Apollo had four first-place finishers and is sending nine wrestlers to the state tournament after a successful final day at the Region 2 Tournament at Taylor County. Daviess County and Trinity each had four wrestlers advance, and Owensboro had three.
Of the 20 total local wrestlers who made the cut, five will only serve as alternates after fifth-place finishes. Apollo and Daviess County also each had one wrestler finish sixth, and Trinity had two.
The top four finishers in each weight class receive automatic bids to the 2019 State Wrestling Championships on Feb. 15-16 at Alltech Arena inside the Kentucky Horse Park.
First-place finishers for Apollo included Joseph Morgan, Preston Mattingly, Jake Insko and Jack Fuller. Samuel Ramirez and Cameron Baker took second, Travis Roby third and Cade Crume fourth in their respective divisions for the Eagles. Cameron Baker is an alternate at fifth, and Cameron Devine just missed the cut with a sixth-place finish.
Trinity’s Blaise Morris, Caleb Mills and Briar Roberts all finished third. Matthew Mills took fifth, while Trey Williams and Deven Wathen were both sixth.
Daviess County had a trio of fourth-place finishers in Landen Boone, Conner Tolson and Say Moe. Joseph Geralds got fifth, and Skyler Walker took sixth.
Jordan Neal got the only automatic bid with a fourth-place finish for Owensboro, though Andres Quintana and Kadyn Davidson both earned alternate spots with fifth place.
As a team, Apollo finished third with 209.0 points. Despite having two less wrestlers than each of the top two teams, the Eagles were only slightly edged by LaRue County (215.0) and Meade County (211.5).
Trinity — competing with only seven wrestlers — finished eighth, Daviess County took ninth, and Owensboro was 11th.
TOP 6 INDIVIDUALS PER CLASS
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1st – David Griffith of Meade County
2nd – Maximus Beltran of Central Hardin
3rd – Gabe Fortier of LaRue County
4th – Leland Reeves of Taylor County
5th – Amari Hardin of John Hardin
6th – Cameron Devine of Apollo
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1st – Joseph Morgan of Apollo
2nd – Mason Polston of Central Hardin
3rd – Corey Westover of LaRue County
4th – Braedon Herron of North Hardin
5th – Charlie Tucker of John Hardin
6th – Mason Stull of Meade County
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1st – Preston Mattingly of Apollo
2nd – Devon Herron of North Hardin
3rd – Brad Miller of Taylor County
4th – Levi Stull of Meade County
5th – Andres Quintana of Owensboro
6th – JT King of Bardstown
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1st – Thomas Hoppes of LaRue County
2nd – Samuel Ramirez of Apollo
3rd – Troy Wooten of Fort Knox
4th – Hunter Butler of Meade County
5th – Ryan Portwood of North Hardin
6th – Trey Williams of Trinity (Whitesville)
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1st – Jabin Hite of LaRue County
2nd – Ricky Garcia of John Hardin
3rd – Peter Mark of Central Hardin
4th – Branden Williams of North Hardin
5th – David Gerkin of Apollo
6th – Joseph Evans of Fort Knox
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1st – Jake Insko of Apollo
2nd – Darian Camery of John Hardin
3rd – Austin Shaeffer of LaRue County
4th – Landen Boone of Daviess County
5th – Caileb Hills of Meade County
6th – Kaleb Roden of Thomas Nelson
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1st – Jackson Grimsley of Taylor County
2nd – Connor Geise of Meade County
3rd – Travis Roby of Apollo
4th – Jacobie Robertson of Nelson County
5th – Cody Burd of LaRue County
6th – Deven Wathen of Trinity (Whitesville)
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1st – Griffin Hall of Taylor County
2nd – Cameron Baker of Apollo
3rd – Edwin Chilton of Central Hardin
4th – Cole Wilson of Meade County
5th – Matthew Mills of Trinity (Whitesville)
6th – Jybari Springs of John Hardin
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1st – Thomas Boone of LaRue County
2nd – Myles Nelson of North Hardin
3rd – Blaise Morris of Trinity (Whitesville)
4th – Conner Tolson of Daviess County
5th – Kadyn Davidson of Owensboro
6th – Wes Oliver of Taylor County
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1st – Jack Fuller of Apollo
2nd – Elijah McCune of Meade County
3rd – Jack Lehman of Central Hardin
4th – Tarek King of North Hardin
5th – Joseph Geralds of Daviess County
6th – Rance Chapman of Thomas Nelson
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1st – Hunter Lattin of Meade County
2nd – Ben Lanham of Nelson County
3rd – Ethan Hennessey of Bardstown
4th – Matt Oliver of Taylor County
5th – Chance Schenck of Central Hardin
6th – Skyler Walker of Daviess County
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1st – Conner Lambert of LaRue County
2nd – Cameron Brown of John Hardin
3rd – Caleb Mills of Trinity (Whitesville)
4th – Jordan Neal of Owensboro
5th – Blake Smith of Central Hardin
6th – Dallas Downs of Bardstown
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1st – Bryan Pratt of Meade County
2nd – Sam Floyd of Bardstown
3rd – Kyler Lee of Central Hardin
4th – Cade Crume of Apollo
5th – Caleb Hillard of Thomas Nelson
6th – Queston Wheeler of LaRue County
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1st – Tucker Shelton of LaRue County
2nd – Tate Morris of Taylor County
3rd – Briar Roberts of Trinity (Whitesville)
4th – Say Moe of Daviess County
5th – Josh Smith of John Hardin
6th – Che Smith of Meade County
TEAM RESULTS
1 – LaRue County (215.0)
2 – Meade County (211.5)
3 – Apollo (209.0)
4 – Central Hardin (153.5)
5 – Taylor County, KY (133.0)
6 – North Hardin (115.5)
7 – John Hardin (109.5)
8 – Trinity (94.0)
9 – Daviess County (76.0)
10 – Bardstown (65.0)
11 – Owensboro (57.0)
12 – Nelson County (38.0)
13 – Fort Knox (33.0)
14 – Thomas Nelson (27.0)
