Fort Mill High is sending seven wrestlers to the 3A individual state championships Saturday in Anderson, as they qualified the most 3A wrestlers locally.
Following Fort Mill was both Chester and York, each who qualified five wrestlers. Nation Ford and South Pointe each qualified three wrestlers.
"We brought 12 and would like to have 12 going (to states), but to get seven out of the Upper State, we are pleased with that," said Fort Mill coach Chris Brock.
The state championships for all classifications will be held next Friday and Saturday at the Anderson Civic Center. The top four finishers in each weight class qualified to go to the state tournament.
The Jackets also brought home the most Upper State winners as senior Nick Sinicrope (182), junior Nick Leitten (145) and sophomore Tyler Turner (113) all won Upper State titles.
Sinicrope won his title with a 12-3 major decision over Eastside's Chris Scott. Leitten won his title 8-1 over York's Marcus Sheppard and Turner had the closest finals match of any Jackets wrestler winning 3-1 over Greenville's Cortez Starks.
Chester had two Upper State title winners in Antonio Patton (132) and Dominick Davis (152).
Patton defeated Greer's Danny Kimball 12-9 and Davis beat Nation Ford's Manako Peay by pin fall in just 55 seconds.
York's only Upper State champion was Lealon Comer (138), who beat a well-known foe in South Pointe's Cam Pike by a 5-1 decision.
Both South Pointe and Nation Ford were shut out from winning Upper State titles.
Pike was the only Stallions wrestler to make it to a final, but Nation Ford had three make it, with all three falling.
Besides Peay, Markevis Duncan fell to West-Oak's Matt Westbury 3-1 in double overtime at 160-pounds and Josh Driscoll was pinned by Wade Hampton's Joseph Holland in the second period at 220-pounds.
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Class AAA state qualifiers
106:1. Paul Stewart (Seneca) 2. David Walker (Eastside) 3. Eddie Byrams (Fort Mill) 4. Aero Thao (York);
113: 1. Tyler Turner (Fort Mill) 2. Cortez Starks (Greenville) 3. Jordan Ludd (Blue Ridge) 4. Tim Rogers (West Oak);
120: 1. Kyle Lowe (BHP) 2. Cole Anderson (Eastside) 3. Seth Frase (Fort Mill) 4. Terence Gore (Chester);
126: 1. Clay Walker (Eastside) 2. Dylan Gray (BHP) 3. Jalen Chapman (Greer) 4. Mike Miller (South Pointe);
132 : 1. Antonio Patton (Chester) 2. Danny Kimball (Greer) 3. Jacob Simmons (Eastside) 4. William Cody Ferguson (Greenville);
138: 1. Lealon Comer (York) 2. Cam Pike (South Pointe) 3. Coleman Gary (BHP) 4. Brett Smith (Pickens); 3. Kyle Sayre (Daniel) 4. Chris Welborn (West Oak);
145: 1. Nick Leitten (Fort Mill) 2. Marcus Sheppard (York); Kyle Sayre (Daniel) def. Chris Welborn (West Oak);
152: 1. Dominick Davis (Chester) 2. Manako Peay (Nation Ford) 3. Marlin Houtz (Eastside) 4. Patrick James (West Oak);
160: 1. Matt Westbury (West Oak) 2. Markevis Duncan (Nation Ford) 3. Daniel Shaw (Wade Hampton) 4. Rainey Moore (York);
170: 1. Zach Farmer (BHP) 2. Kelvin Dixon (Chester) 3. Michael Mockridge (Fort Mill) 4. Darius Neuman (Greer);
182: 1. Nick Sinicrope (Fort Mill) 2. Chris Scott (Eastside) 3. Antonio Moore (Greenville) 4. Isaiah Withers (BHP);
195: Mike Fernandez (Eastside) 2. June Downs (Travelers Rest) 3. Cory Morgan (South Pointe) 4. James Wylie (York);;
220: Joseph Holland (Wade Hampton) 2. Josh Driscoll (Nation Ford) 3. Kory Dixon (Chester) 4. Justin Paden (Travelers Rest);
285.: 1. Devan White (Walhalla) 2. Tre Long (Eastside) OT) 3. Zach Dulcie (Fort Mill) 4. Alfredo Hernandez (Blue Ridge)
Class AAAA
At Laurens High School, Rock Hill's Bearcats qualified eight wrestlers for Saturday's Class AAAA individuals state tournament at the Anderson Civic Center.
