Metro Wrestlers Advance to State Finals

23 individual wrestlers from all nine Flint Metro League schools will compete at the MHSAA Individual wrestling finals March 1-2 at Ford Field. Among the top-four finishers at regional competition, the league, and Holly HS, had two regional champions. Jacob Gonzales from Holly was the Regional Champion at 135, and Cade Dallwitz was the Regional Champion at 189.

Qualifiers for the state finals and their regional finishes were:

Brandon: Brendan McClusky 140 (4th), Mike Nicaj 171 (4th)

Clio: Jacob Smith 145 (4th), Tristan Vance 160 (Runner Up), Tristan Vance 160 (Runner Up), Alex Yocum 215 (Runner Up), Blake Amy 285 (3rd), Trenton Idalski 103 (3rd)

Fenton: Jayden Rittenbury 145 (Runner Up)

Flushing: Jeremy Parker 215 (4th)

Holly: Nate Young 130 (3rd), Jacob Gonzales 135 (Champion), Cade Dallwitz 189 (Champion), Kolten Steele 215 (4th), Blake Querio 285 (Runner Up), Andrew Kolman 112 (Runner Up).

Kearsley: La'Ron Ruffin 130 (3rd), John Brown 171 (Runner-up), Jason Judd 112 (3rd)

Linden: Caleb White 130 (4th), Jimmy Roti 152 (3rd), Colton Powell 189 (3rd)

Owosso: Colton Blaha 152 (Runner-Up)

Swartz Creek: Joe Carpenter 140 (4th)

Swartz Creek and Flushing are Division 1 schools in MHSAA wrestling competition; all other FML schools are Division 2.