 2:53 (SS) 34 (DC) 34

Davie County 35   34 (1 point Criteria most wins)

  68 Crest 9

220: Wanya Rankin (SS) p. Steven Johnston 2:34 (SS) 6 (CRE) 0

285: Logan Locklear (SS) p. Nick Deaton 0:45 (SS), Senior(CRE) 0

106: Tyler Walling (SS) forfeit (SS) 18 (CRE) 0

113: Dakota Griffith (SS) forfeit (SS) 24 (CRE) 0

120: Dylan Crosby (CRE) d. Justin Kidd 8-4 (SS) 24 (CRE) 3

126: Thomas McLaughin (CRE) p. Jontae Fant 3:44 (SS) 24 (CRE) 9

132: Angel Romero (SS) p. Kris Martin 2:47 (SS) 30 (CRE) 9

138: Juan Loredo (SS) p. Houston Camp 4:34 (SS) 36 (CRE) 9

145: Chris Hunt (SS) tf. Alec Gwyn 18-3 (SS) 41 (CRE) 9

152: Zach Fincannon (SS) p. Jacob Gragg 1:39 (SS) 47 (CRE) 9

Congratulations to Zach Fincannon.

Zach has reached his 100^th Career Milestone Win.

Zach pinned Jacob Gragg of Crest in the first period.

160: Tucker Justice (SS) forfeit (SS) 53 (CRE) 9

170: Mitchell Pitman (SS) forfeit (SS) 59 (CRE) 9

182: Darrell Moss (SS) d. Christopher 8-2 (SS) 62 (CRE) 9

195: Shyheim Huitt (SS) inj. default Chris Cook 0:00 (SS) 68 (CRE) 9

  38 Glenn 30

285: Chris Davis (GLEN) p. Logan Locklear 4;35 (SS) 0 (GLEN) 6

106: Tyler Walling (SS) d. Jeremy Gonzales 4-2 (SS) 3 (GLEN) 6

113: Dakota Griffith (SS) p. George Miguel 0:30 (SS) 9 (GLEN) 6

Congratulations to Dakota Griffith.

Dakota has reached his 50^th Career Milestone Win.

Dakota pinned George Miguel of Glenn in the first period.

120: Austin Irizarry (GLEN) d. Justin Kidd 4-1 (SS) 9 (GLEN) 9

126: Travis Allen (GLEN) p. Austin Pickard 3:36 (SS) 9 (GLEN) 15

132: Angel Romero (SS) d. Andy Dinh 9-3 (SS), Senior(GLEN) 15

138: Ieon Menden (GLEN) p. Juan Loredo 4:28 (SS), Senior(GLEN) 21

145: Chris Hunt (SS) forfeit (SS) 18 (GLEN) 21

152: Zach Fincannon (SS) d. Dustin McNeer 6-1 (SS) 21 (GLEN) 21

160: Austin Tucker (GLEN) p. Tucker Justice 1:11 (SS) 21 (GLEN) 27

170: Mitchell Pitman (SS) p. Michael Gragson 3:18 (SS) 27 (GLEN) 27

182: Johnathan Pazcual (GLEN) d. Darrell Moss 5-2 (SS) 27 (GLEN) 30

195: Shyheim Huitt (SS) p. Francisco Hernande 3:54 (SS) 33 (GLEN) 30

220: Wanya Rankin (SS) p. Rober Bitting 3:28 (SS) 39 (GLEN) 30

Team Point Deduction -1 for Saint

11-21-2013

Saint Wins Two at Ashbrook

The Tribe ran its dual meet win streak to 4-0 with two wins at Ashbrook.  Scheduling delays of officials forced a cancellation of the final match of the night with Ashbrook due to the lateness of the evening.

The first match of the night was with Hunter Huss and then we finished with South Mecklenburg.

  52 Hunter Huss 14

106: Tore Ledford (SS) p. Robert Payne 0:59 (SS) 6 (HUSS) 0

113: Dakota Griffith (SS) forfeit - (SS) 6 (HUSS) 0

120: Justin Kidd (SS) p. Roy June 2:40 (SS), Senior(HUSS) 0

126: Zack Berkey (SS) d. Charles McCombs 3-0 (SS) 15 (HUSS) 0

132: Nolan Foster (SS) p. David Murphy 1:30 (SS) 21 (HUSS) 0

Congratulations to Nolan Foster.

Nolan’s reached his 25^th Career Milestone Win.

Nolan pinned David Murphy in the first period.

