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<p>Battery Creek wrestling continued the momentum coming off its region title and rolled into the third round of the Class 3A dual playoffs with a pair of dominant wins at home Saturday, but the Dolphins met their match Monday, falling 45-19 at Aynor.</p>
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<p>The Dolphins nearly pulled off the perfect match in a first-round rout of Lakewood, winning 82-0 with pins in 13 of the 14 weight classes. Creek then made quick work of Loris in the second round, using seven pins and three forfeits to cruise to a 63-15 victory.</p>
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<p>Bradley Smith, Aiden Northway, and Hunter Smith each won both matches by pin, while Sam DeGroat, Elmer Linares, Sebastian Sanchez, Ryan Israel, and Nate Gallego each had a pin and a forfeit. Daniel Sunkins was 2-0 with a pin and a decision, and John Coker and Reily Doray each won both of their matches by forfeit.</p>
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<p>The Dolphins will take all 14 wrestlers to the Lower State qualifier at Camden on Feb. 18-19.&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong>JPII finishes just outside top four at SCISA duals</strong></p>
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<p>John Paul II wrestling went 1-2 and reached the consolation semifinals at the SCISA state duals on Saturday.</p>
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<p>The Golden Warriors were the No. 4 seed but dropped a tough 48-30 decision to No. 5 Cardinal Newman in the first round. JPII rebounded to rout Colleton Prep 60-12, but the Golden Warriors fell 60-18 to Heathwood Hall to end their afternoon.</p>
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<p>Oliver Witkowski, Daniel Snyder, and Peter Torinese each went 3-0, Chris Orta won his only match, and Kohl Woodham was 2-1 for JPII.</p>
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<p>The Golden Warriors will wrap up their season at the SCISA individual championship on Saturday in Sumter</p>
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