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Lexingtonwildcats.com welcomes new AD
and Head Football coach:
Lexington has named Scott Earley as Head
Football Coach and AD. Coach Earley is
eager to begin his new role at
Lexington. Below is Coach Earleys Bio.
Welcome to Lexington Coach! The best
place you will ever serve!
SCOTT
LEE
EARLEY
Born: December 31, 1970, in
Ellenboro, North Carolina.
Coach Earley graduated
from Gardner-Webb University, Boiling
Springs, N.C., with a Bachelor’s Degree
in Physical Education in 1996. He began
his teaching and coaching Career at
Kings Mountain (NC) High/Middle School,
then transferred to Lake City High
School, where he was the assistant
varsity baseball coach, JV football
defensive coordinator and varsity
defensive line and tight end coach. In
1999, he moved to the beach and Carolina
Forest High School, where he was the
varsity football defensive coordinator,
the head JV and assistant varsity
baseball coach and assistant athletic
director,
In 2000, Coach Earley was hired by Myrtle Beach
High School to revitalize the football
program. His 8-year term at MBHS has
featured a 72-28 overall record, nine
straight playoff berths, three region
titles, and the 2008 Class AAA State
Championship. For seven of those years,
he was also the head baseball coach with
a 129-69 overall record. During the
2009-2010 school year, he was the
athletic director and head football
coach at Chapin High School, compiling a
7-4 overall record.
Along the way, he has collected many individual
honors, including three-time region
coach of the year, 2007-09 State Coach
of the Year (all classifications), and
2008-09 S.C. Athletic Coaches
Association Football Coach of the Year
(all classifications.) He is the
current president of the S. C. Athletic
Coaches Association.
In addition to his coaching duties, Coach Earley
has directed the Hawaiian Tropic
Baseball Tournament, the SCADA
North-South All Star Football Game,
Baseball at the Beach, baseball and
football youth summer camps, high school
baseball clinics, Special Olympics and
Senior Games. Coach Earley is
married to the former Margaret (Meg)
McCarver of Shelby, North Carolina, and
they have two sons, Britt (10) and Brice
(6).
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to cover the winter season especially Lexington
Middle and Pleasant Hill middle. If you go to
the basketball or wrestling games please send
those scores, updates and photos so that the
teams can be recognized. Thanks in advance! >>>>
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The Wildcat Cross Country Team received
their State Championship Rings at during
halftime of Friday nights basketball
game!
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Prinical Craig Tyler and Booster club
president Jody Young hand the 2009 State
Champion Girls Golf
Team their rings during halftime of the
Dutch Fork Game on Friday.
Co-Captains, Drew Harris (r) and Will
Belue sign scholarships to run Cross
Country for College.
Drew Signed with Winthrop and Will
signed with Anderson. Congratulations to
both young men and we wish you the best!
Feb 6
WILDCATS COUNTING DOWN TO REGION
With only 2 more games remaining in
region play the Varsity boys basketball
team is doing all they can to insure a
1st place finish. The Wildcats polished
off visiting Dutch Fork on Friday by a
final score of 53-49. Shaq Roland was
high scorer for the Cats with 21 points
and David Burns added 13.. The Cats are
keeping pace with Irmo who is in a 1st
place tie with them. The Wildcats would
win Region if they win out as they beat
Irmo twice this season. The
Wildcats have North Augusta at home on
Tuesday and White Knoll away on Friday.
Both of these teams have the potential
to knock the Wildcats out of 1st place
but Coach Bailey Harris with have his
boys ready. These games are huge as the
winner of region will have home playoff
advantage throughout the playoffs!!! We
need these 2 games!! Come out
Tuesday night and support your
Wildcats!!!
Feb 6
LADYCATS FALL TO SILVERFOXES
After a huge win on Tuesday night the
Ladycats fell to Dutch Fork at home
Friday night. The Ladycats played tough
defense as usual but it was the Lady
Foxes night as they took the game by a
final score of 67-36. Come out Tuesday
night and support your Ladycats as they
take on North Augusta. Go Ladies!!!
