Wrestling: Pinson Valley wins Gardendale Invitational Tournament

Published 9:03 pm Monday, December 7, 2015

Pinson Valley came away with its first wrestling tournament win of the new season, as they bested 17 other teams to take the trophy at the 2015 Gardendale Invitational on Friday and Saturday.

The Indians finished 67 points ahead of runner-up Vestavia Hills. Homewood placed third. Among other local teams, Mortimer Jordan tied with Dora for fourth, Gardendale was sixth, Hayden seventh, Fultondale ninth and Corner placed 13th.

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Pinson had three weight-class winners: Tate Brannan at 152 pounds, Khymel Chaverst at 160 and Taylor Rhodes at heavyweight. The Blue Devils had two winners in Cason Jordan at 126 and Braxton Worthington at 138. The Rockets also had to gold medalists: Coleman Kim at 120 and Andrew Freeman at 220.

TEAM RESULTS

1. Pinson Valley 232 points, 2. Vestavia Hills 165, 3. Homewood 156, 4. (tie) Dora 149, 4. (tie) Mortimer Jordan 149, 6. Gardendale 144.5, 7. Hayden 143, 8. Oak Grove 108, 9. Fultondale 70.5, 10. McAdory 70, 11. Hoover 57, 12. Hueytown 53, 13. Corner 50, 14. Brookwood 34, 15. Oak Mountain 28, 16. Huffman 23, 17. Walker 15, 18. Center Point 14.5.

INDIVIDUAL WEIGHT CLASSES

106 lb. finals: Macon Edwards, Fultondale technical fall George Vazquez, Pinson Valley, 4:32/21-5. Consolation: Ivan Ellison (Hayden) pinned Ryan St. John (Hayden), 4:40.

113 finals: Zach Clayton (Dora) pinned Marshall Stone (Homewood), 4:16. Consolation: Landon Castleberry (Hayden) dec. Garrison Clements (Gardendale) 10-5.

120 finals: Coleman Kim (Gardendale) pinned Devyn Gunter (Mortimer Jordan), 3:09. Consolation: Alex Mason (Hoover) dec. Matthew Newman (Vestavia Hills) 12-6.

126 finals: Cason Jordan (Mortimer Jordan) dec. Josh Walker (Pinson Valley) 8-4. Consolation: Chase Melton (Fultondale) dec. Jacob Brady (Hoover) 10-9.

132 finals: Zeke Lee (Oak Grove) pinned Chase Phillips (Hayden), 5:13. Consolation: Cameron Hamby (Pinson Valley) dec. Landon Trammell (Hayden) 4-3.

138 finals: Braxton Worthington (Mortimer Jordan) dec. Tristan Blair (Dora) 6-3. Consolation: Bailey Roan (Homewood) pinned Eric Rogers (Pinson Valley), 2:29.

145 finals: Spencer Haddock (Vestavia Hills) pinned Bragan Swindle (Mortimer Jordan), 0:41. Consolation: Carial Tarter (Homewood) major dec. Javonic Turner (Homewood) 12-2.

152 finals: Tate Brannan (Pinson Valley) won by forfeit over Noah Howse (Hayden). Consolation: Andrew Hyche (Mortimer Jordan) dec. Devin Hackworth (McAdory High School) 3-0.

160 finals: Khymel Chaverst (Pinson Valley) pinned David Robertson (Vestavia Hills), 3:22. Consolation: Corey Johnson (Hueytown) pinned Ethan Smith (Gardendale), 1:38.

170 finals: Caleb Lauderdale (Dora) pinned Jacob Humphries (Oak Grove), 3:04. Consolation: Theo Hawthorne (Dora) dec. Zac Cole (Pinson Valley) 21-18.

182 finals: Carlos Daniel Figueroa-Ordono (Homewood) dec. Tyler Johnson (Pinson Valley) 5-1. Consolation: Rob Barrentine (Vestavia Hills) pinned Hunter Dill (Dora), 2:05.

195 finals: Carlos Miguel Figueroa (Homewood) pinned Carlos Jesus Figueroa (Homewood), 3:12. Consolation: Jujuan Butts (Huffman) pinned Chase Fields (Corner), 0:56.

220 finals: Andrew Freeman (Gardendale) pinned Connor West (Vestavia Hills), 0:52. Consolation: Jacob Holsomback (McAdory) pinned Wesley Butler (Homewood), 4:20.

Heavyweight finals: Taylor Rhodes (Pinson Valley) dec. Marquise Lavender (Hueytown) 8-6. Consolation: Zach Turner (Oak Grove) dec. Reed Murphy (Corner) 3-1.