Vinton Messenger
  • eEdition
  • News
    • Local News
    • Sports
    • Notices
    • Church
  • Legals
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Classifieds
  • Login
Subscribe For $2.50/Month
No Result
View All Result
  • eEdition
  • News
    • Local News
    • Sports
    • Notices
    • Church
  • Legals
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Classifieds
  • Login
No Result
View All Result
Vinton Messenger
No Result
View All Result
Home Sports

Terriers are solid 5th at Titan Toughman

December 14, 2017
in Sports
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • 1354Share on Facebook
  • 198Share on Twitter
  • 717Share on Email
Zach Barnett works to free himself and pick up a win in last week’s match against Salem at William Byrd High.
PHOTO BY BRIAN HOFFMAN

The Big Orange wrestlers had five boys finish in the top four as the team took fifth place in the Titan Toughman Tournament at Hidden Valley last Friday. Patrick Henry won the team title and Staunton River was runnerup.

The tournament was scheduled for two days, but with snow in the forecast it was decided to cut short the “wrestle-backs,” and finish the tournament on Friday, using all four mats for the semifinals and finals. That proved to be a wise decision with Saturday’s snowstorm, but it might have hurt teams like Byrd who have most of the spots filled.

“I think we would have done well in wrestle-backs, but overall I was pretty happy with our performance,” said Byrd coach Thomas Kessler. “We have a lot of young wrestlers and they did pretty well.”

Jerze Webb, a freshman, had Byrd’s best finish with a runnerup at 145. Webb won by pin, a major decision, and a 41 second pin over Corey Bryant of PH in the semifinal round to make the championship bout. He then lost to Hunter Sell of Lord Botetourt, whose father Randall wrestled for the Terriers in high school. It was Webb’s first loss of the season and he now stands at 8-1.

Two Terriers took thirds. Clay Pilgreen made it to the semifinal before he was beaten by Hayden Lawrence of Parry McCluer, but Clay bounced back to win the third place match, pinning Chris Hunt of Northside in 4:53. Pilgreen is also 8-1.

Jerze Webb(on top) is on his way to a win in the Titan Toughman Tournament.
PHOTO BY BRIAN HOFFMAN

At 220 Zach Figart had a good day. He had pins of 21 seconds and 5:38 to make the semis, where he lost to Josh Taylor of PH, 8-2. Zach then took third place when Raven Wolk of LCA forfeited, giving Zach a 7-2 record thus far.

Derek Burton and Trinity Otey both took fourth. Burton is now 5-3 at 106 and Otey is 6-3 at 138. Zach Barnett lost in overtime in his quarterfinal at 182 and didn’t get a chance to wrestle back. He’s also 5-3.

The Orangemen also hosted a tri-match last week with Salem and Northside. Byrd beat Salem, 40-36, but lost to the Vikings, 40-38, in a match that went down to the last bout.

The Terriers will be back in action this weekend at the Knights of the Round Table tournament at Cave Spring. It’s scheduled to start Friday at 5 pm and continue through Saturday.

  • 1354Share on Facebook
  • 198Share on Twitter
  • 717Share on Email
Previous Post

Swimmers pick up some wins

Next Post

Girls are unbeaten after six

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

  • eEdition
  • News
  • Legals
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Classifieds
  • Login

© 2021 Virginia Media, INC

No Result
View All Result
  • Subscribe
  • News Categories
    • Local News
    • Church
    • Sports
    • School
  • Notices
  • Obituaries
  • Courthouse
    • Legals
    • Deeds
  • eEdition
  • Spiritual
    • The Episcopal Diocese of Virginia
    • Transcendental Meditation
    • Parabola
  • News From Around The State
  • News From Around The Country

© 2021 Virginia Media, INC

  • 1354Share on Facebook
  • 198Share on Twitter
  • 717Share on Email

Forgot your password?

Lost your password? Please enter your email address. You will receive mail with link to set new password.

Back to login