Seventeen Upper Cumberland Wrestlers Qualify For TSSAA State Championships

Seventeen wrestlers from Upper Cumberland high schools qualified for the 2022 TSSAA State Championships. The tournament gets underway on Thursday at the Williamson County Expo Center in Franklin, Tennessee. Five different schools will be sending wrestlers with Cookeville sending the most at six.

Here’s a look at who made it:

Girls 126 pounds

Alexis Page – Cumberland County, Fr. (4-6, placed 4th in Region 2)

Girls 138 pounds

Jaelyn Patton – Stone Memorial, Jr. (20-2, placed 1st in Region 2)

A-120 pounds

Ryan King – Stone Memorial, Sr. (36-4, placed 2nd in Sectional 2)

Ellis Haney – Upperman, Sr. (18-2, placed 2nd in Sectional 3)

A-132 pounds

Malachi Ray – Stone Memorial, Sr. (25-17, placed 4th in Sectional 2)

Ryan Leonard – Upperman, Sr. (13-11, placed 4th in Sectional 3)

A-145 pounds

Aubrey Thompson – Stone Memorial, Jr. (27-8, placed 4th in Sectional 2)

A-152 pounds

Elijah Cooke – Stone Memorial, Jr. (16-18, placed 4th in Sectional 2)

A-285 pounds

Jacob Nealen – Cumberland County, So. (14-5, placed 4th in Sectional 2)

AA-113 pounds

Trenton Houston – Cookeville, Jr. (21-0, placed 1st in Sectional 3)

AA-120 pounds

Charles Mcalpin – Cookeville, Jr. (21-6, placed 4th in Sectional 3)

AA-132 pounds

Joelle Reed – Cookeville, Sr. (22-4, placed 3rd in Sectional 3)

AA-138 pounds

Caleb Mackie – Warren County, Sr. (5-3, placed 4th in Sectional 2)

AA-152 pounds

James Strong – Cookeville, So. (21-3, placed 1st in Sectional 3)

AA-160 pounds

Zerek Keel – Warren County, Fr. (5-2, placed 3rd in Sectional 2)

AA-220 pounds

Clayton Barrett – Cookeville, Sr. (23-6, placed 3rd in Sectional 3)

AA-285 pounds

Samuel Harness – Cookeville, Sr. (25-0, placed 1st in Sectional 3)

Live results from the 2022 TSSAA State Wrestling Championships can be found here.