Murfreesboro area to send 43 boys to TSSAA state individual wrestling tournament

The Murfreesboro area will have 36 Class AAA boys wrestlers and seven from Eagleville participating in the state individual wrestling tournament next weekend.

Thirteen area wrestlers captured 5-AAA championships and Eagleville's Wyatt McLemore and Gabe Pennington both came away with a 3-A/AA titles during Saturday's individual region tournaments.

The top four wrestlers from each region advanced to the state, which will be held Feb. 20-22 at Williamson Ag and Expo Center in Franklin.

Blackman edged Oakland 238-234 for the region individual team title. Stewarts Creek was fourth and Riverdale fifth.

"You've got to give it up for Oakland," said Blackman coach Ronnie Bray, whose squad trailed the Patriots after Friday night's action. "It came down to the last match, for sure. Our kids battled back and did what they were supposed to do. They did what they had to do to win."

Blackman's Justin Bradford (lower weight division) and Oakland's Dejon Glaster (upper weight division) were named outstanding wrestlers of the tournament.

Regular-season region awards were also given. Blackman's Brooks Sacharczyk was named Wrestler of the Year while teammate Mason Sells was Freshman of the Year. Bray earned Coach of the Year while Rockvale's Chad Lane was Assistant Coach of the Year.

Lane's Rockets will be sending the school's first wrestler to the state as Parker Sparks finished fourth in the 113-pound division.

Eagleville finished third behind Nolensville and Signal Mountain in the Region 3-A/AA tournament. The Eagles had two champions, three runners-up and two others that finished in the top four.

Region 5-AAA

106 pounds

Championship: Chastain Stokes (Oakland) d. Caleb Mackie (Warren Co.) Fall, 1:54.

Third place: Grant Myers (Blackman) d. Trenton Houston (Cookeville) Fall, 3:16.

113 pounds

Championship: Justin Bradford (Blackman) d. Brandon Levia (Smyrna) Fall, 1:20.

Third place: George Esquivel (Stewarts Creek) d. Parker Sparks (Rockvale) Fall, 4:45.

120 pounds

Championship: Alex Rose (Blackman) d. Tyler South (Stewarts Creek) Fall, 1:00.

Third place: Tyler Vanderheyden (Oakland) d. Noah Harvel (Siegel) 10-4.

126 pounds

Championship: Mason Sells (Blackman) d. Caleb Adkins (Tullahoma) TF 1.5, 5:44 (18-3).

Third place: Aalijah Daniel (Riverdale) d. Jacob Jones (Stewarts Creek) MD 16-6.

132 pounds

Championship: Kenny Harless (Stewarts Creek) d. Franky Medina (Riverdale) 7-5.

Third place: Jaxsen Nieuwsma (Oakland) d. Alan Esparza (Warren Co.) Fall, 4:24.

138 pounds

Championship: Justin Brown (Blackman) d. Joe David Bell (Oakland) MD 11-1.

Third place: Brandon McClure (Riverdale) d. Clinton Gonzalez (Cookeville) Fall, 2:01.

145 pounds

Championship: Micaiah Watkins (Stewarts Creek) d. Ross Griffin (Oakland) MD 8-0.

Third place: Ethan Ayo (Cookeville) d. Gavin Prater (Coffee Co.) 3-2.

152 pounds

Championship: Christopher Grier (Shelbyville) d. Evan Harris (Oakland) Fall, 3:23.

Third place: Kohlten Brown (Riverdale) d. Ethan McWilliams (Cookeville) Fall, 2:33.

160 pounds

Championship: Dejon Glaster (Oakland) d. Elijah Cowan (Tullahoma) TF 1.5, 5:14 (20-3).

Third place: Dakota Cucinella (Cookeville) d. Noah O'Shields (Warren Co.) Fall, 4:50.

170 pounds

Championship: Anthony Gomez (Blackman) d. Kenneth Phillips (Siegel) Fall, 1:45.

Third place: Jay Reed (Cookeville) d. Jacob Knight (Stewarts Creek) Fall, 1:36.

182 pounds

Championship: Brooks Sacharczyk (Blackman) d. Ketwain Bowers (Oakland) Fall, 1:04.

Third place: Issac Gillentine (Warren Co.) d. Eric Motykowski (Cookeville) Fall, 3:44.

195 pounds

Championship: Kameron Bingham (Oakland) d. Jaylan Hughes (Blackman) 6-2.

Third place: Connor Milhorn (Siegel) d. Brian Nelms (Tullahoma) Forfeit.

220 pounds

Championship: Bowdy Boyce (Blackman) d. Noah Todd (Siegel) Fall, 1:38.

Third place: Austin McBee (Shelbyville) d. Jacob Crabill (Oakland) Fall, 4:33.

285 pounds

Championship: Graham Keating (Oakland) d. Cardin Stump (Coffee Co.) Fall, 1:25.

Third place: Samuel Harness (Cookeville) d. Tydrell Mitchell (Tullahoma) 5-1.

Region 3-A/AA

106 pounds

Third place: Malikhi Johnson (Red Bank) def. Jacob Pennington (Eagleville) TF 1.5, 0:36, 21-5.

120 pounds

Championship: Daniel Uhorchuk (Signal Mtn.) d. Brody McLemore (Eagleville) 9-3.

132 pounds

Championship: Gabe Pennington (Eagleville) d. Micah McClendon (Forrest) MD 9-0.

138 pounds

Championship: Jacob Vogelpohl (Nolensville) d. Erik Johnson (Eagleville) Fall, 1:07.

160 pounds

Championship: Wyatt McLemore (Eagleville) d. Preston Worley (Signal Mtn.) 8-7.

170 pounds

Third place: Joshua Bryant (Nolensville) d. Donovin Darnell (Eagleville) 8-3.

182 pounds

Championship: Noah Hill (Forrest) d. Jason Dennis (Eagleville) Fall, 2:47.