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 2024-25 season.

Top Honors

▪ Boys Wrestler of Year: Preston White

, Chapin

▪ People’s Choice Wrestler of Year ( Fan Vote

): Kaleb McNeil

, Dutch Fork

▪ Girls Wrestler of Year: Tiyanna Mack

, Blythewood

▪ People’s Choice Wrestler of Year ( Fan Vote

): Sophia Voudouris

, River Bluff

All-Area Boys Wrestling Team

–First Team–

Brenden Brazier

, AC Flora: Brazier was Class 4A Upper State champion and runner-up in Class 4A 120-pound class.

Darin Brown

, Richland Northeast: Brown was Class 4A Upper State champion and fourth-place finisher in state tournament at 175 pounds.

Landon Byrd

, Pelion: Senior won the Class A/2A 113-pound championship after finishing runner-up in 106 pounds last year. Byrd also won the A/2A Upper State championship.

Bryant Cherry

, Airport: Class 4A Lower State champion and fourth-place finisher at 215 pounds. Cherry also was a North-South All-Star selection.

Dayton Daniel

, American Leadership: Third-place finisher in the Class A/2A 126-pound class at state tournament.

Cael Edwards

, River Bluff

: Runner-up finisher in Class 5A Upper State and state tournament at 175 pounds. Edwards also was selected for the North-South All-Star matches.

John Grove

, AC Flora: Junior finished runner-up at Class 4A 165-pound division in his first season with the Falcons . Grove was a three-time champion at Heathwood Hall. He won the 4A Upper State championship.

Mekhi Hampton

, Swansea: Hampton won 138-pound Class 3A Lower State championship and finished third at the state championship.

Logan Hinton

, Lugoff-Elgin: Hinton won the 190-pound Class 5A Lower State championship and finished third at the state championship.

Austin Huff

, Ben Lippen

: Senior won his third-straight SCISA state championships by defeating Cardinal Newman’s Jack Laird

in the 285-pound division. His two previous championships came at 215 pounds.

Kirby Johns

, Hammond: Johns won first SCISA state championship at 215 pounds after finishing second the two previous years.

Angesom Ladd

, Hammond: Ladd won second SCISA championship in three seasons after pinning Jase Reynolds

to win the 120-pound title.

Carter Lirgg

, Cardinal Newman

: Eighth-grader won first SCISA state championship in 106-pound class.

Devin Lirgg

, Gilbert: The senior won 4A Lower State championship and finished second in the 4A, 138-pound division Lirgg was a North-South All-Star selection.

Eli Lorang

, Cardinal Newman

: Eighth-grader captured first state championship after pinning Heathwood’s Talbert Miller

to win the 113-pound title.

Desmond Macklin

, Blythewood: Senior was 157-pound Class 5A Upper State runner-up and finished third at state championship.Macklin also was a North-South All-Star selection.

John Marcum

, Lexington: Senior was 165-pound Class 5A Upper State runner-up and was runner-up at state tournament.

Luke Martin

, Hammond: Martin won his fifth-straight SCISA championship, winning the title at 150 pounds. His other titles came at 138 (2), 113 and 106. The senior became SCISA’s all-time winningest wrestler earlier this year and he finished with 192 victories.

Kaleb McNeil

, Dutch Fork

: Senior won the Class 5A state championship at 175 pounds after finishing runner-up at 175 pounds last year. He also won the Upper State championship and was selected to North-South All-Star wrestling matches.

Lake Newman, Chapin: Newman finished third at 175 pounds at the Class 5A Lower State championship and at the state tournament.

Franco Pressley

, Dreher: Pressley was runner-up finisher at 113 pounds in the Class 4A Upper State championship and fourth-place finisher at the state championship.

Cobin Rabon

, Hammond: Sophomore won his fourth-straight SCISA championship, winning the 144-pound title.

