Six Lowcountry teams ranked in state wrestling poll

Six Lowcountry teams are in the latest SC Mat High School wrestling rankings released Tuesday.

In Class 4A, Beaufort is sixth and Hilton Head is seventh. Beaufort won the Beaufort County wrestling championships over the weekend.

In Class 3A, Battery Creek is No. 10 and May River moved up three spots to No. 17. In SCISA rankings, John Paul II is fifth and Thomas Heyward ninth.

In the individual rankings, Hilton Head’s Alex Braden is No. 1 in Class 4A 145 pounds, HH’s Billy Christie No. 1 at 170 pounds. In Class 3A, Battery Creek’s Ahman Smalls (195)and Khalil Chisolm (220) are No. 1.

John Paul II’s Nathan Riley is No. 1 at 120 pounds.

The South Carolina High School League wrestling playoffs begin Saturday. The SCISA dual championships are Saturday at Ben Lippen with the individual championships Feb. 10.

WRESTLING

SCMAT RANKINGS

CLASS 5A

1. Fort Dorchester; 2. Rock Hill; 3. Hillcrest; 4. River Bluff; 5. Ashley Ridge; 6. Mauldin; 7. Lexington; 8. Summerville; 9. Goose Creek; 10. Fort Mill; 11. Stratford; 12. Clover; 13. Northwestern; 14. Byrnes; 15. Dorman; 16. Boiling Springs; 17. Carolina Forest; 18. Easley; 19. White Knoll; 20. Greenwood

CLASS 4A

1. Eastside; 2. Belton-Honea Path; 3. Lugoff-Elgin; 4. Chapin; 5. Cane Bay; 6. Beaufort; 7. Hilton Head; 8. Airport; 9. South Pointe; 10. Westwood; 11. Union County; 12. North Myrtle Beach; 13. Hartsville; 14. York; 15. St. James; 16. Pickens; 17. Travelers Rest; 18. Greer; 19. Blue Ridge; 20. Myrtle Beach

CLASS 3A

1. West-Oak; 2. Indian Land; 3. Broome; 4. Chester; 5. Crescent; 6. Woodruff; 7. Powdersville; 8. Emerald; 9. Swansea; 10. Battery Creek; 11. Palmetto; 12. Hanahan; 13. Timberland; 14. Lake City; 15. Camden; 16. Gilbert; 17. May River; 18. Waccamaw; 19. Loris; 20. Aynor

CLASS A/2A

1. Bamberg-Ehrhardt; 2. North Charleston; 3. Marion; 4. Andrew Jackson; 5. Liberty; 6. Buford; 7. North Central; 8. Chesnee; 9. Abbeville; 10. Cheraw; 11. Ninety-Six; 12. Whale Branch; 13. Whitmire; 14. Landrum; 15. Military Magnet; 16. Academic Magnet; 17. Garrett; 18. St. John’s; 19. Chesterfield; 20. Burke

SCISA

1. Hammond; 2. Cardinal Newman; 3. Heathwood Hall; 4. Ben Lippen; 5. John Paul II; 6. Orangeburg Prep; 7. Augusta Christian; 8. Ridge Christian; 9. Thomas Heyward

This story was originally published January 30, 2018 at 9:37 AM with the headline "Six Lowcountry teams ranked in state wrestling poll."