Christiansburg, VA -- In their Big Blue debut, the Knights finished 3rd overall in the team standings in a tournament that had 31 teams representing 5 states.  Dale spent much of day 2 battling back and forth with Laney and Blacksburg for the #2- #4 spots while Christiansburg ran away with the tournament on Friday night.  Despite a shaky performance in the semis, the guys were able to pull it back together in the consolations to secure 3rd place.  

Sam Jones (140) was Dale's sole finalist. Despite losing by fall in the finals, Jones defeated some tough guys.  After winning his first two matches by fall, he defeated Raikes of Christiansburg, 9-3, in the quarters and then defeated Micklus of Centerville, 4-1 in the semis.  

Philip White (145) and John Dommert (160) finished 3rd.  Both White and Dommert lost to the eventual champions in their respective weight classes.  Dommert also took back bragging rights over district rival, Clint Allala of Hopewell, winning 2-0.  Allala defeated Dommert the week before by scored of 4-1.  They will most likely meet again in the semis at the Central District Tournament held in two weeks at Hopewell.

Cody Griffin (112) and Luke Slate (215) finished 5th.  Griffin had a great tournament with one of his best matches taking Christiansburg's Meredith into a 0-0 tie going into the 3rd period.  Griffin ended up losing by fall, however, the loss only built more confidence headed into the consolations.  Slate had a tough semis with some controversial calls that could have easily sent him into the finals over Murphy of Riverbend.

James White (119) and Patrick O'Brien (189) finished 6th.  White lost in the semis to Robertson of Christiansburg before battling back for 6th.  O'Brien lost in the semis to Phillips of Blacksburg.  At the end of the 2nd period, O'Brien suffered a head injury that eventually led him to forfeiting his consolation matches.  He finished the match, but did not want to take any chances in risking further injury with districts right around the corner.

Mike Carranza (130) battled to an 8th place finish.  In a gutsy performance, Carranza lost by decision to Wiley of Glenvar, who is ranked 5th in the state by score of 6-3.  

TEAM SCORES

1. Christiansburg (Ch) 318, 2. Blacksburg (Bl) 168, 3. Thomas Dale (TD) 146.5, 4. Laney (La) 131, 5. Caravel Academy (CA) 128.5; 6. Alleghany (Al) 121, 7. Centreville (Ce) 117.5, 8. Abingdon (Ab) 102.5, 9. Forsyth County Day (FC) 102, 10. Glenvar (Gl) 100, 11. Riverbend (Ri) 99, 12. William Fleming (WF) 83, 13. Massaponax (Ma) 79.5, 14. Richlands (Ri) 70, 15. Mercersburg Academy (MA) 67, 16. Hopewell (Ho) 64, 17. Randolph Henry (RH) 63.5, 18. Louisa (Lo) 61, 19. Floyd County (Fl) 54, 20. Tazewell (Ta) 43, 21. Atlee (At) 39, 22. Robert E. Lee Staunton (REL) 38, 23. Carroll County (CC) 38, 24. Bassett (Ba) 35, 25. Fluvanna County (Flu) 32, 26. Virginia (Vi) 28, 27. E.C. Glass (ECG) 24, 28. Camden Military Academy (Cam) 23, 29. Woodside (Wo) 21.5, 30. John Battle (JB) 12, 31. Virginia Episcopal (VE) 6.

CHAMPIONSHIP

103 -- Carter (Ch) md. Davis (CA), 12-1; 112 -- Martin (La) d. Meredith (Ch), 4-2; 119 -- Robertson (Ch) d. Greenhalgh (Ma), 6-3; 125 -- Buckworth (CA) md. Allison (Ta), 14-4; 130 -- Schafer (Ch) d. Wagner (La), 6-4; 135 -- Skubon (MA) md. Wagner (La), 14-1; 140 -- Mowles (Gl) p. Jones (TD), 1:24;145 -- Hickman (La) d. Rich (Ch), 8-4; 152 -- Rakes (Ch) p. Petersen (Bl), 3:35; 160 -- Woody (Ch) p. DelGrosso (Wo), 1:23;171 -- Carter (Ch) md. Cox (Ab), 15-6; 189 -- Ranauto (CA) d. Phillips (Bl), 11-4; 215 -- Boyd (RH) p. Murphy (Ri), 1:46; 275 -- Miller (Ba) d. McCraw (CC), 3-2.

