Photos by Alex Millender.
Trip Cole
Trip Cole defeated Thompson’s Drew Adams in an 8-1 decision to take home the Class 7A 175-pound state title at the state tournament on Feb. 14, at Von Braun Center in Huntsville.
The Hewitt-Trussville High School wrestling team posted a sixth-place finish in the Class 7A state wrestling tournament on Feb. 14 in Huntsville.
Oak Mountain won the 7A title with 206.5 points, followed by Thompson (173.5 points), Bob Jones (137), Vestavia Hills (133) and Huntsville (130) in the top five. Hewitt-Trussville was sixth with 116 points.
Among those competing for the Huskies:
- William Hodgin placed fifth in the 106-pound division.
- Gavin Bittle was second at 113 pounds.
- Karl Schutz won a match at 126 pounds.
- Rivers Harbison placed fifth at 132 pounds.
- Ian Hodgin finished third at 138 pounds.
- Asher Wiram won two matches at 144 pounds.
- Jaxon Jones won twice at 165 pounds.
- Trip Cole won the 175-pound division.
- Braxton Reaves finished fourth at 215 pounds.
Photos by Alex Millender.
Trip Cole defeated Thompson’s Drew Adams
Trip Cole defeated Thompson’s Drew Adams in an 8-1 decision to take home the Class 7A 175-pound state title at the state tournament on Feb. 14 at Von Braun Center in Huntsville.
Cole knocked off Dothan’s Malcolm White, Enterprise’s Lemuel Lynon and Drew Adams of Thompson to win his individual state title.
Bittle finished second, defeating Tuscaloosa County’s Greyson Todd, Baker’s Mason Irle and Grissom’s Jaxon Lambert before falling to Thompson’s Braylen Johnson in the final.
Ian Hodgin had a tough road to get to third, falling in his quarterfinal match before winning three times in the consolation bracket to reach the third-place match. In that match, he took down Collin Denny of Oak Mountain.
