Patrick Henry places seventh at Warriors Invitational

ROBBY FLETCHER Sports Editor

In a field of 18 teams at the 28th annual Warriors Invitational at Henrico High School, the Patrick Henry Patriots finished with six wrestlers in the top-5 on the way to a seventh place finish.

The late-season tournament was a chance for the Patriots to get some lastminute action in before the postseason kicks off, and they did well against their challengers.

The best performance of the tournament came from 113-pound Blake Deschamps, who placed second in his class thanks to two dominant performances leading into the championship match. In the quarterfinals, Deschamps outworked Benedictine wrestler Jack Donner all game, cruising to a 15-0 technical fall. Deschamps didn’t let the semifinals go beyond two periods, winning by pin in 2:58 against Henrico’s Madison Wilson.

In the final against Brooke Point’s Cadell Lee, Deschamps was finally pinned himself, with Lee’s championship win coming in 1:28.

The Patriots also got third place results from Landon Morris and Jason Cooper in the 126 and 215-pound brackets.

Morris made his way to the semifinals with pins in the first two matchups against Lancaster’s Trevor Sebra and Matoaca’s Clark Richard, but a semifinals loss to Brooke Point’s Benjamin Aguilar had him settle for third place with a win over Goochland’s Nick Daniel in a 17-6 major de- cision.

Cooper placed third in the 215-pound class thanks to two first period pins in his opening matchups, but like Morris, a loss in the semifinals meant a matchup for third place against Brooke Point’s Eduadro Vargas. For the first time all day, Cooper had a match go through all three periods to find a victory.

Cooper opened strong with four points off of two takedowns after the first period, and though Vargas made it 4-3 at the end of the second, Cooper was able to put him away with one more takedown in the third period to take a 6-3 decision victory.

Patrick Henry’s other wrestlers to place within the top-5 were Ryan O’Keefe, Jeremy Paul and William Vila.

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