2015 5A State Wresting Championships
2015 Virginia 5A State
Wrestling Championships
Robinson High School
Fairfax, VA
20 February 2015
FACTS AND STATS
Compiled by: Mike Johnson
Haymarket, VA
2015 5A State Wresting Championships
TEAM SCORES
SCHOOL (Region/Conference)
1. Matoaca (S-12)
2. Broad Run (N-14)
3. Hickory (S-10)
4. Great Bridge (S-10)
5. Mountain View (N-15)
6. Brooke Point (N15)
7. Gloucester (S-10)
8. Mills Godwin (S-11)
9. Briar Woods (N-14)
9. Kellam (S-9)
9. Freedom-Loudoun County (N-14)
12. Atlee (S-11)
13. Kempsville (S-9)
14. Massaponax (N-15)
14. Mount Vernon (N-13)
16. Salem-Virginia Beach (S-9)
17. Potomac (N-15)
17. Stone Bridge (N-14)
19. Potomac Falls (N-14)
19. Tuscarora (N-14)
21. Princess Anne (S-9)***
22. George Marshall (N-13)
23. Lee-Davis (S-11)
24. Edison (N-13)
25. Clover Hill (S-12)
26. North Stafford (N-15)
POINTS
78
67
52
51
43
36
32
30
29
29
29
26
23
19
19
18
16
16
15
15
14
12
11
9
8
6
(***Due to DQ at 285, Princess Anne penalized 3 team points,
and 16 placement withdrawn)
(34 of Virginia’s 52 5A schools were represented at the 2015 tournament.
Unfortunately, due to the tournament being run in one day, eight schools
did not have the opportunity to compete in wrestle-backs and thus scored
no points: Deep Run (S-11), Hermitage (S-11), Highland Springs (S-11),
JEB Stuart (N-13), Manchester (S-12), Orange County (N-16),
Patrick Henry-Ashland (N-16), and L.C. Bird (S-12) )
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PLACE TOTALS – By Region/Conference
1st 2nd 3rd 4th TOTAL
South Region
Conference 9
1 2* 3 2
8
Conference 10
4 3 0 2
9
Conference 11
2 0 1 3
6
Conference 12
3 0 1 1
5
South Total
10 6 5 8
28*
*Princess Anne 2nd place DQ’d with points and placement withdrawn
North Region
Conference 14
Conference 15
Conference 13
Conference 16
North Total
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
TOTAL
1
2
1
0
4
4
4
0
0
8
8
0
1
0
9
1
3
2
0
6
14
9
4
0
27
PLACE TOTALS - BY TEAM
SOUTH REGION
SCHOOL (Conference)
Matoaca (12)
Atlee (11)
Great Bridge (10)
Gloucester (10)
Hickory (10)
Kellam (9)
Kempsville (9)
Mills Godwin (11)
Princess Anne (9)
Clover Hill (12)
Lee-Davis (11)
Salem-VB (9)
TOTAL
1st
3
1
1
1
2
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
10
2nd
0
0
2
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
5
3rd
1
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
5
4th
0
2
0
2
0
1
0
1
1
1
0
0
8
TOTAL
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
1
1
28
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NORTH REGION
SCHOOL (Conference)
Broad Run (14)
Briar Woods (14)
Brooke Point (15)
Freedom-LC (14)
Mountain View (15)
Marshall (13)
Edison (13)
Massaponax (15)
Mount Vernon (13)
North Stafford (15)
Potomac (15)
Potomac Falls (14)
Stone Bridge (14)
Tuscarora (14)
TOTAL
REGION STATS
REGION
SOUTH*
NORTH
1st
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
2nd
2
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
8
3rd
1
3
0
3
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
9
4th
1
0
1
0
1
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
6
TOTAL
5
3
3
3
3
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
27
(Ranked by team points)
Team
Points
Wres.
Ent.
Matches
W
L
MD
TF
Pins
Win
Avg.
353
333
55* 109
56 112
56
53
53
59
9
7
0
0
12
8
.514
.473
*Adjustments made to South Region stats due to DQ of Princess Anne wrestler
STATS – By Region/Conference
(Ranked by team points)
South Region
Conference
Team
Points
Wres.
