More Than 30 Jackson County Wrestlers Headed To State Meet

Columbia Central High School wrestler Thomas Sturdevant, right, battles his opponent during the Michigan High School Athletic Association Division 3 regional individual tournament at Constantine High School on Saturday. Photo by Jeff Steers, JTV Sports.

By Jeff Steers
JTV Sports

(March 28, 2021 10:11 AM) Four Jackson County wrestlers will enter the Michigan High School Athletic Association state wrestling individual tournament with undefeated records.

Jayson Roy of Jackson High School, Adam Haselius of Northwest High School, and Randy Frailey and Trent Hocter of Hanover-Horton High School won regional individual titles on Saturday at various venues and remained undefeated for the season in the process.

Roy, a senior, is 27-0 in Division 1 at 285 pounds for the Vikings.

Sophomore Adam Haselius is 24-0 at 189 pounds in Division 2 for the Mounties.

Frailey is a senior with a 25-0 record at 125 pounds in Division 4 for Hanover-Horton. Teammate Hocter is 16-0 at 189 pounds for the Comets.

In all, eight Jackson County wrestlers earned regional titles on Saturday.

All wrestlers who placed in the top four of their weight classes at regional tournaments advanced to the state finals. The Division 1 and Division 3 finals will be held April 2, 3 at Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo. Division 3 will be on Friday and Division 1 on Saturday due to COVID-19 restrictions.

The Division 2 and Division 4 tournaments will be held at Van Andel Arena in Grand Rapids. The Division 2 tournament will be Friday and Division 4 on Saturday.

Here is a listing of the qualifying wrestlers from Jackson County, weight classes, and their places at regional meets:

Division 1

Jaylon Riggins, Jackson, 160 pounds, 3rd place

Division 2

Bryce Graham, Northwest, 112 pounds, 2nd place

Gage Race, Northwest, 130 pounds, 1st place

Zach Jacobs, Northwest, 140 pounds, 2nd place

Braden Gariety, Northwest, 152, 4th place

Gage Parker, Western, 160, 2nd place

Bode Brown, Western 215, 2nd place

Dominick Louagie, Northwest, 215, 4th place

Dominic Honsinger, Western, 285, 4th place

Division 3

Brenden Yob, Napoleon, 112 pounds, 4th place

Thomas Sturdevant, Columbia Central, 140 pounds, 3rd place

Nick Marienfeld, Napoleon, 145 pounds, 2nd place

Conner Stewart, Michigan Center, 145 pounds, 4th place

Mason Roth, Napoleon, 152 pounds, 4th place

Trevin Eggleston, Napoleon, 171 pounds, 3rd place

Brady Brooks, Napoleon, 215 pounds, 3rd place

Division 4

Christian Schroll, Springport, 103 pounds, 4th place

Travis Frederick, Lumen Christi, 112 pounds, 4th place

David Fielder, Hanover-Horton, 112 pounds, 4th place

Ben Butler, Springport, 119 pounds, 2nd place

Rece Garcia, Lumen Christi, 125 pounds, 4th place

Connor Fitzpatrick, Lumen Christi, 130 pounds, 1st place

Gavin Caudill, Springport, 130 pounds, 2nd place

Chris Sorrow, Hanover-Horton, 135 pounds, 1st place

Robert Patterson, Springport, 140 pounds, 2nd place

Josh Frailey, Hanover-Horton, 152 pounds, 3rd place

Trenton Holden, Grass Lake, 171 pounds, 2nd place

Clay Sheffield, Hanover-Horton, 189 pounds, 2nd place

Barak Haring, Springport, 189 pounds, 3rd place

Wally Gilbert, Lumen Christi, 285, 1st place

Connor Riddle, Vandercook, 285, 4th place