The Bearcats had one champion, Sethy Swoope, who beat Riverside's Anthiny Ton at 170 pounds. The city of Rock Hill had a pair of Shrine Bowl Football Game teammates advancing: Rock Hill's Mitchell Jeter and Northwestern's Reuben Walker.
Jeter was second at 285 pounds. Walker advanced with a fourth-place finish at 195 pounds and was the lone Trojans wrestler to make the state. Clover also had one wrestler move on in Shane Hurin at 145 pounds.
Rock Hill's Bishop Ashley (138), Robbie Hasselrig (145) and Jonathan Schavey (195) were second-place finishers.
Class AAAA state qualifers
Key: (BS) Boiling Springs, (BR) Byrnes, (CLO) Clover, (DF) Dutch Fork, (D) Dorman, (G) Gaffney, (GW) Greenwood, (H) Hillcrest, (I) Irmo, (LR) Laurens, (LE) Lugoff-Elgin, (ML) Mauldin, (N) Northwestern, (RH) Rock Hill, (RS) Riverside, (RNE) Richland NE, (TLH) T.L. Hanna, (SP) Spartanburg, (WS) Westside, (WN) Woodmont, (W) Wren
106: 1. Alex Roberts (H) 2. Caleb Delozier (BS) 3. Devon Faile (RH) 4. Austin Chandler (G);
113: 1. Hector Contreras (D) 2. Louis Biles (I) 3. Charlie Cook (ML) 4. Cody Bridgeman (WS);
120: 1. Joseph Brown (SP) 2. Ian Clevenger (BS) 3. Gabriel Fahrenbach (RS) 4. Grant Snyder (H);
126: 1. Chris Armstrong-McIntyre (SP) 2. Joey Antoine (WS) 3. Jeremy Higgins (H) 4. Dyllan Hurlburt (W);
132: 1. Austin Such (RS) 2. Parker Grizzle (DF) 3. Devin Horgan (H) 4. Varlee Keleh (WM) ;
138: 1. Versean Ponds (D) 2. Bishop Ashley (RH) 3. Brandon Benitez (RNE) 4. John Arthur Miller (DF) ;
145: 1. Will Thomas (D) 2. Robbie Hasselrig (RH) 3. Shane Hurin (CLO) 4. Erik Williams (TLH) ;
152: 1. Thomas Mabry (G) 2. Cody Simpson (BR) 3. Robert Mills (RH) 4. Antoin Hammond (DF);
160: 1. Seth Swoope (RH) 2. Anthony Ton (RS) 3. Kyle Stubbs (D) 4. Jake Allen (TLH);
170: 1. Brandon Corley (I) 2. Ellison Sanders (H) 3. Ryan Hughes (LR) 4. Levi McMorris (WM) ;
182: 1. Zach Connell (LE) 2. Chandler Fleck (LR) 3. Read Williford (RS) 4. Landon Sayegh (H);
195: 1. TJ Dudley (I) 2. Jonathan Schavey (RH) 3. Matt Errington (H) 4. Reuben Walker (N);
220: 1. Justin Boozer (H) 2. Chris Kelley (GW) 3. Allen Jenerette (LE) 4. Cameron Bell (RH);
285: 1. John Michael Pritchett (W) 2. Mitchell Jeter (RH) 3. Auntrelle Mack (DF) 4. Joey Counts (LE)