Ent.
Matches
W
L
MD
TF
Pins
Win %
Conference 10
Conference 12
Conference 11
135
86
67
65*
18
10
12
15
36
20
22
31
20
12
10
14
16
8
12
17
4
3
2
0
0
0
0
0
3
5
3
1
.556
.600
.455
.452
Conference 9*
*Adjustments made to Conference 9 stats due to DQ of Princess Anne wrestler
North Region
Conference
Team
Points
Wres.
Ent.
Matches
W
L
MD
TF
Pins
Win %
Conference 14
Conference 15
171
120
42
0
23
21
10
2
53
39
18
2
29
17
7
0
24
22
11
2
4
2
1
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
0
0
.547
.436
.389
.000
Conference 13
Conference 16
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TEAM STATISTICS
SCHOOL (Reg./Conf.)
Atlee (S-11)
Briar Woods (N-14)
Broad Run (N-14)
Brooke Point (N-15)
Clover Hill (S-12)
Deep Run (S-11)
Edison (N-13)
Freedom-LC (N-14)
Gloucester (S-10)
Great Bridge (S-10)
Hermitage (S-11)
Hickory (S-10)
Highland Springs (S-11)
JEB Stuart (N-13)
Kellam (S-9)
Kempsville (S-9)
L.C. Bird (S-12)
Lee-Davis (S-11)
Manchester (S-12)
Marshall (N-13)
Massaponax (N-15)
Matoaca (S-12)
Wres.
Ent.
Matches
W
L
MD
TF
Pins
2
3
7
7
1
1
4
5
4
7
1
7
1
1
6
3
1
3
1
3
2
7
4
2
7
3
1
1
2
3
2
4
2
3
6
9
17
13
3
1
6
11
10
13
1
13
1
1
12
7
1
5
1
7
4
15
8
4
13
5
1
1
4
5
6
6
4
7
4
6
10
5
1
0
2
6
5
7
0
8
0
0
4
4
0
2
0
2
3
11
4
3
6
1
0
0
2
2
3
3
2
3
2
3
7
8
2
1
4
5
5
6
1
5
1
1
8
3
1
3
1
5
1
4
4
1
7
4
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
4
2
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
1
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
4
3
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
Mills Godwin (S-11)
Mount Vernon (N-13)
Mountain View (N-15)
North Stafford (N-15)
Orange (N-16)
Patrick Henry-A (N-16)
Potomac (N-15)
Potomac Falls (N-14)
Princess Anne (S-9)*
Salem-VB (S-9)
Stone Bridge (N-14)
Tuscarora (N-14)
**Adjustments made to Princess Anne stats due to DQ
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TOP EIGHT PLACERS
WT.
