Prep Wrestling: Trinity dominates in Asheboro tourney

ASHEBORO — Trinity wrestlers were the team champions in the Zack Thornburg Memorial Tournament last week at Asheboro High School.

The Bulldogs won seven individual titles.

The winners for Trinity were Jeven Palmeri (106 pounds), Aiden Burkholder (113), Stephen Cross (120), Edgar Vasquez (126), Simeon Hammett (150), Haris Idrees (165) and Joseph Trahan (285).

Runners-up for Trinity were Ezekiel Martinez (106), Omega Edge (132), Trent Walker (138), Hezekyah Matson (144), Addam Bernal (165) and Grayson Carroll (190).

Asheboro’s winners were Oscar Zelaya (132) and Owen Chidester (215), with runner-up Quanta McRae (175).

Southwestern Randolph didn’t have a champion, but Leland Davis (150) and Rafael Flores (215) placed second.

In the girls’ tournament, Asheboro was the top team followed by Trinity. Asheboro’s Andreaona Thornton (100) and Andrea Thornton (126-138) and Trinity’s Briana Joyce (heavyweight) were undefeated.

Tigerland Classic

At Jamestown, Asheboro’s Zelaya (132 pounds) and Providence Grove’s Jeremiah Payne (120) and Aiden Poplin (126) were individual champions in the 17-school competition with Ragsdale as the host.

Cecil Mock Invitational

At Ramseur, Wheatmore’s champions were 132-pounder Ayden Sumners and 190-pounder Dominic Hittepole, while Spencer Moore (150) and Payton Russo (285) were runners-up Nov. 22. Sumners didn’t allow a point in three bouts.

For host Eastern Randolph, Lucas Kennedy (126) and David Lambright (132) placed second.

Southeast Guilford won the team title with 175½ points among 13 teams, with Montgomery Central second with 154 followed by Central Davidson (145½) and Wheatmore (141).

Red Wolf Classic

At Hillsborough, Uwharrie Charter Academy had individual champions Paxton Kearns (126), Travis Nobles (157) and Lorenzo Alston (175) in the 29-team event at Cedar Ridge.

Kearns took 5:18 for a technical fall against Southern Lee’s Erick Gutierrez in the title bout and Alston won the final with a second-period technical fall of Cardinal Gibbons’ Ryan Thompson. Nobles defeated Kernersville Glenn’s Misael Rivera 18-11 in the championship match.

The Eagles compiled 280 points for second place behind Northwest Guilford’s 282 among 30 teams.

Caleb Saldana (138) was a runner-up for UCA, while Ayven Virasone Chitavong (113), Brennan Worrell (144) and Jesse Bowles (215) all placed third.

On the girls’ side, Grace Redding (235) of Asheboro was a champion, pinning Roxboro Person’s Tylanii Lunsford in 3:40 of the final.

Trojan Duals

At Catawba, Trinity defeated Hunter Huss, host Bandys, Charlotte Latin, Bradford Prep and Rutherford-Spindale Central to capture the title. Palmeri, Burkholder, Cross, Vasquez, Edge, Matson, Hammett and Trahan all won five matches for the Bulldogs.