Liberty Christian Crowned VIC Champion

The VIC results are in…it was an historic meet at historic Fisburne Military School in Waynesboro. Although Liberty Christian out distanced the field by more than 70 points, a mere 20 points was the difference between runner-up North Cross and 5th place finisher Virginia Episcopal. LCA sent nine wrestlers to the finals and came away with five championships, perhaps none as surprising as Winston Tesi’s victory over Win Higginbotham at 160. The Bulldog’s also had two wrestlers in the consolation finals. Hargrave Military came away with three champions, but they were unable to overcome the depth of the North Cross team who featured a lone champion supported by nine medal winners. A mere ½ point separated these two teams. Interestingly, HMA and NXS battled head-to-head five times in the championship and consolation finals; the Tigers came away with five of the bouts.

Team Results

1. Liberty Christian, 199.0
2. North Cross, 126.0
3. Hargrave Military, 125.5
4. Roanoke Catholic, 115.0
5. Virginia Episcopal, 105.5
6. Covenant, 97.0
7. Fishburne, 58.0
8. Miller School, 47.0

The championship finals featured nine falls, with three in the first period, suggesting relative dominance over the conference competition. LCA’s Marcus Miller (119) and Robbie McCanna (189) each scored first period pins as did VES’s Guilliano Freeo (152). Freeo appears to be fully recovered from illness that precluded him from competing since before the LCA Tournament. Hepting, Hepting, & Bell (103, 130 & 285) produced three championship falls for HMA, while Bobby Leffew (125) and Ethan Hagner (215) provided the other pins for LCA. Brent Ring, who had been toiling in relative anonymity all season, also produced a pin at 145.

Individual Results


103
1. Joel Hepting (HMA), 2. Aamir Imam (NXS), 3. Zach Wright (VES), 4. Jacob Patrick (RoCa)

112
1. Kyle Hooper (COV), 2. Eric Richardson (LCS), 3. Sean Deer (RoCa), 4. Michael Kidby (Mill)

119
1. Marcus Miller (LCS), 2. Spencer Shaff (NXS), 3. James Robertson (VES), 4. Alex Burkard (FMS)

125
1. Bobby Leffew (LCA), 2. Matt Lindenman (COV), 3. Andrew Heiny (HMA), 4. Matt Watson (NXS)

130
1. Steven Hepting (HMA), 2. Robbie Burdeaux (LCS), 3. Tyler Campbell (RoCa), 4. Sheel Patel (NXS)

135
1. Tim Shen (RoCa), 2. Caleb Halsey (LCS), 3. Tim White (Mill), 4. Stuart Hickey (NXS)

140
1. Eddie Girling (VES), 2. Charles Blevins (RoCa), 3. Jonathan Hardin (HMA), 4. Morgan Moskal (NXS)

145
1. Brent Ring (NXS), 2. Logan Gower (Cov), 3. Issac Wilson (VES), 4. Hunter Nash (LCA)

152
1. Guilliano Freeo (VES), 2. Carter Ellis (COV), 3. Landon Shaff (NXS), 4. Walter Johnson (HMA)

160
1. Winston Tesi (LCA), 2. Win Higginbotham (VES), 3. Garrett Stone (NXS), 4. Conner Smith (FMS)

171
1. Conner Shanahan (RoCa), 2. Benn Drumm (FMS), 3. Elliott Crefaik (Mill), 4. Chad Everett (LCA)

189
1. Robbie McCanna (LCA), 2. Vinnie Montouri (RoCa), 3. Adrien Vergara (VES), 4. Matt Ferguson (FMS)

215
1. Ethan Hagner (LCA), 2. Elliot Atwell (Cov), 3. Zach Aldelman (HMS), 4. Devin Cain (NXS)

285
1. Jamal Bell (HMA), 2. Grant Jones (LCS), 3. Josh Wright (FMS), 4. Crawford Simpkins (Mill)