MITCHELL – Cherokee’s varsity wrestling team competed in the Mitchell Duals tournament on Dec. 20-21, 2012. Overall, the team went 2-7, but two wrestlers received medals including Levi Swearengin who went 9-0 on the tournament and made the All-Tournament team. Michael Montelongo went 8-1 and received an Honorable Mention medal.
Following are team results:
– Cherokee 46 Northwood (Va.) 9
– Avery 36 Cherokee 43
– Mitchell 54 Cherokee 24
– Ashe County 36 Cherokee 28
– Tuscola 42 Cherokee 36
– Byrnes 60 Cherokee 18
– McDowell 28 Cherokee 26
– R.S. Central 42 Cherokee 36
– Cherokee 42 Mountain Heritage 39
Following are individual results for all Cherokee wrestlers who competed in the tournament:
- Ethan Swearengin, 113lb., (6-3)
– won by forfeit against Northwood (Va.)
– pinned Adam Clark (Avery) at 5:01
– pinned by Kyler Hoilman (Mitchell) at 3:27
– won by major decision (18-8) over Andrew Tedder (Ashe)
– won by forfeit against Tuscola
– pinned by Andrew Spenar (Byrnes) at 1:36
– pinned Denise Finn (McDowell) at 3:48
– pinned by Kevin Cox (RS) at 1:48
– pinned Tray Phillips (Mtn.) at 3:43
- Sidnie Yanez, 120lb. (2-8)
– pinned by Lucas Poe (Northwood) at 1:27
– pinned by Bradley Clark (Avery) at 1:48
– pinned by Terry Lowery (Mitchell) at 1:51
– pinned Madison Evans (Mitchell) at 3:53
– pinned by Carter Calhoun (Ashe) at :57
– pinned by Tanner Milnor (Tuscola) at 1:28
– pinned by Thomas Davis (Byrnes) at :48
– pinned by Nathan Bailey (McDowell) at 1:18
– pinned by D.J. Bradley (RS) at :45
– won by forfeit against Mountain Heritage
- Levi Swearengin, 126lb., 9-0, All-Tournament
– won by major decision (18-9) over Darrel Price (Northwood)
– pinned Preston Childress (Avery) at 4:48
– won by decision (13-6) over Soloman Duncan (Mitchell)
– pinned Jacob Weaver (Ashe) at :58
– won by forfeit against Tuscola
– pinned Elijiah Johnson (Byrnes) at 5:01
– won decision (7-4) over Jacob Gardner (McDowell)
– pinned Brandon Parz (RS) at :30
- Austin Padilla, 132lb., 7-2
– won by forfeit against Northwood (Va.)
– lost major decision (12-3) to Harley Rash (Avery)
– pinned Levi Richardson (Mitchell) at :38
– pinned Bodi Miller (Ashe) at 2:27
– won by forfeit against Tuscola
– pinned by Dalton Starnes (Byrnes) at 1:17
– won decision (11-5) over Pike Davis (McDowell)
– pinned Zachary Weeks (RS) at 1:54
– won by forfeit against Mountain Heritage
- Jaron Bradley, 138lb., 7-2
– won by forfeit against Northwood (Va.)
– pinned Brennan Clark (Avery) at 1:50
– pinned Caleb Forbes (Mitchell) at :22
– lost decision (12-5) to Mathew Hamilton (Ashe)
– pinned by Ben Womack (Tuscola) at 2:28
– pinned Dreavon McCravy (Byrnes) at 5:02
– pinned Cody Harris (McDowell) at 1:41
– pinned Christian Gold (RS) at 1:32
– pinned Zac Robinson (Mtn.) at 1:38
- Trennie Arch, 145lb., 4-5
– lost decision (6-4) to Dylan Osborne (Northwood)
– lost decision (11-6) to Zac Freeman (Avery)
– won decision (5-0) over Davis McKinney (Mitchell)
– pinned Chase Conner (Ashe) at 1:03
– pinned Houston Dickens (Tuscola) at 2:36
– pinned by Charlie Conner (Byrnes) at :56
– lost major decision (11-0) to Jeremy Anderson (McDowell)
– won by forfeit against R.S. Central
– lost decision (9-8) to Nick Yelton (Mtn.)
- Maria George, 152lb., 3-5
– won by forfeit against Northwood (Va.)
– won by forfeit against Avery
– pinned by Daniel Bomar (Mitchell) at :49
– won by forfeit against Tuscola
– pinned by Cody Simpson (Byrnes) at :27
– pinned by Josh Dula (McDowell) at :51
– pinned by Thomas Hensley (RS) at :20
– pinned by Noah Casper (Mtn.) at 1:31
- Tavi Rivera, 160lb., 2-0
– won by forfeit against Northwood (Va.)
– won by forfeit against Tuscola
- Raymond Taylor, 220lb., 6-3
– pinned Jonathan Hart (Northwood) at 1:19
– pinned Scott Wiseman (Avery) at 1:48
– pinned by Thomas Parker (Mitchell)
– lost decision (8-7) to Mitchell Brown (Ashe)
– pinned Sam Ross (Tuscola) at 1:06
– won by forfeit against Byrnes
– won decision (4-1) over Legend Pressley (McDowell)
– pinned by Kaleb Hines (RS) at 5:19
– won by forfeit against Mountain Heritage
- Michael Montelongo, 285lb., 8-1, Honorable Mention
– pinned Zachary Smith (Northwood) at 5:00
– pinned Blake Johnson (Avery) at 1:49
– won by forfeit against Mitchell
– pinned Jacob Woods (Ashe) at 1:37
– won by forfeit against Tuscola
– pinned by Ben Clark (Byrnes) at 3:49
– won by forfeit against McDowell
– pinned Hunter Edwards (RS) at 5:14
– ONE FEATHER STAFF REPORT