Feb 3
WILDCATS ADVANCE TO LOWER STATE
SEMI-FINALS!!
The varsity wrestling team hosted
Stratford tonight in the Lower State
playoffs and came away with a 46-18
win!! Stratford was ranked # 16 in the
state with a Season Record of 18-13.
Lexington who improved to 25-8 with the
win will play host to #1 ranked Fort
Dorchester who boasts a 15-2 record on
Monday, Feb 8th. This will be a tough
test for the Wildcats but they do have
home mat advantage. Come out and support
the Wildcats on Monday and show The Cats
that we are behind them!! Good
Luck Wildcats!!!!
Feb 2
JUST IN-----LADYCATS DEFEAT IRMO
BY 1 POINT!!!!
Don't have a final score yet but the
Ladycats defeated the Ladyjackets
tonight at home!!!! What a turnaround
this team had done. They have gone from
0-5 to start region play to winning
5 of their last 6. Way to go ladies. The
ladycats had a 2 pt lead with 2 seconds
to play and Irmo was at the foul line.
Their best shooter was shooting. She
made the first shot to pull within 1
point. Irmo had a lane violation on the
second shot giving the victory to the
Ladycats!!!! Irmo was in soul possession
of 1st place and this is a huge win for
Coach David Long and his Ladycats!!
Simply Awesome!!!!!!! Next up is Dutch
Fork for the Ladycats on Friday night.
Come out and support your mighty
Ladycats! More to come
Update Feb 3
Final score: Lex 38 - Irmo 37.
Jasmine *JP*
Pinckney was high scorer for the
Ladycats with 15 with Morgan Hause
adding 10. The State Paper article.....READ
MORE HERE
Feb 2
WILDCATS MOVE BACK INTO TIE FOR
FIRST PLACE
For awhile it looked like Irmo was going
to run away with the game. They led by
as much as 20 points in the 1st half,
but never underestimate the Wildcats as
they stormed back in the second half and
defeated Irmo by 1 point. This puts them
in a tie with Irmo and possible Dutch
Fork (according to their outcome
tonight). Lexington defeated Irmo twice
so they had the edge on them as far as
placement goes. Lexington is diffinitely
in the drivers seat and their destiny is
in their own hands. They play host to
Dutch Fork on Friday. We need a huge
crowd that is loud. Come out and support
the might cats this Friday..Be LOUD!!!!
Good luck Wildcats! More to come
Update Feb 3
Final score Lex 67 - Irmo 66. Shaq
(Elastic Man) Roland had 29
points and 15 rebounds, Adrian Wigfall
had 12, David Burns 11, and Matt
Jergensen 6, Brandon Adams 4, Cory
Hendren 2, Matt Welch 2, and Michael
Spires 1. Dutch Fork lost to RNE so
Lexington and Irmo are tied for 1st
place in region. Lexington beat Irmo
twice during the season so they hold the
upper hand if things finish as they sit.
A lot depends on Lexingtons showdown
with Dutch Fork on Friday night!!! The
State Paper article......READ
MORE HERE
Feb 1
WILDCAT WRESTLERS PLACE 5 ON
PODIUM AT REGION!!
The Wildcats had five wrestlers win Gold
at the Region 5AAAA tournament.
Steve
n Steinbacher (112), Garrett Corbett
(119), Scott Tyndale (125), Alex Morales
(160) and D.J. Crawford (189) all won at
their weight class. Lexington also had
13 wrestlers advance to the lower state
tournament. Way to go Wildcats!!
Feb 2
WILDCAT WRESTLING MOVES TO SECOND ROUND
Jan 31
WRESTLING TEAM OPENS PLAYOFFS AT
HOME
The varsity wrestling team will begin
their hunt for a state championship on
Monday night with a visit from RNE.The
Wildcats are gaining momentum after
defeating White Knoll at home this week
and winning the region title and going
7-0 last weekend in the Red Raider
Rumble. The cats need your support and
their quest begins. Come on out and
support the Wildcats. Go Wildcats Bring
it home!
