• Five teams, 103 athletes take part in first-ever wrestling tournament at Foley High

FOLEY—The Foley Lions hosted the first Baldwin County Wrestling  Tournament on Jan. 15-16 and also claimed the Baldwin County Throw Down Tournament Championship with 257 points. Spanish Fort took the runner-up spot with 187. Baldwin County was third with 125 followed by Gulf Shores (125) and Daphne (3).

“This is the first of these events and I think it went well,” said Foley wrestling coach Thomas Walker. “A lot of excitement for the competitors and everyone involved. Of course, I’m just so happy for my kids that we did so well. They have worked really hard and saw it pay off today. Great group of young men and women.”

A total of 103 wrestlers from five teams competed in the tournament. The tournament location will rotate each year.

Here are the winners for each weight class: Foley Had 11 wrestlers in the finals: Seven champions, four second-place finishers and five third-place winners. Foley also won overall team points to claim the 2016 Tournament Championship Trophy.

Team Points: Foley—257, Spanish Fort—187, Baldwin County—175,                       Gulf Shores—125, Daphne—3

Tournament standings by weight class

106 lbs

1.     GS. David Callaghan

2.     SF.  Mitch Pote

3.     DH. Taylor Foster      

113 lbs

1.     BC. Kurt Bryant

2.     GS. Gage Hudson

3.     FO. Brandon Catlin      

120 lbs

1.     GS. Jace Odom

2.     FO.  Cody Dillion

3.     GS. Brasher

126 lbs

1.     SF. Justin Ingram

2.     FO. Don Forrester

3.     BC. Dennis Carlton

132 lbs

1.     FO. Sam Thompson

2.     BC. Donald Bryant

3.     SF. Nolan Powers

138 lbs

1.     BC. Malik McCants

2.     SF. Collin Lybrand

3.     FO. Justin Lott

145 lbs

1.     GS. Ethan Vann

2.     FO. Lino Izaguirre

3.     SF. Kendall Townly

152 lbs

1.     FO. Ronnie Morgan

2.     GS. Will West

3.     BC. Jonathan Buck

160 lbs

1.     FO. Trent Trotter

2.     SF. Tony Romandine

3.     FO. Payton Gray

170 lbs

1.     FO. Isa Montasseri

2.     SF. Jaret Peters

3.     BC. Jared Coffman

182 lbs

1.     FO. Camron Tooley

2.     GS. Josh Cooper

3.     SF. Darren Jonson

195 lbs

1.     SF Layne Lybrand

2.     FO. Adrian Lutz

3.     BC. Chris Casler

220 lbs

1.     FO. Zack Calhoun

2.     BC. Austin Kirby

3.     FO. Christopher Bodie

285 lbs

1.     FO. Justin Calhoun

2.     SF. Brandon Prince

3.     FO. Jack DeTombe