Smith's Made It To Final a Four

Rocky Mount sophomore Wilson Smith wrestling in the 126 pound bracket in the State championship  has won his first two matches the first by fall and his quater final match a 5-0 victory will now wrestle Saturday in the semi finals.

Rocky Mount sent four wrestlers to Greensboro and only one other wrestler is still alive but not in the championship bracket.  Alexander Henderson wrestling in the 160 pound division lost by fall in his opening match but won a 7-4 decision in the first round  in the consolation bracket.  Kenard Johnson 182 pounds lost by fall and 2-0 in overtime.  Sedrak Sheppard lost twice by fall.  Northern Nash heavy weight wrestler Jamie Williams wrestling at 285 pounds lost his opening match by fall and his final match lost a 2-1 decision.

Southern Nash sent two wrestlers to Greensboro and both won their opening matches.  Clinton Whitaker wrestling at 145 won a 16-9 decision and in this quarter final match lost an 11-6 decision.
The Firebirds 220 pound wrestler Ryan Ashley won his first match  by fall.  His second match in the quarterfinals was one of the last matches of Friday night as it didn't end until 10:55pm.  Ashley found himself down 4-0 with a minute to the end and was able to cut the final score to 5-3.

The match was as late as it was due to the fact the state championships had to wait until noon Friday because of the weather that we have had this week.  The Big East sent seven wrestlers to the state tournament and oddly enough none wrestled in the same weight bracket.

Wilson Smith is the only wrestler still alive to win his weight division 126 while Ashley, Whitaker and Henderson will be wrestling Saturday for top five spots in the state.  Team wise Rocky Mount has ten points while Southern Nash has six points after the first day of competition.