Prior to Friday’s Region 3 wrestling tournament, Cleveland coach Eric Phillips knew his guys needed to live up to being defending state champs and having nine, No.

1 seeds.

After the semifinals, Phillips was definitely pleased with the results as the Blue Raiders put 12 in Saturday’s finals with two more still alive in the consolations.

Region 3 – at Bradley Central

Saturday: 11 a.m start of consolations … 3 p.m. – championship finals

(top 4 in each weight class advance to the state, Feb. 16-18 in Franklin)

 

“We wrestled well tonight and to have 12 in the finals means we will have good placement in the state brackets and hopefully our two guys in the consolations can place third (top four in each weight class advance to the state tournament),” said Phillips.

Cleveland leads the team race with 222 points, followed by defending region champs and host Bradley Central (143.50, 7 finalists) with Walker Valley in third (75.50, 2 finalists), Heritage fourth and Maryville fifth (  in the 13-team field. 

Region 3 Championship Finals – Sat. 3 p.m. Bradley Central HS

106: (1) Chris DeBein (Cleveland) vs. (3) Toribio Navarro (Bradley Central)

113: (1) Austin Stevison (Cleveland) vs. (2) Dakota Ream (Bradley Central)

120 (1) Austin Oliver (Cleveland) vs. (2) Zach Heavilon (Stone Memorial)

126 (1) Ezra Taylor (Cleveland) vs. (2) Jericho Crutcher (Bradley Central)

132 (1) Hayden Hamilton (Cleveland) vs. (2) Caleb Langford (Walker Valley)

138 (1) Brandon Strickland (Cleveland) vs. (2) Skyler Boring (Heritage)

145 (1) Josh Hamilton (Cleveland) vs. Robbie Clark (Bradley Central)

152 (1) Keegan Matlock (Heritage) vs. (2) Tyler Schuch (Bradley Central)

160 (1) Jacob Bailey (Bradley Central) vs. (2) Chad Solomon (Maryville)

170 (1) Jaron Brock (Maryville) vs.  (2) J.C. Bobe (Cleveland)

182 (1) Jesse Jones (Cleveland) vs. (3) Skylar LaRue (Heritage)  

195 (1) Billy Raulston (Walker Valley) vs. (2) Oleg Stukanov (Cleveland)

220 (1) Seth Snyder (Cleveland) vs. (2) T.J. Satterfield (William Blount)

285 (1) Patrick Benson (Bradley Central) vs. (2) Jordan Hines (Cleveland)

Region 3 Team Standings (thru the semis)

1. Cleveland, 222 pts. … 12 in finals

2. Bradley Central, 143.5 pts.  ... 7 in finals

3. Walker Valley, 75.5 ... 2 in finals

4. Heritage, 69 pts. ...  3 in finals

5. Maryville, 57.5 pts. ... 2 in finals

6. Stone Memorial, 32 pts. ... 1 in finals

7. William Blount, 24 pts. ... 1 in finals

8. Alcoa, 21 pts.

9. Greenback, 14 pts.

10. McMinn County, 10 pts

11. Kingston, 8 pts.

11. Rhea County,  8 pts.

13. Cumberland County, 0 pts.

 

 Finals Notes:

Defending Region Champs in Finals (4)

Cleveland (2) - Austin Stevison (113), Jesse Jones (182)

Bradley Central (2) – Jericho Crutcher (126), Jacob Bailey (160)

 Crutcher is a 2x defending region champ  … Bradley’s Patrick Benson is defending state champion but has not won a region title …

 Three Pins: Jacob Bailey (160, Bradley Central) and Jordan Hines (285, Cleveland) have pinned all three opponents

 Bradley Central-Cleveland Finals, head to head (5) .. 106-112-126-145-285

 Last Time … Cleveland sent all wrestlers (12) to the state was 1994 and won it

Cleveland sent 13 to the state in 2011 with 10 medalists and won it

 Last Time … Bradley Central did not win the region was 1992 when Soddy Daisy won it

