
Members of Wolverine Wrestling Club took part Saturday and Sunday in The Blue Ridge Battle wrestling tourmanent in Hendersonville.
Team members competed in both the individual tournament and a six-team dual match tournament for high school-age teams. The WWC high school team placed third in Sunday’s dual event, falling 36-15 to Smoky Mountain Wrestling Club and 48-12 to Hendersonville Wrestling Club but scoring a 34-15 win over Blue Devil Wrestling Club, a 29-21 win over CHAOS and a 30-18 victory over Tuscola WC.
Hendersonville swept the competition to win the dual title.
In individual competition, Efrain Rivera scored the lone first place for local wrestlers with a win in the Middle School 98 class. Wolverine wrestlers did claim a number of podium finishes, though, including five second-place efforts.
Several Wolverine Wrestling Club members will travel Friday to compete in the Demon Style Duals in Winston-Salem.
6U 40/45
Round 1 – Dominic Ramirez (Wolverine Wrestling Club) p. Rhet Brooks (Denver Dragons) (Fall 0:46)
Round 2 – Archer Bowman (Burke Avengers) p. Dominic Ramirez (Fall 1:20)
Round 3 – Dominic Ramirez p. Easton Trantham (Smoky mountain Youth wrestling) (Fall 0:52)
Round 4 – Dominic Ramirez p. Easton Lambert ( Blue Devils Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:46)
Round 5 – Dominic Ramirez p. Kuechly Faulkenberry (Smoky mountain Youth wrestling) (Fall 1:15)
Round 6 – Kellan Dedmon (Darkhorse) p. Dominic Ramirez Fall 1:29)
Round 8 – Dominic Ramirez won in sudden victory – 1 over Grayson Ford (Eastside Youth Wrestling), SV-1 8-6
Clayton Lowdermilk (Haywood Elite) p. Dominic Ramirez (Fall 0:31)
10U 65
Round 1 – Graham Surface (Wolverine Wrestling Club) p. Wyatt Coker (Mountaineer Wrecking Crew) (Fall 0:41)
Round 2 – Camdyn Gash ( Blue Devils Wrestling Club) d. Graham Surface, 4-2
Round 3 – Sawyer Norton (DeHart Wrestling Academy) d. Graham Surface, 8-7
10U 70/75
Round 1 – Eric Ramirez (Wolverine Wrestling Club) maj. dec. Bryson Turner (Black Mountain Wrestling Club), 9-0
Round 2 – Eric Ramirez p. Celso Montiel (Smoky mountain Youth wrestling) (Fall 2:25)
Round 3 – Seth Stoltzfus (Blue Devils Wrestling Club) tech fall Eric Ramirez, 16-1
Middle School 98
Round 1 – Efrain Rivera (Wolverine Wrestling Club) tech fall Kolton Deaton (Team Chaos), 19-3
Round 2 – Efrain Rivera p. Malaki Sizemore (Real Life Wrestling) (Fall 0:37)
Round 4 – Efrain Rivera d. Sheppard Homan d. Blue Devils Wrestling Club), 2-0
Round 5 – Efrain Rivera won by tech fall Kamden Moore (Team Chaos), 17-0
Middle School 113
Round 1 – Jaxtyn Virgil (Wolverine Wrestling Club) p. Kale Oates (Team Chaos) (Fall 1:47)
Round 2 – Jaxtyn Virgil p. Logan Hudson (Eastside Youth Wrestling) (Fall 3:33)
Round 4 – Jaxtyn Virgil p. Arya Vyas (Carolina Blinders) (Fall 1:08)
Round 5 – Alexander Cecil (Madison wrestling club) maj. dec. Jaxtyn Virgil, 16-2
Middle School 120
Quarterfinal – Conner Ahlert (Wolverine Wrestling Club) tech fall Amari Slaughter (Carolina Blinders), 16-0
Semifinal – Tristan Eziekiel Queen (Blue Devils Wrestling Club) d. Conner Ahlert, 6-2
Cons. Semi – Conner Ahlert p. Logan Hudson (Eastside Youth Wrestling) (Fall 2:32)
3rd Place Match – Conner Ahlert p. Henry Spivey (Mountaineer Wrecking Crew) (Fall 4:25)
High School 120
Round 1 – Kaiden Deaton (Team Chaos) d. Carter Wade (Wolverine Wrestling Club), 6-3
Round 2 – Luke Johannes (Carolina Blinders) p. Carter Wade (Fall 2:58)
Round 3 – Christian Gibson (Haywood Elite) d. Carter Wade, 6-3
Round 5 – Carter Wade won by disqualification over Davey McCoy (Smoky mountain Youth wrestling)
Middle School 152
Round 1 – Ilia Ciudinov (Apple Valley Middle School) p. Zach McCraw (Wolverine Wrestling Club) (Fall 2:27)
Round 2 – Zach McCraw p. Samuel Curtis (Independent) (Fall 1:06)
Round 3 – Zach McCraw p. Luke Laster (Carolina Blinders) (Fall 2:09)
High School 152
Round 1 – Eduardo Rodriguez (North Henderson) p. Andres Sanchez (Wolverine Wrestling Club) (Fall 1:12)
Round 2 – William McCoy (Smoky mountain Youth wrestling) p. Andres Sanchez (Fall 1:11)
High School 160
Quarterfinal – Zalen McCraw (Wolverine Wrestling Club) p. Andrew Reynolds (Mountain Wrestling Academy) (Fall 2:59)
Semifinal – Zalen McCraw d. Ty Walker (Mountaineer Wrecking Crew), 12-6
1st Place Match – Marcus McCarson (Eastside Youth Wrestling) maj. dec. Zalen McCraw, 11-2
High School 182
Round 1 – Jadyn Virgil (Wolverine Wrestling Club) p. Jayden Oates (Team Chaos) (Fall 3:14)
Round 2 – Jadyn Virgil p. Jaxon Metcalf (Eastside Youth Wrestling) (Fall 0:58)
Round 3 – Said Gasimov (Carolina Blinders) d. Jadyn Virgil, 7-0