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February 3, 2012

G-Men claim Mountain Empire District title

Staff reports Bluefield Daily Telegraph

BLUEFIELD, Va. — The Graham G-Men kept their momentum going on Thursday.

Seven G-Men won championships as Graham claimed the overall Mountain Empire District Championship at Graham High School.

The G-Men had a team score of 197 points which edged second place Galax (165) by 22 points. Grayson County (100) finish third and Fort Chiswell (28) was fourth.

“It was a great team effort,” Graham wrestling coach Tim Woodward said. “The wrestling was very intense. It basically came down to the 170-pound and heavyweight matches for us to hold off Galax.

“We had seven champions and they had six. All the matches were important, but we had to win those two matches to out point Galax.”

Dustin Hagerman (106-pound class), Heath Browning (113), Shane Hudson (120), Larry Hagerman (138), Hunter Cook (145), Kevin Hale (170) and Everett Vest (285) each won their respective divisions.

Austin Miller (126), Dakota Bryd (152), Dylan Cook (160), Nick Farley (182) and Robert Compton (195) all placed second for Graham. T.J. Evans finished third in the 220-pound class.

Galax had six individual winners. Jose Rojas won the 126-pound class and was joined by Tyler Matthews (132), Darin Sizemore (160), Frankie Shalabi (182), Ben Sanchez (195) and Chaz Sizemore (220).

Grayson County had one individual champion in Clay Anders who captured the 152-pound class.

The G-Men head to the Region C tournament on Feb. 10-11 at Galax.

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