Virginia Prep League Tournament

               The Woodberry Forest Tigers competed in the Virginia Prep League Wrestling tournament, hosted by Norfolk Academy, on Saturday Feb 6th. The Tigers wrestled the following teams in the Virginia Prep League throughout the tournament:

1. Norfolk Academy
2. St. Christophers
3. Trinity Episcopal
4. Collegiate
5. Fork Union Military Academy

              Woodberry Forest brought wrestlers filling thirteen of the fourteen weight classes for this tournament.Woodberry crowned 2 Virginia Prep League Champions: Roy Toston and Darby Henagan, at their weight classes of 170 and 285 (Heavyweight). Over the day, nine wrestlers placed either third place or better! Roy Toston, a senior, won his first Prep League title and is the new 170 lbs. Prep League Champion. As a second year participant in the tournament, Darby finished the day undefeated and is now a 2X Prep League Champion! Congratulations Darby!!!

Roy Toston '16

           Mack Daniels wrestled back from a tough loss to pin his final opponent from St. Christopher's in the 3rd period, earning himself a strong 3rd place finish in the tournament! Will Medick had a deep 132 pound weight class. Will started of the day wrestling at a very high level skill set and finished the day placing 2nd in the Prep League Tournament. Kent Walker finished up wrestling one of his best tournaments of the year so far! Kent finished third in his (145 lbs.) weight class. Andrew Holmes also faced some really good competition at the 152lb weight class.  Andrew faced a similar opponent from Norfolk Academy in last week's State Prep Duals, and Andrew earned the same result.  Andrew pinned the Norfolk Academy wrestler while wrestling to a 2nd place! Roy 'En Fuego' Toston is back on the mat after a concussion. Roy worked his way through the 170lb weight class in less than 2 mins over the course of the day.  Roy pinned a FUMA wrestler in 56 seconds while then St Christopher's opponent in 59 seconds. Overall, as one of the most dominant wrestlers out on the mat, at 170 lbs. Roy Toston became a new Prep League Champion! Both Clayton Astore and Clayton Noyes had solid tournaments as well.  They both finished up placing 3rd overall in the Prep League for Woodberry! For both of their first seasons participating at VA Preps, both Noyes and Astore were impressive. Jackson 'Legs' Case earned second place in the Virginia Prep League Wrestling Tournament.  He wrestled a good match against Trinity where he was able to pin his opponent, but was unable to beat his opponent from St. Christopher's in the next round.  Jackson had a good tournament at Norfolk Academy where he finished up in second place! Dominic Pinion, Catesby Jones, Will Harris, and Caleb Simmons also competed for the Tigers at the Prep League Tournament.  Even though none of these individuals placed within the top three of the tournament, all had good matches for the Tigers and learned a lot from this experience.  

The following nine Tigers placed in the Virginia Prep League Tournament for Woodberry Forest:
Mack Daniels '19-3rd
Will Medick '17-2nd
Kent Walker '18-3rd
Andrew Holmes '16-2nd
Roy Toston '16-1st
Clayton Astore '18-3rd
Clayton Noyes '17-3rd
Jackson Case '16-2nd
Darby Henagan '16-1st
                                                                         Team Score:

St Christopher 278

Norfolk Academy 206

Woodberry Forest 154

Collegiate 117

FUMA 55

Trinity Episcopal 26

Jackson Case '16
3rd Place

Captain Andrew Holmes '16
2nd Place

Clayton Astore '18
3rd Place

Clayton Noyes '17
3rd Place

Captain Will Medick '17
2nd Place

  

                                                         

                                                                     Captain Darby Henagan '16
                                                                   1st Place