WRESTLING: Opening-round pairings for state tournament
By Rudy Coggins
Published in Sports on February 18, 2016 1:48 PM
GREENSBORO -- Opening-round matches in the 2016 N.C. High School Athletic Association individual wrestling championships:
CLASS 1-A
106: Timothy Decatur-Luker (Rosewood) vs. Chimeco Barber (East Wilkes)
120: Reid Amodeo (Rosewood) vs. Jacob Hogue (Mt. Airy)
126: Jordan Todd (Rosewood) vs. Kolin Guffey (Robbinsville)
138: Jayden Thomas (Rosewood) vs. Drake Cable (Robbinsville)
145: Michael Daughtry (Princeton) vs. Dawson Lowe (Swain County)
170: Dylan Melgar (Rosewood) vs. Ross Ensley (Swain County)
182: Cameron Helt (Rosewood) vs. Colby Cooper (East Wilkes)
220: Blake Dean (Rosewood) vs. Justin Redd (East Wilkes)
285: Kaleb Taylor (Rosewood) vs. Todd Self (Mitchell)
CLASS 3-A
170: Joshua Wallace (C.B. Aycock) vs. Cameron Morgan (Kings Mtn.)
195: Jaret Paynter (C.B. Aycock) vs. Ben Fox (Thomasville Ledford)
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