Jan 31
WILDCATS STAY IN CONTENTION FOR
REGION
The varsity boys basketball team stayed
1 game behind Irmo for the region hunt
by defeating OW by a final score of
70-58. Shaq Roland was the Wildcats high
scorer for the game with 27 points.
Adrian Wigfall had 14 and Brandon Adams
added 9. Next game up is huge for the
Wildcats..They will face Irmo at home
possibly for the region title. Things
are jumbled at the top of Region with
Irmo holding the 1 game lead and Dutch
Fork tyed for 2nd with the Wildcats.
Lexington has a home game with Dutch
Fork Friday night. This week will
probable decide it. The cats need your
voice this week. Come out Wild and
Loud..Go Wildcats!! In the early game
the Ladycats fell to the Ladybruins by a
final score of 61-50. The Ladycats stand
at 6-4 in region. Come early and support
the Ladycats!
Jan 28
WILDCAT WRESTERS REGION CHAMPS!!
The varsity wrestling team decided the
region championship by a win over White
Knoll 37-28 on Wednesday night. The
Wildcats went undefeated in region play! Next up
for the Wildcats will be the
individual region tournament this
weekend at Irmo. Good Luck
Wildcats. First round of the state duals
start Monday.
Jan 27
WILDCATS PULL OUT WINS AT RNE
The varsity boys basketball team went on
the road to avenge an earlier loss to
RNE in region play. This time the
outcome was more to the Wildcats liking
as they came out on top by a final score
of 44-36. Lexington is 1 game out of 1st
place in region with Irmo sitting in top
spot for the time being. Lexington gets
a shot at Irmo at home on Feb 2nd. We
need a big crowd and loud voices to lead
the Cats to Victory!
In the girls game the Ladycats escaped
with a 44-36 victory to boost their
region record to 4-5 with 3 straight
region wins. Go Ladycats!
Two
Lady Wildcats Honored
Maureen Dunnagan and Kellie Schmidt were honored
on Sunday Jan 24th at the South Carolina Coaches
Association of Women Sports Fall Player of the
Year Banquet. Maureen was chosen as the 4A State
Player of the Year for golf and Kellie was
named the 4A State Volleyball Player of the
Year. Both of these extremely talented girls
will go on to play at the college level, Maureen
at NC State and Kellie at USC. These two ladies
had very successful careers at Lexington High
and we will miss them both and wish them luck in
the future. Go Lady Wildcats!!!!
Jan 20
REGION 5AAAA GETTING INTERESTING!
Things are getting mighty interesting in Region
5 right now. The Wildcats boys basketball team
lost their first 2 region games, but that was
last year. The Wildcats have refocused and are
determined to win it all! They have won their
last 5 region games including a impressive home
win last night against Aiken who beat the
Wildcats in the first region matchup. Shaq
Roland poured in 23 pts followed closely behind
by David burns who burned the rim for 18! Dutch
Fork had a commanding lead in region with a fast
5-0 start but have since lost to Lexington and
North Augusta to fall to 5-2 in region. North
August stands at 5-2. Lexington defeated both of
these teams in rd 1 so they are in the drivers
seat. Lexington plays host to White Knoll on
Friday night. This is a huge game
so all Wildcat fans are encouraged to come early
and in force as we take on our biggest rival of
the season. Let's continue the winning streak
and keep the lead in region!
Jan 20
LADYCATS GET BIG WIN AT HOME
The Ladycats played host to Aiken on Tuesday
night and desperately a win to keep their
playoff hopes alive. They got it in a 44-41 win!
Three Ladycats tied for high scorer of the game.
Erin Munn, Jasmine Pickney and Morgan Hause all
had 10 pts in the game. Nearl added 3, Barnes 3,
Kay 6 and Padgett 2. Way to go ladies!! The
Ladycats stand at 2-5 in region and should get
that 3rd win at home on Friday night if they
stay focused and play their game! Come out and
support the Ladycats early Friday!! They need to
have a full gym to feed off of just like the
Boys team!!!
