Prep Wrestling Roundup: Trinity Bulldogs power to tournament titles

MT. PLEASANT — With five individual championships, Trinity’s wrestling team had a strong clutch on the Eye of the Tiger tournament, which wrapped up Saturday.

Jeven Palmeri (106 pounds), Aiden Burkholder (113), Stephen Cross (12) Omega Edge (132) and Joseph Trahan (285) were champions.

Trinity won the team championship in the 25-team event. The Bulldogs posted 233 points, with Kannapolis Brown the runner-up with 190 and Mount Pleasant third at 168. Southwestern Randolph was 10th with 93.

Palmeri notched a pair of pins before a technical fall of Mount Pleasant’s Kellen Gue in 3:47 of the final.

Burlkholder’s three pins came before a 6-0 blanking of East Rowan’s Christopher McDonald in the title bout. Cross racked up three pins, including two in the first periods, before a 12-1 domination of East Rowan’s Catoe Byrd in the final.

Edge ended his first three bouts early, including with a pair of pins, before topping Weddington’s Gage Klee 8-0 in the final.

Trahan pinned his way to the title, with his 55-second flattening of Concord’s Alex Williams his longest match among four bouts.

Trinity’s Edgar Vasquez was the 126 runner-up. After recording three pins, Vasquez lost 7-3 to Kannapolis Brown’s Landon Logan in the final. Trinity teammates Haris Idrees (165) and Grayson Carroll (190) placed fourth.

Southwestern Randolph’s Nathan Garner was third at 165, while 120-pounder Owen Pearson placed fourth. Garner had a 4-1 record with two technical falls.

In the girls’ portion of the tournament, Trinity’s Kenedi Palmer (100) placed third.

UCA rolls in duals

At Southern Pines, Uwharrie Charter Academy blew through the Mason Wagner Duals with four victories.

The Eagles stomped Gray’s Creek 67-12, handled South Garner 72-6, belted Fayetteville Britt 66-11 and edged Pinecrest 33-28.

In the matchup with host Pinecrest, Ayven Virasone Chitavong (113) had a technical fall and Caleb Saldana (138) notched a major decision, while Brennan Worrell (150), Ric Riccardella (157) and Lorenzo Alston (190) logged pins.