Carson Sturgess

, Mid Carolina: Freshman was runner-up at the 113-pound Class A/2A Upper State championship and second-place finisher at the state championship.

Jack Turner

, Gilbert: Turner won the 113-pound Class 4A Lower State championship and was third at the state tournament.

Jason Wagner

, Cardinal Newman

: The junior won his 100th career match, finished second at SCISA 138 pounds after winning at 132 and 113 pounds previously.

Preston White

, Chapin: The junior went 46-0 and won his third-straight Class 5A championship, this one at 120 pounds when he defeated Myrtle Beach’s Gunner Musilunas, 16-1. White’s previous two championships were at 106 and 113 pounds. He also won the Lower State championship and is the No. 1 ranked wrestler by SCMat at 120 pounds.

Colin Williams

, Pelion: Williams was third-place finisher in the 165-pound division at Class A/2A Upper State championship and state tournament.

Ryker Woolstenhulme

, Mid Carolina: Woolstenhulme was second-place finisher at 144 pounds in the Class A/2A Upper State championship and state tournament.

–Second Team–

106: Matthew Boland

, Chapin; Mason Amaker

, White Knoll; Tyler McChesney

, Lugoff-Elgin; Dillan Boyer

, Blythewood; Bryson Hipps

, Dutch Fork

; Collin Comer

, Gilbert; Blake Hino

, American Leadership; Josiah Guerrero

, North Central; Dylan Plyler

, Heathwood Hall

113: Brandon Rogers

, Chapin; Titan Magee, Lugoff-Elgin; Rolland Boisvert

, Blythewood; Jay Tyler Dufries

, Airport; Francisco Mercarda, Richland Northeast; Jackson Jeffcoat

, Swansea

120: Quentin Benjamin

, Lugoff-Elgin; Patrick O’Donnell, Blythewood; Peter Vaporis

, River Bluff

; Dane Dillon

, White Knoll; Michel Rosales

, Swansea; Hayden Hutto

, American Leadership; Xavier Barbossa Gomez

, Fairfield Central

126: Josh Atkins

, Chapin; Will Edwards

, River Bluff

; Wesley Heimbach

, Lexington; Kintyrrion Byers, Camden; David Taylor

, Keenan; Austin Crocker

, Swansea; Jeremiah Alston

, Mid Carolina; Eric Martinez

, Fairfield Central

132: Adrian Galo

, White Knoll; Rylan Griggs

, Lugoff-Elgin; Noah Hays

, Gilbert; Ethan Adams

, AC Flora; Parker Tyner

, Dreher; Landon Cunningham

, Swansea; Shiloh Tindal

, Pelion; Cooper Smythe

, Cardinal Newman

138: Demirion Smith, Irmo; Edyan Figueroa, Blythewood; Wade Campbell

, Gray Collegiate; Randal Harper

, Dreher; Devonte Carter

, Airport; Isaiah Dover

, Pelion; Braydon Heflin

, Mid Carolina; Jason Wagner

, Cardinal Newman

144: Ben Bonnett

, Chapin; Breydon Jennings

, Lexington; Kendel Coker

, Lugoff-Elgin; Anthony Culick

, Gilbert; Preston Rozelle

, Camden; Sauyer Geddings, Brookland-Cayce; Daniel Aguilar

, Swansea; Terrell Wood

, Eau Claire

150: Joshua Kubinak

, Lexington; Elijah Johnson

, Blythewood; Gabe Rush

, Lugoff-Elgin; Hadi Jabali

, Dreher; Xavier Thompson

, Keenan; Chase Alley

, Swansea

157; Nathaniel Nabors

, Chapin; Riley Brown, River Bluff

; Mike Slocum

, Airport; Sawyer Wren

, AC Flora; Shane Wise

, Gilbert; Holden Hucks

, Dreher; James Smith

, Swansea; Hunter Rawl

, Pelion; Brandon Tellez-Lucas

, Mid Carolina; Ashton Brazell

, North Central; Grayson Hawn

, Heathwood Hall

165: Jacob Keisler

, Chapin; Eddie Jefferson

, Lugoff-Elgin; Gavin Boozer

, River Bluff

; Dominick Heath

, Lower Richland

; Timmy Lippett

, Dreher; Gabe Kirsch

, Swansea; Conrad Hampton

, Keenan; Joey Jamison

, Fairfield Central; Asher Wright

, American Leadership

175: Reco Rembert

, White Knoll; Jakaleb Robinson, Lugoff-Elgin; Da’vion Nathaniel, AC Flora; Patrick Larry

