Powhatan places sixth in Big Blue Invitational

ROBBY FLETCHER Sports Editor

Powhatan’s wrestling season continued on this past week with a chance to impress at the Big Blue Invitational held at Christiansburg High School on Jan. 21-22.

The Indians left Christiansburg with a sixth place finish out of 18 c ompeting schools, with third place finishes from Britton Proffitt, Talon Harness and Natalia Sanchez leading the way. Gavin Utley and Luke Wells also turned in fourth place results while Ricky Huber claimed fifth.

Sanchez continued a strong senior season in the 113-pound class with an opening round pin in 3:33 and later a 16-1 tech fall over Salem’s Braden Armes to get into the semifinals. After a loss there, she finished with back-to-back pins in the consolation bracket to win third place, including one in 1:59 against Rustburg’s Eric Santiago in the third place game.

In the 144-pound bracket, Proffitt won his first two matchups with pins in 1:07 and in 12 seconds before a defeat in the semifinals. Like his fellow senior teammate Sanchez, that didn’t get Proffitt down though, as he brought in another lightning