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Mat Cardinals in the top four at state duals The Wayne County Wrestling Team traveled to Lexington on Saturday, February 5 to compete in the Kentucky State Duals Championships. The tournament was held at Henry Clay High School and featured 16 teams from across the state. Teams competing by region were: Region I Kentucky; Region II Region III Region IV Region V Region VI Region VII Region VIII The state duals format consist of 16 teams divided into four pools. A school must wrestle everyone in their pool to decide placement. The top four teams advance toward the state championship. The runner-up in each pool advances toward fifth place. This tournament is also seeded to five places. This yearıs tournament saw Wayne County seeded fifth in the same pool as the No. 4 seed St. Xavier. The other three seeded teams this year were Woodford County No. 1, Larue County No. 2, and Campbell County No. 3. Wayne Countyıs pool consist of St. Xavier Region 3, McCreary Central fill in for Region 1, and Louisville Eastern Region 5. The Mat Cardinals defeated all schools in their pool to advance to the state semi-finals against No. 1 Woodford County. Wayne was defeated in their semi-final match to wrestle for third place. The other semi-final saw Ryle defeat Larue County. Wayne and Larue battled back and forth before Larue finally won 37-33. The top eight teams in the state dual tournament were: 1. Woodford Co. 2. Ryle 3. Larue Co. 4. Wayne Co. 5. Lou. Trinity 6. North Hardin 7. St. Xavier 8. South Oldham The following are team scores and individual winners of each: Wayne County 48 McCreary Central 33 Note: Leading 48 to 9 after 160 Wayne forfeited the last 4 weight classes. 103 lb., Travis Sullivan, by pin 112 lb., Cody Vinsant, by pin 130 lb., Joey Sanders, by pin 135 lb., James Kilburn, by pin 140 lb., Justin McClellan, by pin 145 lb., Tim Winchester, by pin 152 lb., Coty Sloan, by forfeit 160 lb., Paul Davis, by pin Wayne County 54 Louisville Eastern 23 Individual winners were: 103 lb., Travis Sullivan, Dec. 5-0 112 lb., Joseph Hicks, by forfeit 119 lb., Cody Vinsant, by pin 130 lb., Joey Sanders, by pin 140 lb., Kasey Kennedy, by forfeit 145 lb., Justin McClellan, by pin 171 lb., Paul Davis, by pin 189 lb., Justin Hicks, by forfeit 215 lb., Eric Mink, Dec. 7-2 275 lb., David Maddox, by forfeit Wayne County 42 St. Xavier 33 Individual winners were: 103 lb., Joseph Hicks, by forfeit 112 lb., Travis Sullivan, by pin 112 lb., Cody Vinsant, by pin 135 lb., Joey Sanders, by pin 152 lb., Tim Winchester, by pin 171 lb., Paul Davis, by pin 215 lb., Eric Mink, by pin Wayne County 18 Woodford Co. 40 (State Semi-finals) Individual winners were: 103 lb., Travis Sullivan, by pin 215 lb., Eric Mink, by forfeit 275 lb., David Maddox, by forfeit Wayne County 33, Larue County 37 (3rd place) Individual winners were: 103 lb., Travis Sullivan, by pin 130 lb., Joey Sanders, Dec. 5-3 140 lb., Justin McClellan, Dec. 12-10 160 lb., Paul Davis, Dec. 12-5 189 lb., Justin Hicks, by forfeit 215 lb., Eric Mink, by pin 275 lb., David Maddox, by pin The Mat Cardinalsı record is currently 51 wins and 3 losses, going into the last week of the season. The team will travel to Prestonburg on Thursday, February 10 to wrestle in the Prestonburg duals. The team will wrestle Prestonburg, Perry County Central and Pike County Central. Starting time will be 5 p.m. The Mat Cardinals will return home on Friday, February 11 to host Whitley County for Senior Night. Wayne County will honor four seniors this year<140 lb., Justin McClellan, 160 lb., Paul Davis, 215 lb., Eric Mink and 275 lb., David Maddox. The seniors and parents will be honored before the dual meet. The Junior High Wrestling Team will also be honored before the meet, for this Regional Runnerup finish. Starting time will be 7 p.m. Admission is free for the last home meet. Add a comment |
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