Fort Mill qualifies six wrestlers for state championship matches
Region 3-4A teams made a strong showing at the Upper State Championships at Rock Hill High School Saturday afternoon, sending 20 wrestlers to the state championships next weekend in Anderson.
Fort Mill led the way for the region with six qualifiers, followed by Rock Hill with five, Nation Ford with three, York with two and Clover and Northwestern with one each.
Fort Mill, Rock Hill and Nation Ford each had a pair of Upper State champions.
A. J. Leitten (138) and Steven Hamilton (145) were Fort Mill’s champions. Rock Hill’s winners were Stephen Chesney (182) and Alan Salgado (285). Nation Ford’schampions were Jeremy Kishbaugh (106) and Dalen Bylerly (132).
Fort Mill had four others to qualify: Jack Debbout (160), who lost in the championship match, John Brotemarkle (113), Brody Claassen (120), and Jordan Markowski (132) all moved to the finals.
Rock Hill qualifers were: Noah Reynolds (170), who lost in the title round, Jared Blake (132) and Tylik Simril (195).
York qualifiers were Zeke Bean (138), who lost in the championship round and Tanner Cuthbertson, who won in the consolation round. Nation Ford qualifers was Jacob Gravely (170).
Ahkir Al-Qasin (220) of Northwestern and Jharee Kerns (145) of Clover finished in the top four and advanced.
“I am pleased that we got six wrestlers into the finals next week,” said Fort Mill head coach Chris Brock. “I feel like a couple of our guys have very good chance of winning state titles.”
Rock Hill head coach Cain Beard was pleased with his team.
“I am happy for Alan Salgdo, who is now 69-0 on the year, and Stephen Chesney. They both did well today.” said Beard. “It does not matter where you finished here today. If you move on you have a great chance of winning next week.”
UPPER STATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
Saturday at Rock Hill High School
CHAMPIONSHIP
106 - Jeremy Kishbaugh (Nation Ford) pin Drew Thomas (Boiling Springs), 113 - Artur Hofer (Boiling Springs) 5-3 dec. Nick Murray (Byrnes), 120 - Ernest Grigorchok (Boiling Springs) 5-1 dec. Landon Anderson (Byrnes), 126 - Zach Clary (Dorman) 6-4 dec. Tanner Chavis (Boiling Springs), 132 - Dalen Bylerly (Nation Ford) 5-1 dec. Addison Christopher (Byrnes), 138 - A. J. Leitten (Fort Mill) 13-2 maj. dec. Zeke Bean (York), 145 - Steven Hamilton (Fort Mill) 2-1 dec. Shanard Bain (Dorman), 152 - Samuel Johnson (Dorman) 9-1 maj. dec. Hunter Strange (Woodmont), 160 - Luke Rutherford (Dorman) 6-2 dec. Jack Debbout (Fort Mill), 170 - Dalton Simpson (Dorman) 6-0 dec. Noah Reynolds (Rock Hill), 182 - Stephen Chesney (Rock Hill) 8-6 dec. Cade Rojas (Boiling Springs), 195 - Thomas Bagensie (Boiling Springs) 7-5 dec. Caleb Hill (Easley), 220 - Shemar DeGannes (Woodmont) pin Seth Goff (Boiling Springs), 285 - Alan Salgado (Rock Hill) 4-2 dec. Stephen Garbar (Riverside).
CONSOLATION
106 - Tanner Cuthbertson (York) 11-1 maj. dec. Jesse Royal (Woodmont), 113 - John Brotemarkle (Fort Mill) 4-3 dec. Thomas Druckenmiller (Mauldin), 120 - Isaiah Gallaher (Mauldin) 7-2 dec. Brody Claassen (Fort Mill), 126 - Foster Bauknight (T. L. Hanna) 9-3 dec. Garrett Starks (Woodmont), 132 - Jared Blake (Rock Hill) 11-4 dec. Jordan Markowski (Fort Mill, 138 - Mason Bradley (Gaffney) forfeit win Nick Caspio (Dorman), 145 - Jharee Kerns (Clover) 12-4 maj. dec. Griffin Stephenson (Hillcrest), 152 - Derek Turner (Gaffney) 7-4 dec. Victor Tell (Riverside), 160 - Steven Crowder (Greenwood) 3-1 dec. Jordan Flores (Boiling Springs), 170 - Shonquez Caldwell (Spartanburg) 8-0 maj. dec. Jakob Graveley (Nation Ford), 182 - Brian Ambriz (Dorman) 7-3 dec. Carl Manigan (Spartanburg), 195 - Kanon Hawkins (Mauldin) 7-5 dec. Tylik Simril (Rock Hill), 220 - Ahkir Al-Qasin (Northwestern) 7-3 dec. Tommy Washington (Spartanburg), 285 - Grady Thomas (Spartanburg) 3-2 dec. Tyrel Davis (Boiling Springs).
This story was originally published February 20, 2016 at 7:03 PM with the headline "Fort Mill qualifies six wrestlers for state championship matches."