4 Freedom wrestlers and 1 from Patton going to State

By: Bill Bailey | Morganton News Herald
Published: February 22, 2010

Morganton, NC --

After a grueling two days of Western 3A Regionals at St. Stephens High School, five Burke County wrestlers earned invitations to wrestle in the state 3A wrestling championship Feb. Friday and Saturday in Greensboro Coliseum.
Patton High School's undefeated David Cook won all four matches to end up as the No. 1 seed out of the West in the 152 weight class.
Freedom High School's Mason Webb also won four matches, upsetting the No. 1 seed in the finals to earn the No. 1 seed in the 189 weight class.
Freedom High School's Trever Miller came in as the No. 3 seed, but will go to Greensboro as the No. 2 seed, because he won his first three matches to gain the 145 finals.
Freedom's two consolation semis' wrestlers, Andoni Mejia and Marcus Kincaid, overcame some top-notch competition to advance to the consolation finals and a trip to Greensboro as No. 3 seeds in the 135 and 171 classes, respectively.
The top four finishers in each weight division are eligible to join the final four from the East, Mideast and Midwest to compete in the state championships.
The 26 schools at the West regionals included powerhouse teams such as Enka, Tuscola and West Henderson from the mountain counties and St. Stephens, Fred T Foard and Hibriten from the foothills.
This is the first year when Morganton's Freedom and Patton high schools were in the 3A regionals. The Patriots were 4A last year and Patton was a 2A school. Both Burke schools were well represented this year, each bringing 10 wrestlers to regionals.
After Friday night's tough early action and Saturday's elimination matches, Patton had a chance to place four wrestlers in the final four, but the consolation semifinals knocked out Tyler Goins, DeQuan Hayden and Grayson Ethridge, all of whom lost to higher seeds in their fifth competition of the weekend.
Following are the wrestlers from Burke County who competed in the Western 3A Regionals and how they performed:
103: FHS Gabe Villamor, 0-2. PHS Jeremy Guinn, 2-2, lost in consolation quarterfinals.
112: FHS Jaylen Wilson, 1-2.
119: PHS Hunter Riles, 2-2, lost in consolation quarterfinals.
125: FHS Josh Moses, 2-2, lost in consolation quarterfinals.
125: PHS Tyler Goins, 3-2, lost in the consolation semifinals (5th place).
130: FHS Luis Lopez, 1-2. PHS Stephen Bridges, 0-2.
135: FHS Andoni Mejia, 4-1, won consolation finals (3rd place, trip to state finals).
145: FHS Trever Miller, 3-1, lost championship finals (2nd place, trip to state finals).
152: PHS David Cook, 4-0, won championship finals (1st place, trip to state finals). FHS Emmanuel Wright, 0-2.
160: PHS De'Quan Hayden, 3-2, lost in the consolation semifinals (5th place).
171: FHS Marcus Kincaid, 5-1, won consolation finals (3rd place, trip to state finals).
189: FHS Mason Webb, 4-0, won championship finals (1st place, trip to state finals). PHS Grayson Ethridge, 3-2, lost in consolation semifinals (5th place).
215: PHS Dillon Flowers, 1-1, lost in second round with injury default and out of competition.
285: PHS Judge Fulenwider, 2-2, lost in consolation quarterfinals.
In the team competition, Freedom earned 79 points for seventh and Patton finished with 59.5 points for ninth.

4 Freedom wrestlers and 1 from Patton going to State

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