The Glenvar wrestling team is headed to the state tournament this weekend, and they won’t have to go far. The state Class 1, 2 and 3 tournaments are all at the Salem Civic Center Friday and Saturday.
Glenvar will go as Region 2C champs after winning the region tournament at Liberty High School last Saturday. The Highlanders put six individual champs on the top step of the podium in Bedford and will take seven wrestlers to the Civic Center this week.
“Our state tournament goal is to finish top three and score more than 103.5 points, which is what we scored last year,” said coach Tim Miles.
Last Saturday Glenvar scored 185 points to win the region with limited wrestlers in the heavier weight classes. Host Liberty was second with second with 154 and Patrick County was third with 148 points among the 10 schools competing.
Region champions for Glenvar include Jack Yetzer at 106, Nick Yetzer at 113, Levi Wright at 144, Haden Henderson at 150, Jack Osburn at 157 and John Vishneski at 165. The top three in each weight class advance to the state and Carter Graffeo finished third at 120 to qualify for this weekend’s event. Jacob Long was fourth at 126 and Miles Wigfall took fifth at 190, scoring points for the Highlanders but not advancing.
State tournament bouts in Salem begin this Friday at 10 am with 28 first round matches. The Class 1-3 quarterfinals and first round consolation matches for Class 3 will go from 1 to 4 pm. Then, after a 30 minute break, second round consolation matches begin at 4:30 pm. Class 3 quarter-final consolation matches will be from 7-8 pm while Class 1 and 2 quarterfinal consolations are from 7:30 to 9 pm.
Weigh-ins for all classes will be at 8 am Saturday followed by semifinals for all three classes beginning at 9:30 am. Semifinal consolation matches begin at 11:30 am, consolation finals are at 1 pm and the championship finals are scheduled for 4:30 pm and will run until approximately 7:30 pm followed by team awards.
