Canton- The East Burke wrestling team claimed two state qualifiers freshman Grayson Phillips (120, 4th) and junior Caleb Johnson-White (138, 3rd) Tuesday at the 2A regional tournament hosted by Pisgah High School.
With no consolation rounds in this season's tournament, Phillips and Johnson-White wrestled into the semifinals when both Cavalier grapplers were dropped into the third-place matches.
Phillips (9-5) started off with a 12-3 major decision over West Wilkes' Jett McNeil and followed with defeating the top-seeded 120 lb wrestler Zeke Grabowski of Owen by a 5-4 decision.
The semifinal match was a 10-2 major decision loss to eventual regional champion Josiah Honer of Hibriten followed by a pinfall loss to Fred T. Foard's Spencer Bechtol.
Johnson-White (14-1) earned a first-round bye then won by a 15-0 tech fall over Hibriten's Chase Trivette.
His semifinal match was a loss by decision to R-S Central's Zachariah Lewis but rebounded with a 9-2 win by decision over Lincolnton's Quinlan Harris to claim the third-place triumph.
Recent graduating senior Elijah Hess (220) opened with a pinfall victory over Lincolnton's Bernard Wingate but was eliminated by pinfall to Foard's Amorion McAfee finishing with a 9-4 mark.
The Cavaliers finished with 25.5 total points to finish in 12th place.
Foard won the team regional championship with 238 points followed by West Lincoln (130.5) and Pisgah (114).
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