For the second straight year, West-Oak High made the three-hour bus trip to Fort Mill to end the Yellow Jackets’ season, this time to upsetting Fort Mill 33-30 in the first round of the dual wrestling playoffs.
Ranked No. 2 in the state coming into the matchup, Fort Mill, coming off its seventh straight region title, was poised to make a run in the 3A dual playoffs. The disappointment was evident on Fort Mill head coach Chris Brock’s face after the meet.
For the second time this season, the Fort Mill Yellow Jackets fell to South Pointe as head coach Dwayne Hartsoe lost to his former team.
From injuries, to top-tier competition, Indian Land Warriors wrestling coach Rondale Truesdale sees each obstacle as a building block for his team’s ultimate goal: individual state championship honors.