Avery Jenkins is the latest member of Orange’s 100-win club.
On a night when the Panthers honored Levi Anderson for winning his 100th match over the weekend, Jenkins pinned Northwood’s Nolan Ellis in 1:31 to become the 47th Orange grappler to win 100 matches. Jenkins, a senior wrestling at 170 pounds, is now 23-6 on the season.
Anderson claimed his 100th win during the West Stanly Duals on Saturday in Oakboro. After scoring a major decision victory over West Stanly’s Jared Watson for his 99th career win, Anderson claimed a forfeit victory against Richmond County for win #100.
Jenkins picked up his 99th win in the West Stanly Duals when he pinned Jamohan Short of Richmond County.
Overall, Orange powered past the Chargers 51-28 to improve to 18-1 overall, 3-0 in the Big 8 Conference. The result all but guarantees that next Wednesday’s match against Chapel Hill will decide the Big 8 Championship.
Orange started the match with five consecutive pins. At 138 pounds, Tayton Alvis pinned Northwood’s Grant Ray in 3:59. At 145 pounds, Anderson earned career victory #101 way pinning Nathan Davis in 36 seconds. Caleb Brimmer pinned Grant Leonard at 152 pounds in 1:56. At 160 pounds, Nathan Hecht defeated Montgomery Allgood in 3:33. Jenkins’ victory propelled Orange to a 30-0 lead.
Donald Hicks pinned Harrison Knapp in 3:14 at 195 pounds. Hicks, in his first season starting for Orange, is now 26-5 on the season. Junior heavyweight Juan Navarro ensured the overall victory with a 6-2 victory over Abraham Pena.
Joshua Dunn picked up a forfeit victory at 106 pounds. At 113, freshman Kessel Summer pinned Zion Verinder in 45 seconds.
Orange will spend Friday and Saturday in the Quentin Crosby Tournament at Dudley High School in Greensboro.
The Cedar Ridge wrestling team returned to action at Red Wolves Gymnasium on Wednesday night. The Northern Knights defeated Cedar Ridge 47-24.
Cedar Ridge senior Darius McLeod earned his 80th career win with a forfeit victory at 132 pounds. Katie Watkins picked up a forfeit win at 126 pounds. At 170 pounds, Cedar Ridge’s Wyatt Robinson pinned Deven Cates in 3:37. Red Wolves sophomore Cutter Tate earned a forfeit win at 220 pounds. Because of a high number of forfeits on both sides, there were only five matches contested on the night.
Last month, Cedar Ridge competed in the Western Harnett Duals in Lillington. While the Red Wolves lost all five of the dual matches, there was drama against Apex. After Jonas Urban claimed a forfeit victory at 195 pounds, the dual match was evened at 30-30. The Cougars were ruled the winners after it was determined that they had scored more takedowns in the match.
Overall, Daina Pritchard went 3-2 in the Western Harnett Duals. Pritchard pinned Apex’s Mason Arbogast in 5:32. In a 60-12 loss to Lumberton, Pritchard pinned Zyon Smith in 3:00. Against Terry Sanford, Pritchard scored another pin, finishing off Leo Reyes in 3:26.
After being idle for nearly two weeks, the Red Wolves’ match against Northern started a string of three events in three days. Cedar Ridge will return to action on Thursday night against Chapel Hill, a dual match that was postponed from last month because of the winter storm. On Friday, Cedar Ridge will participate in the Glenn Duals.