Davie’s middle school wrestlers beat up on each other

Published 11:11 am Tuesday, December 17, 2024

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The Ellis, North Davie and South Davie wrestling teams staged a wild and wacky tri-meet at South on Dec. 10.
Get this: North shredded Ellis. Ellis flexed against South. And South won a slugfest against North. That’s wild stuff.
One day earlier, all three faced outside-the-county opponents. Ellis suffered its worst loss of the season, 72-34, at Mooresville. North slammed Selma Burke, 76-33, on the road. And South blistered visiting North Rowan 78-24.
North 66, Ellis 39
In the first matchup at South, the Wildcats put a beating on Ellis to avenge a 54-53 loss to the Jaguars on Dec. 5.
North got pins from Hailey Thao (76), Brennen Mason (90), Paxton Broadus (120), Skyler Nunley (126), Wesley Stanley (132), Wyatt Hall (144), Sawyer Hall (150) and Peyton Jordan (175). Chris Gonzalez (98) and Connor Gannon (113) won by tech fall.
The Ellis winners were Jaxon Gay (pin at 83), Ayden Davis (pin at 106) and Henry Butler (decision at 215). North won handily despite forfeits at 138, 157, 165 and 250.
Ellis 69, South 36
Ellis recovered in a nice way and won the rubber match in the season series. South beat Ellis 55-54 on Oct. 31, and Ellis routed South 76-27 on Nov. 25.
The Jaguars racked up 11 pins: Elmer Salas (150), Vincent Clements (165), Colby Mason (175), Butler (215), Brodie Newman (250), Chase Murphy (76), Gay (83), Davis (106), Mason Barnes (120), Jaleel Collins (138) and Slayt Means (144). Connor McNeil (157) won by decision as Ellis finished the regular season with a 7-5 record.
South’s pinners were Colten Beck (90), Rico Evans (98), Emilio Abreu (113), KJ McClelland (126) and Harris Wagstaff (132).
South 57, North 48
The Tigers never trailed and led by as many as 27 in the regular-season finale.
The South winners were Brayden Davis (pin at 190), Kaden Howell (decision at 83), Beck (pin at 90), Evans (pin at 98), Abreu (pin at 106) and McClelland (pin at 126). It received forfeits at 138, 157, 165 and 250.
North got pins from Jordan, Mason Sheppard (215), Thao, Gannon, Broadus, Stanley, W. Hall and S. Hall.
The Tigers, who shaved North 54-51 in the first meeting in November, finished 7-7. North closed at 4-9.