Cougar Threesome — Bullock, Hall, Tallman — Earn State Berths

CASTLEWOOD — The Covington trio of Kent Bullock, Tristan Hall and Hunter Tallman are state tournament bound.
Bullock and Hall won quarterfinal bouts, while Tallman won a pair of wrestleback matches at the Class 1 Super Region wrestling tournament at Castlewood High School.
Hall made short work of Chilhowie’s Glen Body in a 220 pound quarterfinal, pinning him in 10 seconds, while Bullock earned a second-period pin of Grundy’s Casey Lawson in the 160 pound division.
Both Hall and Bullock will wrestle in the semifinal round this morning.
After losing by pinfall in his opener, Tallman rebounded for a pair of first-period pins in the 152 pound weight class.
The Cougar three are all guaranteed top six spots and will advance to the Class 1 State Tournament next weekend at the Salem Civic Center.
Brandon Motter was 2-2 for Covington on Friday, while both George Young and Blaine Pettitt won one match each.
Covington stands ninth in the 15-team field.
Grundy holds the top spot by 10.5 points entering today’s bouts.
Matches began at 9:30 a.m. this morning.

Team Standings

1. Grundy        99½

2. Rural Retreat89

3. George Wythe64

4. Northwood        62

5. Galax                61

6. Chilhowie        59

7. Parry McCluer        51

8. Auburn        45

9. Covington        41

10. PH-Glade Spring37½

11. Honaker        30

12. Eastside        27

13. Castlewood25

14. Holston

15. J.I. Burton 3

CHS Individual Results

138 – Brandon Motter 

Motter d. Gage Quina (Holston), forfeit

Jacob Stiltner (Grundy) p. Motter, :22

Motter d. Thomas Peery (Chilhowie, 11-10

Alyssa Waller (George Wythe) md. Motter, 17-9

145 – George Young 
 Matthew Riley (Grundy) d. Young, 3-2                                                                                                                                                                         Young p. Shianne Whited (Honaker), 2:57                                                                                                                                                                  Austin Moore (Parry McCluer) p. Young, 3:49
152 – Hunter Tallman

Gabe Fiser (Grundy) p. Tallman, 1:24

Tallman p. David Eller (Chilhowie), :32

Tallman p. Owen Lindsay (J.I. Burton), 1:52

160 – Kent Bullock 

Bullock p. Casey Lawson (Grundy), 3:15

220 – Tristan Hall 

Hall p. Glen Body (Chilhowie), :10

285 – Blaine Pettitt

Blaze Hughes (Chilhowie) p. Pettitt, 1:09

Pettitt p. Garrett Presley (George Wythe), 1:29

Micah Haga (Northwood) p. Pettitt, 1:30