, Swansea; Corey Campbell

, Pelion; Tyrell Peters

, Fairfield Central; Drake Porter

, Ben Lippen

190: Carlson Kilcrease

, Lexington; Johnathon Brown

, Airport; Jake Stroud

, Gilbert; Jerel Wine

, Swansea; Richard Havens

, Pelion; Steven Gadsden

, Fairfield Central; Josh Wise

, Batesburg-Leesville; James Lay Hammond

215: Landon Lyons

, Lugoff-Elgin; Carl Palma

, Lexington; Zion Johnson

, Westwood; Ethan Gamble

, Irmo; Willie Smith

, Dreher; Inman Burkett

, Gilbert; Luis Vigueras

, Swansea; Joseph Taylor

, Keenan; Aaron Meyers

, Columbia; John Hannon

, Pelion

285: Javierre Dubois, AC Flora; Tj Blakeley

, Dreher; Kasiah Harkless-Adams

, Swansea; Nigel Williams

, Keenan; Mehki Jones

, Eau Claire; Tracy Borden-Bryant

, C.A. Johnson

All-Area Girls Wrestling Team

–First Team–

Grace Beeson

, Lexington: The freshman won a state championship in her first season. She pinned South Florence’s Arielle Daniels

at the 4:31 mark to win the 120-pound championship. Beeson also won the Upper State championship

Tiyanna Mack

, Blythewood: Senior won her third-straight championship with a pin of Waccamaw’s Lanna Coleman

at the 1:29 in the 130-pound class. She was named Most Outstanding Wrestler for the girls championship and is nationally ranked.

Sophia Voudouris

, River Bluff

: The sophomore won the 137-pound Upper State championship and finished second at state in the division.

Grace Jumper

, Chapin: Jumper was runner-up at 137 pounds in Lower State championship and fourth-place finisher at state tournament.

Amy Robinson

, River Bluff

: Robinson won the 145-pound Lower State championship and finished third at the state tournament.

Irie Edwards, White Knoll

: Edwards won the Lower State championship and was third in the state tournament at 170 pounds.

Shayanna Shell

, White Knoll: The senior finished runner-up in the 190-pound class at the Lower State championship and state tournament.

Aniya Ruiz

, Swansea: The sophomore pinned Greenwood’s Aislynn Castillo

at the 5:19 mark to win the 235-pound championship in her first season. Ruiz also won the Lower State championship in her division.

–Second Team–

102: Malyn Gentry

, River Bluff

; 112: Samaiya McAllister

, Ridge View

. 117: Chandler Branham

, White Knoll; 127: Hayden Moore

, Brookland-Cayce; 132: Gracie Beaulieu

, River Bluff

; 142: Skyler Simmons

, Airport; 147: Jazmine Williamson

, Ridge View

; Givyn Dyer, Airport; 157: Rory Travis

, Gilbert; Kyrra Shipman-Lutz

, River BluffL Audra Petroff, Blythewood; 192: Abby Ely

, Blythewood; Ivorie Dublin

, Spring Valley; 237: Naomi Priester

, White Knoll; Savannah Parrett

, River Bluff

; Kennedy Mitchell

, Blythewood

TMack.Champpic#1.jpgBlythewood’s Tiyanna Mack

won her third straight state wrestling championship and was named The State’s Girls Wrestler of the Year.