NCISAA and NCHSAA wrestling playoffs roundup, 2016
This blog has been updated with round-by-round scores and links to the N.C. High School Athletic Association wrestling dual-team playoffs. Final scores are in parentheses.
The individual championship placers and a list of full state qualifiers are below.
Individual championships
NCHSAA: Seven area champs, Cary fourth in 4A.
NCISAA: Two area champs, Ravenscroft runner-up.
State champions
Nick Daggett, Chatham Central (1A 113) - undefeated
Anthony Brito, Heritage (4A 132)
Cam Devers, Holly Springs (4A 138) - undefeated
Michael Queen, Northwood (3A 170)
Alex Zuniga, Cary (4A 170) - undefeated
Demazio Samuel, Northern Durham (4A 220) - undefeated
Rod Perry, Cary (4A 285)
Christian Sodano, Cary Academy (NCISAA, 120)
D.J. Washington, Ravenscroft (NCISAA, 220)
State placers
Runner-up: Voyager Academy’s Kyle Coward (1A 132), Princeton’s Michael Daughtry (1A 145), South Granville’s Nathean Castillo (2A 126), Orange’s Joe Scott (3A 152), Northwood’s Hunter Queen (3A 160), Chapel Hill’s Camden Bergey (3A 170), Orange’s Payton Wilson (3A 220), Holly Springs’ Josh Lehr (4A 113), Cary’s Kollin Wade (4A, 145), Clayton’s Michael Lines (4A, 182); Cary Academy’s Cade Spector (NCISAA 113), Cary Academy’s Chapman Fitzgerald (NCISAA 126), Cary Academy’s Julia Sodano (NCISAA 145), Ravenscroft’s Calvin Atkeson (NCISAA, 285)
Third-place: Voyager Academy’s Ronald Whitt (1A 126), Southern Vance’s Damonte Blash (2A 132), Union Pines’ Antonio Menozi (3A 120), Union Pines’ Dylan Barber (3A 138), Wake Forest’s Nic Mutio (4A 138), Apex’s Jovan Jarrett (4A 285); Ravenscroft’s Blake Sanders (NCISAA 132), Ravenscroft’s Ian Conley (NCISAA 152), Ravenscroft’s Bradley Conley (NCISAA 160)
Fourth-place: Wake Forest’s Sander Cyper (4A 160), Fuquay-Varina’s Josh Arrington (4A 170), Riverside’s Jaden Davis (4A 195).
Taking fifth: Carrboro’s Dante Veltri (2A 138), Franklinton’s Ruben Santiago (2A 145), South Granville’s Bryce Talley (2A 160), Western Harnett’s Jordan Guimont (3A 152), Corinth Holders’ Frankie Miller (3A 285).
Taking sixth: Carrboro’s David Veltri (2A 126), Franklinton’s Jacob Coats (2A 152), Carrboro’s Maxim Gaut (2A 170), Western Harnett’s Anthony Thompson (3A 113), Union Pines’ Daniel Hull (3A 126), Northwood’s John Dunning (3A 195), Leesville Road’s Dan Mills (4A 126), Panther Creek’s Chad Laska (4A 182).
Individual regionals
▪ 4A Midwest: Riverside 10th
▪ 4A Mideast: Cary wins, Holly Springs 2nd, Leesville Road 3rd, Clayton 4th, Wake Forest 5th
▪ 3A Mideast: Union Pines 2nd, Orange 3rd, Chapel Hill 5th, Northwood 6th
▪ 3A East: Western Harnett 7th, Corinth Holders 8th
▪ 2A Mideast: South Granville 2nd, Carrboro 3rd, Franklinton 4th
▪ 2A East: North Johnston 16th
▪ 1A East: Voyager Academy 9th
NCHSAA state qualifiers
4A:
Apex: Gabe Baragona, sophomore (106, 24-10); Joey McMahon, junior (132, 29-6), Jovan Jarrett, senior (285, 31-3)
Apex Friendship: John Cascone, freshman (220, 21-14)
Athens Drive: Faris Busisou, junior (120, 16-1); Omar Smara, senior (126, 44-9); Yousef Aitboulahri, junior (182, 43-6); Deshawn Jones, sophomore (195, 42-13)
Broughton: Nic Valdespino, sophomore (126, 34-6); Nash Philbeck, sophomore (145, 31-6)
Cary: Delante Robinson, junior (138, 20-3); Kollin Wade, senior, (145, 31-0); Nate Kinsey, junior (152, 40-10); Alex Zuniga, senior (170, 45-0); Joe Grena, junior (182, 35-11); Nico Childs, junior (195, 24-6); Joseph Rogers, senior (220, 18-13); Rod Perry, senior (285, 42-2)
Clayton: Christian Prescott, senior (113, 37-15); Deondre James, sophomore (132, 33-18); Nick Brown, senior (145, 43-9); Trevor Loken, senior (152, 39-6); Michael Lines, senior (182, 47-1)
East Wake: Zack Willard, senior (285, 34-3)
Enloe: Ethan Hoffman, junior (160, 31-8)
