Wilson wrestlers fall at State Tournament

CHATTANOOGA — For a county which sent 17 to the State Wrestling Tournament, Wilson's delegation didn't fare especially well during Wednesday's first day at McKenzie Arena.
Only three of the 17 won their first-round matches and all three went down in the second.
Action resumes today. Whether any of the Wilson 17 return to the mat for consolation rounds will depend on how their conquerors do in subsequent rounds.
Friendship Christian's G.L. Waynick and Maxx Yates-Orr and Alix Yates-Orr, both of Mt. Juliet, won their first-round matches before going down to defeat in the round of 16.
Waynick, who finished sixth in the State last year as a sophomore, pinned Hunters Lane's Quintin Robinson in 2:42 at 285 pounds before going down in a 2-1 decision to Elizabethton's Zack Potter in the second.
Maxx Yates-Orr, who also enjoyed a good run in the State last year, won a technical pin over Hunters Lane's Reggie Sullivan 16-0 at 130 before being pinned in 4:47 by Red Bank's Andy Siler.
Alix Yates-Orr pinned Houston's Alan Matthews in 1:37 at 140 before falling to Hunters Lane's Kerry Dowell in 2:22.
Other first round matches involving Wilson County wrestlers:
–Wilson Central's Hunter Adcock lost to Hunters Lane's Antonio Dillard 8-4 at 119.
–Friendship's Caleb Alsup lost in a 16-0 technical fall to Tullahoma's Rene Karteron at 125.
–Central's C.J. Moore dropped a 6-3 decision to Overton's R.J. Rayborn at 130
–Mt. Juliet's Steven Yates lost a 14-6 major decision to Farragut's A.J. Farinella at 135.
–Central's Adam Fleming was pinned by Clarksville's Adam Hebda in 4:21 at 152.
–Zach Leonard of Wilson Central was edged 5-4 by Independence's Taylor Dixon at 160 while Mt. Juliet's Vick Bogle was pinned by West Greene's Johnnie Kuykendall in 4:59 at the same weight.
–Central's Justin Bair dropped a 5-2 decision to Greeneville's Charlie Arrington at 171.
–Rocky Smith of Wilson Central lost a 13-2 major decision to Morristown West's John Kilgore at 189. Lebanon freshman Trey Lattimore, the only Blue Devil in the field, was pinned in 2:09 by Jessie Watkins of Martin Luther King at the same weight. Mt. Juliet's Evan Bohn went down in 41 seconds to Greeneville's Spencer Jennings.
–Mt. Juliet's Cameron Ingram was pinned by Daniel Preston of Dobyns Bennett in 2:24 at 215. Friendship's Jordan Chaffin fell to Clarksville's Steven Robinson in 56 seconds at the same weight.
–Central's Elijah Baird was pinned by Science Hill's Ben Murray in 39 seconds at 285.