Jan 20
WILDCATS GO 1-2 IN QUAD DUALS
The varsity wrestling team played host to
Eastside, Rockhill and Fort Dorchester on Jan
15th. Lexington blew past Eastside 63-6, and
fell to Rockhill (24-41) and Fort Dorchester
(10-51). Next up for the Wildcats is a road trip
tonight at Irmo and then its on to this weekend
to participate in the Red Raider Rumble in
Greenville. Go wildcats!!!
Jan 13
WILDCATS STAY IN CONTENTION FOR REGION
The varsity boys basketball team traveled to
Dutch Fork on Tuesday to take on the region
leaders. The Wildcats pulled off the win with a
strong showing by brothers Adrian Wigfall and
Shaq Roland who had 17 points each. Final score
was 64-59. It doesn't get much easier Friday
night as the Wildcats again take to the road to
visit North Augusta. Come out and support Coach
Bailey Harris and the team!! In the earlier game
the Ladycats fell to Dutch Fork by a final of
27-48. The Lady foxes are undefeated in region
this season while your Ladycats fall to 1-4 in
region play. Go Ladycats!
Jan 10
WILDCATS HAVE STRONG SHOWING IN VA!
The varsity wrestling team traveled to Hampton,
Va to participate in the nationally acclaimed
Va. Duals this weekend and walked away with an
impressive showing. The Wildcats did not win but
they did finish up as semi-finalist's in the
consolation round. That's pretty impressive. One
Wildcat walked away from the tournament with an
extremely high honor. Alex Morales who wrestles
in the 171 weight class was named Most
Outstanding Wrestler from the American
Division!! High schools from many different
states were involved in the weekend event. Check
out the wrestling website for the weekend match
scores. Way to go Coach Strobel and team!!
Jan 10
WILDCATS SPLIT GAMES WITH IRMO
The varsity girls basketball team traveled
across to dam to take on one of their biggest
rivals in the Lady Jackets of Irmo.
Unfortunately the Ladycats fell victim to Irmo
falling by a final score of 32-63. The Ladycats
fell to 1-3 with powerhouse Dutch Fork coming up
on Tuesday. In the nightcap the Wildcats faced
Irmo and the outcome was in Lexington's favor as
the Cats downed Irmo by a final score of 44-39.
Shaq Roland led all Wildcat scorers with 15 pts.
The cats will travel to Dutch Fork who is
undefeated in region play this season. Go
Wildcats!!
Jan 7
WILDCAT WRESTLING FALLS VICTIM TO CHAPIN
The Wildcat wrestling team fell victim to the
Chapin Eagles on Wednesday night in a surprising
loss. The 10 ranked Wildcats got victories by
Will Motley who got a major decision, Nate
Meagher got a decision, Alex Morales pinned his
opponent, Derrick (Biscuit) Eden got a pin,
Garrett Corbett also got a pin and Scott Tyndale
had a major decision. This was the Wildcats
first loss in regular season. Next up for the
Cats will be a road trip to Va. to participate
in the Va. Duals in Hampton, Va. Good Luck
Wildcats!!!
Jan 6
WILDCATS OPEN NEW YEAR WITH REGION WIN
The Varsity boys basketball team got their first
region win easily defeating OW at home by a
final score of 75-51. The Wildcats look to get
back on track after opening up region play with
two straight losses. Shaq Roland was high scorer
in the game with 25 points. At one point in the
game he brought the house to their feet with a
windmill dunk over an OW defender on a pass from
brother Adrian Wigfall. Check out the basketball
site for individual scoring under the box score
link. Next up the Wildcats travel to Irmo on
Friday night. Go Cats!
Jan6
LADYCATS FALL IN HEARTBREAKER TO OW
The Ladycats lost a close one at home on Tuesday
night to the Lady Bruins from OW. The final
score was 36-38 with the Ladycats falling to 1-2
in region play. Come out and support the Ladies
as the travel to Irmo on Friday.
Jan 4
MAUREEN DUNNAGAN WRITE UP
The State Paper did a wonderful story on
Maureen. Click on link to read..>>THE
STATE
Jan 3
KELLIE SCHMIDT GATHERS ANOTHER HONOR
Senior Volleyball player Kellie Schmidt has been
named as the South Carolina Gatorade player of
the year! Congratulations Kellie!!
