The NCHSAA high school wrestling regular season is under way as area boys\u2019 and girls’ grapplers are hitting the mats in hopes of having standout seasons.<\/p>\n
Can local wrestlers contend for regional championships or even state titles this season? Here is a look at area boys\u2019 and girls\u2019 grapplers who have the potential to make many podium appearances in the 2025-2026 season.\u00a0<\/p>\n
BOYS<\/p>\n
Raymi Robles, Croatan: The senior will wrestle at 113 again after he was 20-20 in the weight class and went 1-2 in the East Regionals.<\/p>\n
Davis Foxworth, Croatan: The senior will compete in 150 again after he ended 21-26 in the weight class and dropped both regional matches.<\/p>\n
Luke Padgett, Croatan: The junior will wrestle at 190 after he finished 39-11, placed third in the regionals and was 1-2 in the state tournament.<\/p>\n
Robert Holmes, Croatan: The junior will contend at 215 after he was 21-12 at 175, going 1-2 in the regionals.<\/p>\n
Porter Ingels, Croatan: The senior comes in at 285 after he was 33-14 at 215, going 4-2 in the regionals.<\/p>\n
Dominic Avvisata, Dixon: The senior will compete at 144 again after he was 24-15 in the weight class, including 2-2 in the regionals.<\/p>\n
Cooper Lanier, Dixon: The senior will grapple at 215 again after he was 17-14 in the weight class, dropping both his regional matches.<\/p>\n
Parker Woolley, Dixon: The senior will wrestle at 285, looking to carry his football success onto the mat and find regional and state tournament success. He was the Onslow County Cup runner-up last year.<\/p>\n
Elijah Bailey, Jacksonville: The senior will compete at 144 after he was 21-11 at 138, going 3-2 in the regionals.<\/p>\n
Jonathan Berry, Jacksonville: The junior will wrestle at 215 again after he went 32-20 in the weight class, dropping both regional matches. He was also second in the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n
Gavin Costillo, Jacksonville: The junior looks for dre mat success at 132 third after he placed third at 138 in the Onslow County Cup.<\/p>\n
Maxwell Davis, Jacksonville: The senior will go at 144 after he ended 53-6 at 132, winning the East Regional title and going 3-2 to place fourth in the state championships. He also won the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n
Tyler Gardner, Jacksonville: The sophomore will grapple at 113 after he ended 28-13 at 106, emerging as the regional runner-up before dropping two matches in the state tournament. He also won the Onslow Cup title.<\/p>\n
Jake Geist, Jacksonville: The freshman is expected to compete at 106.<\/p>\n
Blake Moses, Jacksonville: The senior will move up at 190 after he finished 35-13 at 165, winning the East Regional title before going 1-2 in the state championships.<\/p>\n
Garrett Moses, Jacksonville: The sophomore moves to 120 after he went 41-22 at 133, going 3-2 in the regionals and being second in the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n
Brock Smith, Jacksonville: The senior jumps to 165 after he was 43-18 at 150, placing fourth in the regionals, going 1-2 in the state tournament and placing second in the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n
Marcus Cherry, Northside: The senior will wrestle at 175 and 190 after he was 38-18 at 190, going 2-2 in the regionals.<\/p>\n
Camden Herron, Northside: The junior remains at 150 after ended 46-14, placed second in the regionals, went 1-2 in the state tournament and won the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n
Anoop Monroe, Northside: The junior stays at 165 after he ended 47-16, placed third in the regionals, was 1-2 in the state championships and won the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n
Jovanni Lamparelli, Richlands: The sophomore will compete at 120 after he ended 26-15 at 113, going 2-2 in the regionals.<\/p>\n
Mason St. Denis, Richlands: The senior will wrestle at 132 after he competed at 126 last year.<\/p>\n
Joel Waddell, Richlands: The sophomore will compete at 138.<\/p>\n
Aaron Goodman, Swansboro: The junior will wrestle at 132 after he was 31-17 at 126, placing third in the Onslow County Cup and going 3-2 in the regionals.<\/p>\n
Alex Goodman, Swansboro: The junior will grapple at 138 after he went 27-21, including 1-2 at regionals, at 132.<\/p>\n
Justin Kowalcyzk, Swansboro: The junior will stay at 175 after he battled through injuries to go 14-10 , including 2-2 in regionals.<\/p>\n
Sheamus Mercer, Swansboro: The sophomore will grapple at 132 after he was 48-12 at 120, placing third in the regionals and going 1-2 in the state tournament.<\/p>\n
Darian Shelly, Swansboro: The junior will wrestle at 138 after he was 33-17 at 138, placing second in the Onslow County Cup and going 2-2 in the regionals.<\/p>\n
James Smith, Swansboro: The senior will grapple at 165 after he was 33-17 at 165, going 2-2 in the regionals.<\/p>\n
