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Marvin Ridge HS
Men's Swim & Diving
NCHSAA Post-Season Results:
Men’s Swim & Dive – 4A West Regional Champions and 4A State Runner-Up
Records broken Winter season:
Men’s Swimming 200 Medley Relay team of Charles Heisig, Troy Keen, Michael Rice, Jordan Willis were 4A State Champions and broke the NCHSAA State Record for the event in All Classificiations!
Cheerleading
NCHSAA Post-Season Results:
Cheerleading – State Champions in the Medium Varsity D1 Division and UCA Nationals Qualifier
Women's Indoor Track & Field
NCHSAA Post-Season Results:
Aria Wegh (Women’s Indoor Track & Field) – State Champion in the 55m Hurdles, State Runner-Up in the 55m Dash, 300m Dash, High Jump. These outstanding individual performances led to Aria being named the NCHSAA State Meet MVP!
Men's Indoor Track & Field
NCHSAA Post-Season Results:
RJ Gajan (Men’s Indoor Track & Field) – State Champion in the 1000m Run
Adam Smith (Men’s Indoor Track & Field) – State Champion in the 55m Wheelchair Race
Women's Basketball
Records broken Winter season:
Zahra Douglas (Women’s Basketball) – Eclipsed the 1,000 career points mark and later broke the career scoring record for the Marvin Ridge Women’s Basketball program. She was named the Southern Carolina 4A Conference Player of the Year, helping lead her team to the Regular Season and Conference Tournament Titles!
Riley Smith (Women’s Basketball) – Broke the career Assists record for the Marvin Ridge Women’s Basketball program.
Wrestling
NCHSAA Post-Season Results:
Daniel Freeman (Wrestling) – 4A West Regional Runner-Up in the 160 lbs. Weigh Class. 4A State Qualifier, finishing 6th Place at the NCHSAA 4A State Tournament
College Commits
*Kyle Dobos, Baseball – UNC-Wilmington
*Lia Doohan, Women’s Soccer – University of Tampa
*Kristian Eek, Men’s Soccer – USC-Upstate
*Andrew Gagis, Baseball – Guilford College
*Matthew Gross, Baseball – UNC-Asheville
*Carson King, Baseball – Guilford College
*Sean McFarland, Football – Lenoir-Rhyne University
*Ian McKinney, Men’s Swimming – West Virginia University
*Jackson Moore, Football – University of Kentucky
*Evelyn Scallion, Women’s Lacrosse – Penn State University
*Aaron Slep, Baseball – Wake Tech Community College
*Isabella Underwood, Women’s Lacrosse – Anderson University
*Jack Wieler, Men’s Golf – Elon University
*Jarrett Wuerslin, Men’s Soccer – UNC-Charlotte
Special Story
The Marvin Ridge Student-Athlete Leadership Council participated in a community service project by hosting our first Suits & Sneakers Basketball game for the American Cancer Society’s Coaches vs. Cancer Week. Over $800.00 was raised and donated to the American Cancer Society in support of cancer research. Way to Go Mavericks!
Southern Carolina 4A Conference Championships:
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*Women’s Basketball – Regular Season & Tournament Champions
*Men’s Swim & Dive – Conference Champions
*Women’s Swim & Dive – Conference Champions
Weddington HS
Wrestling
All Conference:
Alex King
Carter Bockenstedt
Ethan Lucado
Bennett DiCarlo
Matthew Massaro
Gannon Anthony
Finished 2nd in SCC
Overall: 21-20
Conference: 4-1
Qualified for States:
Carter Bockenstedt- 6th
Bennett DiCarlo- 5th
132lb State Champions
Brianna DeLeion
Men's Swimming
All Conference:
Alex Subotich
Alex Cook
Brendan Taylor
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Honorable Mention:
Ian Mervich
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Finished 3rd in the SCC
Finished 6th in the Regionals
Finished 10th in States
Women's Swimming
All Conference:
Kara Martinson
Katie Kudela
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Women’s Diving:
Miley Cook
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Swimmer of the Year:
Kara Martinson
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Diver of the Year:
Madeline Bays
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Honorable Mention:
Avery Normand
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Finished 3rd in the SCC
Finished 10th in the Regionals
Finished 16th in the States
Women's Basketball
Finished 5th in the SCC
Overall: 5-17
Conference: 208
Men's Basketball
All Conference:
Jack Ellyson
Grant Hamilton
Finished 2nd in SCC
Overall: 13-12
Conference 6-4
Women's Indoor Track
Victoria Knight
Elizabeth Ritter
Audrey Wright
Eleni Fiore
Lauren Ceccarini
Kylie Howson
4×400 Team
4×800 Team
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Finished 9th in 4A
Men's Indoor Track
Caden Townshend
Chauncey Chen
Tanner Travis
Taiwan Brown
Akintayo Bankole
Ryan David
Eli Clark
Christopher Stewart
4×800 team
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Finished 7th in 4A
Forest Hills HS
Women's Basketball
Playoff & Championship News
Wrestling
Men's Wrestling
At the 4A Individual Wrestling State Championships, UCPS’s Nathan Carnes of Porter Ridge captured gold, winning the 4A 285-pound weight class title after pinning Taevion Cox (New Bern), 3:33.