Dec 31
LADYCATS PLACE 3RD AT BOJANGLES HOLIDAY
TOURNAMENT
The varsity girls softball team participated in
the Bojangles tournament and went 2-1 to finish
out in third place. The Ladycats fell to
Southside 41 - 24, and defeated Clinton 52-40
and Boiling Springs 49-22. The Laydcats will
host OW on Tuesday night to resume regular
season play. The Ladycats stand at 6-3 on the
season
Dec 31
WILDCATS HANGING TOUGH IN FLORIDA
With only one more day remaining in the Kingdome
of the Sea tournament in Florida the Wildcats
have gone 2-1 after falling victim in their
first game to North Marion
Florida by a final score of 76-28. The Wildcats
won their next two games facing Providence
(Jacksonville, Fl.) 72-45, and Mt. Dora Bible
(Mt. Dora, Fl.) 70-51. The Wildcats will finish
up their tournament today and head home for the
weekend before continuing with region play on
Tuesday night vs OW. Check out the box scores on
the basketball page for scores and individual
scoring stats.
LADYCAT SOFTBALL PLAYER SIGNS TO PLAY
COLLEGIATE SOFTBALL
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Brittany Fowler signed a softball scholarship
with Brevard College. Pictured with Brittany
are her parents Brent & Tracy Fowler, Lexington
Head Coach Russell Spires, Assistant Athletic
Director Brandon Smith and Bill Driggers.
Dec 8
WILDCAT WRESTLER TAKES TOP HONORS AT
TOURNEY
The varsity wrestling team travel to the
Southern Slam Tourney this past weekend and one
wrestler took 1st place in his weight class and
was named Most Outstanding Heavy Weight Wrestler
for the Tournament. Alex Morales who wrestles at
171 lbs took top honors. Congratulations to the
whole team as they had 6 wrestlers place in the
top 10 in the tourney. Below are the wrestlers
and their placement. There were 34 teams in the
tournament and the Wildcats placed 8th. Awesome
job by Coach Strobel and the team!!
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Russell Taylor 103 lbs.- 8th place |
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Garrett Corbett 119 lbs.- 5th place |
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Scott Tyndale 125 lbs.- 2nd place |
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Alex Morales 171 lbs.- 1st place voted
Most Outstanding Heavy Weights Wrestler
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DJ Crawford 189 lbs.- 8th place |
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Derrick Eden 285 lbs.- 5th place |
Dec1
WILDCAT HOOPS UP AND RUNNING!
The Wildcat Mens and Womens team played host to
South Aiken on Tuesday night to open up regular
season play. In the first game the Ladycats
wasted no time in putting aways South Aiken by a
final score of 59-17! Laura Neal was high scorer
in the game with19, Erin Munn added 10, Allison
Kay put up 10,the Pinckney sisters each added 6,
Samantha Gilbert had 4, Sarah Padgett 2, and
Lauren Hodge 2. Next up for the Ladycats will be
at home on Saturday to play host to Columbia
High. Come on out and support the Ladycats this
season!!!
In the night cap the Wildcat faced off against
S. Aiken for the second time in a week. They
defeated a fiesty S.Aiken squad this past
weekend in the Lake Murray Tip-off in what
proved to be a hard fought win for the Cats.
This night was not so contested as the Wildcats
cruised to a 64-31 win to improve to 5-0 on the
young season. High scorer for the night was
Justin Mills with 13, Adrian Wigfall 12,
Matt Jergenson 12, Alex Lail 11, Spires 5, Burns
3, Welch 3, Hendren 3, Adams 2. The Wildcats
will face Columbia at home on Saturday night as
well, so come on out and support the cats!!
Dec1
WILDCAT WRESTLING OPENS SEASON WITH 2 WINS
The varsity wrestling team opened up the regular
season by hosting Pelion and OW. Lexington was
too much for both teams as they defeated OW 64-0
and Pelion 74-6!
