Dakota Stowe (left) couldn’t hide his excitement over his first medal won at a recent tournament.
The first of two off-season wrestling tournaments was at Mitchell High School earlier this month with wrestlers of all ages from Mitchell County and the Western Carolina Wrestling Club dominating the competition.
Wrestlers from North Carolina, South Carolina and Tennessee were all part of the action. The results are as follows.
Dakota Stowe - Second Place Freestyle & Greco-Roman
Jayko Erwin - Second Place Freestyle & Greco-Roman
JayceeMae Erwin - First Place Women’s Freestyle & Greco-Roman
Daniel Young - Second Place - Freestyle & Greco-Roman
McKenzie Scanlanray - Second Place Women’s Freestyle 1st Place Women’s Greco-Roman
Alexis Elkins - Second Place- Women’s Freestyle
Noah Burke - Third Place - Freestyle
Bryson Mcfalls- Third Place- Freestyle 2nd Place Greco-Roman
Jaysin Erwin - Third Place - Freestyle 2nd Place Greco-Roman
Yeshua Guardian - First Place Freestyle & Greco-Roman
Willie Barrow - Second Place- Freestyle
Clayton Geouge (16U) - First Place Freestyle
Noah Hippe- Second Place- Women’s Freestyle, Third Place Greco-Roman
Clayton Geouge (Jr) - Second Place Freestyle and Greco-Roman
Shedrick Barrow - Fourth Place - Freestyle
Camron Cook - First Place Freestyle and Greco-Roman
Western Carolina Wrestling Club meets each Monday and Thursday at Mitchell High. High school sessions are 5-6:30 p.m. with youth and beginners from 6:30-7:45 p.m. The next event at Mitchell High is the Blacklight Bash, set for May 13.