Levi Vetter, Swansboro: The senior was will wrestle at 120 after he was 36-12 at 106, going 2-2 in the regionals.<\/p>\n
Robert Alexander, White Oak: The senior is back at 138 after he ended 31-16, including 3-2 in the regionals.<\/p>\n
James Campos, White Oak: The senior moves up to 144 after he was 57-7 at 132, placing third in the state championships, third in the regionals and winning the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n
Jacob Campos, White Oak: The junior jumps to 165 after he was 41-14, 2-2 in the regionals, at 150.<\/p>\n
Justin Campos, White Oak: The sophomore inches up to 113 after he was 36-14 at 106, winning the East Regional title and going 1-2 in the state tournament.<\/p>\n
Colten Lewis, White Oak: The senior jumps to 132 after he was 45-13 at 126, going 1-2 in the regionals and placing second in the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n
Hayden Smith, White Oak: The sophomore moves to 150 after he ended 53-8, won the East Regional title, finished as the state runner-up at 144 and also won the Onslow Cup.\u00a0<\/p>\n
GIRLS<\/p>\n
Bella Johnson, Croatan: The sophomore will wrestle at 100 and 107 after she finished 32-7 at 100, placed second in the regional and went 2-2 in the state tournament.<\/p>\n
Kelli Faison, Croatan: The junior grapples at 138 after she went 15-15 at 165 last season.<\/p>\n
Alexis Tirado, Croatan: The sophomore competes at 145 again after she went 15-12, including 1-2 in the regionals.<\/p>\n
Casey Dixon: Croatan: The sophomore wrestles at 152 again after she ended 20-17, going 1-2 in the regionals.<\/p>\n
Macyn Whitley, Dixon: The senior competes at 132 after she went 25-11 at 126, including 3-2 in the regionals. She also won the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n
Taliana Barrera, Dixon: The junior again wrestles at 152 after she went 31-12, placing fourth in the regionals and dropping both matches in the state tournament. She also won the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n
Brielle Bowman, Dixon: The junior grapples at 185 again after she was 30-6, going 1-2 in the regionals.<\/p>\n
Charlotte Van Pelt, Jacksonville: The sophomore again battles at 100 after she went 36-7, going 2-2 in the regionals. She also won the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n
Peyton Smith, Jacksonville: The junior wrestles again at 107 after she was 32-14, including 2-2 in the regionals. She also won the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n
Aliava Brown, Richlands: The sophomore competes at 145 after she went 11-17 at 138.<\/p>\n
Emma Boychuck, Swansboro: The junior stays at 152 after she was 29-11, including 2-2 in the regionals. She was also second in the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n
Ryleigh Cline, Swansboro: The junior returns at 107 after she went 27-13, placing fourth in the regionals, going 2-3 in the state championships and ending second in the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n
Aydelynn Collins, Swansboro: The sophomore moved up to 138 after she was 29-15 at 132, going 2-2 in the regionals.<\/p>\n
Kelly McCarthy, Swansboro: The junior stays at 165 after she ended 29-12, won the Onslow County Cup and went 3-2 in the regionals.<\/p>\n
Mia Ramirez-Padilla, Swansboro: The freshman will compete at 114 after showing potential leading up to the season.<\/p>\n
Gabriella Reil, Swansboro: The junior continues at 235 after she went 28-10, going 3-2 in the regionals, and also placing second in the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n
Alaina Vee, Swansboro: The sophomore remains at 100 after she was 27-12, including 2-2 in the regionals, and ending second in the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n
Adrianna Miller, White Oak: The junior competes at 120 after she went 22-6 at 114 while at Southwest. She placed third in the regional, 2-2 in the state tournament and won the Onslow County Cup.<\/p>\n
Mia Lavigne, White Oak: The junior 138 was 35-17 at 132, placing fourth in the regionals and dropping both matches in the state championships.<\/p>\n
Zaniyah Shepard, White Oak: The senior stays at 145 after she was 18-21.<\/p>\n
Malea Vinson, White Oak: The senior competes at 235 again after she was 30-2 and won the Onslow Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The NCHSAA high school wrestling regular season is under way as area boys\u2019 and girls’ grapplers are hitting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":46281,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,110],"class_list":{"0":"post-46280","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-jacksonville","8":"tag-jacksonville","9":"tag-jacksonville-headlines","10":"tag-jacksonville-news","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46280\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46281"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}