VARSITY
MENS BASKETBALL PREVIEW 2009/10
The Wildcats return 4 starters and 8 seniors
from a team that won 22 games, won region5 AAAA
and advanced to the round 3 of the playoffs.
The team will be looking to replace Trad Hunter
in the lineup and the leadership provided by
William Scurry, Jay Reid , David Hoppe and
Austin Smith. The leadership provided by
some of those seniors will be difficult to
replace, they didn’t score a ton of points, but
they were invaluable to our team”. David Burns
returns at the point, with Justin Mills and Matt
Jergenson returning in the post as starters.
Shaq Roland led the team in scoring as a
freshman, but will miss the first few weeks with
a shoulder injury suffered in the Summerville
game. Adrian Wigfall, Mike Spires and Corey
Hendren are all lead candidates to enter the
starting lineup. The versatile Alex Lail can
play at nearly every spot on the floor and Matt
Welch brings great energy and effort to the
floor. In addition to 8 veteran seniors the Cats
will use as many as 7 sophomores on this years
roster including Shaq Roland and backup point
guard Sam McDermott. Picked preseason #6 in the
AAAA coaches poll it should be an exciting year
for the Cats!!
VARSITY WOMENS BASKETBALL
PREVIEW 2009/10
Article by Coach David
Long
The Ladycat basketball team begins
this season with only one starter
from last season along also with
several players that received
playing time last year. The
Ladycats will be looking to replace
4 starters from last year’s team.
Two of which were all region
selections in four year starter
Molly VanWyk and freshman Moniqua
Davis who transferred. Junior
Jasmine Pinckney returns at point
guard this year from a knee injury
last season that caused her to miss
the last nine games. Other varsity
returners that look to contribute
with playing experience from last
year are: Seniors- Kirsten Barnes
and Samantha Gilbert, Juniors-Laura
Beth Neal and Morgan Hause along
with sophomores, Janai Pinckney and
Sarah Padgett. Sophomore guard Erin
Munn joins the varsity this year
along with freshman Allison Kay who
will play back up point guard and
shooting guard. The 2009-10 team
continues to be relatively young
with only 3 seniors and 4 juniors, 5
sophomores and 1 freshman.
The Ladycats look to improve this
year and return to the playoffs
after missing last year by 1 place.
The Ladycats will use their speed,
team chemistry, hard work and
defense to help them be successful
this season. They continue to
compete in the toughest region in 4A
with rival Irmo(#2) and Dutch
Fork(#9) in the top ten preseason
poll along with last years state
runner-ups Orangeburg Wilkinson.
The Ladycats look forward to an
exciting season!
WRESTLING
PREVIEW 2009/10
Last season Coach Derek Stobel had a very young
Wildcat team. That team proved to mature beyond
anyone's expectations as they pushed their
record to 28-10 and ended as a State Dual Semi
Finalist.
Season outlook: Wildcats look to
build off a strong post season finish from last
year with a solid group of returners and
experienced freshmen. They return five state
qualifiers with three of them being state
placers.
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Steven
Steinbacher 11th 103lb. (3rd at
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Steven
Licina 10th 112lb. (State Qualifier
09) |
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Garrett
Corbett 12th 112lb. (4th at State
08) |
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Scott
Tyndale 10th 119lb. (State Qualifier
09) |
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Josh
Heape 11th 130lb. |
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Caleb
Brack 10th 140lb |
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Payne
Ivie 12th 145lb. |
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Will
Motley 10th 152lb |
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Alex
Morales 11th 160lb. (4th at State
09) |
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DJ
Crawford 12th 171lb |
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Brock
Baxley 12th 189lb |
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Derrick
Eden 12th 285lb |
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Russell
Taylor 9th 103lb |
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Conner
Jewell 9th 103lb |
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Matthew
Steinbacher 9th 125lb |
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Cody
Bonham 10th 119lb |
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Walker
Barfield 9th 125lb |
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Zach
Heape 11th 135lb |
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Dacus
Finchel 9th 152lb |
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Nate
Meagher 9th 171lb |
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Luke
Fetla 9th 189lb |
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