The Bears then won the next 19 .... 1993-2011

 Best Name in the Tournament: Skylar LaRue (182, Heritage)

 1s vs. 2s:  11 match-ups in the finals

 Bracket Busters:

145 – Bradley Central’s Robbie Clark was unseeded and has won an out-bracket match and then upset No. 3 seed Nathan Wilson (Maryville) in the quarters and No.2 seed Lawrence Cotton (Walker Valley) in the semis … will face No.1 seed Josh Hamilton in finals

Round of 16

126 –

(4) Dakota Boggess (McMinn County, 16-15) pinned Zach Cook (Greenback), :49;

(6) Dakota Ray (Alcoa, 36-12) pinned. Steven Norvach (Kingston), 1:46;

Braxton Brewer (Walker Valley) tech fall Shawn Foster (Cumberland County), 15-0, 3:33 .

 

138 - (5) Ricky Vasquez (Alcoa, 31-14) pinned William Wright (Cumberland County), 3:45

 

145 – Evan Howell (William Blount) pinned Nick Moore (Alcoa), 3:32; (5) Jose Hernandez (Heritage, 19-15) pinned Benjamin Riddle (Kingston), 1:24;

Robbie Clark (Bradley Central, 19-20) pinned Joshua Murner (Cumberland County), 1:59;

Luke Borba (McMinn County) pinned Donovan Falkner (Greenback), 2:24

 

160 – (1) Jacob Bailey (Bradley Central, 42-8) pinned Landon Barlow (Stone Memorial), 1:28;

Brandon Crowe (Rhea County) pinned Jonathan Trejo (Cumberland County), 1:45.

 

170 – (6) Tait Rakestraw (Bradley Central, 13-17) pinned Kris Dockery (Alcoa), 1:01;

Taylor Breeden (Greenback) pinned Houston Hooker (Wm Blount), 1:47

 

182- Ric Kennett (Walker Valley) pinned Gary Chitwood (Kingston), 1:51

 

220 – (5) Zack Miller (Walker Valley, 18-12) pinned Zach McFarland (Bradley Central), 2:25;

(3) David Alan Poe (Alcoa, 38-11) pinned A.J. Hall (Kingston), 1:16;

 

285 – Sam Dworak (Walker Valley) pinned Daniel Cochran (Rhea County), 1:08;

Jacob Martin (Greenback) pinned Garion Bogard (Stone Memorial),:32;

(2) Jordan Hines (Cleveland, 29-7) pinned Nick Kali (Alcoa), :54

 

Quarterfinals and Semifinals

106

Quarters 106 (1) Chris DeBein (Cleveland) pinned Conner Gavlick (Maryville),1:40; (4) Nick Crawford (Heritage) bye;

(3) Toribio Navarro (Bradley Central) pinned Sean Elder (Alcoa), :20; (2) Cody McCarl (Stone Memorial) major dec. Arrie Bramlett (Walker Valley), 18-4.

 

Semis (1) Chris DeBein (Cleveland) major dec. (4) Nick Crawford (Heritage, 19-10 ;(3) Toribio Navarro (Bradley Central) tech fall (2) Cody McCarl (Stone Memorial), 30-13

 

113

Quarters (1) Austin Stevison (Cleveland) pinned Ezequiel Sanchez (Stone Memorial), 4:29;

(5) Walker Murphy.(Alcoa) major dec. (4) Pedro Rivera (Maryville), 13-5;

(3) Austin Gregory (Walker Valley) pinned Jacob Rhyne (Greenback), 2:18;

(2) Dakota Ream (Bradley Central) pinned Michael Wigdor (Heritage), 3:34

 

Semis (1) Austin Stevison (Cleveland) pinned (5) Walker Murphy.(Alcoa), 1:55;

(2) Dakota Ream (Bradley Central) pinned (3) Austin Gregory (Walker Valley), 1:04

 

120

Quarters (1) Austin Oliver (Cleveland) pinned Zack Hills (Heritage), :20;