Fuquay-Varina: Logan Maher, sophomore (106, 33-4); Josh Arrington, junior (170, 27-5); John Royal, senior (220, 25-3)
Green Hope: Caleb Andreu, junior (113, 33-6)
Heritage: Anthony Brito, junior (132, 47-2)
Holly Springs: Josh Lehr, sophomore (113, 34-0); Hunter Morton, junior (120, 52-3); Jake Maroney, sophomore (38-9); Cam Devers, senior (138, 49-0); Nick Connochie, senior (152, 47-3); Zion Cooke, junior (170, 48-6)
Jordan: Micah Marcin, senior (145, 37-7)
Leesville Road: Justin Tibbs, junior (106, 25-7); Jason Mills, senior (120, 48-7); Dan Mills, junior (126, 52-5), Cole Collins, senior (152, 40-2)
Middle Creek: Braxton May, junior (160, 34-8); Gabriel Prickett, junior (195, 26-15)
Millbrook: Crayton Saby, senior (126, 34-6); Matthew Engel, junior (170, 36-13); Matt Flores, senior (195, 42-9)
Northern Durham: Demazio Samuel, senior (195, 36-0)
Panther Creek: Miles Kent, senior (152, 25-9), Chad Laska, senior (182, 35-9)
Riverside: Jaden Davis, junior (43-10)
Rolesville: Brandon Acklin, senior (120, 33-4); Joseph Clevenger, senior (160, 22-6)
Sanderson: Adrian Davenport, senior (138, 30-15)
Wake Forest: Nick Mutio, senior (138, 41-2); Sander Cypher, junior (160, 40-9); Josh Cathcart, senior (220, 32-9)
Wakefield: Robert Belonga, senior (106, 29-11)
West Johnston: Austin Dailey, junior (113, 27-12); Jonathan Rose, junior (285, 17-6)
3A:
Cedar Ridge: Jacob Tutor, senior (138, 28-10)
Chapel Hill: Camden Bergey, senior (170, 34-9); George McBurney, senior (220, 35-9); R. Hudson Price, senior (285, 35-8)
Cleveland: Jakob Cox, senior (152, 27-8)
Corinth Holders: Alex Staples, senior (145, 23-5); Noah Vasquez, senior (182, 29-8); Larry Williams, sophomore (220, 30-10); Frankie Miller, junior (285, 24-6)
J.F. Webb: Nolan Malugen, senior (132, 9-1)
Lee County: Zachary Thomas, senior (106, 35-17)
Northwood: Lorenzo Lamanna, senior (138, 46-11); Hunter Queen, junior (160, 50-5); Michael Queen, senior (182, 52-3); John Dunning, senior (195, 48-7)
Orange: Bailey Hawkins, sophomore (120, 37-9), Hakeem Jones, junior (132, 20-9); Joe Scott, senior (152, 41-4); Josiah Ramirez, sophomore (160, 36-9); Jamar Davis, sophomore (170, 30-15); Payton Wilson, sophomore (220, 37-6)
Southern Durham: Jayr Lewis, senior (145, 30-12)
Union Pines: Mason Bennett, junior (106, 18-14); Adam Hoover, junior (113, 28-15); Antonio Menozi, junior (120, 34-4), Daniel Hull, senior (126, 17-3); Reagan Fedowitz, senior (132, 14-5); Dylan Barber, senior (138, 34-6); MacKinnon Allen, senior (152, 23-11); Christopher Kelly, junior (182, 29-11)
Western Harnett: Anthony Thompson, senior (113, 33-7); Mason Morris, senior (132, 36-6); Jacob Dawson, senior (138, 23-14); Jordan Guimont, senior (152, 33-3)
2A:
Bunn: Duncan Younger, senior (152, 27-7); Omar Rosa, junior (285, 17-6)
Carrboro: Monnet Victor, sophomore (106, 26-9); Otto Wolin, junior (120, 33-5); David Veltri, sophomore (126, 30-8); Dante Veltri, senior (138, 34-5); Maxim Gaut, freshman (170, 32-6)
Durham School of the Arts: Che Armstrong, sophomore (160, 21-9)
Franklinton: Daniel Mickschutz, junior (113, 27-10); Isaac Nash, sophomore (120, 20-18); Alex Loury, senior (138, 28-7); Ruben Santiago, senior (145, 37-6); Jacob Coats, senior (152, 37-7)
N.C. School of Science and Math: Will Jordan, senior (113, 14-5); Caleb Cox, senior (132, 13-4), Dylan Millson, senior (160, 23-2)
Neuse Charter: Bryce Lyons, senior (220, 18-12); Tristan Wellons, junior (285, 19-22)
North Johnston: JoJo Richardson, junior (145, 23-15); Tyler Scott, junior (152, 32-6)
Roanoke Rapids: Alvin Johnson, senior (220, 18-5)
South Granville: Nathean Castillo, senior (126, 26-3), Alexie Hernandez, senior (152, 14-4); Bryce Talley, junior (160, 25-6); Austin Higgs, senior (170, 30-7); Tyler Bunts, senior (182, 32-5); Corey Faison, senior (195, 27-8); Charlie Rebilas, senior (220, 30-10)