PL NAME
CLASS SCHOOL
REGIONRECORDS
SEED
SEASON CAREER
106
1. Brandon Woody
2. Bryce Sweeney
3. Austin Cole
4. Carson Tinsley
So
So
So
So
Matoaca
Potomac
Kellam
Mills Godwin
S-1
N-1
S-2
S-3
37-6
113
1. Anthony Monahan
2. Timmy Brown
3. Robert Garnett
4. Joseph Knight
Sr
Sr
So
So
Gloucester
Broad Run
Edison
Brooke Point
S-1
N-1
N-2
N-3
29-0
55-3
127-48
120
1. Stryder Jackson
2. McKinnon Bowen
3. Ron Miller
4. Nick Taylor
Jr
Sr
Fr
So
Great Bridge
Stone Bridge
Briar Woods
Broad Run
S-1
N-1
N-2
N-3
41-8
87-20
40-15
67-19
126
1. Connor Wallace
2. Josue Beltran Jr.
3. Alex McCord
4. Thomas Haynie
Jr
Sr
Sr
Sr
Hickory
Mountain View
Tuscarora
Atlee
S-1
N-1
N-3
S-2
38-2
52-7
211-27
132
1. Anthony Amendolare
2. Jacob Curling
3. Micklos Zahora
4. Alex Klevenhagen
Jr
Jr
Sr
Sr
Hickory
Great Bridge
Briar Woods
Tuscarora
S-2
S-1
N-1
N-2
36-4
41-9
138
1. Bill Adusei-Poku
2. Kobe Laxa
3. Wes Reeves
4. Quest Weedon
Jr
Jr
Sr
Sr
Mount Vernon
Kempsville
Freedom-LC
Princess Anne
N-1
S-1
N-3
S-3
33-0
41-6
99-50
145
1. Trevor Watkins
2. Steven Midkiff
3. Nick Jabs
4. Hunter Owens
Sr
Sr
Sr
So
Mountain View
Hickory
Princess Anne
Gloucester
N-1
S-1
S-2
S-3
55-6
36-1
138-21
74-20
39-6
36-10
85-33
100-4
26-7
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152
1. Neal Richards
2. Riley Jackson
3. David Boyle
4. Justin Farris
Sr
Sr
Sr
Sr
Matoaca
Great Bridge
Lee-Davis
Mountain View
S-1
S-2
S-3
N-1
45-2
42-7
190-7
111-57
46-12
105-44
160
1. Michael Battista
2. Garrett Griffith
3. Yamique Webb
4. Rocca Munna
So
Sr
Sr
Jr
Broad Run
Potomac Falls
Matoaca
Marshall
N-2
N-1
S-2
N-4
56-5
88-25
170
1. Thomas Parsons
2. Shane Ice
3. Garrett Moody
4. Cory Jones
So
Sr
Jr
Jr
Massaponax
Brooke Point
Freedom-LC
Kellam
N-1
N-2
N-3
S-1
36-3
54-13
31-6
110-33
182
1. Tyrone Gayle
2. Brian Garlington
3. Brandon Steel
4. Miguel Serpas
Jr
Sr
Jr
Jr
Salem-VB
Brooke Point
Broad Run
North Stafford
S-3
N-3
N-1
N-4
39-6
80-12
195
1. Charles Belvin
2. Tazjion Ramnarine
3. Hunter Goulart
4. Cameron Walker
Sr
Jr
Jr
Fr
Atlee
Kellam
Kempsville
Gloucester
S-1
S-2
S-3
S-4
220
1. Justice Williams
2. Ewen Riordan
3. Bryan Capozzoli
4. John Charette
Sr
Sr
Sr
Jr
Mills Godwin
Broad Run
Briar Woods
Marshall
285
1. Anthony Helm
Jr
nd
2. No 2 place due to DQ
3. Enes Karaasian
Jr
4. Josh Ward
Sr
10-2
100-6
S-1
N-3
N-2
N-1
49-1
47-7
107-25
121-43
Matoaca
S-1
43-2
115-12
Freedom-LC
Clover Hill
N-1
S-3
32-1
85-12
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STAT NOTES

Motoaca claimed its second straight Team Championship. In a tight team race,
Matoaca clinched the title with all three of their finalists winning their
Championship match. Only 15 schools have been crowned AAA/5A/6A team
champion in the 67 years since wrestling began in Virginia (1949).

State Championships were won by 11 number-one seeds, with two won by
number-two seeds and one by a number-three seed. Two number-one seeds
squared off in six of the finals.

As usual, seniors dominated the 2015 5A State Championships, 26* placed in
the top four. Of the 29 underclassmen who placed (17 juniors, 10 sophomores
and 2 freshmen), 5 were State Champions and will try again next season.
(*One senior was DQ’s, stats adjusted)

There were four returning State Champions in the tournament, two of them
repeated: Neal Richards/145 and Anthony Helm/285 - both from Matoaca.

Odd stat: according to trackwrestling there were 31 pins in 6A in a combined
time of 113:28 (minutes/seconds), while in 5A there were 21 pins in 69:57.

Average season record of all 5A State Champs: 41-3.
THE CHAMPIONS
106 – Brandon Woody, Sophomore, Matoaca, is his school and Coach Michael
Moore’s 7th State Champion (9 Individual Championships). Coach Moore was an
NCAA Division 1 All-American at Lock Haven (1978/5th/142). Coach Moore’s first State
Champ was Petersburg’s Kevin Turner (1985/155), current Athletic Director at
Stonewall Jackson HS in Manassas. Brandon placed 4th in the Region and 5th at
States last year. He is a 2X Conference 12 Champion and is on the student honor roll.