(4) Tyrus Hamrick (Walker Valley) pinned  (5) Avery Hawk (William Blount), 4:45;

(3) Dakota Bromley (Bradley Central) tech fall (6) Ron Monks (Maryville), 16-1, 4:00;

(2) Zach Heavilon (Stone Memorial) injury default over Eli Earls (McMinn County), :08

 

Semis (1) Austin Oliver (Cleveland) major dec (4) Tyrus Hamrick (Walker Valley), 12-4;

(2) Zach Heavilon (Stone Memorial) dec. (3) Dakota Bromley (Bradley Central), 7-6

 

126

Quarters (1) Ezra Taylor (Cleveland) pinned Brandon Vierengel (Heritage), 1:24;

(4) Dakota Boggess (McMinn County) dec. (5) Austin Brickle (Stone Memorial), 9-2;

(6) Dakota Ray (Alcoa) dec.  (3) Alan Frisco (Maryville), 6-2;

 (2) Jericho Crutcher (Bradley Central) major dec. Braxton Brewer (Walker Valley), 15-4.

 

Semis (1) Ezra Taylor (Cleveland) pinned (4) Dakota Boggess (McMinn County), 4:27

(2) Jericho Crutcher (Bradley Central) tech fall (6) Dakota Ray (Alcoa), 17-2, 3:31

 

132

Quarters (1) Hayden Hamilton (Cleveland) pinned David Groves (Kingston), :32;

(5) Tres Markham (Maryville) pinned (4) Taylor Kazy (Bradley Central), 5:45;

(3) Anthony Giattino (Stone Memorial) dec. (4) Nick Blake (William Blount), 8-6;

 (2) Caleb Langford (Walker Valley) pinned Caleb Arp (Greenback), 1:49

 

Semis (1) Hayden Hamilton (Cleveland) pinned (5) Tres Markham (Maryville), 1:10;

(2) Caleb Langford (Walker Valley) pinned (3) Anthony Giattino (Stone Memorial), 2:59

 

138

Quarters (1) Brandon Strickland (Cleveland) pinned Spencer Dailey (Walker Valley), 2:53;

(4) Cody Caruthers (Stone Memorial) major dec. (5) Ricky Vasquez (Alcoa), 11-3.

(3) Gene Lewis (Maryville) dec. Spencer Massengale (Rhea County), 9-2;

(2) Skyler Boring (Heritage) pinned Caven Rogers (Bradley Central), 1:20

 

Semis (1) Brandon Strickland (Cleveland) dec. (4) Cody Caruthers (Stone Memorial), 2-0 OT;

(2) Skyler Boring (Heritage) pinned (3) Gene Lewis (Maryville), 5:50

 

145

Quarters (1) Josh Hamilton (Cleveland) pinned Evan Howell (William Blount), 3:12;

(5) Jose Hernandez (Heritage) major dec. (4) Darren Rosser (Stone Memorial, 14-3;

Robbie Clark (Bradley Central) pinned (3) Nathan Wilson (Maryville), 5:00;

(2) Lawrence Cotton (Walker Valley) pinned Luke Borba (McMinn County), 3:24

 

Semis (1) Josh Hamilton (Cleveland) dec. (5) Jose Hernandez (Heritage), 7-2 ;

Robbie Clark (Bradley Central) major dec. (2) Lawrence Cotton (Walker Valley), 13-1

 

152

Quarters  (1) Keegan Matlock (Heritage) pinned Shaedon Tilley (Cumberland County), 3:33;

(5) Javier Francisco (Cleveland) major dec. (4) John McCarty (Stone Memorial), 14-3

(3) Micah Langford (Walker Valley) pinned Matthew Sizemore (Rhea County), 3:18;

(2) Tyler Schuch (Bradley Central) pinned Cory Glover (Maryville), 1:29

 

Semis  (1) Keegan Matlock (Heritage) pinned (5) Javier Francisco (Cleveland), 5:27;

 (2) Tyler Schuch (Bradley Central) dec.  (3) Micah Langford (Walker Valley), 9-5

 

160

Quarters

 (1) Jacob Bailey (Bradley Central) pinned Cody Gregory (William Blount), 1:59;

 (4) Christian Bain (Kingston) dec. (5) Chuck Norwood (Cleveland), 9-8

Travis Reed (Walker Valley) dec.  (3) Brooks Talley (Greenback), 10-6;

; (2) Chad Solomon (Maryville) pinned Brandon Crowe (Rhea County), 4:36.