138: Juan Loredo (SS) tf. Chance Roberts 17-2 (SS) 26 (HUSS) 0

145: Chris Hunt (SS) maj. Jonathan Carpenter 14-5 (SS) 30 (HUSS) 0

152: Zach Fincannon (SS) p. Darion Thomasson 1:57 (SS) 36 (HUSS) 0

160: Paul Carson (HUSS) maj. Mitchell Pitman 12-0 (SS) 36 (HUSS) 4

170: Tristin Hendren (HUSS) p. Tucker Justice 2:49 (SS) 36 (HUSS) 10

182: Blake Lewis (HUSS) maj. Darrell Moss 8-0 (SS) 36 (HUSS) 14

195: Quay Moody (SS) p. Slade Moss 5:39 (SS) 42 (HUSS) 14

220: Wanya Rankin (SS) p. Khalel Edwards 1:48 (SS) 48 (HUSS) 14

285: Logan Locklear (SS) maj. Steven Martinez 15-6 (SS) 52 (HUSS) 14

  45 South Mecklenburg 28

113: Collin Stewart (SM) d. Dakota Griffith 7-4 (SS) 0 (SM) 3

120: Justin Kidd (SS) p. Rufus Simmons 1:06 (SS) 6 (SM) 3

126: Zack Berkey (SS) p. William Tirella 0:55 (SS), Senior(SM)3

132: Klevar Mason (SM) d. Nolan Foster 6-0 (SS), Senior(SM) 6

138: Blake Barber (SM) p. Jeffrey Ramsey 3:26 (SS), Senior(SM) 12

145: Chris Hunt (SS) maj. Johnathan Harry 11-2 (SS) 16 (SM) 12

152: Zach Fincannon (SS) tf. Joseph Coss 20-4 (SS) 21 (SM) 12

160: Jacob Norby (SM) maj. Tucker Justice 12-3 (SS) 21 (SM) 16

170: Mitchell Pitman (SS) p. Moah Timmreck 4:42 (SS) 27 (SM) 16

182: Darrell Moss (SS) p. Mason Armstrong 1:52 (SS) 33 (SM) 16

195: Louis Esposito (SM) p. Quay Moody 5:42 (SS) 33 (SM) 22

220: Wanya Rankin (SS) forfeit Forfeit 0- (SS) 39 (SM) 22

285: Logan Locklear (SS) p. Taemus Hill 0:41 (SS) 45 (SM) 22

106: Nathan Brown (SM) p. Tore Ledford 4:35 (SS) 45 (SM)28

11-20-2013

Saint Opens the Season at West Caldwell

Saint opened the 2013/14 season with two wins over Draughn and West Caldwell.

The opening match of the night was with Draughn.  The Tribe rolled to a 61-6 win. Pinning for the Tribe was Dakota Griffith, Zack Berkey, Chris Hunt, Zach Fincannon, Mitchell Pitman, and Wanya Rankin. Darrell Moss won a 9-0 major decision.

The next match was with a much improved West Caldwell team.  The Tribe pulled out a tight 37-27 win to go 2-0 on the season. Pinning for the Tribe was Dakota Griffith, Zack Berkey, Zach Fincannon, and Logan Locklear. Wanya Rankins won a 16-4 major decision. This was an extremely well fought match for both schools. The Tribe won 8 out of 14 matches for the overall win.

This match started off with two top level wrestlers facing off in the first match.  Our Chris Hunt faced David Denison @145. Chris got the first takedown of the match and led 2-1 at the end of the first period.  No scoring could be gained by either wrestler in the second period.  Chis scored an escape in the third period and won the match 3-1. Saint 3 WC 0

Zach Fincannon @ 152 took a commanding 8-1 lead into the third period. He scored the next takedown and pinned @ 5:17 in the match.  Saint 9 WC 0.

West Caldwell evened the score at 9 all in the next two weight classes. After 170 the score was Saint 9 WC 9.

Darrell Moss @182 won a 3-1 decision to put the Tribe back in the lead. Saint, SeniorWC 9.

West Caldwell pinned in the 195 weight class to go ahead in the match. Saint, SeniorWC 15.

Wanya Rankin @220 won a major decision 16-3 to put the Tribe back on top with 4 more points. Saint 16 WC 15.

Logan Locklear @ 285 came through with a first period 0:46 pin to push out the Tribe’s lead. Saint 22 WC 15.

Tore Ledford received the forfeit at 106.  Saint 28 WC 15.

Dakota Griffith @ 113 jumped out to an 8-0 lead in the first period and then pinned in the second at the 2:31 mark.  Saint 34 WC 15.

West Caldwell came back with a win in the next weight class to improve their score. Saint 34 WC 18.

Zack Berkey @ 126 scored a 7-0 decision to push the Tribe to its final scoring of the night. Saint 37 WC 18.

West Caldwell closed the scoring in the next final two weight classes with a decision and a pin. Final: Saint 37 WC 27.

Note: Individual team records will be updated on Friday.

UPDATE: The Friday match at Ashbrook has been moved up to Thursday.  Teams have been changed.  We will be wrestling Ashbrook, South Mecklenburg, and Hunter Huss.  The website schedule has been updated.

10-5-2013

Honey Badger Great Success

The 2^nd Annual Honey Badger grew 2.5 times larger than our 1^st Annual event.  202 pre-registered wrestlers entered the tournament and 194 made it into the starting brackets of the tournament.  The full results can be reviewed, along with the results of 2012 on our newly programmed Honey Badger page. Our thanks to all that attended and we hope to see you next year for our 3^rd Annual Honey Badger “Crown of the Beast” tournament.

We will be going through some transition on our website on several pages.  Some links may not work properly.  We apologize for the upcoming delays.