A record 57 wrestlers from Beaufort County schools are headed to the SCHSL State Championships on Friday and Saturday at Florence Center.
Battery Creek will send 11 wrestlers to state in the Class 3A division, including Lower State champions Nate Najar and Theo Johnson, while Beaufort has six qualifiers for the Class 4A division led by 215-pound champion Colton Freeman and girls 105-pound title hopeful Olesya Mullins.
In Class 2A, Bridges Prep is sending six to state, including Lower State champ Kevin Summers, and Whale Branch had three qualifiers, led by 132-pound champion Javaree Bartley.
Wrestling begins at 10:30 a.m., Friday at the Florence Center. Day 1 will include three rounds of championship matches, resulting in the championship finals being set by the end of the day, as well as one round of consolation matches. The remainder of the consolation rounds and the placement matches will be held Saturday beginning at 9 a.m.
SCHSL Lower State Qualifiers
4A at Hartsville
May River (11) — 1st: Blake Butler, Bryce Butler, Marcus Foulk, Stephano Calderon, Thomas Brough; 2nd: Henry Santiz, Leandro Larranaga, Ryan Seman; 5th: Liam Engblom; 6th: Sean Zadroga-McNulty; 7th: Oliver Wang
Bluffton (10) — 1st: Abraham Brown; 2nd: Christian Vargas, Oscar Roman; 3rd: Andrew Lawson, Noah Scott, PJ Ventrone; 4th: Brady Wall, Eli Garcia, Xander Carter; 5th: John Gareis
Beaufort High (5) — 1st: Colton Freeman; 4th: Jaden Priester, Santino Communale; 5th: Jessob Paris; 6th: Cameron Posey
Hilton Head Island (4) — 1st: Bryce Stephenson; 2nd: CJ Florencio; 5th: Alex Florencio, Cole Sowers
3A at Swansea
Battery Creek (11) — 1st: Nate Najar, Theo Johnson; 3rd: Anthony Barradas Perez, Elijah Shuler, Khalil Myers; 4th: Chris Martinez, Pharrel Myers; 5th: David Bain, Landon Dear, Quinn Mathews; 6th: James Snead
2A/1A at Whale Branch
Bridges Prep (6) — 1st: Kevin Summers; 2nd: Travon Jenkins; 3rd: Harold Scott; 7th: Gavin Helm; 8th: Austin Ratcliff, Christopher Johnston
Whale Branch (3) — 1st: Javaree Bartley; 3rd: Wesley White; 7th: Ja’Kwann Polite
Girls (all classes) at South Florence
Hilton Head Island: Makayla Hinckey (1st, 155), Jourdyn Mootry (3rd, 130), Rosa Olivetti (4th, 110)
May River: Vivian Urriola (1st, 130), Angely Mendez (2nd, 120)
Beaufort: Olesya Mullins (2nd, 105)
Bluffton: Aimery Alvarez (2nd, 155)