GREENSBORO – Two-time state wrestling champion Lorenzo Alston of Uwharrie Charter Academy posted a 2-2 record in the Super 32 Challenge last weekend at the coliseum complex in Greensboro.
Alston, who has rolled to a pair of Class 1A state titles, is a junior. Several Randolph County wrestlers entered the Super 32 Challenge, which is one of the premier events for wrestlers of high school age and attracted participants from around the country, including those with international age-group championships.
Alston lost by a 12-10 decision to Noah Bull of Layton, Utah, in the round of 32 in the 150-pound division.
Alston registered a 50-second pin of Greensburg, Ind.’s Justice Thornton in the previous round after stopping Samuel Almedina of Scranton, Pa., by 6-2 in an earlier bout.
After his first defeat, Alston lost again, going down 3-2 to Luke Murray of Carrollton, Va.
Also in the round of 32, Trinity’s Joseph Trahan was a pin victim against Westminster, Md.’s Luke Landazzo in 1:24 at 285 pounds.
Trahan reached that round with a 19-second pin of Micah Gillespie of Fairfax, Va. Trahan was done in the tournament after an 11-3 consolation-bracket loss to Connor Hudak of Schwenksville, Pa.
Trinity’s Lawson Coltrane’s first match at 165 ended with Youngsville, La.’s Braeden Simoneaux’s pin in 3:01 before an 8-5 loss to Wyatt Boice of Port Jervis, N.Y.
At 190, Wheatmore’s Dominic Hittepole fell by an 11-1 decision to Liberty, S.C.’s JT Spence in the round of 64. Hittepole responded to defeat Ryan Rainey of Arlington, Texas, by 5-0 before losing by 9-0 to Chandler, Ariz.’s Kal-el Fluckiger.
At 126, Ayden Sumners, a Ragsdale wrestler from Trinity, was on the wrong end of a 14-1 decision against Edmond, Okla.’s Devon Miller in the round of 128. Sumners then defeated Ryan Hockaday of Pittsboro, Ind., by 3-2 before a technical fall loss in 2:28 to Solon, Ohio’s Tyler Ineman.
David Lambright, a 120-pouinder from Eastern Randolph, lost by second-period technical fall to Gavin Lewis of Crown Point, Ind., and by third-period technical fall to Alexander Denkins of Perrysburgh, Ohio.
On the girls’ side, 124-pounder Riley White, listed as an entrant from Climax, lost a pair of matches – 6-3 to Daniela Espinal of Florida and 8-4 to Paige Cowan of Ohio.
