December 10, 2021
By Al Muskewitz
East Alabama Sports Today
eaver draws strongest field ever for this weekend’s Gene Taylor Memorial Tournament; includes Thursday results from around Calhoun County
WEAVER — A couple coaches in the field looked at the list of teams committed to wrestling in Saturday’s Gene Taylor Memorial Tournament and had basically the same thought.
One coach from the Northern part of the state told Weaver coach Andy Fulmer “it’s like a mini state tournament.”
Another one from the County said “it’s like getting us ready for the section tournament.”
Indeed. In the largest gathering of top Class 1A-4A teams outside of the sectional or state tournament, eight of last year’s top 10 at state (including the top three), nine of 10 teams in the first coaches poll of this season, eight top-ranked wrestlers in their weight class and 54 in the Top 6 of 14 weight classes will be there.
Suitably, the wrestler named Most Outstanding at the end of the day will receive a belt worthy of a world champion.
“I would say it’s one of the strongest fields we’ve had, especially since 1A-4A,” Fulmer said. “We had some pretty good 5A kids in when we were 1A-5A, but this is probably the strongest field I’ve had – especially with the recent growth in our area with some of our other programs.
“With it being a normal (non-COVID) year, I wanted to put together aa really competitive tournament and it just so happened a lot of the good competition is local people now. That worked out and we got to pull some teams from the North and South we wouldn’t see in the sectional or state.”
Top-ranked Weaver has two of the No. 1 ranked wrestlers (160 Joshua Johannson and 182 Devin Anderson) and five in the Top 6. No. 2 St. James has seven Top 6, No. 3 Ashville has six and No. 9 Deshler has five.
The Bearcats improved to 10-0 in dual matches Thursday night, nearing Ashville 43-42 on criteria and Southside 47-27.
THURSDAY’S RESULTS
Alexandria 66, Wellborn 18
Alexandria 47, Ohatchee 36
Spain Park 67, Oxford 3
James Clemens 45, Oxford 36
Weaver 43, Ashville 42
Weaver 47, Southside 27
Ashville 43, Southside 42
White Plains 42, Cherokee County 30
White Plains 48, Ranburne 33
White Plains 54, Saks 18
Weaver 47, Southside 27
120: Peyton Adams (S) pinned Quinn Sani, 4:50
126: Gianluca Torres (W) dec. Ephrum Ormiston, 6-4
132: Kaden Gaines (W) won by forfeit
138: Hayden Graham (S) pinned Jacob Haser, 1:40
145: Hunter Hise (W) pinned Logan Whittenmore, 0:47
152: Kale Venn (S) pinned Brilley Carter, 2:43
160: Joshua Johannson (W) maj. dec. Jake Janson, 15-5
170: Anthony Usry (W) pinned Jacob Davis, 3:15
182: Richard Knowlton (W) maj. dec. Broady Johnson, 12-2
195: Brandon Jolliff (W) won by forfeit
220: Hayden Ransom (W) pinned Logan Bundrum, 3:33
285: Jerrod Harden (S) pinned Cameron Thornton, 5:38
106: Dalaton Fink (W) pinned Hunter Graham, 1:34
113: Colin Finley (S) dec. Le’o Mondragon, 7-2
Weaver 43, Ashville 42
1-6: Dalton Fink (W) pinned Owen Meads, 1:00
113: Le’o Mondragon (W) won by forfeit
120: Quinn Sani (W) pinned Chris Brown, 1:09
126: Gianluca Torres (W) pinned Jaden Harris
132: Nick Williamson (A) pinned Kaden Gaines, 1:58
138: Tyler Ebner (AA) pinned Jacob Haser, 1:05
145: Bryan Hampton (A) pinned Hunter Hise, 0:57
152: William Simpson (A) pinned Brilley Carter, 5:28
160: Joshua Johannson (W) pinned Travis Smith, 1:35
170: Anthony Usry (W) pinned Cody Fincher, 1:46
182: Dylan Harris (A) pinned Richard Knowlton, 0:42
195: Brandon Jolliff (W) pinned Rain Head, 2:54
220: Layden Olson (A) pinned Hayden Ransom, 3:01
285: Mason Wilson (A) pinned Cameron Thornton, 1:09
x-Weaver wins on criteria (fewer forfeits)
Ashville 43, Southside 42
113: Colin Finley (S) won by forfeit
120: Peyton AAdams (S0 pinned Chris Brown, 0:33
126: Ephrum Ormiston (S) pinned Jaden Harris, 3:57
132: Nick Williamson (A) won by forfeit
138: Tyler Ebner (A) pinned Hayden Graham, 4:41
145: Bryan Hampton (A) pinned Logan Whittenmore, 1:20
152: Kale Venn (S) pinned Mike Smith, 4:57
160: Jake Janson (S) pinned Travis Smith, 1:22
170: Jacob Davis (S) pinned Cody Fincher, 0:40
182: Dylan Harris (A) pinned Broady Johnson, 0:38
195: Kain Head (A) won by forfeit
220: Layden Olson (A) pinned Logan Bundrum, 2:40
285: Mason Wilson (A) pinned Jerrod Harden, 0:19
106: Hunter Graham (S) pinned Owen Burns, 2:44
x-Ashville wins on criteria (fewer forfeits)
Alexandria 66, Wellborn 18
106: Hayden Hartzog (A) won by forfeit
113: Preston Jones (A) pinned pinned Ahmed Noel
120: Cooper Whorton (A) won by forfeit
126: Skylar Hardy (W) won by forfeit
132: Caden Birchfield (A) won by forfeit
138: Zach Land (W) pinned Tristan Page
145: Joseph Lomax (A) pinned Noah Screws
152: Jaden Tolbert (A) won by forfeit
160: Jaden New (A) won by forfeit
170: Carson Farr (A) won by forfeit
182: Logan Nelson (W) pinned Brady Thrash
195: Jackson Primm (A) pinned Dylan Murdaugh
220: Connor Hall (A) pinned Ethan Carroll
295: Judson Cromer (A) pinned Zachary Pressley
Alexandria 47, Ohatchee 36
106: Hayden Hartzog (A) won by forfeit
113: Preston Jones (A) pinned Briley Carter
120: Kasin Bramlett (O) pinned Cooper Whorton
126: Akira Minton (O) won by forfeit
132: Caden Birchfield (A) won by forfeit
138: Joseph Lomax (A) pinned Hayden Ford
145: Sam Jones (O) pinned Tristan Page
152: Deacon Engle (O) pinned Jaden Tolbert
160: Jaden New (A) tech fall Colton Quinn, 24-9
170: Carson Farr (A) won by forfeit
182: Cody Freer (O) pinned Brady Thrash
195: Troy Galloway (O) pinned Jackson Primm
220: Connor Hall (A) won by forfeit
295: Judson Cromer (A) won by forfeit [**read more]
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