Bristol Herald Courier | Tim Hayes | Photo Credit: Emily Ball
CASTLEWOOD, Va. – Honaker’s Hunter Dye (113) defeated Rural Retreat’s Gradyn Gibson in the finals of the VHSL Region 1D wrestling tournament at Castlewood High School. Dye became Honaker High Schools first ever regional champion in wrestling.
Region 1D
Thursday
At Castlewood High School
Team Scores
Grundy 287, Rural Retreat 213.5, Holston 185, Eastside 126.5, Castlewood 98.5, Chilhowie 92, Northwood 77, Honaker 51.5, J.I. Burton 44, Patrick Henry 23, Thomas Walker 17
Championship Finals
106 – Houston Bear (RR) maj. dec. Colton Clevinger (Grundy), 8-0; 113 – Hunter Dye (Honaker) maj. dec. Gradyn Gibson (RR), 11-2; 120 – Bryce Looney (Grundy) dec. Caleb Gibson (RR), 3-2; 126 – Maddox Buchanan (Holston) dec. Blake Broyles (Grundy), 1-0; 132 – Talan Hall (Grundy) pinned Jaxson Guinn (Chilhowie), 0:57; 138 – Brody Coleman (Grundy) dec. Nick Ward (Eastside), 8-3; 144 – Chaz Penwright (RR) maj. dec. Elijah Berryhill (Holston), 10-0; 150 – Mason McCoy (Eastside) dec. Hunter Pennington (RR), 4-2; 157 – Shaiem Gordon (Grundy) tech. fall Gabe Foster (Holston), 18-3 (4:37); 165 – Carson Deel (Grundy) tech. fall Jake Bush (Castlewood), 19-3 (5:38); 175 – Brody Ford (Grundy) dec. Dayton Stanley (Eastside), 7-5; 190 – Talen Looney (Grundy) pinned Grayson Irvin (RR), 1:09; 215 – Wyatt Bush (Grundy) pinned Bryce Lane (Holston), 0:42; 285 – Luke Shelton (Grundy) dec. Jacob Young (Castlewood), 12-9 (OT)
Third-Place Matches
106 – Dalton Arden (Holston) pinned Brayden Stone (Castlewood), 1:21; 113 – Dodger Sluder (Holston) pinned Levi Perry (Chilhowie), 2:35; 120 – Cole Dipietro (Holston) tech. fall Caden Schools (Chilhowie), 16-0 (2:18); 126 – Gabe Crewey (RR) pinned Braylon Rose (Eastside), 2:36; 132 – Justin Walker (RR) maj. dec. Joel Bush (Castlewood), 14-4; 138 – Sarmont Badziev (RR) dec. Mason Bonilla (Holston), 12-8; 144 – Graham Pittman (Grundy) pinned Braxton Freeman (Eastside), 2:38; 150 – Zachery Hurley (Honaker) pinned Lucas Vance (Grundy), 2:15; 157 – Dominic Haynes (Northwood) pinned Colton Hamm (Chilhowie), 1:14; 165 – Ian Bear (RR) pinned Kylian Martin (Chilhowie), 4:35; 175 – Kaden Heath (Northwood) pinned Colt Thomas (Holston), 2:28; 190 – William Shepherd (JIB) pinned Ian Fuller (Eastside), 1:24; 215 – Will Brown (Northwood) pinned Noah Morgan (Eastside), 4:23; 285 – Lucas Shrader (RR) pinned Gabe Frye (Northwood), 1:28.