From staff reports
Thirty-four wrestlers from Forsyth County qualified for the GHSA Traditional State Tournament this past Saturday, including a county-best 13 by North Forsyth out of the Class AAAAAA East State Sectional at Mill Creek.
The Raiders had no individual wrestlers claim a No. 1 seed, though four came close: Paul Watkins (113 pounds), Cole Tenety (120), Spencer Dooley and Connor Cross (182) each placed second in their respective weight classes.
Instead, Lambert had three wrestlers earn No. 1 seeds in Eric Diemert (113), Matthew Sheetz (132) and Eric Kohlins (182), while West Forsyth had two in Denver Stonecheck (138) and Hunter Jolly (285).
The Longhorns and South Forsyth each had seven wrestlers qualify in the top eight to advance to the state tournament, while West had four.
Forsyth Central qualified three out of the Class AAAAAA West State Sectional.
Here is a full list of wrestlers who qualified for the state tournament:
Forsyth Central (3)
Abraham Perez, 106, 4th
Hunter Kurowski, 126, 6th
Sebastian Legarra, 220, 6th
Lambert (7)
Payton Mitchell, 106, 3rd
Eric Diemert, 113, 1st*
Matthew Sheetz, 132, 1st*
Daniel Morin, 145, 5th
Kyle Hall, 152, 8th
Eric Kohlins, 182, 1st*
Ethan Young, 195, 8th
North (13)
Walid Abdullahi, 106, 5th
Paul Watkins, 113, 2nd
Cole Tenety, 120, 2nd
Spencer Dooley, 126, 2nd
Riley Wheeler, 132, 4th
Nathan Grimes, 138, 7th
Bradley Thomas, 145, 3rd
Connor Carroll, 152, 3rd
Andrew Leggett, 160, 5th
Brantley Little, 170, 5th
Connor Cross, 182, 2nd
Hunter Loyd, 195, 5th
Jackson Bardall, 285, 3rd
South (7)
Sam Ranta, 113, 4th
Jackson Baraff, 138, 5th
Brennan McCrum, 160, 3rd
Arvin Khedmati, 170, 8th
Logan Troye, 182, 7th
Ian Hunt, 195, 7th
Tyler Patrick, 220, 8th
West (4)
Denver Stonecheck, 138, 1st*
Kaleb Sherman, 160, 7th
Bradley Clayton, 220, 6th
Hunter Jolly, 285, 1st*
* -- top seed