Wrestling: State duals start Tuesday
Feb 3, 2014 at 12:01 AM Feb 3, 2014 at 5:15 PM
The Havelock Rams don�t have to go far to start the state dual team wrestling tournament.
The Rams (19-3) will host the first two rounds on Tuesday, beginning at 6 p.m.
They will grapple with Rocky Mount (30-6) in their first match. The winner will wrestle either Swansboro (26-5) or C.B. Aycock (6-2).
New Bern (9-9) travels to Fayetteville on Tuesday. The Bears first match is against Cary (15-1). If they are to advance, they would take on either host Jack Britt (27-0) or Hoke (18-17).
Pamlico hits the road to East Montgomery High School. There, the Hurricanes (14-3) will wrestler West Montgomery (16-14) in the first round. The victory would advance to take on either East Montgomery (22-9) or Rosewood (30-1).
Havelock was set to tangle with Swansboro last week for second place in the Coastal Conference but Winter Storm Leon forced a cancellation.
Swansboro drubbed C.B. Aycock twice. Havelock edged Rocky Mount, 39-37, Jan. 11.
Havelock�s Ryan Davis (145) is ranked first in the state with a 31-6 record. John Ellis (160) is sixth with a 38-7 record. Swansboro has five ranked wrestlers, according to retrorankings.com.
New Bern hasn�t wrestled Cary in a dual-team match this season, but loss 66-12 to Jack Britt at the Havelock Big Horn Duals.
The Bears� lone ranked wrestler is senior DeAndre Jones, who is first in the 195-pound weight class. He owns a 25-0 record. Josh Hawks (126) is 25-10 on the season.
Pamlico�s Marlon MacIntyre (126) and Connor Hough are both ranked fifth in the state.
Adam Thompson can be contacted at 252-635-5669 or at Adam.Thompson@newbernsj.com. Follow Adam on Twitter @Adam_matic.