By Joshua Huff, sports editor
BIRMINGHAM — The Clay-Chalkville wrestling team wrapped a successful Jefferson County Championships on Monday at Fultondale High School with an overall top 3 finish behind several individual top 5 performances.
The Cougars rode a dominant first-place performance from Jordyn Johnson, 162 pounds, who defeated all three of his opponents by fall. Johnson was victorious over Fultodale’s James Adams-Smith in the first-place match. Clay-Chalkville had nine wrestlers finish in the top 5 throughout the day.
Overall, Clay-Chalkville finished in third place in the 12-team field.
Team Scores | ||
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1 | McAdory High School | 220.5 |
2 | Corner | 156.0 |
3 | Clay Chalkville | 140.5 |
4 | Shades Valley | 125.0 |
5 | Mortimer Jordan HS | 119.0 |
6 | Gardendale Hs | 81.0 |
7 | Minor | 79.0 |
8 | Pinson Valley | 77.5 |
9 | Center Point HS | 43.0 |
10 | Hueytown | 42.0 |
11 | Fultondale | 36.0 |
12 | Oak Grove | 15.0 |
Both Chris Cornutt, 197 pounds, and Izziah Williams, 287 pounds, finished in second place in their respective divisions. Cornutt fell to Corner’s Logan Thomas in the first-place match by decision, 8-1. Williams also fell in the first-place bout after losing to Shades Valley’s Dylan Daring by fall.
Rounding out the top 5 performance for the Cougars was Ka`Reyan Allen’s, 128 pounds, fourth-place finish. He fell to McAdory’s KeAndre Poellnitz by decision, 8-4.
Andre Jones, 134 pounds, fell in the third-place bout to McAdory’s Christian Miles by fall.
Anthony Jones, 140 pounds, lost to Gardendale’s Braden Murry in the third-place match by fall.
Jeremiah Theus, 154 pounds, fell to Corner’s Kaleb Reed in the third-place match by fall.
Sean Arrington, 162 pounds, finished in fourth place after losing to McAdory’s Jacob Champion by decision, 8-6. Champion, ironically, finished in third place.
Cameron Kornegay, 184 pounds, wrapped the day with a fourth-place finish after falling to Gardendale’s Matt Franks by decision, 5-2, in the third-place match.