ROCK HILL, SC - In the first weekend of January, the #7 ranked in 5A Boiling Springs wrestling team went to Rock Hill to compete in the two-day Bearcat Invitational Tournament, where the boys' team came away with a top five finish and the girls' team finished in the top 11.
The Boiling Springs boys' team finished in fifth place with a score of 151,in a field of thirty teams. The tournament champions were Chapin (230.5) followed by second place Lugoff-Elgin, third place Cane Bay, and just seven points behind fourth place Mallard Creek (NC). They were the highest finishing Region II-5A team finishing ahead of Byrnes (6th), Gaffney (9th), and Spartanburg (28th). Jason Blackwell came away with the highest finish for the Bulldogs at the 285lbs division, grabbing a third-place finish grabbing a 3-1 decision over Emmanual Davis from South Pointe. Harrison Bradford grabbed a fourth-place finish at the 145lbs division while Triston Ellison also grabbed a fourth-place finish at the 152lbs division. Boiling Springs also got four sixth-place finishes from Ayden Whisler (126), Trent Coppola (138), Jacob Dawkins (182), and Jacob Hill (220). Eddie Aleksik (7th), Peyton Hornack (8th), and Xavier Goodman (8th) also came away with strong finishes for the Bulldogs over the two-day tournament. On the girls' side of the tournament, the Boiling Springs girls' team came away with an 11th place finish out of 26 teams. The winner of the overall girls' tournament was the home standing Rock Hill Bearcats. The Bulldogs girls' team had pretty impressive performances from Chloe Osteen (106) who came away with a third-place finish defeating Yireh Charles of Clover for the third-place spot. Osteen's only loss over the two-day tournament was a tough 6-4 decision to Serenity Davis from Rock Hill. Rebecca Blackwell (150) also came away with a fourth-place finish for the Bulldogs' girls' team. She fell in the third-place match to Caroline Gilstrap of Summerville after going 2-1 in the tournament before that point. Anastasia Kunitska also went 3-2 for the Bulldogs at the tournament. Boiling Springs wrestling will be back in action on Tuesday at home against Dorman in region play before returning to the mat on Thursday in another region match against Byrnes. Comments are closed.
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