SWINfan Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Union County is the top team in Kentucky again this year. The KHSAA State Championships were last weekend and below is how many of their guys fared, including 6 State Champs. I also included how each fared at the Mater Dei Holiday Classic as a reference point. As a team, they finished 2nd at the MD, well ahead of 3rd place Roncalli. Union Co also had duals with several Southern Indiana teams, so I thought there would be interest in how those guys finished.Weight Wrestler KY State MD Holiday 113 Trayce Eckman Champion 2nd Place (lost 6-2 to Cole Ross) 132 Gabe Adams 3rd Place Champ (beat K. Egli 6-3) Note: Lost to 2018 IHPO Champ Thomas Deck 3-2 in semifinal) 138 Jake Insko Champion 3rd Place (lost 15-2 to Blake Boarman) 145 Trevor Pogue 2nd Place 4th Place (lost 6-4 to Brody Baumann in 3rd Place match) 152 Payne Carr 2nd Place 3rd Place (lost to Jonathan Kervin 13-5 in semifinal) 160 Dalton Russleberg Champion 2nd Place (lost to Eli Dickens 5-3) 170 Stephen Little Champion 2nd Place (lost 7-2 to Gabe Sollars) 182 Micah Ervin Champion Champ (beat Macartney Parkinson 7-4) 220 Darius Moore 2nd Place 5th Place 285 Matthias Ervin Champion Did Not Wrestle 145 Ty Lehman (Trinity) Champion 6th Place (Included a 3-2 loss to Trevor Pogue who he beat for the KY State Title) Indiana Native For those of you not familiar with the MD Classic (been sleepin'?) - the field included MD, Union Co, Roncalli, Portage, North Posey, Franklin Community, Evansville Memorial, Gibson Southern, Mt. Vernon, Sullivan, Father Ryan (TN), Christian Bros (TN) Belleville West (IL) and Louisville Trinity and St. Xavier and a few others. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2CJ41 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Kentucky always shows up in packs at IHPO, lots of state placers and champs were there this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cricket21 Posted February 18, 2020 Share Posted February 18, 2020 Great content, this just shows how strong of a tournament MD's Holiday Classic really is! Heard they had a stud of an announcer this year too... lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWINfan Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 38 minutes ago, Y2CJ41 said: Kentucky always shows up in packs at IHPO, lots of state placers and champs were there this year. Thomas Deck also finished 2nd in 2017, losing to Jesse Mendez 5-0. The depth in Kentucky is nowhere near the same as Indiana, but they have some really good dedicated wrestlers and programs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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