‘All you gotta do is never stop.’ Winners crowned in annual city wrestling meet

For the third time in the last five years, and the fifth time since 2011, Lafayette is Fayette County’s wrestling champion.

The Generals scored 164 points to comfortably claim the team title Saturday at Henry Clay. Henry Clay edged Bryan Station for second place, finishing with 117 points to 109 for the Defenders. Those schools finished with four individual city champions apiece but Lafayette used three first-place finishers and five second-place finishers to build its advantage; Bryan Station and Henry Clay combined for only one runner-up finisher.

Among the winners Saturday was Gio Watson, a Bryan Station freshman who pinned Frederick Douglass’ Sir Hawkins-Wright in the 285-pound division finals.

“This is my second year wrestling. One of my buddies from football was like, ‘Oh, you should do wrestling,’” Watson said. “I tried it out and I wasn’t very good, but this year I’ve gotten a lot better.”

Frederick Douglass, in its inaugural season as a program, finished fifth overall but had one individual winner – DoRayQuan Garrison in the 182-pound division – and three runners-up.

“Last year I got third. Today’s the best thing ever,” said Garrison, who previously wrestled at Lafayette. He defeated former teammate Will Marshall in the finals. “My man Will’s the strongest man I got. He’s the best man I’ve ever wrestled with. All you gotta do is never stop.”

Teams—1. Lafayette 164, 2. Henry Clay 117, 3. Bryan Station 109, 4. Tates Creek 103, 5. Frederick Douglass 96, 6. Paul Laurence Dunbar 50

106-pound—1. Brandon Bruner, Bryan Station; 2. Amaki Allen, Lafayette; 3. Holden Egner, Paul Laurence Dunbar

113—1. Haydon Sheroan, Henry Clay; 2. Bryce Towle, Frederick Douglass; no third place

120—1. Tyler Storck, Henry Clay; 2. Spencer Waller, Tates Creek; no third place

126—1. Kevin Ensor, Tates Creek; 2. Nathan Ainslie, Henry Clay; 3. Thomas Haggan, Lafayette

132—1. Christian Guerro, Henry Clay; 2. Desmond Allison, Frederick Douglass; 3. Christian Potter, Lafayette

138—1. Justin Chavez, Lafayette; 2. Zack Morgan, Tates Creek; 3. Jaylin Harris, Henry Clay

145—1. Bryson Fields, Bryan Station; 2. Azaryiah Saunier, Lafayette; 3. Deashon Gowdy, Frederick Douglass

152—1. Kevin Vasquez, Lafayette; 2. Frank Chrisley, Tates Creek; 3. Parker Reeves, Paul Laurence Dunbar

160—1. Myles Harris, Tates Creek; 2. Caleb Bowling, Lafayette; 3. Alex Spaulding, Paul Laurence Dunbar

170—1. Noah Rhode, Lafayette; 2. Jack Burton, Paul Laurence Dunbar; 3. Garrett Howard, Frederick Douglass

182—1. DoRayQuan Garrison, Frederick Douglass; 2. Will Marshall, Lafayette; 3. Damiyan Ramirez, Bryan Station

195—1. Brandon Vera, Bryan Station; 2. Thomas Ensor, Tates Creek; 3. Vincent Adams, Frederick Douglass

220—1. Ray-Karl Irving, Henry Clay; 2. Mason Boggs, Lafayette; 3. Brandon Fields, Bryan Station

285—1. Gio Watson, Bryan Station; 2. Sir Hawkins-Wright, Frederick Douglass; 3. Zac Stray, Lafayette

This story was originally published February 3, 2018 at 5:17 PM with the headline "‘All you gotta do is never stop.’ Winners crowned in annual city wrestling meet."