Roanoke Rapids starts the season off 2-0 overall and 1-0 in the conference Wednesday night at home.
The Roanoke Rapids Yellow Jackets wrestling team opened their season hosting a tri-meet Wednesday night in the Hive. In the first match of the night Louisburg beat Durham School of the Arts 48-39.
Roanoke Rapids defeated the Durham School of the Arts 54-24 in the second match of the night.
Results:
126 where Jacob Bouchard (RR)won by forfeit.
132 Christian Doisey ( RR ) pin Jesse Tymas 4:31
138 Lennart Garner ( RR ) won by forfeit
145 Will Harris ( RR ) dec. Logan Raynor 14 -10
152 Tony Mason ( RR ) won by forfeit.
160 Che Armstrong ( DSA ) won by forfeit
170 Robert Weber ( RR ) dec. Israel Glover 6-4.
182 Nathan Dixon ( RR ) pin Carter Stikeleather :52
195 Pedro Fleyie ( DSA ) pin Andrew Rizzitano 4:48
220 Matthew Norton ( RR ) pinElgar Reyes 1 : 03
285 Blain Cook ( RR ) won by forfeit
106 Jalen Mitchell -Chavis ( DSA ) pin Harry Crawford 5:48
113 Britney Wright ( RR ) won by forfeit .
120 Elias Tymas (DSA ) pin Ethan Dixon 3:01
Roanoke Rapids then defeated Louisburg 46-36.
Results:
132 Christian Doisey ( RR ) pin Brandon Rodriguez 3:01
138 Franklin Brown ( L) pin Lenner Garner 1:00
145 Travon Harris (L) pin Will Harris 3:18
152 Tony Mason ( RR ) pin Elijah Mitchell :58
160 Reynaldo Carachure (L) won by forfeit
170 Robert Weber ( RR ) won by forfeit
182 Nathan Dixon ( RR ) won by forfeit.
195 Andrew Rizzitano ( RR ) pin James Perry 1:58
220 Matthew Norton ( RR ) pin Ediberto Nolasco ( L ) 1:37
285 Blain Cook ( RR ) major dec Avante Edwards 13-3
106 Josh Perry (L) pin Harry Crawford :26
113 Abel Contreras (L ) won by forfeit
120 Ethan Dixon ( RR ) won by forfeit
126 Austin Tillery ( L ) pin Jacob Bouchard :34.
Post match comments by RRHS Wrestling head coach D.A. White, "We wrestled well tonight being our first match of the season. We have seven new faces in our line up this season. They wrestled well and should continue to improve each match. They have worked hard in practice and the weight room. Looking forward to our next match as we travel to Southern Vance on 12-07-16."
Photos by Randy Wrenn
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