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757Teamz wrestling Top 15: Granby continues unbeaten start, Great Bridge rolls again

ray nimmo, the virginian-pilot
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Granby’s breakout season continued with a 5-0 record at the Billy Martin Duals last weekend.

The Comets posted wins over Gloucester, King’s Fork, Salem and No. 11 Nansemond River in the first-place match.

Granby (8-0) has scored at least 45 points in each dual this season.

King’s Fork (6-1) joins the rankings this week with a strong showing at that tournament, its only loss coming to No. 8 Granby.

At the Colon E. Baker Classic, Great Bridge cruised to the title with 286 points, which was more than 70 points clear of James Robinson, a perennial contender in Class 6.

The 126-pound class has become claustrophobic with four wrestlers vying for the No. 3 and No. 4 spot in the individual rankings. Great Bridge’s Will Marsh, Kempsville’s Joseph Custodio, Peninsula Catholic’s Thomas Montgomery and Poquoson’s Bryan Latta have taken turns defeating one another.

Montgomery won the Colon E. Baker title over Marsh by a 6-4 margin after falling to Latta 8-4 in the earlier rounds. Marsh pinned Latta in the semifinals and holds a win over Custodio in a Dec. 3 tournament. Custodio topped Montgomery in that one 12-10.

At 157, No. 3 Aaron Turner (Great Bridge) knocked off No. 1 Jaden Campos (Ocean Lakes) 8-7 in the final.

Third-ranked Cox won the 31-team NOVA Classic with heavyweight Graydon Howard winning the team’s lone title. Carter Shupert (144), Parker Tillery (157), Tyler Haley (165) and Rudy Wagner (175) were runners-up.

757Teamz Top 15

All rankings and records are based on results reported by coaches to The Pilot. To correct records or provide information, please email ray.nimmo@pilotonline.com.

Team, Record, Previous

1. Great Bridge, 2-0, 1

2. Grassfield, 7-4, 2

3. Cox, 4-0, 4

4. Ocean Lakes, 1-1, 6

5. Kellam, 2-0, 7

6. Landstown, 13-4, 3

7. First Colonial, 2-1, 5

8. Granby, 8-0, 8

9. Poquoson, 0-0, 9

10. Deep Creek, 0-1, 10

11. Nansemond River, 6-2, 11

12. Lafayette, 4-1, 12

13. King’s Fork, 6-1, NR

14. Hickory, 3-3, NR

15. Cape Henry, 1-0, 14

Dropped: Western Branch (2-4), Salem (1-6).

Individual rankings

106: 1. Josiah Irizarry, Tallwood; 2. Christian Silvey, Salem; 3. Charlee Shuler, Grassfield; 4. Aiden Sheesley, Gloucester.

113: 1. Ian Arnett, Kellam; 2. Hayato Otero, Landstown; 3. Ashton Withrow, Poquoson; 4. Christian Ballon, Ocean Lakes.

120: 1. Owen Rawls, Nansemond River; 2. Ja’Lynn Smith, Oscar Smith; 3. Kyle Kuhlmey, Great Bridge; 4. Kyree Flamer, Salem.

126: 1. Jahleel Armstrong, Grassfield; 2. Michael Phoutasen, Landstown; 3. Will Marsh, Great Bridge; 4. Joseph Custodio, Kempsville.

132: 1. Yuta Otero, Landstown; 2. Jakob Brown, Grassfield; 3. Myrin Nixon, Great Bridge; 4. Brodie Altman, Kellam.

138: 1. Caleb Neal, Great Bridge; 2. Luke Murray, Peninsula Catholic; 3. Trey Thebarge, Tallwood; 4. Gage Miller, Grassfield.

144: 1. Leonard Ashley, Granby; 2. Beau Lewis, Great Bridge; 3. Owen Cherry, Kellam; 4. Matox Allen, Grassfield.

150: 1. Thomas Stofka, First Colonial; 2. Eric Doran, Great Bridge; 3. Hunter Ray, Smithfield; 4. Max DeAngelo, Ocean Lakes.

157: 1. Aaron Turner, Great Bridge; 2. Jaden Campos, Ocean Lakes; 3. Parker Tillery, Cox; 4. Brogan Hurt, Lafayette.

165: 1. Nolan O’Boyle, Norfolk Academy; 2. Tyler Haley, Cox; 3. Blake Latta, Poquoson; 4. Logan Chambers, Ocean Lakes.

175: 1. Noah Lawrence, Great Bridge; 2. Dillon Fitzpatrick, Lafayette; 3. Tyler Klinger, First Colonial; 4. Camden Bauswell, Nansemond River.

190: 1. Nate Bushey, Ocean Lakes; 2. Jason McKee, Kellam; 3. Seth Murphy, Nansemond River; 4. Sam Villasenor, Poquoson.

215: 1. Aiden Manning, Cox; 2. Schey Huff, First Colonial; 3. Jayden Young, Landstown; 4. Robert Foster, Indian River.

285: 1. Colin Pedersen, First Colonial; 2. Graydon Howard, Cox; 3. Khari McNeill, Grassfield; 4. Noah Hodges, Bruton.

Ray Nimmo, ray.nimmo@pilotonline.com