Following the boys and girls individual wrestling regionals held Feb. 21-22 across the state, 51 wrestlers from the Hometown Life area, representing 17 high schools, advanced to the state finals
That group includes 16 regional champions, all aiming to claim state championships on March 6-7 at Ford Field in downtown Detroit.
Check out this past weekend’s top placers here:
Reminder: HTL covers teams in Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Canton, Commerce Twp., Farmington, Farmington Hills, Garden City, Livonia, Milford, Northville, Novi, Plymouth, Redford, South Lyon, Wayne, Walled Lake, Westland, White Lake and Wixom.
BOYS
Division 1
Brother Rice: Deacon MacNeill, 150, 1st; Emmanuel Shango, 175, 3rd; Richard Davis, 126, 4th.
Detroit Catholic Central: Gavin Boller, 106, 1st; Gabriel Ryzyi, 113, 1st; Brent Coack, 120, 4th; Ryan Totten, 126, 1st; Jamison Gregory, 126, 2nd; Wyatt Lees, 132, 1st; Meyer Murray, 132, 2nd; Mack Moscovic, 138, 2nd; Grayson Fuchs, 150, 1st; Alexander Buskirk, 157, 1st; Braxten Roche, 175, 1st; Caden Krueger, 190, 1st; Collin Payne, 215, 3rd.
Livonia Churchill: Carson Frank, 144, 4th.
Livonia Franklin: Ian Snyder, 165, 3rd; Brendan Bache, 175, 4th.
Livonia Stevenson: Kaidyn Gantz, 190, 2nd.
Northville: Jacob Feldman, 106, 3rd; Mason Aluia, 113, 3rd; Daniel Dunne, 138, 4th.
Novi: Anthony Madafferi, 165, 1st.
Plymouth: Chase McGhee, 150, 4th.
Salem: Gavin Holcombe, 138, 1st.
South Lyon East: Ethan Westerover, 157, 2nd.
Walled Lake Northern: Dillon Welling, 138, 2nd; James Moore, 190, 1st.
Wayne Memorial: Daniel Harris, 215, 4th.
Westland John Glenn: Landon O’Connors, 106, 1st; Kyrin Dawson, 120, 3rd; Trice Neilson, 126, 3rd; Khalil Linnear, 132, 4th; Logan O’Connors, 144, 1st; Maddox Mayer, 215, 2nd.
White Lake Lakeland: Caden Azzato, 132, 4th.
Division 2
Redford Union: Tatum Moore, 190, 3rd; Jalen Collins, 285, 3rd.
Division 3
Livonia Clarenceville: Logan Elliott, 165, 3rd; Deryk Klein, 175, 4th.
GIRLS
Birmingham Groves: Irulan Hrydziuszko, 115, 4th.
Bloomfield Hills: Kanata Richardson, 190, 1st.
Canton: Samaara Khan, 135, 2nd.
Livonia Stevenson: Jai Weaver, 190, 3rd; Kerrington Fields-McCurdy, 125, 4th.
Novi: Stella Straub, 120, 3rd.
Plymouth: Nanda Kibi, 145, 3rd.
South Lyon East: Ava Ciolac, 235, 3rd.
Westland John Glenn: Nakayla Dawson, 115, 1st; Blessing Bongbi, 155, 3rd.
Brandon Folsom covers high school sports in metro Detroit for Hometown Life. Follow him on his new X.com account at @folsomwrites.
This article originally appeared on Hometownlife.com: 51 wrestlers around Hometown Life are headed to the state finals!
Reporting by Brandon Folsom, Hometownlife.com / Hometownlife.com
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