BELMONT, N.C. - The Newberry College wrestling team fell one spot to second in the Super Region Two Coaches Poll, which was released Monday. The Wolves have seven wrestlers in the top six of their individual weight classes.
The Wolves have competed only once since the last rankings were released, allowing for little movement in individual rankings. Lake Erie jumped the scarlet and gray in the team rankings following the Storm's upset dual win over No. 2 Notre Dame.
Huston Evans (Springfield, Ohio) is still ranked first in the region at 197 lbs. He is 5-0 this year since joining the Wolves' lineup for the spring semester.
Jared Holliday (Burlington, N.J.) remains in the second spot at 184 lbs., carrying a 21-8 record this season with nine wins by fall.
The other five regionally ranked Wolves are all ranked fifth in the region - Trung Duong (Lynchburg, Va.) at 125 lbs., Seiji Borja (North Charleston, S.C.) at 149 lbs., Lukas Gilmore (Greenville, Mich.) at 165 lbs., Joe Pittman (Forsyth, Ga.) at 174 lbs. and Cody Brundage (Chapin, S.C.) at heavyweight.
Duong improved one spot from the previous ranking at 125 lbs., carrying a 17-6 overall mark. Borja has a 17-8 mark and remains static in the poll. Gilmore picked up a pin at Limestone, but remains static with an 11-8 overall mark. Pittman has the team lead in overall wins (22), falls (10) and major decisions (8) and is steady at fifth. Brundage has a 16-7 overall mark with a 3-2 record at heavyweight, also remaining steady at fifth.
Newberry is idle this week and will next see action on the road at King University on Wednesday, February 4.
TEAM RANKINGS
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1
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Lake Erie
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2
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Newberry
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3
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UNC Pembroke
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4
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Coker
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5
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Tiffin
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6
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Findlay
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7
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Shorter
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8
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Wisconsin-Parkside
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9
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Ashland
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10
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Belmont Abbey
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11
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Anderson
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12
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Limestone
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13
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King
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14
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Indianapolis
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INDIVIDUAL RANKINGS
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125 lbs.
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1
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Josh Kieffer
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Indianapolis
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2
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Mikel Nelson
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Coker
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3
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Patrick Mestrez
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Belmont Abbey
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4
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Forest Glogouski
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Lake Erie
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5
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Trung Duong
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Newberry
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6
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Ben Smith
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Shorter
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133 lbs.
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1
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Michael Labry
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Ashland
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2
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Zak Hale
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Anderson
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3
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Nick Crume
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Indianapolis
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4
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Joseph Her
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Wisconsin-Parkside
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5
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Josh Wimer
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Findlay
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6
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Ian Ross
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Lake Erie
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141 lbs.
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1
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Daniel Ownbey
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UNC Pembroke
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2
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Kevin Thompson
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Coker
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3
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Nick Boggs
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Lake Erie
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4
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Mike Screptock
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Tiffin
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5
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Ty Davis
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Ashland
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6
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Ryan Skonieczny
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Findlay
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149 lbs.
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1
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Nick Goebel
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Findlay
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2
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Zach Vargo
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Lake Erie
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3
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Scott Bosak
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Belmont Abbey
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4
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Dan Telhada
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Anderson
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5
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Seiji Borja
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Newberry
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6
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Rashad Cunningham
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Coker
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157 lbs.
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1
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Sean Turner
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Anderson
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2
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Brandt Welcher
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Wisconsin-Parkside
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3
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Joey White
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Findlay
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4
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Daniel Callahan
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Belmont Abbey
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5
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Zeb Beam
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Ashland
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6
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Christian Baughman
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Lake Erie
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165 lbs.
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1
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Nick Fishback
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Wisconsin-Parkside
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2
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Wally Figaro
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Shorter
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3
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Juan Stimpson
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UNC Pembroke
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4
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Jimmy Sandlin
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Limestone
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5
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Lukas Gilmore
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Newberry
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6
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Matt Vandermeer
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Tiffin
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174 lbs.
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1
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Terrence Zaleski
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UNC Pembroke
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2
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Luke Cramer
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Ashland
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3
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Bradley Metz
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Findlay
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4
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Dalton Lane
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Shorter
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5
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Joe Pittman
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Newberry
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6
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Trevontay Rhodes
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Anderson
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184 lbs.
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1
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Terrence Smith
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Shorter
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2
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Jared Holliday
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Newberry
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3
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Caleb Rivera
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Limestone
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4
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Mikey Thomas
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UNC Pembroke
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5
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Luis Peguero
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Coker
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6
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Zev Green
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Lake Erie
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197 lbs.
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1
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Huston Evans
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Newberry
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2
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Jake Cramer
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Tiffin
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3
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Evan Rosborough
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Lake Erie
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4
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Brandon O’Neill
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Ashland
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5
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Stuart Nadeau
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UNC Pembroke
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6
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Robert Parland
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Coker
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Heavyweight
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1
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Garrett Gray
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Tiffin
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2
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Chris Giddens
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UNC Pembroke
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3
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Andrew Ewers
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Shorter
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4
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Garrett Fosdyck
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King
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5
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Cody Brundage
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Newberry
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6
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Alex Green
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Coker
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