Brandon’s older brother Bryson (138/junior) is also on the team.
113 – Anthony Monahan, Senior, Gloucester, claimed the 5th State Championship for
his school (5 Individual Championships). Gloucester’s last State Champion was
Greg Todd (2007/140).
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120 – Stryder Jackson, Junior, Great Bridge, became the 50th State Champion in the
storied history of the Great Bridge program (82 Individual Championships). Stryder is
Coach Matt Small’s 2nd State Champion at Great Bridge. Coach Small, a Great
Bridge (GB) alumnus, previously coached two State Champs at Grassfield HS (2009)
and eight at Cox HS (five in 2010, and three in 2011), for a total of 11 State Champions
with 12 Championships. Stryder’s Championship is the 6th for his family. Stryder and
his dad Jon are the first father/son combination to win State Championships for GB.
His father Jon won two titles for GB (1986 & 1987, both at 112). His uncle Jody
Jackson was a 3X State Champion for GB (1986/105, 1987/126, 1988/132). All of
those titles were under Coach Wayne Martin. Stryder will be back next year to try for
another Jackson family title. A whole page could be written about the GB champion
families. The runner-up at 132 Jacob Curling’s dad Billy was also a State Champ for
GB (1987/138). Stryder’s main hobby is the game of Cornhole, which he is very good
at. In the classroom, he maintains a 3.77 GPA. He has made no commitment yet for
college but has expressed interest in Virginia Tech.
126 – Connor Wallace, Junior, Hickory, became his school (opened in 1996) and
Coach Ben Summerlin’s first State Champion. Coach Summerlin has been at
Hickory for nine years, the last five as head coach. Connor placed 4th last year at 120
at States. This season Connor was 1st at the Ocean Lakes Invitational Tournament, 3rd
at the Colt Classic/Christians Brother Academy, 1st at the PenSouth Conference 10, and
1st at the South Region Tournament.
132 – Anthony (Tony) Amendolare, Junior, Hickory, is his school’s and Coach Ben
Summerlin’s second State Champion. Anthony placed 5th last year at 132 at States.
He placed 3rd at the Ocean Lakes Invitational, 4th at the Colt Classic/Christians Brothers
Academy, 1st at the PenSouth Conference 10, and 2nd at the South Region.
138 – Bill Adusei-Poku, Junior, Mount Vernon, claimed the 5th Individual State
Championship for his school and second for Coach Anthony McDuffie. Coach
McDuffie had a previous State Champ while coaching Woodbridge (Ivan Lagares,
2004/171). Bill was state runner-up last year in a last second OT loss to Matoaca’s
Kyle Gordon. He is a 3X District/Conference and Region Champion. Completing this
season as an undefeated State Champion, Bill was never taken down or scored against
except for escapes. In his first high school year he was the team MVP on the freshman
football team (on both offence and defense). Bill also participates in his church’s
activities. He will go for a third state title next year at the 6A level as Mount Vernon
moves up in class.
145 – Trevor Watkins, Senior, Mountain View, Trevor is his school and Coach
Franklin DeBerry’s third State Champion. Coach DeBerry coached another State
Champion at North Stafford (Justin Tribble 2011/215, currently wrestling at Division II
Limestone College). Trevor placed 3rd at 138 last year, and placed 4th at the 2015
Escape the Rock, a tough tournament in Pennsylvania. He has a lofty 4.4 GPA in the
IB Program at Mountain View. Trevor is undecided on a college but several have
expressed much interest.
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152 – Neal Richards, Senior, Matoaca, won the 10th Individual State Championship for
his school and long-time Coach Michael Moore. Neal finished his outstanding high
school wrestling career by joining a very elite club by becoming only the 11th Four-time
Virginia AAA/6A/5A State Champion (since wrestling began in Virginia in 1949), and
only the second Central Region wrestler to join that group, after Cody Allala of
Hopewell. He is Matoaca’s first 4X State, 4X District/Conference and 4X Regional
Champion. He placed twice at the prestigious Beast of the East (8th/2013, 4th/2014).