Also advancing to the final round of the championships was Noah Cauble of Piedmont (113 lb).
Other strong finishes by UCPS wrestlers included:
4A 126 pounds Sixth: Carter Bockenstedt (Weddington).
4A 145 lbs Third: Christian Hasty (Porter Ridge).
4A 160 lbs Sixth: Daniel Freeman (Marvin Ridge).
4A 170 lbs Fifth: Bennett DiCarlo (Weddington).
UCPS wrestlers represented at the 3A Individual Wrestling State Championships including:
3A 152 lbs Third: Logan Fite (Central Academy).
3A 160 lbs Third: Sage Tala (Parkwood).
3A 285 lbs Fifth: Alex Jukoski (Central Academy).
Women's Wrestling Invitational
The NCHSAA crowned champions at its Girls Wrestling Invitational, two of which were UCPS athletes. The two-day event culminated with competitions in 12 weight classes.
Brianna Deleon of Weddington won first place in the 132 lb Division.
1st Place Match: Brianna Deleon (Weddington) 20-0, So. over Hailie Misplay (Pine Forest) 33-5, Sr. (Fall 1:41)
Savannah Bramhall of Parkwood won first place in the 165 lb Division.
1st Place Match: Savannah Bramhall (Parkwood) 33-0, Sr. over Franshesca Morales (North Henderson) 24-3, Jr. (TF-1.5 4:19 (17-2))
This marks the final year the NCHSAA will hold the girls wrestling invitational. Beginning with the 2023-2024 season, girls wrestling will become a sanctioned sport in North Carolina, making the sport eligible to hold state championship competitions.
Indoor Track
Men's Track/Field
At the 4A Mens Indoor Track/Field State Championship Cuthbertson repeated as NCHSAA team champs. Porter Ridge’s team also finished strong, capturing fourth place. Â
Lots of gold finishes for UCPS included:Â
Cuthbertson’s team of Reece Morgan, Keenan Jackson, Amari Burrow, and Killian Fahy in the 4 X 400 RelayÂ
Jacob Laney, Porter Ridge won two golds in the 1,600M & 3,200M races. RJ Gajan, Marvin Ridge 1,000M
Zachary Moore, Sun Valley (shot put wheelchair)Â
Adam Smith, Marvin Ridge (55 meter wheelchair)Â
Other notable second place finishes for UCPS athletes included:Â
Boys 1600M - Caden Townshend, WeddingtonÂ
55M Wheelchair – Zachary Moore, Sun Valley Â
Boys Shotput – Gatlin Lundy, CuthbertsonÂ
Boys Triple Jump - Christian Seibert, CuthbertsonÂ
In the 3A Mens Championships Central Academy’s 4X800M team took second place with a time of 8:26.50 while teammate Emanuel Williams took third in the High Jump clearing 6-00.00.Â
In the 1A/2A Division, Monroe’s 4X200M Relay team finished third with a time of 1:34.39.Â
4A Indoor Track/Field Results >>
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Women's Track/Field
At the 4A Womens Indoor Track/Field State Championship, Cuthbertson repeated as NCHSAA team champions, with the girls being pushed by Olympic. 
The Cuthbertson girls were led by Charlotte Bell’s all-classification meet record in the 1,600 meters (4:45.19).  In the Girls 1000M Cuthbertson swept 1st-3rd with Justine Preisano claiming gold, Stella Kermes and Charlotte Bell 11 Cuthbertson finishing 2nd and 3rd respectively.   
Another UCPS athlete hitting the state recordbook was Marvin Ridge’s Aria Wegh who was named most outstanding performer of the girls meet. She won the 55-meter hurdles and finished second in the high jump, 55-meter dash and the 300-meters.
Swimming/Diving
Men's Swim/Dive
At the 4A Mens Swim/Dive Championships, Marvin Ridge started the meet off with a shot of excitement as the Maverick 200 Medley Relay team comprised of Charles Heisig, Jordan Willis, Troy Keen, and Michael Rice combined to take down the all classification record for the event. The Maverick squad raced to a time of 1:32.20, shaving four hundredths of a second off the previous state meet.Â
Colin Mumford from Marvin Ridge won a 2023 4A Swimming & Diving Men’s Sportsmanship Award.Â
Cheer
The NCHSAA Cheerleading Invitational took place at the Raleigh Convention Center featuring routines in junior varsity and varsity divisions, as well as Gameday and Competitive Cheer divisions. The Tarheel Trophy, in its second season at the Cheer Invitational, is awarded to the top varsity team regardless of division in the gameday cheerleading competition.Â
Weddington nabbed the Tarheel Trophy with its first place 92.9 score in the Varsity Game Day D1 Division.
Marvin Ridge finished first in the Medium Varsity D1 Division with a score of 71.1.
Porter Ridge finished second in the Medium Varsity Non-Tumble D1 Division.
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