Southern Vance: Sikem Caceras, senior (120, 21-4), Damonte Blash, senior (132, 17-4), Trequan Alston, sophomore (138, 25-4)
1A:
Chatham Central: Nick Daggett, junior (113, 38-0), Hunter Little, junior (170, 15-5)
Chatham Charter: Chris Brannon, junior (126, 17-4)
Louisburg: Austin Tilley, sophomore (113, 27-7); Brandon Rodriguez, sophomore (120, 25-7)
Princeton: Michael Daughtry, senior (145, 42-6)
Voyager Academy: Ronald Whitt, junior (120, 37-8); Kyle Coward, junior (132, 33-9); Irving Montgomery, junior (160, 25-11)
DUAL-TEAM PLAYOFFS
4A East
1st/2nd rounds (Tuesday Feb. 2):
At Laney: Laney (51-17) vs Leesville Road // Pinecrest vs Cary /// Laney (42-27) vs Cary
At Jack Britt: Jack Britt (72-6) vs Person // New Bern (54-26) vs Rolesville /// Jack Britt (42-24) vs New Bern
At Clayton: Holly Springs (39-21) vs South View // Clayton vs Riverside (36-33) /// Holly Springs (37-35) vs Riverside
At Wake Forest: Wake Forest (36-33) vs Richmond County // Northern Durham vs Millbrook (42-26) /// Wake Forest (45-22) vs Millbrook
3rd round/East final (Thursday Feb. 4):
At Jack Britt: Laney (31-30) vs Jack Britt // Holly Springs (41-33) vs Wake Forest /// Laney vs Holly Springs (25-23)
State championship (Saturday Feb. 6)
Holly Springs at West Forsyth (57-10)
3A East
1st/2nd rounds (Tuesday Feb. 2):
At Swansboro: Swansboro (37-33) vs Rocky Mount // West Brunswick (53-28) vs Northwood /// Swansboro vs West Brunswick (52-24)
At Cleveland: CB Aycock vs Cleveland (45-36) // Fike vs Havelock (56-30) /// Cleveland vs Havelock (72-10)
At Western Harnett: Western Harnett (38-80) vs Rockingham County // Union Pines vs Asheboro (38-34) /// Western Harnett vs Asheboro (44-33)
At Morehead: Orange (53-23) vs Chapel Hill // Morehead (69-4) vs Fayetteville Terry Sanford /// Orange vs Morehead (31-29)
3rd round/East final (Thursday Feb. 4):
At Asheboro: West Brunswick (43-27) vs Havelock // Asheboro vs Morehead (36-33) /// West Brunswick vs Morehead (34-33)
State championship (Saturday Feb. 6)
Enka at Morehead (39-30)
2A East
1st/2nd rounds (Tuesday Feb. 2):
At Currituck County: North Lenoir (47-23) vs First Flight // Currituck County vs Farmville Central (47-26) /// North Lenoir vs Farmville Central (41-34)
At St. Pauls: St. Pauls vs Dixon (64-15) // Wheatmore (39-36) vs Franklinton /// Dixon (36-33) vs Wheatmore
At South Granville: South Granville (?) vs Ayden-Grifton // Carrboro (42-24) vs Randleman /// South Granville vs Carrboro (40-27)
At Washington: Washington (53-25) vs Edenton Holmes // Croatan (63-14) vs Barlett Yancey /// Washington vs Croatan (37-26)
3rd round/East final (Thursday Feb. 4):
At Farmville Central: Farmville Central vs Dixon (48-30) // Carrboro vs Croatan (51-14) /// Croatan vs Dixon (45-32)
State championship (Saturday Feb. 6)
Dixon at Newton-Conover (34-25)
1A East
1st/2nd rounds (Tuesday Feb. 2):
At Tarboro: Voyager Academy vs Trask (45-30) // Tarboro (bye) /// Trask (41-27) vs Tarboro
At South Davidson: South Davidson (51-21) vs North Stanly
At Rosewood Middle: East Carteret vs Manteo (48-30) // South Stanly (bye) /// Manteo vs South Stanly (39-27)
At Rosewood Middle: Chatham Central vs Rosewood (50-21)
3rd round/East final (Thursday Feb. 4):
At Rosewood: Trask (40-36) vs South Davidson // South Stanly vs Rosewood (48-35) /// Trask vs Rosewood (67-12)
State championship (Saturday Feb. 6)
Mitchell County at Rosewood (36-24)
Conference tournaments
Cap-8: Leesville Road wins
Greater Neuse River: Clayton wins
Two Rivers 3A: Western Harnett wins
Conference standings
Full 2015-16 list for the area
This story was originally published February 28, 2016 at 2:26 PM with the headline "NCISAA and NCHSAA wrestling playoffs roundup, 2016."