He will contend in April to become Matoaca’s second 4X NHSCA National Champion,
following Blake Roulo, a Matoaca 2011 graduate who is currently wrestling at George
Mason. Neal is ranked 10th in the country in the most recent INTERMAT rankings. He
is an honor roll student, and an active member of the school band. Neal is undecided
on a college, but hopes to study Civil Engineering and wrestle in college.
160 – Michael Battista, Sophomore, Broad Run, became his school’s 2nd AAA/5A State
Champion and Coach James Totaro’s first State Champion. Broad Run’s only
previous AAA Class State Champion was Brandon Calderwood (1999/125). Coach
Totaro has been the Broad Run head coach for five years. Broad Run moved to AAA
Class in the late 1990’s and back to AA Class and has had 4 State Champions in AA
Class. Michael played freshman football but has been devoted to wrestling since then.
He loves to lift weights and trains all year.
170 – Thomas Parsons, Sophomore, Massaponax, became his school’s 2nd State
Champion. Their first Champion was Josh Wine (2007/285). Thomas is Coach
Douglas Milburn’s first State Champion. Coach Milburn, in his 4th year of coaching at
Massaponax, is a transplant from Connecticut, where he was a 3X State Champion in
his high school days. In this season’s Conference 15 tournament Thomas injury
defaulted before the final, came back a week later to win the 5A North Championship,
and this week topped off his season with the State Title. He placed 7th at the 2014 5A
States. He also was a semi-finalist and finished 5th at the MAWA Eastern Nationals in
2014. He was a varsity member of the school football team as a freshman in the 20132014 season. Thomas is also a member of the Theatre and Forensics team at
Massaponax and is a 2014-2015 5A North Region Champion of Theatre. Looking to
college in two years, he plans to major in Theatre Arts at a major University and wants
to become a high school Theatre teacher and wrestling coach.
182 – Tyrone Gayle, Junior, Salem-Virginia Beach, became his school’s 3rd State
Champion and Coach Robert Toran’s first Champion at the school. He also coached
Norview’s last State Champion (Adrin Taylor, 2010/160). Salem’s two previous State
Championships were won in the same year: Chip Reyes/1994/103 and Jun
Blancaflor/1994/112. Tyrone was Conference 9 Champion, and was 3rd at the 5A
South Region, in addition to being the only number-3 seed to win a 5A State
Championship. During this season he was the Champion at the Ram Cup, the
Churchland Invitational and the Manchester Invitational. After trying for a second title
next season, Tyrone plans to wrestle in college and pursue a major in Criminal Justice.
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195 – Charles Belvin, Senior, Atlee, won the 3rd State Championship in school history
(3 Championships), and Coach Eric Monger’s first at Atlee. The school’s last State
Champion was Donnie Ooton (2001/125).
220 – Justice Williams, Senior, Mills Godwin, became his school and Coach Chris
Harris’s first State Champion. He is a past Virginia Freestyle State Champ. He was
one win away from placing top 8 at Fargo in both Freestyle and Greco two years ago.
His freshman season was cut short with a torn meniscus. Chris is a 2X Conference 11
Champion, 1X Region Champ and was 5th at States last year. In the fall, Justice is
looking to either play football at Virginia State or wrestle and play football at NCAA
Division III Ferrum College for Coach Nate Yetzer.
285 – Anthony Helm, Junior, Matoaca, won his school and Coach Michael Moore’s
11th Individual State Championship. Anthony repeated his 5A State Championship of
last year. He is a 3X District, Conference and Region Champion, and was State runnerup as a freshman. Anthony is already being scouted by many D1 schools for football.
At 6’2” and 300 pounds (during football season), he is a force on the defensive line. He
hopes to major in engineering in college, but is saving a choice of school until his senior
year.
NEXT SEASON
Returners next season by region: the South Region returns 15 placers next year, while
the North Region returns 14. The following schools have two or more placers returning
(with returning points from this tournament):
3 each – Broad Run (38), and Kellam (29)
2 each – Freedom-LC (23), Great Bridge (38), Gloucester (12), Hickory (38),
Kempsville (23), Marshall (12), and Matoaca (43)
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