Pioneer Wrestling

Your wrestling team wrapped up their season this past weekend at the TSSAA State Wrestling Championships. We qualified 8 out of 14 individuals for the state tournament. Qualifiers are as follows:

Hunter Meadows: Sophomore, 113 lbs
Deter Thompson: Sophomore, 120 lbs
Cameron Malone: Sophomore, 132 lbs
Ethan Greear: Junior, 150 lbs
Felix Duncan: Junior, 157 lbs
Anthony Accoglio: Junior, 175 lbs
Anthony Lastra: Senior, 215 lbs
Brayden Vance: Senior, 285 lbs

This ties the amount of qualifiers Crockett has ever brought to the state tournament. Furthermore, we had four (4) of these individuals bring home medals which is a new record for most hardware won at the state tournament for our boys.

Deter Thompson finished in 5th place at 120lbs (now a two-time state medalist), Felix Duncan finished in 6th place at 157lbs, Anthony Lastra brought home 4th place at 215lbs, and Brayden Vance finished his career in 2nd place at heavyweight. With his advancement to the championship bout, Brayden Vance became David Crockett's second state finalist in the last 32 years! Overall, the team finished in 11th place.

Be sure to congratulate these young men if you have them in class or see them in the hallways.

Pioneers placed four individuals in the finals, finishing 4th as a team at the Section 1-A Tournament with 8 STATE QUALIFIERS!

113- Hunter Meadows (4th)
120- Deter Thompson (4th)
132- Cameron Malone (2nd)
150- Ethan Greear (3rd)
157- Felix Duncan (2nd)
175- Anthony Accoglio (4th)
215- Anthony Lastra (2nd)
285- Brayden Vance (2nd)

These boys head to Nashville this weekend where they will compete for a state championship.

ANOTHER David Crockett wrestler joins the 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ win club‼️ Congratulations to Brayden Vance with an overall record of 101-42 with 80 of those wins coming by pin. He is sitting at a 39-6 Senior season record, with more matches to come this post-season.

Junior Year Record: 25-17
Sophomore Year Record: 10-9
Freshman Year Record: 27-10

The Boys team finishes 3rd overall at the Region 1-A tournament with 4 champs and 10 total Section qualifiers!

Hunter Meadows (113) - 2nd
Deter Thompson (120) - Champion
Nolan Rankin (126) - 4th
Cameron Malone (132) - 3rd
Ethan Greear (150) - 3rd
Felix Duncan (157) - Champion
Anthony Accoglio (175) - 3rd
Eli Silvers (190) - 4th
Anthony Lastra (215) - Champion
Brayden Vance (285) - Champion

These wrestlers will compete at the Section 1-A tournament next Saturday for their chance to punch their ticket to the State Tournament.

After a hard fought battle, coming down to the final match, our Pioneer men fall just short with a score of 31-43. Proud of the effort these kids have shown all year. We end the dual season tying the dual wins record at 25-3. Up next we have individual Region, Section, and State!

Huge congratulations to FELIX DUNCAN on becoming David Crockett’s newest member to the 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ win club‼️ Felix has an overall record of 101-26 with 82 of those wins coming by pin. He is sitting at a 32-3 season record in his Junior year of high school, with more matches to come this season.

Sophomore year record: 39-8
Freshman Year Record: 30-15

The all-time wins record for David Crockett Wrestling is 157 wins.

Our Pioneer men wrestled tough in the regional duals to advance to the sectional duals with an opportunity to become the first state dual qualifier for David Crockett High School. We will wrestle the winner of Region 2 in the Sectional duals on Friday Jan. 24th in Knoxville.

Tomorrow starts our postseason journey and we are set to host the Region I-AA Wrestling Dual Championships. Round one against Cocke County starts at 6pm at David Crockett High School. Let’s pack the gym‼️

Clean sweep for the Pioneers in Knoxville!

Round 1️⃣: Pioneers- 72 vs Bearden- 9
Round 2️⃣: Pioneers- 72 vs Heritage- 12
Round 3️⃣: Pioneers- 56 vs Anderson County- 23
Round 4️⃣: Pioneers- 78 vs Pigeon Forge- 6
Round 5️⃣: Pioneers- 66 vs Upperman- 18

This brings our men’s squad to 24-1 overall, only 2️⃣ dual wins away from the season win record! 👀 Be sure to pack the stands at David Crockett High School for the Region Dual Championships next Tuesday, Jan 21st. Wrestling starts at 6pm.

BIG night of wrestling last night. Our Pioneer men hosted Volunteer High and West Greene for their Senior Night. Senior men include (from left to right) Anthony Lastra- 215lbs, Brayden Vance- HWT, Jake Ferrell- 138lbs, Colton Ferrell- 165lbs, Mathew Ledford. Our ladies were at Knox Halls for the Halls Girls Invite. Ladies include (from left to right) Soniyah Taylor- 185lbs, Kylea Koester- 132lbs, Sara Delavega- 165lbs.

All results below ⬇️

BOYS SENIOR NIGHT:
Pioneer Boys vs West Greene: 84-0
Pioneer Boys vs Volunteer: 72-10

This brings the boys squad to 19-1 overall

GIRLS HALLS INVITE
132: Kylea Koester- 2nd Place
185: Soniyah Taylor- 4th Place

Up next ⏭️: Knox Halls Dual tournament, Jan 18th. Then, Region Duals at Crockett on Tuesday Jan 21st.

DISTRICT CHAMPS‼️ Pioneer men wrestled Tennessee High and Union tonight in Bristol. With these wins we move to 17-1 as a team and will host the Regional Team Duals. Come out and support next Tuesday, Jan 21st! Wrestling starts at 6pm.

Dual Results:
David Crockett- 43
Tennessee High- 34


David Crockett- 60
Union, VA- 22

Next up- SENIOR NIGHT, Friday Jan 17th. Senior night starts at 6:15pm with wrestling starting at 6:30pm

Last night your Pioneers went to Elizabethton for a tri-dual against Elizabethton and Providence academy.

Round 1: Win
David Crockett- 70
Providence Academy- 11

Round 2: Win
David Crockett- 47
Elizabethton- 32

This brings our squads overall record to 14-1. Next up, TN High on Thursday in Bristol!