A look at The State’s all-area boys and girls wrestling teams and wrestlers of the year from Midlands-area high schools for the 2023-24 season. State champions in bold

Top Honors

Boys Wrestler of Year: Preston White, Chapin

Girls Wrestler of Year: Tiyanna Mack, Blythewood

People’s Choice Wrestler of Year (Fan Vote): Breydon Jennings, Lexington

All-Area Boys Wrestling Team

106: Landon Byrd, Pelion; Dane Dillon, White Knoll; Walker Grove Heathwood Hall; Josiah Guerrero, North Central; Titan Magee, Lugoff-Elgin; franco Pressley, Dreher; Jace Randolph. Chapin; Peter Vaporis, River Bluff

113: Evan Arthur, Dreher; Ethan Adams, AC Flora; Xavier Barbosa-Gomez, Fairfield Central; Quentin Benjamin, Lugoff-Elgin; Aiden Canaday, Cardinal Newman; Adrian Galo, White Knoll; Benson Goeden, Brookland-Cayce; Luis Noyola, North Central; Preston White, Chapin

120: Brenden Brazier, AC Flora; Reese Carson, Ben Lippen; D’Quan Mitchell, Keenan; Patrick O’Donnell, Blythewood; Grant Sexton, Camden; Aiden Steele Chapin

126: Josh Atkins Chapin; Hunter Baxley, Lugoff-Elgin; Devin Lirgg, Gilbert

132: Kolin Kunkle, Dutch Fork; Zackary Porterfield, Westwood; Hayden Schroeder, Gilbert; Mekhi Hampton. Swansea; Jordan-Michael Davis, Dreher; Jason Wagner, Cardinal Newman

138: Ryan Biggerstaff, AC Flora; Robert Brown, River Bluff; Luke Martin, Hammond; Ryker Woolstenhulme, Mid-Carolina

144: Francis Aiken. Ridge View; Chase Alley, Swansea; Jonathan Brentlinger, Gilbert; Cael Edwards, River Bluff; Wilson Immesberger, Dutch Fork; Breydon Jennings, Lexington;Cobin Rabon, Hammond; Jaquwan Tillman, North Central

150: Logan Crandall, Airport; Elijah Johnson, Blythewood; William Lide, Lexington; Timyran Lippett, Dreher; Mason Privette, North Central; Gabe Rush, Lugoff-Elgin; Troy Seal, Cardinal Newman; Shane Wise, Gilbert; Dalton Woolstenhulme. Mid-Carolina

157: John Grove, Heathwood Hall; Edward Jefferson, Lugoff-Elgin; Desmond Macklin, Blythewood; Kaleb McNeil, Dutch Fork; Trey Neil, Airport; Lake Newman, Chapin; Dylan Privette, North Central; Colin Williams, Pelion

165: Darin Brown, Richland Northeast; Harrison Jones, Chapin; Connor Mathews, Brookland-Cayce; Hudson Pye, River Bluff; Logan Taylor, White Knoll;

175: Tyrell Bowens, Dreher; Zion Clarke, Columbia; Logan Hinton, Lugoff-Elgin; Edward Pitts, River Bluff; Carlos Ponce, White Knoll; Ethan Templin, Mid-Carolina

190: Joe Araiza-Neil, North Central; Steven Gadsden, Fairfield Central; Coleman Gross, Lugoff-Elgin; Toler Hornick Chapin; Reese Lawrence, River Bluff; Reco Rembert, White Knoll; Braxton Rodgers, Cardinal Newman; Willie Smith, Dreher; Colton Travis, Gilbert

215: Kelvin Blackwell, Gilbert; Bryant Cherry, Airport; Benjamin Del Piore, Chapin; Ethan Gamble, Irmo; Austin Huff, Ben Lippen; Zion Johnson, Westwood; Joshua Neblo, River Bluff

285: Ben Baldwin, Mid-Carolina; Tyler Clark, Columbia; Xavian Davenport, Gilbert; Kellen George, Ben Lippen; Rylan Madison, Blythewood; Mekhi Whaley, North Central; Nigel Williams, Keenan

All-Area Girls Wrestling Team

125: Keaundrea Bateman, Blythewood

130: Tiyanna Mack, Blythewood; Paige Edwards, Camden

145: Rory Travis, Gilbert; Givyn Dyer, Airport

170: Ivorie Dublin, Spring Valley; Abby Ely, Blythewood

235: Alyssa Ceacal, Airport

Lou Bezjak: (803) 771-8419, @LouatTheState

Caption:

Contributed Photo

Chapin’s Preston White won his second straight state championship this year and was named The State’s Boys Wrestler of the Year.

Contributed Photo

Lexington’s Breydon Jennings won the fan vote for The State’s Wrestler of the Year.

Blythewood Wrestling Photo

Blythewood’s Tiyanna Mack won her second state individual wrestling championship on Feb. 24, 2024.