Wolverines strike early, roll past Bearcats

Polk County Middle won eight of the first nine matches Thursday en route to a 64-36 victory over Hendersonville Middle in a Blue Ridge Conference wrestling match in Hendersonville.

The Wolverines (4-1) raced to a 54-6 lead, with five of the eight wins coming on first-period pins.

Hendersonville Middle rallied with three wins in the middleweights before Zalen McCraw’s major decision at 170 pounds and Tanner McKinney’s first-period fall at 182 pounds stopped that surge and assured the Wolverines of the win.

Polk Middle returns home Monday for a key BRC East Division matchup with Flat Rock. That match begins at 4:30 p.m.

74: Blake Cole (PC) p. David Summey
83: Liam Jackson (PC) p. William Brackett
90: Brody Wolfe (PC) p. Sloan Houston
98: Conner Ahlert (PC) p. Cole Novak
106: Alexander May (H) p. Alex Martin
113: Aiden Billings (PC) p. Leland Caroll
120: Amon Villarreal (PC) p. Anna McFarland
126: Zach Carson Bell (PC) p. Landon Parris
132: McCraw (PC) p. Isaac Darmid
138: Daniel Griffen (PC) by forfeit
145: Mitchell Wolfe (H) p. Chester Wilson
152: Gavin Ford (H) by forfeit
160: Chaz Johnson (H) by forfeit
170: Zalen McCraw (PC) maj. dec. Bently Cornwell, 14-5
182: Tanner McKinney (PC) p. Zach Elkins
195: Eli Whitmire (H) p. Ben Winkel
222: Double forfeit
250: Jonathan Beaver (H) p. Kamron Montgomery