WRESTLING: 21st USAF/Eagle Invitational notebook

By Rudy Coggins
Published in Sports on December 9, 2016 9:57 AM

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* C.B. Aycock has won four Eagle Invitational titles.

* A total of 10 grapplers protected their No. 1 seed and emerged as individual champions in 2015. Holly Springs, CBA, Rosewood, Millbrook and Corinth-Holders accounted for all 14 gold medals.

* Rosewood alum Blake Dean is the lowest-seeded wrestler to win an individual title in Invitational history. He claimed the 220-pound crown as the No. 10 seed a year ago.

* Five champions return -- Tim Decatur (Rosewood), Hunter Morton (Holly Springs), Tyler Marquard (CBA), Isaiah Willett (Millbrook) and Joshua Wallace (CBA).

* The 106-pound class has five competitors ranked among the state's top 25 grapplers -- freshman Christian Decatur (Rosewood), sophomore Kevin Wanovich (Jack Britt), senior Mario Harper (Eastern Wayne), junior Austin Doyle (CBA) and junior Blake Edwards (Fike). Wanovich is 10-0, while Harper is 8-0.