CONSOLATION (3RD AND 4TH)

103 -- Kennedy (Bl) d. Boomer (La.), 6-3; 112 -- Nunez (Al) d. Long (WF), 6-5; 119 -- Jones (Bl) md. Edwards (Al), 8-0; 125 -- Marsh (Ri) tf. Kennedy (Bl), 15-0; 130 -- Wilson (Ab) d. Murray (Al), 6-2; 135 -- Simmons (Ri) p. Myers (Bl), 2:40; 140 -- Santiso (Ma) d. Redd (WF), 10-4; 145 -- White (TD) d. Weaver (Al), 6-5; 152 -- Dikeman (Ce) p. Nickels (Ab), 4:27; 160 -- Dommert (TD) d. McNutt (Lo), 6-0; 171 -- Miller (Ce) p. Axelsson (CA), 2:58;189 -- Cheney (Ch) d. Martin (Ca), 3-2; 215 -- Weber (Ch) d. Barbour (Bl), 3-1; 275 -- Dillon (Ch) md. Penn (Fl), 11-2.

CONSOLATION (5th and 6th)

103 -- Smith (Al) p. Fox (Ri), 2:05; 112 -- Griffin (TD) d. Doyle (FC), 8-2; 119 -- Etcho (Ri) d. White (TD), 6-3; 125 -- Funder (FC) d. MacCormac (ECG), 5-0; 130 -- Wiley (Gl) md. Beckner (Fl), 12-4; 135 -- Wagner (La) d. Hooker (Gl), 3-2; 140 -- Micklus (Ce) p. Hodges (Ri), 3:51; 145 -- Barrick (MA) forfeit Lander (Fl); 152 -- Migkins (WF) d. Hokie (La), 14-8; 160 -- Allala (Ho) forfeit Wannenburg (FC); 171 -- Seymour (FC) d. O'Day (At), 6-4; 189 --  Mitchell (Ab) by injury default over O'Brien (TD); 215 -- Slate (TD) md. Cothren (Al), 12-2; 275 -- Elkins (Lo) d. Smith (Ri), 3-1.

SEMIFINALS

103 -- Devin Carter (Ch) tf. Cody Smith (Al), 17-1; Brandon Davis (CA) d. Boomer Boys (La), 3-2; 112 -- Jeff Meredith (Ch) d. Sharraye Long (WF), 4-1; Jake Martin (La) md. Alberto Nunez (Al), 13-1; 119 -- Greenhalgh (Ma) p. William Jones (Bl), 0:31; Andrew Robertson (Ch) p. James White (TD), 3:11; 125 -- Matt Buckworth (CA) d. Zach Marsh (Ri), 6-5; Luke Allison (Ta) d. Christian Funder (FC), 7-6; 130 -- J.C. Wagner (La) md. Tyler Beckner (Fl), 9-1; Bobby Schafer (Ch) d. Aaron Wilson (Ab), 3-1; 135 -- Johnny Watson (FC) d. Zach Myers (Bl), 8-2; Garrick Skubon (MA) md. Adam Wagner (La), 14-1; 140 -- Jeremy Mowles (Gl) tf. Ethan Hodges (Ri), 15-0; Sam Jones (TD) d. David Micklus (Ce), 4-1; 145 -- Frank Hickman (La) md. Philip White (TD), 23-14; Rich Eva (Ch) md. Cody Barrick (MA), 10-1; 152 -- Sam Rakes (Ch) p. Chad Migkins (WF), 3:03; James Petersen (Bl) d. Dillion Hoke (La), 6-1; 160 -- Brian DelGrosso (Wo) d. Robbie Wannenburg (FC), 8-2; Derek Woody (Ch) d. John Dommert (TD), 4-1; 171 -- Braden Carter (Ch) md. Logan O'Day (At), 14-5; Hunter Cox (Ab) md. Brett Miller (Ce), 10-2; 189 -- Vinnie Ranauto (CA) p. David Cheney (Ch), 1:01; Joey Phillips (Bl) md. Patrick O'Brien (TD), 13-5; 215 -- Chris Boyd (RH) d. Jon Weber (Ch), 6-2; David Murphy (Ri) d. Luke Slate (TD), 4-3; 275 -- Andrew Miller (Ba) p. Josh Penn (Fl), 1:06; Drew McCraw (CC) d. Trey Dillon (Ch), 2-1.

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