 

Semis (1) Jacob Bailey (Bradley Central) pinned (4) Christian Bain (Kingston), 2:52’

(2) Chad Solomon (Maryville) dec.  Travis Reed (Walker Valley), 3-2

  

170

Quarters (1) Jaron Brock (Maryville) tech fall Taylor Breeden (Greenback), 1:16

 (5) Bucky Poe (Stone Memorial) won by injury default  (4) Joel Payne (Heritage);

(3) Chase Gregory (Walker Valley) pinned (6) Tait Rakestraw (Bradley Central), 2:40;

(2) J.C. Bobe (Cleveland, 20-9) pinned Josh Yates (McMinn County), 1:11

 

Semis (1) Jaron Brock (Maryville) pinned  (5) Bucky Poe (Stone Memorial), :47;

 (2) J.C. Bobe (Cleveland) dec. (3) Chase Gregory (Walker Valley), 2-1

 

 182

Quarters (1) Jesse Jones (Cleveland) pinned Ric Kennett (Walker Valley), :43;

(4) Jacob McCarter (Greenback) pinned (5) Logan Moses (Alcoa), 4:40

(3) Skylar LaRue (Heritage) pinned (6) Austin Roderick (Bradley Central), 4:00;

Clay Strawn (Maryville) pinned John Adams (Stone Memorial), 2:53

 

Semis (1) Jesse Jones (Cleveland) major dec.  (4) Jacob McCarter (Greenback), 21-8;

(3) Skylar LaRue (Heritage) dec. Clay Strawn (Maryville), 7-2  

 

195

Quarters (1) Billy Raulston (Walker Valley) dec. Zachary Cochran (Rhea County), 7-3; (5) Devin Carroll (Bradley Central) pinned (4) Luke Householder (Maryville), 5:13;

(3) Joshua Bain (Kingston) pinned Zeth Bolin (Cumberland County), 2:40;

(2) Oleg Stukanov (Cleveland) pinned Tyler Coppenger (Heritage), 3:30

 

Semis (1) Billy Raulston (Walker Valley) dec. (5) Devin Carroll (Bradley Central), 2-0 ;

(2) Oleg Stukanov (Cleveland) dec. (3) Joshua Bain (Stone Memorial), 7-1

 

220

Quarters (1) Seth Snyder (Cleveland) pinned Grant Lee (Kingston), :12;

(5) Zack Miller (Walker Valley) pinned (4) Jeb Davis (Heritage), 4:07;

(3) David Alan Poe (Alcoa) pinned Paul Ten Eyck (Maryville), 1:48;

(2) T.J. Satterfield (William Blount) pinned Tyler Earwood (Greenback), :48

 

Semis (1) Seth Snyder (Cleveland) dec. (5) Zack Miller (Walker Valley), 4-2 ;

(2) T.J. Satterfield (William Blount) pinned (3) David Alan Poe (Alcoa), 2:42

 

285

Quarters (1) Patrick Benson (Bradley Central) pinned A.J. Wimbley (William Blount), :24;

(4) Robert Wright (Maryville) pinned Daniel Cochran (Rhea County), 5:43

(3) Joey Evans (Heritage) pinned Jacob Martin (Greenback), 1:19;

(2) Jordan Hines (Cleveland) pinned Daniel Farris (McMinn County), :12

 

Semis (1) Patrick Benson (Bradley Central) pinned (4) Robert Wright (Maryville), 3:45

(3) Joey Evans (Heritage); (2) Jordan Hines (Cleveland) pinned (3) Joey Evans (Heritage), 4:46

 

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