The Big South officially announced Monday that six wrestlers from Jackson County Central and six more from Martin County landed on the All-Conference Team.
The Gold division champion Huskies landed Evan Bartholomaus, Payten Sorbel, Carson Kolander, Mathias Liepold, Dallas Gossen, and Kyler Thier on the team.
Bartholomaus battled for the Big South 160-pound title and finished runner-up as a senior. Sorbel finished fourth place in the Big South at 107 pounds and qualified for the State Tournament as a freshman. Kolander earned fourth in the Big South at 189 pounds and later qualified for State as a senior. Liepold took fourth at 127 pounds and later earned sixth place in Class A as an eighth-grader. Gossen took sixth place in the Big South at 152 pounds and eventually took second in Class A as a junior. Thier eventually earned third place in Class A at 145 pounds as a sophomore.
JCC also collected the fifth-best team score and the highest among the smaller schools at the Big South Conference Tournament in January.
The Red Bulls are represented by Pierce Rohman, Torrey Paplow, Aaron Becker, DJ Miller, Kaedin Lange, and Kate Kolbe.
Rohman won 48 matches during his junior season and endured his only two losses against state champions in the Big South and Class AA 133-pound title matches. Paplow won the 152-pound Big South title and eventually earned fourth place in Class AA as a senior. Becker earned the 215-pound title and eventually went 1-2 at the State Tournament as a freshman. Miller won fifth place in the Big South at 285 pounds and eventually went 1-2 at State. Kaedin Lange finished fifth place in the Big South at 160 pounds. Kate Kolbe pinned her way to the 142-pound Big South girls title before eventually making history as the first Red Bulls wrestler to qualify for the Girls State Tournament.
Martin County collected fourth place in the team scores during the conference tournament.