The NOVA Classic: Its not hard to see that wrestling in Northern Virginia is at a high level. While teams traveled to other counties and state to compete, most NOVA wrestling teams were in action this first day of competition. The NOVA Classic drew 29 teams and over 400 wrestlers to Fairfax HS in a staple of a beginning of season event. Mountain View HS. from Stafford is the returning 2023 VHSL 5A State Champions and won the NOVA Classic on Saturday. The Wild Cats had a full line up and lead all teams with six champions: 126 Nicholas Sanders, 138 Geoff Whelan, 144 Tyler Traves, 157 Juan Vega-Dominguez, 165 Gabriel Cortes, 190 Corey Bell. Mountain View had eleven total placers and outscored the field with (275.5) points. Battlefield HS out of Haymarket takes home second place and had three NOVA Classic champions: 106 Logan Katz, 165 Ryan Gioffre, and 285 Joseph Lubinskas and had (229) team points. Loudoun County HS produced 9 placers and took third place with (190) points.
106 Johnathan French (Thomas Jefferson Science & Technology) Dec 6-2 over Jr. Cristian Rojas (Hayfield) 113 Logan Katz (Battlefield) Dec 7-3 over Bryce Schnelzer (Loudoun County) 120 Benjamin Levy (George C. Marshall) MD 13-5 over David Dight (Thomas Edison) 126 Nick Sanders (Mountain View) Dec 6-0 over Lincoln Kelley (Loudoun County) 132 Ben Rubin (Thomas Jefferson Science & Technology) SV-1 8-6 over Carson Easlick (Westfield) 138 Geoff Whelan (Mountain View) Dec 9-4 over Matthew Arndt (Battlefield) 144 Tyler Traves (Mountain View) Fall 1:50 over Carter Harris (Battlefield) 150 Colin Jackson (Thomas Edison) Dec 9-5 over Branden Kiraly (Mountain View) 157 Juan Vega-Dominguez (Mountain View) DQ over Justin Lowery (Loudoun County) 165 Gabriel Cortes (Mountain View) Dec 7-2 over Jake Brubaker (Westfield) 175 Ryan Gioffre (Battlefield) Dec 10-3 over Jesse Corn (Jackson-Reed) 190 Corey Bell (Mountain View) Fall 1:49 over Alex Klos (Battlefield) 215 Harry Maltese (Fairfax) Dec 1-0 over Soren Pirhoun (George C. Marshall) 285 Joseph Lubinskas (Battlefield) Dec 5-3 over Edgar Lagos Flores (John Lewis) Top Ten Finishing Teams
1. Mountain View 276.5 NOVA Classic: Complete results Greg Stanley: Greg Stanley was originally scheduled to be hosted by Brentsville HS on Saturday but had to move this wrestling tournament to Woodbridge HS as the VHSL 3A Football State Champions game was scheduled to be played at Brentsville. Robinson HS the returning 6A State Champions showing strength with three champions: 113 Caden Smith, 120 Anthony Pough, and 132 Tristan Corbin, and had three second placers. The Rams out scored all teams with (258) team points. Cosby HS takes second with four champions: 106 Royce Wetzle, 165 Zach Padgett, 190 Tyler Rit, and 285 James Bland. Brentsville HS takes third place at Greg Stanley with (219) points. Greg Stanley Final Round Results 106 Royce Wetzler (Cosby) Fall 5:47 over Hayden Black (James Wood) 113 Caden Smith (James W. Robinson) Fall 0:30 over Leland Cline (Brentsville District) 120 Anthony Pough (James W. Robinson) Dec 10-3 over Nathaniel Hardesty (Kettle Run) 126 Evan Sanati (Brentsville District) Dec 5-2 over Eli Cramer (Cosby) 132 Tristan Corbin (James W. Robinson) Fall 1:35 over Luke Wells (Powhatan) 138 Talan Harness (Powhatan) Dec 7-2 over Connor Hogbin (Brentsville District) 144 Cole Hogbin (Brentsville District) Dec 8-2 over Sean Hodel (James Wood) 150 Billy Tyler (Brentsville District) Fall 4:58 over Gavin Utley (Powhatan) 157 Jacob Charlesworth (Lake Braddock) Fall 1:52 over Cooper Helmandollar (Cosby) 165 Zach Padgett (Cosby) Fall 1:08 over Christian Escalante (Westfield) 175 Blake Tidwell (James Wood) Fall 1:43 over Paul Cassada (Woodbridge Senior) 190 Tyler Ritz (Cosby) Fall 1:17 over Cody Friesz (James W. Robinson) 215 Joseph Hayden (Forest Park) Dec 6-5 over Andrew Foster (James W. Robinson)
Teams Scores Greg Stanley: Complete results Washington Elite Opener: The Elite Opener took place at Washington HS in Charles Town, WV which was a twelve team round robin wrestling tournament. Woodgrove HS from Loudoun County took home the gold with a single champion: 113 Adam Skinner. Skyline HS, Stonebridge HS, and Brooke Point HS all wrestled and had tournament placement.
Teams Scores Elite Opener: Complete results
Other Notable Wrestling Results: Paul IV wrestled at the 2023 50th Raymond B. Oliver Tournament hosted by McDonogh School and earned 6th place status. 190 Cash Colbert went 4-0 and took home the gold. Oakton also wrestled at this event and took 19th place.
Independence HS hosted a Quad as they went 3-0 in dual meet on the day. |
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